-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks all for the comments. The matter was referred to the SCI today, following the Council meeting. Joy On 21/12/2012 7:43 a.m., Robin Gross wrote: > I agree, Alain. Especially with all of the heightened concern > lately regarding ICANN's lax ethical standards for conflicts of > interest, it is deeply troubling that the GNSO Council allowed this > motion to go forward under these circumstances (and was led by > staff to do it). I also agree that this matter should be referred > to SCI and I expect the press will take a keen interest in ICANN's > decision making process that again bypasses proper process to > achieve a desired result for the benefit of a few, but powerful, > interests. > > Robin > > > On Dec 20, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Alain Berranger wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> In general I find it hard to imagine that the GNSO Council >> should/would vote again if the motion has been re-tabled as it >> was when rejected... Perhaps better to wait for Standing >> Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI) to look at >> the situation? >> >> Alain >> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM, joy <[log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> > Dear colleagues, We have had this approach from a fellow GNSO > Councillor. Please share your views to help guide us. At the NCSG > meeting yesterday (MP3 recording circulated yesterday by Robin) we > agreed to raise a number of procedural concerns about this > re-tabled motion, to make the point we vigorously oppose it, but we > did not agree to request a deferral (a course of action I would not > support). Views? Joy > > > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: IOC/RC Date: Wed, 19 > Dec 2012 10:26:31 -0800 From: Mason Cole <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: David Cake <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Maria Farrell > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, "Joy > Liddicoat ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)" <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Magaly <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Wendy Seltzer <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Wolfgang Kleinwächter > <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > > Greetings NCSG colleagues -- > > I'm writing about tomorrow's scheduled IOC/RC vote. I wanted to > get your temperature on this as I've been thinking about it for > some time now. > > I agree with you that the position we find ourselves in now was > arrived at through a bad process. I'm not in favor of > reconsidering motions in general, and I hope the council is better > educated on procedure (I know I'm trying myself). I'm concerned > about the council's image regarding efficiency and that certainly > didn't help. I'm hoping we can get this voted on tomorrow and get > it behind us, whether the result is yea or nay. I'm concerned if > someone tries to defer, it will merely delay -- we've debated the > issue pretty thoroughly and I doubt any votes will change. > > Any thoughts on this? > > Mason > > > > > >> >> >> >> >> -- Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA Member, Board of Directors, CECI, >> http://www.ceci.ca >> <http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> >> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, >> www.schulich.yorku.ca <http://www.schulich.yorku.ca> Treasurer, >> Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org >> <http://www.gkpfoundation.org> NA representative, Chasquinet >> Foundation, www.chasquinet.org <http://www.chasquinet.org> Chair, >> NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ O:+1 514 484 7824 >> <tel:%2B1%20514%20484%207824>; M:+1 514 704 7824 >> <tel:%2B1%20514%20704%207824> Skype: alain.berranger >> >> >> AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ Ce courriel est confidentiel et est à >> l’usage exclusif du destinataire ci-dessus. 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