I'd like to thank both Patrick and Peter for stepping up and volunteering for this important position. I've met them both, like both of them very much, and have been actively encouraging both of them to consider volunteering for the open E.C. slot. I'm very happy each has decided to put his name forward for consideration.<div>
<br></div><div>As Tapani has pointed out, there is some flexibility in our Bylaws for the EC to act in exceptional circumstances when the best interest of the Constituency calls for it. I'd suggest that having a full slate of EC members is important and selecting a replacement for Norbet can be accommodated under our current Bylaws, particularly if there is consensus on the matter. The real problem will be selecting amongst such well qualified candidates for the position and devising an appropriate mechanism for doing so.</div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 1:45 PM, William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hello</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Greetings from the GNSO Council meeting in Durban.<br><br></div></div></div><div><div>On Jul 8, 2013, at 1:22 AM, PATRICK LENIHAN <<a href="mailto:patrick_lenihan@msn.com" target="_blank">patrick_lenihan@msn.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#008a17" face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font><font color="#008a17" face="Times New Roman" size="4">If there is still a need for an Asian representative, I wish to volunteer and</font><br><font color="#008a17" face="Times New Roman" size="4">participate to the best of my ability. </font></div>
</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Thank you Patrick for your interest in serving as the interim Asian representative on the NCUC EC, it is much appreciated. My apologies for this delayed reply, travel and then meetings and other work here preoccupied me and I lost track of this item.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">On Jul 13, 2013, at 12:56 PM, PeterGreen <<a href="mailto:seekcommunications@hotmail.com" target="_blank">seekcommunications@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt">I am Peter Green (also Zuan Zhang) from China Organizational Name Administration Center (CONAC), Beijing, China.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Thank you also Peter for your interest in serving as the interim Asian representative on the NCUC EC, it is much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>As you may recall, when Norbert Klein notified us on 18 June that he was stepping down as the Asia representative, we then had an extended discussion about how to go about appointing an interim replacement until the next election. While some of us thought the current Bylaws provision </div>
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E. When EC members or Council Representatives are deemed to resign due to nonparticipation as per sections C and D above, the Chair may appoint a temporary replacement provided that NCSG regional geographic diversity requirements are maintained. If the remaining term of the resigning EC representative(s) is greater than six (6) months, a new election shall be organized.<strong style="font-size:1em"> </strong></div>
<div><strong style="font-size:1em"><br></strong></div><div><span style="font-size:1em">provided a sufficiently clear basis for the Chair to make an appointment, of course in consultation with the EC and membership, that view was not universally shared. The conversation then drifted off without resolution. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:1em"><br></span></div><div>To be entirely honest, I am not quite sure how to proceed here. <span style="font-size:1em">I suppose if one believes that any procedure we follow must be specifically defined in the bylaws, and that the bylaws don't address this case, we may be stuck. If instead one believes that the EC can interpret the legislative intent of the bylaws and extrapolate to define a procedure, then maybe we can act. In which case we can then grapple with how to deal fairly with a contested selection, short of calling a special election (which, to put it mildly, would be fairly taxing from an administrative/bandwidth standpoint).</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:1em"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:1em">We have an Executive Committee meeting scheduled for 3pm tomorrow. While the agenda is fairly full, let's take a little time to discuss this then and see if we can identify the possible foundations of convergence in one direction or the other. I will separately resend the remote participation details.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:1em"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:1em">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:1em"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:1em">Bill</span></div><div><span style="font-size:1em"><br>
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