RE: [gnso-osc] OSC approval of amended Council procedures - 5.10 statements of interest - deadline 21 January 2011

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

Avri asks some very good questions.  What is the best way to deal with
them?  It may be difficult to deal with them on the list.  Should the
OSC have a teleconference call?  Or should the OSC ask the WT to address
the questions?

Chuck

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> Subject: Re: [gnso-osc] OSC approval of amended Council procedures -
> 5.10 statements of interest - deadline 21 January 2011
> 
> with attachment
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have added some comments and questions to Chuck's edits.
> 
> for ease of reference:
> 
> 5.2.3  I think we may need to differentiate full time employees from
> those who may be employees and not contractors, but who may have other
> employers as well.  This may be a moot point if there are not part
time
> employees, but there could be part timers.
> 
> I thought we were speaking of fulltime employees when we discussed
this
> in Cartagena.
> 
> 5.3.3 (2)  I pay taxes in two countries.  How do I handle this?  Would
> I have to list both?  Is that the intent?
> 
> 5.3.3 (4) Re: de minimus: Is this a global term ?  Does it need to be
> defined somewhere?
> 
> 5.3.3 (5)
> 
> a. what does it mean to be a representative?  If  someone is reporting
> information to someone (even for pay), but  totally independent in
> terms of actions taken in the group, are they a representative?
> 
> b. Is it permitted to represent someone who wishes to remain unnamed?
> 
> 5.3.3. (6i)  Does material interest have a global known definition?
Do
> we need to define this somewhere.
> 
> 
> also in Cartagena, I thought there had not been agreement to
completely
> remove disclosure of interest.  I though we had some sort of notion
> that there was a need for group participants to verbally indicate if
an
> specific topic during a meeting brought up some specific issue of
> interest that was not immediately obvious from the SoI.  I thought
this
> mean there needed to be some paragraph indicating that there was an
> obligation if during a discussions some disclosure became necessary,
it
> should be made at that point in time.
> 
> thanks
> 
> a.