[ALAC] Motion to amend Rules of Procedure

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Tue Jun 7 12:28:02 UTC 2016


Please find attached a revised version with a small wording change to 
19.11.3 that should have been in the version I sent out yesterday. 
Also for your convenience is a version in PDF format.

A wiki page will be set up shortly for comments and questions.

Alan

At 06/06/2016 03:34 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>As discussed on the ALAC call of 26 April 2016, based on the 
>experience of the 2014 At-Large Board Member Selection, a number of 
>amendments to the ALAC Rules of Procedure (RoP) are required. In 
>addition, a number of other minor changes to align the rules with 
>our current practices are desirable. The hope is that we can amend 
>the RoP during the ICANN 56 meeting in Helsinki. According to the 
>RoP section 13.1.1, a motion to amend the rules must be made 21 days 
>in advance.
>
>I hereby make the following motion and ask that another ALAC Member second it.
>
>Whereas the At-Large Advisory Committee is currently operating under 
>Rules of Procedure (RoP) approved on 03 April 2013 and which went 
>into effect on 02 October 2013;
>
>Whereas a number of changes to these (RoP) have been recommended;
>
>Therefore;
>
>The ALAC Adopts the attached Modifications to the Rules of Procedure.
>
>-----------------------------
>Also attached is a detailed log describing each change and the 
>rationale for it.
>
>The final RoP adopted by the ALAC may be amended as agreed to by the 
>ALAC prior to final adoption (as per 13.1.3). Final adoption will 
>require a super-majority (2/3) vote of the ALAC.
>
>The most important part of these changes related to the selection of 
>the At-Large Director. The other changes (prior to Section 19) all 
>effectively adjust the rules to practices that have been the 
>practice of the ALAC. If there is any serious objection to these 
>changes that cannot be readily adjusted, they will be withdrawn to 
>not delay the changes to Section 19.
>
>The changes have all been reviewed by the RoP modification group 
>consisting of Alan Greenberg, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Maureen Hilyard, 
>Cheryl Langdon Orr and Vanda Scartezini. (Some of that group  have 
>not formally approved this last edit and if there are any issues, 
>they will raise them at the level of the ALAC.)
>
>During its deliberations, the group reach unanimous agreement on all 
>but one section. For that section, 19.11.4, a number of alternatives 
>are proposed. I will follow up with another e-mail in a few days 
>detailing the options and giving the pros and cons of each. The ALAC 
>will then have to reach consensus (or vote) on which option to use.
>
>Alan
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