Thanks to Bill for weighing in against this.  I was surprised by the  
strong reaction of the IPC member who threatens to NOT vote unless  
she can vote in secret.

Now a Commercial Constituency member wants to keep all non-counselors  
silent during the weekend sessions in Seoul.
    http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg07642.html

Our members have not yet had an opportunity to dialogue on many of  
these issues: - they are new, Seoul will be their first meeting,  
etc.   The idea that we must be kept silent and can only watch the  
counsel would be a terrible precedent to set for the new "reformed"  
GNSO.   These meetings have been open and allowed for participation  
from any member of the GNSO before now, so I hope we don't move in  
the direction of silencing the community who is traveling to Seoul  
(most on their own dime) to work on these issues.

Robin


On Oct 15, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Robin Gross wrote:

> I noticed that on the GNSO Council email list, the IP Constituency  
> is calling for secret ballots for the chair/vice-chair positions on  
> council.
>
> That is really surprising to me considering how ICANN claims to be  
> "open and transparent" in its activities.   And it is a bit  
> disturbing that elected representatives in a governance  
> organization are afraid the public will know how they vote on an  
> issue.   I thought when a person is elected to represent a group of  
> people on policy issues, those people have a right to know how  
> their elected representatives are voting and handling that  
> representation given to them by the public.
>
> What part of open and transparent public governance does the IPC  
> not understand?
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
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