RE: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q5 diversity by-law

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is no way of avoiding impacts of the number of reps.  It just
comes down to which impacts are favored or not.  Avri's formula makes
the need to seek exceptions dependent on the number of reps.  That said,
I am still optimistic that we can reach a compromise.
 
Chuck


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        From: Metalitz, Steven [mailto:met@xxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 5:29 PM
        To: Gomes, Chuck; gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
        Subject: Re: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q5 diversity by-law
        
        

        Exactly the same problem I expressed a week ago. It makes the
degree of geographic diversity contingent on the number of reps the SG
decided to send to the council. There was no suggestion this would have
been a factor to consider when that number was chosen last fall. 
        
        I thought we had resolved this issue with Avri's formulation.
Can you explain your objection to that re geo diversity? 
        Sent via blackberry mobile. Please excuse tone and typoes. 

        
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        From: Gomes, Chuck 
        To: Metalitz, Steven; gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Sun Jun 07 12:19:25 2009
        Subject: RE: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q5 diversity by-law 
        

        

        Steve, 
         
        It doesn't talk about other forms of diversity.  It is simpler.
It is the same for all SGs.  
         
        Do you have a problem with any element of it?  If so, please
explain so we can try to move forward.
         
        Chuck


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                From: Metalitz, Steven [mailto:met@xxxxxxx] 
                Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:50 PM
                To: Gomes, Chuck; gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
                Subject: Re: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q5 diversity by-law
                
                

                Chuck, how is this any different from your original
(with Olga and Milton) proposal? 
                
                Steve
                Sent via blackberry mobile. Please excuse tone and
typoes.
                
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                Sent: Sun Jun 07 06:59:15 2009
                Subject: RE: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q5 diversity by-law
                
                
                To continue to try to reach closure on Q5 relating to
diversity
                requirements in the Bylaws, I would like to ask the
following questions
                and suggest some approaches.
                
                It seems to me that it is desirable that every
geographic region is
                represented on the Council to the maximum extent
possible for each SG
                assuming that other diversity criteria are not
unreasonably compromised.
                Is there any disagreement on this?
                
                I also believe that everyone seems to support the
concept of an
                exception mechanism that requires high approval of both
houses.
                
                Thirdly, no one seems to have disagreed that there
should be no more
                than two seats from any geographic region.
                
                If all of the above are true, then here is some possible
language:
                
                "Each GNSO Stakeholder Group (SG) Council Representative
shall be
                selected from a different ICANN geographic region up to
the number of
                seats allocated for that SG.  Any exceptions to this
requirement shall
                require a 2/3 vote of both houses but in no case shall
more than two
                representatives come from the same geographic region."
                
                Thoughts?
                
                Chuck