+1 Good point. Cheers ! -Olevie- 2014-06-21 18:13 UTC, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]>: > Agreed. > > Robin > > On Jun 21, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Rudi Vansnick wrote: > >> Hi Avri, >> >> I concur to your proposal. Not having a decent procedure, makes it very >> difficult to start a process that can be accepted AND respected by all >> parties concerned and involved. Without an accepted procedure there will >> always be discussions and lack of consensus on the way forward. During the >> PC NCSG meeting in Singapore we initiated a first concept of procedure, >> but did not finalize the whole procedure. I would suggest we take this >> point up in the next PC NCSG meeting as a priority of work to accomplish. >> >> Rudi Vansnick >> NPOC chair Policy Committee >> NPOC treasurer >> [log in to unmask] >> Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 >> Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32 >> www.npoc.org >> >> Op 21-jun.-2014, om 15:49 heeft Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> het volgende >> geschreven: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> At this point, I think we are starting to enter silliness mode about all >>> of this. The stress of the issue is becoming palpable with people >>> running around lobbying to and fro. >>> >>> One of the sources of this is that the NCPH (Non Contracted Party's >>> House that is NCSG + the CSG + NCA (NomCom Appointee)) has never >>> submitted its procedures for electing a Board members to the council as >>> required by the GNSO Operating Procedures. So the whole thing is being >>> done AdHoc, and is a wee bit farcical. Perhaps we should do that before >>> we do anything else. >>> >>> Why don't we decide on a proper process for electing, one that can >>> actually terminate in a decision to elect, thus allowing us actually to >>> conduct a legitimate election for a board seat. >>> >>> I have attached the relevant ByLaws and Procedures text below. >>> >>> >>> avri >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> by-laws >>> >>> 6. The GNSO shall make selections to fill Seats 13 and 14 on the ICANN >>> Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting. Each of the two >>> voting Houses of the GNSO, as described in Section 3(8) of this Article, >>> shall make a selection to fill one of two ICANN Board seats, as outlined >>> below; any such selection must have affirmative votes compromising sixty >>> percent (60%) of all the respective voting House members: >>> >>> a. the Contracted Party House shall select a representative to fill >>> Seat 13; and >>> >>> b. the Non-Contracted Party House shall select a representative to >>> fill Seat 14 >>> >>> Election procedures are defined in the GNSO Operating Procedures. >>> >>> Notification of the Board seat selections shall be given by the GNSO >>> Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, >>> Sections 8(4) and 12(1). >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> gnso operating procedures >>> >>> 2.4.3 Detailed Election Procedures >>> >>> Each House is responsible for establishing its own internal procedures >>> for nominations, interviews, voting, and candidate selection; however, >>> those processes must be documented and forwarded to the GNSO Council for >>> inclusion as ANNEXES to the GNSO Operating Procedures. If a House >>> subsequently elects to alter its procedures, such amendments must be >>> submitted to the GNSO Council before becoming effective so that the >>> procedures accurately reflect the actual processes and activities >>> performed by each House in selecting its candidate. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >> > > -- Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI DG Ets GIDA-OKTETS CEO de INTIC4DEV (http://www.intic4dev.org) SG de ESTETIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Membre de ISoc (www.isoc.org <http://www.isog.org/>) & du FOSSFA ( www.fossfa.net) Membre de l'ICANN-NCSG/NPOC (http://www.icann.org/ et http://www.npoc.org/) BP : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 98 43 27 72 Skype : olevie1 FB : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé - Togo