I will not be able to attend the Sept. 8 Council meeting, as I previously indicated, including in the "doodle" at which we were asked whether we could reschedule this meeting from its prior date. It does not appear that absence triggers any of the substitution procedures in the new Council Operating Procedures. <http://gnso.icann.org/bitcache/7a765a05946769b7636c810d93b81415a294624e?vid=14257&disposition=attachment&op=download> However, I see nothing in the rules addressing whether one can declare a "volitional abstention" when one is absent from a meeting. If NCSG would like to do so, I'm happy to test that course of action -- i.e., indicate to Council that I "volitionally abstain" from the votes scheduled for Sept. 8 because I will not be able to participate in the surrounding discussion, and give a proxy to another NCSG Councilor, as selected by NCSG. (4.5.3-b.i) (I personally would be curious to know how that is treated.) Substantively, I'd vote in favor of Mike's motion, as amended, for the 1st WHOIS study. --Wendy On 09/06/2010 02:23 AM, Avri Doria wrote: ... issues from GNSO Council agenda > > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_8_september_2010 > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_september_motions > -- Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/
