Re: [council] Minutes from 19 October NC teleconference

[kstubbs@digitel.net (Digitel - Ken Stubbs)]

speaking personally as a member of the council...

i would earnestly hope that , now that elisabeth is a member of the council,
we can take this burden of the secretariat job off of a "volunteer"  and
turn it over to a "staff person" as quickly as possible.

ken stubbs


----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Touton" <touton@icann.org>
To: "Elisabeth Porteneuve" <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>
Cc: <council@dnso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [council] Minutes from 19 October NC teleconference


> Elisabeth,
>
> Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:
> >
> > Philip,
> >
> > > I have noticed a couple of mistakes in the Oct 19 minutes.
> > >
> > >
> > > Item4
> > > Decision D3: The motion failed with 7 votes in favor (Aus der Muhlen,
Carey,
> > > Chicoine, Cochetti, Kane, Sheppard, and Vandromme), 4 votes against
(Katoh,
> > > Poblette, Quaynor (by proxy), and Stubbs), and 3 abstentions (Harris,
> > > Roberts, and Swinehart (by proxy).
> > >
> > > Surely this motion passed.
> >
> > ==> Whereas I did not drafted 19 Oct minutes, I have my hand notes.
> >       Quoting my scribe notes:
> >       14 voting, 2 proxies, 7 "in favor". If majority means superior
> >       (strictly biger than half, like in real votes when 50% plus 1
> >       is required), then motion failed. To be checked.
> >       End quote.
> >     Then immediate comments from Roger and Philip, that this particular
> >     votes makes them uncomfortable to be taken, and it is better to go
> >     for A (which indirectly suggest they consider this motion as
passing).
> >
> >     Question for clarification to Louis: failed or passed ?
>
> The motion in fact failed (on this count, see Decision D3a for the
> recount).  To clarify, I suggest rewording the item as follows:
>
>    Decision D3: The motion received 7 votes in favor (Aus der Muhlen,
> Carey,
>    Chicoine, Cochetti, Kane, Sheppard, and Vandromme), 4 votes against
> (Katoh,
>    Poblette, Quaynor (by proxy), and Stubbs), and 3 abstentions (Harris,
>    Roberts, and Swinehart (by proxy).  Because the motion failed to
> attain a
>    majority of votes in favor, it was considered not to have passed.
>
>
> [snip]
>
> Louis