Re: [council] Reminder regarding terms of office

[Amadeu Abril i Abril <Amadeu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

Onthe merits you might be rigght... but don't you find at least strange 
and ambarrssing that a Board member wirtes to the Council recommending 
us which proposal we should send to the Board?

I understnd that it is difficult to resist such an attractive argument 
("electorally speaking") but we should have clearer roles and stick a 
bit to the suppsoed "separation of powers", don't you think? ;-)))

In any case, and as for the argument itself, you all know that I favour 
smaller councils, not jsut this one, and that I think that the Board 
had to stick with the reform proposal.. but after a couple of 
extensions, re-opening the battle would seem useless. We might have 
different personal preferences, but the practice show that we can more 
or less with 3, as we could with 2. If some members as it ssems still 
have very strong feelings in favour of 3, I don't think we should 
reopen the internal debate.

Let's reiterate the request to the Board, and see hwat happens.

Amadeu

On 13/09/2004, at 13:42, Michael D. Palage wrote:

> Bruce:
>
> Thanks for reminding council of this important milestone. As someone 
> that
> previous had reservations about extending the number of 
> representatives,
> despite the changes to the bylaws set forth by the Evolution and Reform
> Process, I believe that the past year has shown the clear benefit of 
> the
> expanded representation. Moreover, given the newly formed ccNSO which
> recognizes three (3) representatives per geographic region, I would
> recommend the council to considering asking the ICANN Board and staff 
> for a
> by-law amendment to permanently recognize the three representative
> structure, instead of continuing the one year exception.
>
> Considering that ICANN is about stability and predictability, I 
> believe both
> of these tenets will be promoted by amending the by-laws to recognize 
> three
> representatives instead of continuing the annual exemption to the 
> current
> by-laws. This is just a thought and will defer to you and the rest of
> council on how best to proceed to represent the collective interests 
> of your
> constituencies.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael D. Palage
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 1:44 AM
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: John Jeffrey
> Subject: [council] Reminder regarding terms of office
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Just a reminder regarding terms of office.
>
> (1) My term as chair expires on 20 Nov 2004.
>
> From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-20nov03.shtml
>
> Decision 1: Bruce Tonkin is elected GNSO Council chair for one year,
> November 20, 2003 to November 20, 2004.
>
> So we will need to hold an election for GNSO chair.
>
>
> (2) The terms of many of the Council members (2 per constituency) 
> expire
> at the end of ICANN's 2004 Annual General Meeting (set for 5 Dec 2004).
>
> From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/members.shtml
>
>
> NorthA -  Marilyn Cade (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthA  - Ken Stubbs (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> AsiaPac  - Philip Colebrook (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> LatinAC  - Tony Harris (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthAm - Greg Ruth (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> AsiaPac- Jisuk Woo (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> LatinAC  - Carlos Afonso (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthA  - Ross Rader (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> Europe  - Thomas Keller (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> LatinAC - Kiyoshi I. Tsuru A. (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> NorthA  - Lucy Nichols (term expires end of annual meeting 2004)
> Europe  - Amadeu Abril i Abril - Term: conclusion of the Annual Meeting
> 2004
>
> I recommend constituencies begin to plan elections for this year.
>
> Under the current bylaws, we will drop from 3 to 2 representatives per
> constituency.
>
> My understanding is that the GNSO Council desires to retain 3
> representatives, but we will need to get the Board to approve a change
> in the bylaws to support that request.
>
> I recommend constituencies proceed on the basis of electing one member
> of the Council under the current bylaws, and also elect a reserve to be
> available to take up the additional seat should the Board approve.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin