RE: [registrars] proposed new by law "amendments section" comments

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>]

Hello All,

One option is to include geographic diversity as one of the selection
criteria for an elected position - see for example the selection
criteria for ICANN Board directors.

You do not necessarily need to mandate geographic diversity (or as Paul
points out diversity on size, culture etc) - which may unduely restrict
the choices for a particular position.

As a general idea - I like the the development of selection criteria.
It helps make clear the role for both candidates and those doing the
electing.  Candidates for a position can state how they meet the
criteria - with the understanding that no one candidate is likely to
meet all criteria.  This was the process used in the recent GNSO
election.

Regards,
Bruce
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Wm. Rader [mailto:ross@tucows.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 18 March 2003 7:31 PM
To: 'Ken Stubbs'; 'Registrars'
Cc: 'Elana Broitman'

Ken said... 
"This 10 percent number is far to low.. i feel that at least 50% of the
members must actually cast a vote in order for the result to be binding
on the constituancy. The impact of a by law amendment is so great that
there must be insurance that a substantial portion of the members act on
the issue .  I do though believe that the 2/3 majority of votes cast
makes sense."
 
There is a provision for a minimum of 10% to a minimum of 10 members
which needs to be made clearer in relationship to this clause.
Historically voter turn-out has been terrible - in fact, I don't think
we've come close to anything near 50% with any sort of regularity - the
last two ballots being the notable exceptions. With that being said, the
bar should probably be higher for bylaws amendments than they are for
regular ballots and elections.

As a general point, I would urge those commenting on the document not to
consider specific items in isolation. There are any number of
interdependencies that affect how specific clauses are to be
interpreted. Sometimes these get tricky if you just focus on a specific
passage. There were a number of registrars that participated in the
drafting and I'm sure that any one of use would be happy to answer
questions, such as these, as they arise.

-rwr