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

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

That might be sufficient.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 8:56 AM
> To: gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q5 diversity by-law
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In light of Board repsonse to Q5:
> 
> To the extent that the election by each SG of its Councilors 
> are independent acts, the Bylaws should only state the 
> principle of widening regional diversity as much as possible 
> and practical.  
> Consequently, the SG Charters have to incorporate compliance 
> to this principle in their language.
> 
> Do we need to say more then:
> 
> Stakeholder Groups should, in their charters ensure their 
> representation on the GNSO Council is as diverse as possible, 
> including geography, GNSO Constituency, sector, ability and gender.
> 
> in the by-laws
> 
> a.
> 
> 
> On 8 Jun 2009, at 14:23, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx <owner-gnso-restruc- 
> > dt@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx <gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> 
>