[governance] Notice to the IGC on Proposed Charter Amendments

[Sonigitu Ekpe]

I think I support Parminder's view on holding important discussion before
voting time.

This amendments can be made in piece meal as we progress.

Sonigitu
On Jan 14, 2013 6:52 AM, "parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

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> Is a discussion period period being scheduled before voting? Avri's emails
> asking for taking action on her proposal have also asked for a discussion
> period. In any case, it is a key democratic imperative as well as tradition
> to hold discussions before important voting. parminder
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>  On Monday 14 January 2013 04:17 AM, Deirdre Williams wrote:
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> My comment refers to point 5 below:
> "Before the initiation of the Voting eBallot, all voting members are
> requested to inform the IGC if they feel that there are other necessary
> amendments to be made to the  Charter and a period of 48 hours is given to
> allow members to respond."
> Is there any reason that we cannot deal with these amendments piecemeal?
> Avri has made a powerful and convincing proposal that has received a good
> deal of support.
> I propose therefore that we should vote on this amendment to this section
> of the Charter now.
> As other amendments are proposed we can deal with them.
> Attempts to review the whole Charter together have been unsuccessful.
> Perhaps making a review section by section will work better.
> What do others think?
> Deirdre
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> On 13 January 2013 16:40, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
> salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Dear All,
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>> Firstly, I would like to thank Imran Ahmed Shah for helping prepare this
>> Summary. Kindly find herewith the following notice in relation to the
>> proposal for Charter Amendments.
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>> *Notice to Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) on Proposed Charter
>> Amendments*
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>>    1. On January 10, 2013, Avri Doria (hereafter referred to as
>>    "Initiator") proposed a Charter Amendment.
>>    2. At the material time, the initiator was not a Voting Member under
>>    the definitions of the Charter, however the number of support for the
>>    proposal is more than the required 10 members.
>>    3. The amendment proposal is accepted for Voting.
>>    4. Voting electronic ballot ( hereafter referred to as "eBallot") on
>>    the matter will be issued strictly to Voting Members.
>>    5. Before the initiation of the Voting eBallot, all voting members
>>    are requested to inform the IGC if they feel that there are other necessary
>>    amendments to be made to the  Charter and a period of 48 hours is given to
>>    allow members to respond.
>>    6. If voting for the amendment commences post 18th January, 2013, the
>>    Voting members will be re-evaluated as per the current open Election for
>>    one of the coordinators of the IGC.
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>> A summary is enclosed within this email, see below and also attached.
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>>     *Internet Governance Caucus CS*
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>>    *Charter Amendment Initiative Jan 2013 - Support Summary*
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>>   *Required Votes (2/3)*
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>> Kind Regards,
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>> --
>> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
>> P.O. Box 17862
>> Suva
>> Fiji
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>>  Twitter: @SalanietaT
>> Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
>> Tel: +679 3544828
>>  Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
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