[NCUC-DISCUSS] Questions on ncuc bylaws

Renata Aquino Ribeiro raquino at gmail.com
Sat Oct 15 17:05:24 CEST 2016


I agree on strengthening the regional perspective too.

Em 15 de out de 2016 11:58 AM, "Amr Elsadr" <aelsadr at egyptig.org> escreveu:

> Hi,
>
> Responses in-line below:
>
> > On Oct 14, 2016, at 8:04 AM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > All
> >
> > EC will meet today in a couple of hours to discuss questions and
> comments on the NCUC  bylaws.  Please consider discussing the questions
> below. We will have the public meeting with ncuc members on Monday next
> week.
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1. Should the bylaws include the process of removal of ncuc officers
> such as EC members and how?
>
> Yes, sure. This should be an important accountability mechanism within the
> NCUC. Matt mentioned some reasons why we may want to do this. Those, and
> others, will likely require more discussion.
>
> >
> > 2. Should the bylaws predict processes for participating in empowered
> community and how?
>
> At the top of my head, yes, they should. At least as far as inspection
> rights as per the new bylaws are concerned. There may be other topics that
> may require guidelines or procedures within the NCUC. It’ll be easier to
> figure some of these out when we see the draft language for the new GNSO
> Operating Procedures, which we should certainly review while reviewing our
> own bylaws.
>
> >
> > 3. Changes are made to the ncuc bylaws to align it with ncsg bylaws.
> Since ncsg is going to go under bylaws reviews what should be done if ncsg
> bylaws again disalign with ncuc in some respects?
>
> Well, NCUC’s bylaws certainly should not conflict in any way with the NCSG
> charter. I advise we work with the NCSG charter we have, and keep an eye on
> whatever progress is being done to amend it, as work continues within NCUC.
>
> >
> > you can also share any issue/question you would like to add for
> discussion.
>
> For years, I’ve had a problem with how the regional members of the NCUC EC
> perform their duties. The way I see it, there are two ways to go about
> dealing with this while updating our bylaws. One would be to reinforce the
> regional roles each one of the EC members is expected to play, and add
> mechanisms to hold them accountable to that responsibility. This could be
> factored into responses to question 1 above. Another approach would be to
> redefine the purpose and responsibilities of EC members, and no longer
> restrict them to regional representation. I would personally prefer the
> first approach.
>
> I appreciate that EC members are volunteers like everyone else is, but for
> years now, and across different ECs, the majority of regional members of
> the EC seem to consistently neglect their duties. I think it’s important to
> address this at the earliest opportunity.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
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