Gisella Gruber-White:Welcome to the Meetings and Administration Drafting Team on Wednesday 25 July 2012 at 1200 UTC
Eduardo Diaz:I am here
Eduardo Diaz:I am here
Gisella Gruber-White:Agenda: https://community.icann.org/x/zhcQAg
Silvia Vivanco:Hello all
Gisella Gruber-White:Hong has joined!
Gisella Gruber-White:WELCOME to everyone
Hong Xue:Hi, everyone. I'm in the middle of a meeting so may not be able to speak though.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Thanks Hong...
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:OK looks like were ready to go...
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:probaly should lisyt apols fprom Maureen as well I guess
Eduardo Diaz:https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Rules+of+Procedure+Process%3A+Meetings+and+Administration+Drafting+Team+Workspace
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:I think the current level is probably too heavy IMO
Eduardo Diaz:I agree that we should have a backup document for those special cases which are very rare
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:for IN our own ROP's
Gisella Gruber-White:ExCom in ONE hour
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Monority reports also need to be addressed
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Minority O mean
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:also covet decenting view
Olivier Crepin-Leblond:the UN can work?
Eduardo Diaz:MAybe that is way UN is so slow in getting things done
Eduardo Diaz:why
Eduardo Diaz:MAybe that is "why" UN is so slow in getting things done
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: e.g. in our current rules we do not even need or require for a person in a vote who absatins to be ABLE to have their reason for abstention being recotrded AND also that a Abstain vote does NIY count as a NO vote ( as is the case in the ICANN Board
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:NYI = NOT
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Tha mayter of casting Vote for the Chair ( and of a meeting Chair as well) needs to be addressed as wrell
Eduardo Diaz:I am OK with it.
Olivier Crepin-Leblond:Thanks Alan -- I was going to add exactly this point
Eduardo Diaz:I was just wondering how the ICANN borad works without refering to one of these books
Olivier Crepin-Leblond:the Chair is accountable to the community so if the Chair goes wild, the COmmunity can remove him/her
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:but a Chair almost goves UP theit Regional alliance / roll wjhen they ARE acting as Chair
Olivier Crepin-Leblond:A Chair gives up *everything*
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:LOL so true
Silvia Vivanco:I am taking the minutes
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Thanks Sylvia
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:That was the intentoipn
Silvia Vivanco:My pleasure
Silvia Vivanco:Happy to help out!
Silvia Vivanco:Thank you for your kind words CLO and all
Gisella Gruber-White:Always a pleasure :-) and no ... nice to hear when things work
Eduardo Diaz:Gracias Allan.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Bye all
Olivier Crepin-Leblond:thanks Alan. Thanks everyone
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