I think the below message from an NCUC member was only sent to me on accident instead of the entire mailing list. Thanks, Robin Begin forwarded message: > From: "Tan Tin Wee (Biochemistry)" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: November 5, 2008 7:03:11 AM PST > To: "Robin Gross" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: RE: Questions about Noncommercial Stakeholder Group > organization > > Option 1 > For me too > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, 5 November 2008 10:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Questions about Noncommercial Stakeholder Group > organization > > I also favor option 1 for both issues below, and am eager to hear > what others in the constituency think about structuring the > stakeholder group this way. > > Best, > Robin > > > On Nov 5, 2008, at 5:24 AM, William Drake wrote: > > > Hello, > > I favor option 1 for both voting methods and geographic > representation. Simplicity is preferable in both cases. The > proposed committee structure seems sensible. > > Thanks to Mary for the helpful notes. > > Must run, > > Bill > > > On Nov 5, 2008, at 7:56 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > > > Greetings members, > Here at Cairo we have had some very useful discussions with Board > members, ALAC and the business constituencies about the shape of > the new Noncommercial Stakeholders Group. We have promised to give > the Board Governance Committee a rough draft of the charter for the > new NCSG by the end of this month. > There were a couple of issues or decisions that were > controversial or just difficult to know what is best. We wanted to > solicit your opinion about that. Please give us your input on the > items below > > Two of the questions relate to electing GNSO Councilors. The > other is just a question about organizational structure > > In the future we will need to elect 6 GNSO Councilors. > > Voting method for GNSO Council representatives > ===================================== > V1) Should each member give one vote to 6 candidates? > V2) Should we allow members to concentrate and distribute their > votes, e.g., assign all 6 votes to one candidate, or 3 votes to 2 > candidates, or 2 votes to 3 candidates? > The concentrated vote method would increase the chances that > minorities with strong preferences would be represented on the > Council. It would, as a result, decrease the solidarity of the NCSG > as a voting bloc and reduce the need for Council candidates to try > to represent the stakeholder group as a whole. Most of the members > meeting here favored Option 1 because they wanted Council members > to have a broader appeal, but at least one favored the concentrated > method. There are also some concerns about the procedural > complexity of concentrated voting. > > Geographic representation > ==================== > There are 6 Council seats and 5 ICANN geographic regions. What > geographic representation rule do we follow? > Two different options were proposed: > G1) A simple rule that no region can have more than two (2) > council seats > G2) A rule that at least 4 regions must be represented in the > outcome. > I think there was agreement that the GNSO Council position is > important and very demanding, so no one should get elected to it > solely because of their regional origin; they should compete with > candidates from other regions on the basis of their qualifications > and commitment to the job. So that is why we did not just say that > the Council seats should > > Rule G1 would mean that you could have a minimum of three regions > represented on the Council (2 from each of 3 regions) > Rule G2 would mean that 4 regions would be represented, but one > region might have as many as 3 of the 6 seats > > Executive Committee – Policy Committee Structure > ====================================== > Here we are just asking for comment on organizational structure. > > We seemed to come to an agreement on: > An _Executive Committee_ that consists of: > > * Chair > * A Chair-appointed Secretary-Treasurer > * Two others elected by constituencies (one vote per constituency) > > The executive committee handled administrative tasks such as > membership reviews, fund allocations, meeting agendas, voting > > A _Policy committee_ that consists of: > Elected GNSO Councilors > One representative from each constituency > The Policy Committee > > * Governs statements issued in name of NCSG > * Initiates policy proceedings on behalf of NCSG > * Can provide guidance to Councilors - upon request, no need for > vote > > > What do you think of this structure? > Apologies for the length of this message, but we do need your > input on these issues > > > > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > > > > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]