[governance] Vote on proposed amendment to IGC charter

Mon Aug 24 12:15:12 EDT 2009

Hi Ginger,

I joined IGC January 2009.  Please correct me if I am wrong if I assumed
that when you are a member for at least 2 months with the IGC you can vote.
It says in the Charter that "*Each person who is subscribed to the list at
least two (2) months before the election will be given a voter account*."
The list of IGC members was last updated January 29 but I do not see my name
as member of that list. Does this mean then that I cannot vote? Or basically
I am not a member of IGC because I am not on the list? Will definitely
appreciate any clarifications.

Thanks! :)

Regards,
Charity

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Dear IGC members,
>
> A proposal has been made for amendment to the IGC charter (please see full
> details below and attached).
>
> IGC members should currently be discussing the proposed amendment on the
> list in case there are any doubts or opinions they would like to express.
>
> The Charter states that “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."  That list is at
> http://www.igcaucus.org/node/12/%253Cbr%2520/%253E.
>
> Since approval of any amendment requires a two-thirds approval, please be
> sure to vote, whatever your decision may be. This is a good way to keep the
> IGC on track by exercising your right and obligation to vote.
>
> Each person sent a ballot paper will be asked first to affirm whether they
> are a member of civil society. Only civil society members are entitled to
> vote. You will be given a choice of "yes", "no" or "abstain" to show your
> agreement or non-agreement with the proposed amendment. If you prefer not to
> vote, please use the "abstain" option – that allows us to keep you on the
> updated membership list as a current member.
>
> The ballot will be a secret ballot. The ballot will be open for two weeks
> (until September 15th). An announcement of the results will be made as soon
> as possible thereafter. You should expect to receive a ballot paper before
> Wednesday next week (September 2nd), possibly earlier. If you believe you
> are entitled to vote and have not received a ballot paper by then please
> contact me directly.
>
> Many thanks to Dr. Derrick Cogburn for once again accepting the task of
> running this electronic ballot procedure for the IGC.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ginger Paque
> for
> Ginger Paque and Ian Peter
> IGC Co-coordinators
>
>
>
>
> To the IGC Caucus and IGC Caucus Coordinators:
>
> According to the IGC Charter, Amendments to the Charter are made
> according to the following process:
>
> 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.
>
> Because of the events on the list over the last month or longer, the
> undersigned have decided to propose Posting Rule amendments to the
> charter (attached to this email) that will make it less problematic to
> deal with disruptive behavior on the IG Caucus list in the future.  Part
> of the problem we are trying to remedy is the fact that the sole
> responsibility rests with the coordinators without them having any clear
> guidelines or
> assistance.
>
> In proposing these amendments we looked at RFC 3683 "A Practice for
> Revoking Posting Rights to IETF Mailing Lists"
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3683.txt
>   RFC 3934 and  " <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3683.txtRFC3934and>Updates to RFC 2418 Regarding the Management of IETF
> Mailing Lists" http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3934.txt, as well as the
> rules currently in effect for ICANN's GA List for guidance.
>
> The proposed amendment contains the following elements:
>
> - statement of the purpose of the IGC list
> - set of guidelines for decorum on the IGC list and any other IGC
> lists that may be created
> - description of inappropriate postings for IGC list(s)
>
> We are also proposing that the coordinators can create, if they desire
> to do so, an advisory body to help them in determining when the
> posting rules have been infringed.  The decision and responsibility of
> when to take action is, however, still left with the coordinators.
>
> If this charter amendment is accepted by a 2/3 vote of the current
> members, action for suspension of removal can be initiated in the
> following manner:
>
> a. the coordinators decide on their own that action needs to be taken
> b. the advisory group recommends it to coordinators and they agree
> that action needs to be taken
> c. a group of 20 IGC members publicly petitions the coordinators to
> consider action and the coordinators agree actions should be taken
>
> The appeals mechanism remains the same as it is in the current charter:
>
> > ? Any decision for suspension can be appealed.
> > Any decision to remove someone from the list will
> > call for an automatic appeal by the appeals team.
>
> Signed by the following members of the IGC as listed on http://www.igcaucus.org/
>
>
> Carlos A.Afonso
> Vittorio Bertola
> Wilie Curie
> Avri Doria (co-author)
> Wiliam Drake
> Bret Fausett
> Robin Gross
> Michael Gurstein
> Jeanette Hofmann (co-author)
> Wolfgang Kleinwächter
> Jeremy Malcolm
> Lee W. McKnight
> Jacqueline A. Morris
> Adam Peake
> Parminder Singh
> David Souter
> Christopher Wilkinson
>
>
>
>
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