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

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

+1

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org>wrote:

> I can't think of any good reasons against the proposed amendments, and
> support both Amendment 1, and Amendment 2 (both parts).
>
> Minor corrections:
> "term limited" -> "term-limited"
> "term -limited" -> "term-limited" / "limited-term"
>
> ~ Pranesh
>
> Norbert Bollow [2013-01-09 23:15]:
> > 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. "
> >
>
>
> --
> Pranesh Prakash
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> Centre for Internet and Society
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