[governance] Typo corrected amendments suggestion (adding a heading, nomcom) (was Re: Suggested amendment...)

Norbert Bollow nb at bollow.ch
Wed Jan 9 12:45:14 EST 2013


I support the two amendment proposals below, subject to the
noted typo corrections...

Greetings,
Norbert

Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> Thanks for point out that I neglected to Include the heading I meant
> to add.
> 
> On 9 Jan 2013, at 11:24, Avri Doria wrote:
> 
> > 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 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

"multistakholder" -> "multistakeholder"

> 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) intervening year are required beofe a non-voting

"beofe" -> "before"

"intervening year" -> "years" (this change corrects the accidental
duplication of the word "intervening" and the omission of the plural-s
after "year")

> 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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