[ga] Motion on Chair Election

[Greg Burton <sidna@feedwriter.com>]

At 09:56 AM 2/9/01, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
>Motion 2.
>"
>The DNSO/GA asks the Board of Directors to modify the iCANN
>bylaws to have its Chairperson directly elected by the DNSO/GA
>Members.
>
>It calls on the commitment of the NC to support that request and to
>the result of the DNSO/GA nomination process until the Board of
>Directors has modified the Bylaws as requested by the DNSO/GA.
>"

I appreciate the idea greatly, but this is not a well-formed motion, and it 
does not address the potential need for an interim chair. I would recommend 
that the body of the motion read:
-----
The NC should recommend to the ICANN Board of Directors that the ICANN 
bylaws be amended by deleting Article VI-B Section 2 (i)  "The NC shall 
elect the Chairman of the GA annually.", and inserting Article VI-B Section 
4 (e)  "The GA shall elect the Chairman of the GA annually according to the 
voting procedures adopted by the GA".
-----

>Motion 1.
>"
>The DNSO/GA wants to directly elect its Chairperson. The DNSO/GA
>therefore ask the Board of Directors to modify the iCANN bylaws before
>the renewal of its current Chair to permit the direct election of its next
>Chairperson. To respect this agenda, the requested change should be
>decided during the Melbourne BoD meeting.
>"

This motion means we will lack a chair if they don't do it. Bad idea 
because you can't count on it happening when you want it to.

Regards,
Greg

sidna@feedwriter.com

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