Voting method: both options are fine with me so I agree with whatever the group decides. <br><br>Geographic representation: G1<br><br>Structure: agree. My question is who will be in charge of external communications. My feeling is that it is important to be able to translate the activities and objectives into an approach that can draw interest from the public - and this is a lot of work.<br>
<br>Tks Mary and Milton for this!!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:24 PM, William Drake <span dir="ltr"><william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hello,<div><br></div><div><div>I favor option 1 for both voting methods and geographic representation. Simplicity is preferable in both cases. The proposed committee structure seems sensible.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Mary for the helpful notes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Must run,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><div><br><div><div>On Nov 5, 2008, at 7:56 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 22px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Greetings members,</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Here at<span> </span>Cairo<span> </span>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.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two of the questions relate to electing GNSO Councilors. The other is just a question about organizational structure</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">In the future we will need to elect 6 GNSO Councilors.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Voting method for GNSO Council representatives</span></font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">V1) Should each member give one vote to 6 candidates?</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Geographic representation</span></font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">There are 6 Council seats and 5 ICANN geographic regions. What geographic representation rule do we follow?</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two different options were proposed:</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">G1) A simple rule that no region can have more than two (2) council seats</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">G2) A rule that at least 4 regions must be represented in the outcome.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rule G1 would mean that you could have a minimum of three regions represented on the Council (2 from each of 3 regions)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rule G2 would mean that 4 regions would be represented, but one region might have as many as 3 of the 6 seats</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Executive Committee – Policy Committee Structure</span></font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Here we are just asking for comment on organizational structure.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We seemed to come to an agreement on:</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">An _<i><span style="font-style: italic;">Executive Committee</span></i>_ that consists of:</span></font></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="square">
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Chair</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A Chair-appointed Secretary-Treasurer</span></font></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two others elected by constituencies (one vote per constituency)</span></font></li></ul>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The executive committee handled administrative tasks such as membership reviews, fund allocations, meeting agendas, voting</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A _<i><span style="font-style: italic;">Policy committee</span></i>_ that consists of:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Elected GNSO Councilors</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">One representative from each constituency</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Policy Committee</span></font></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Governs statements issued in name of NCSG</span></font></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Initiates policy proceedings on behalf of NCSG</span></font></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Can provide guidance to Councilors - upon request, no need for vote</span></font></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;">
<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">What do you think of this structure?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Apologies for the length of this message, but we do need your input on these issues</span></font></div>
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