[ALAC] Rules of Procedure - Draft for discussion at 26 March ALAC meeting

[Evan Leibovitch]

Thanks for this work. I approve of the changes and believe they do improve
clarity.

I have one question (and apologize for the tardiness, I haven't really been
contributing much):

*11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time, all ALAC
Members  are deemed to have been present*

I wonder if this may be problematic, in cases where an online vote
(nominally now done by BigPulse) is held, but does not have many
participants. If a BigPulse vote is held but does not have at least a
quorum's worth of votes, does it still count?

I would suggest choosing either of two paths:

either

*  11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time, all ALAC
Members  are deemed to have been present. Members who do not participate in
the vote will be deemed to have abstained.
*

or

*  11.4.2 For votes taken electronically or over a period of time, at least
50% of sitting ALAC members must record a vote in order for the result to
be a valid decision*


My preference is for the second choice but I can live with either.

- Evan






On 25 March 2013 03:52, Yaovi Atohoun <yaovito at yahoo.fr> wrote:

>
>
> Dear Alan,
>
> Thank you again for the hard work.
>
>
>   A/    comments/questions
>
> 1)  Does "recall" of an ALT member means that this member is no  more
> member of ALT but remains an ALAC member?
> 2)  For BCEC it is mentioned: A new BCEC will be convened for each Board
> Seat Selection Process in 19.3.  Please don't we need such precision for
> BMSPC too?
>
>
> B/    Comment
>
> 1) I would prefer to see also included in 12.1.15   the removal of an ALAC
> member.  I note that  21.2 is saying  "should a vote be necessary ......"
>
> C/ One thought
>
> Could we have a situation where a chair decide to become a regular ALT or
> ALAC member in a situation where he thinks that he could not more carry the
> work load?
>
>
> Thank you
> Yaovi
>
>
> ________________________________
>  De : Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> À : ALAC Working List <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> Envoyé le : Lundi 25 mars 2013 6h23
> Objet : [ALAC] Rules of Procedure - Draft for discussion at 26 March ALAC
> meeting
>
> Attached please find the Draft Rules of Procedure for discussion at the 26
> March 2013 ALAC meeting. Also attached is a redline version showing most of
> the changes from the RoP discussed at the 19 March 2013 meeting.
>
> In addition to the changes detailed below, there are two sets of changes
> what do not show in the redline:
>
> - A number of corrections to cross-references within the document.
> - The movement of what was "10.3 Meeting Rules" to "10. Rules of the
> ALAC". This change was not shown in the redline version since the move
> caused all of the following paragraph numbers to be changed, making the
> document quite confusing.
>
> Changes showing in the redline version:
>
> 1. Clarifying the status of individual members within At-large.
> 1.2 clarification of rules used.
> 2. Add definition of Super-majority and capitalize it where used within
> the document.
> 5.2 and other places: Define AAGM on first usage, and us it instead of AGM
> within the document (some occurrences previously said AGM).
> 5.6 Made reference to privileges associated only with the "ALAC Chair"
> clearer.
> 5.13 Replaced reference to Ombudsman with an alternative phrase taken from
> the ICANN Bylaws.
> 5.14 Added condition that only those who have at least one other ALAC
> member supporting them can be named Chair.
> 10.1 The section on rules was moved because it did not apply only to
> meetings. The addition of "or activities" acknowledges this.
> 11.4.2 Add a word that had inadvertently been omitted.
> 11.4.4 Removal of a redundant phrase.
> 11.2.3 Addition of rule to allow more stringent rules for motion adoption.
>
> The draft RoP can also be found at https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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