[NCUC-DISCUSS] Input requested by GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements

[Brenden Kuerbis]

support #2

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Brenden Kuerbis
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Zain Khan, CMC <zainsyed45 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I favour #2.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:52 AM, <Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu> wrote:
>
>>  Dear NCUC members,
>>
>>  I'm resending the email below, as the Standing Committee on
>> Improvements (SCI) would like to complete its work on this issue and send
>> its recommendation on to the GNSO Council for their approval. Please let me
>> know if you have comments or questions by 21 April. Thanks!
>>
>>  Mary
>>
>>
>> Mary W S Wong
>> Professor of Law
>> Faculty Chair, Global IP Partnerships
>> Chair, Graduate IP Programs
>> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
>> Two White Street
>> Concord, NH 03301
>> USA
>> Email: mary.wong at law.unh.edu
>> Phone: 1-603-513-5143
>> Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php
>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> *From: *
>>
>> Mary Wong
>>
>> *To:*
>>
>> NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>>
>> *Date: *
>>
>> 3/20/2013 11:47 PM
>>
>> *Subject: *
>>
>> Input requested by GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements
>>
>> Hi all - I thought I had sent the request below but cannot seem to locate
>> it so I apologize if I did not. The GNSO's Standing Committee on GNSO
>> Improvements (SCI) is requesting SG and constituency feedback on a proposal
>> for dealing with whether, when and how a motion may be re-submitted for
>> re-voting to the GNSO Council. The proposal follows, as does a brief
>> explanation of why this is an issue.
>>
>>
>>   Alternative #1.  Leave up to discretion of the Chair
>>
>> OR
>>
>> Alternative #2.  Comply with ALL the following criteria, in this order:
>>
>>
>>    (1)  Re-submitting Councilor must provide reasoning to justify the
>> resubmission of a motion, no later than the usual deadline for submitting
>> an original motion --  8 days prior to  the next GNSO Council meeting.
>>
>> (2)  The text of the re-submitted motion must be published, no later
>> than the usual deadline for submitting an original motion --  8 days prior
>> to  the next GNSO Council meeting.
>>
>> (3)  The re-submitted motion must have a seconder from each house as a
>> prerequisite for placing the issue of whether the Council will even accept
>> a re-submission on the consent agenda at the next GNSO Council meeting.
>>
>> (4)  Any Councilor can ask for the acceptance of re-submission to be
>> taken off the consent agenda -- in which case the question whether or not
>> the re-submission should even be accepted goes automatically to a Council
>> vote on whether to accept the re-submission.NOTE: all this is just to
>> decide if the act of re-submission itself is accepted -- the actual
>> substance of the motion does not get discussed, or put to a vote, until
>> such acceptance has taken place.CONTEXT:At a recent Council meeting, a
>> motion was voted on and defeated because two Councilors abstained without
>> realizing that an abstention under the GNSO Council rules is automatically
>> deemed to be a No vote. The question then became whether the motion could
>> be re-submitted and re-voted on, at which point it became clear that the
>> GNSO Council rules and procedures do NOT currently have a process in place
>> to deal with the question. The SCI was therefore asked to look at the issue
>> and recommend such a process.Thanks and cheersMary
>>
>>
>> Mary W S Wong
>> Professor of Law
>> Faculty Chair, Global IP Partnerships
>> Chair, Graduate IP Programs
>> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
>> Two White Street
>> Concord, NH 03301
>> USA
>> Email: mary.wong at law.unh.edu
>> Phone: 1-603-513-5143
>> Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php
>>
>>
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