+1<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Pranesh Prakash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org" target="_blank">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
I can't think of any good reasons against the proposed amendments, and<br>
support both Amendment 1, and Amendment 2 (both parts).<br>
<br>
Minor corrections:<br>
"term limited" -> "term-limited"<br>
"term -limited" -> "term-limited" / "limited-term"<br>
<br>
~ Pranesh<br>
<br>
Norbert Bollow [2013-01-09 23:15]:<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> I support the two amendment proposals below, subject to the<br>
> noted typo corrections...<br>
><br>
> Greetings,<br>
> Norbert<br>
><br>
> Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Thanks for point out that I neglected to Include the heading I meant<br>
>> to add.<br>
>><br>
>> On 9 Jan 2013, at 11:24, Avri Doria wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Amendments to the Charter<br>
>><br>
>> This charter can be amended at any time as proposed by no fewer than<br>
>> ten (10) members and as approved by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of<br>
>> the members of the IGC. The membership requirements for amending the<br>
>> charter are based on the most currently available voters list. In<br>
>> amending the charter, everyone who voted in the previous election<br>
>> will be deemed a member for amending the charter.<br>
>><br>
>> ----------<br>
>><br>
>> Amendment 1:<br>
>><br>
>> Currently the charter <<a href="http://igcaucus.org/charter" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org/charter</a>> reads as:<br>
>><br>
>> "<br>
>> Any such request will require a public response from the<br>
>> coordinators' within a week indicating the action taken and with an<br>
>> explanation of the reasons for the action.<br>
>><br>
>> All nominations to external bodies, e.g., the IGF multistakholder<br>
>> advisory group, will be made using a randomly selected nomcom process<br>
>> as defined here. "<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Add Heading to Nominations section. New text:<br>
>><br>
>> "<br>
>> Any such request will require a public response from the<br>
>> coordinators' within a week indicating the action taken and with an<br>
>> explanation of the reasons for the action.<br>
>><br>
>> <bold>Nominations to External Bodies</bold><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> All nominations to external bodies, e.g., the IGF multistakholder<br>
><br>
> "multistakholder" -> "multistakeholder"<br>
><br>
>> advisory group, will be made using a randomly selected nomcom process<br>
>> as defined here. "<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Amendment 2:<br>
>><br>
>> Currently the Nomcom process <<a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/node/2" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/node/2</a>> reads<br>
>> as:<br>
>><br>
>> "<br>
>> 8. Each nomcom will be selected for a specific decision and will be<br>
>> disbanded after the decision is made.However, in special cases where<br>
>> several different nominating committees would need to be completed in<br>
>> a shortened time frame that did not allow for multiple nominating<br>
>> committees, the co-coordinators may jointly request one nominating<br>
>> committee to fill several functions.<br>
>><br>
>> 9. There is no limit on the number of nomcoms an individual may serve<br>
>> on. "<br>
>><br>
>> Proposed changes<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Change to 1 Nomcom per year<br>
>> 2. Restrict members of Nomcom to 2 consecutive terms<br>
>><br>
>> Change text to:<br>
>><br>
>> "<br>
>> 8. Each Nomcom will serve for one year.<br>
>><br>
>> 9. Nomcom Volunteers and non-voting chairs may serve a maximum of two<br>
>> consecutive terms. An intervening year is required before any term<br>
>> limited volunteer may volunteer for the random process. An<br>
>> intervening two (2) intervening year are required beofe a non-voting<br>
><br>
> "beofe" -> "before"<br>
><br>
> "intervening year" -> "years" (this change corrects the accidental<br>
> duplication of the word "intervening" and the omission of the plural-s<br>
> after "year")<br>
><br>
>> chair may serve again as either a volunteer or a non-voting chair. A<br>
>> term -limited volunteer may serve as non-voting chair. "<br>
><br>
<br>
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