[governance] Suggested amendment for the charter. Nomcom. Still needs signatories

[Ginger Paque]

+1 gp

Ginger (Virginia) Paque

VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu
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On 10 January 2013 10:28, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <
tracyhackshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
> On Jan 10, 2013 12:17 PM, "Sivasubramanian M" <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have supported this, so please count a +1 from me.
>>
>> Sivasubramanian M
>> On Jan 10, 2013 9:23 PM, "Avri Doria" <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> At this point, 6 people have signed on as proposers of this amendment.
>>>
>>> Avri Doria
>>> Chaitanya Dhareshwar
>>> Fouad Bajwa
>>> Louis Pouzin
>>> Norbert Bollow
>>> Pranesh Prakash
>>>
>>> Please let me know if your name is included in error, or if I forgot to
>>> include your name.
>>>
>>> I think I have caught the editorial changes that were requested.  Thanks
>>> to those who found them. Please let me know if I missed something or messed
>>> something up anew.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> avri
>>> -----
>>>
>>>
>>> Amendments to the Charter
>>>
>>> This charter can be amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than ten
>>> (10) members and as approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the
>>> members of the IGC. The membership requirements for amending the charter
>>> are based on the most currently available voters list. In amending the
>>> charter, everyone who voted in the previous election will be deemed a
>>> member for amending the charter.
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Amendment 1:
>>>
>>> Currently the charter <http://igcaucus.org/charter> reads as:
>>>
>>> "
>>> Any such request will require a public response from the coordinators'
>>> within a week indicating the action taken and with an explanation of the
>>> reasons for the action.
>>>
>>> All nominations to external bodies, e.g., the IGF multistakholder
>>> advisory group, will be made using a randomly selected nomcom process as
>>> defined here.
>>> "
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Add missing heading to Nominations section.
>>> New text:
>>>
>>> "
>>> Any such request will require a public response from the coordinators'
>>> within a week indicating the action taken and with an explanation of the
>>> reasons for the action.
>>>
>>> <bold>Nominations to External Bodies</bold>
>>>
>>> All nominations to external bodies, e.g., the IGF multistakholder
>>> advisory group, will be made using a randomly selected nomcom process as
>>> defined here.
>>> "
>>>
>>>
>>> Amendment 2:
>>>
>>> Currently the Nomcom process <http://www.igcaucus.org/node/2> reads as:
>>>
>>> "
>>> 8. Each nomcom will be selected for a specific decision and will be
>>> disbanded after the decision is made.However, in special cases where
>>> several different nominating committees would need to be completed in a
>>> shortened time frame that did not allow for multiple nominating committees,
>>> the co-coordinators may jointly request one nominating committee to fill
>>> several functions.
>>>
>>> 9. There is no limit on the number of nomcoms an individual may serve on.
>>> "
>>>
>>> Proposed changes
>>>
>>> 1. Change to 1 Nomcom per year
>>> 2. Restrict members of Nomcom to 2 consecutive terms
>>>
>>> Change text to:
>>>
>>> "
>>> 8.  Each Nomcom will serve for one year.
>>>
>>> 9. Nomcom Volunteers and non-voting chairs may serve a maximum of two
>>> consecutive terms.  An intervening year is required before any term-limited
>>> volunteer may volunteer for the random process.  An intervening two (2)
>>> years are required before a non-voting chair may serve again as either a
>>> volunteer or a non-voting chair.  A term-limited volunteer may serve as
>>> non-voting chair.
>>> "
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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