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Milton and Mary<br>
Thank you for all your work.<br>
Since I did the preparatory work for the next GigaNet elections I feel
inclined to give a few comments to your proposals (Milton):<br>
1. Voting method: In my opinion it would be a proportionnate solution
if a member would have 6 votes, but could not allocate more than 2
votes to the same candidate. This allows a certain concentration and
does not cause the risk that a few members could heavily influence the
outcome by agreeing to give six votes to the same candidate. This
solution would also be slightly more flexible than V2 (by allowing for
example 2 votes for a candidate and 1 vote for 4 other candidates).<br>
2. Geographic representation: G2 makes more sense since it allows to
better count on expertise; I fully support the principle of geographic
representation, but other aspects could also be of importance which are
not covered by pure geography (Asian person living in US, white person
living in South Africa). I would count on the reasonableness of voters
not to have a too unilaterally "composed" body).<br>
3. Committee structure: looks fine.<br>
Best<br>
Rolf<br>
<br>
Milton L Mueller schrieb:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Greetings members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Here at <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cairo</st1:place></st1:City>
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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">In the future we will
need to elect 6 GNSO Councilors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Voting method for GNSO
Council representatives<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">=====================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">V1) Should each member
give one vote to 6 candidates? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Geographic representation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">====================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two different options
were proposed:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Executive Committee –
Policy Committee Structure<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">======================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Here we are just asking
for comment on organizational
structure. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We seemed to come to an
agreement on: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A Chair-appointed
Secretary-Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two others elected by
constituencies (one vote per constituency)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Elected GNSO Councilors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">One representative from
each constituency <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Policy Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Governs statements issued
in name of NCSG<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Initiates policy
proceedings on behalf of NCSG<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Can provide guidance to
Councilors - upon request, no need for vote<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">What do you think of this
structure? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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