[council] Proposed motions concerning approval of the updated GNSO Council Procedures
Hi,
I am proposing the following. They will require someone in the new
council to make the motion and to second them. the amendment is the
amendment that was discussed before the review period and which is
listed in the document itself.
28 Oct Motions
Possible motions for 28 October
Motion to ammend update GNSO Council Operating Procedure
Motion by:
Seconded by:
Whereas the original language recommend by the GNSO Operations Work
Team stated on page 5 of the Operating Procedure that
> To pass, a motion must attain a majority of the votes cast in each
house unless otherwise specified in these procedures or in the ICANN
Bylaws. Abstentions count as votes cast and shall include a reason for
the abstention. This has the effect of making an abstention count the
same as a vote against except as described in ICANN Bylaws, ANNEX A,
GNSO Policy-Development Process, Section 3, Initiation of PDP.
Resolved,
The language will be replaced with the following:
> Unless otherwise specified in these procedures or in the ICANN
Bylaws, to pass a motion or other action, greater than 50% of the
eligible voters in each House must cast affirmative votes. For all
votes taken, the number of eligible voters in each House shall be
fixed to the number of seats allocated in the Bylaws (a.k.a. the
denominator) and is not affected by the number of members present or
absent at the meeting in which the motion or other action is
initiated. Council members are permitted to abstain in any vote, but
must provide a reason which shall be recorded in the minutes along
with the abstention.
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Motion to accept updated GNSO council Procedures
Whereas
The OSC, and its Operations Work Team, produced an updated version of
the GNSO Council Operating Procedure that were in line the the Board
update of the ByLaws related to the structure of the GNSO,
and, the update was submitted to a period pf Public Comment extending
from 25 September 2009 until 16 October 2009,
and, the comments have been analysed and discussed by the GNSO council
Resolved
The GNSO Council Operating Procedures defined in http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-operating-procedures-24sep09-en.pdf
and as amended (if amended in previous motions), are accepted. These
updated Council Procedures will be in force once approved and will be
forwarded to the ICANN Board of Directors for review.
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these have been included on
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?28_oct_motions