[NCUC-DISCUSS] Input requested by GNSO Standing Committee onImprovements

[William Drake]

2 does seem to have momentum...

On Apr 8, 2013, at 10:58 AM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:

> 
> #2
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> W
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org on behalf of Zain Khan, CMC
> Sent: Mon 4/8/2013 4:55 AM
> To: Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu
> Cc: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Input requested by GNSO Standing Committee onImprovements
> 
> 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
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>> 
>>>>> 
>> 
>> *From: *
>> 
>> Mary Wong
>> 
>> *To:*
>> 
>> NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
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>> *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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