Re: [council] Proxy voting

[Dennis Jennings <Dennis.Jennings@ucd.ie>]

Colleagues,

I think that we should restrict proxies to other Names Council 
members (except in the situation where a Council member has 
accepted a nomination for election to the ICANN Board.)

Dennis

Date sent:      	Mon, 04 Oct 1999 01:45:33 +0200
From:           	Amadeu Abril i Abril <Amadeu@nominalia.com>
Subject:        	Re: [council] Proxy voting
To:             	mclaughlin@pobox.com
Copies to:      	council@dnso.org

> Andrew McLaughlin wrote:
> > 
> > To the Names Council:
> > 
> > ICANN's staff and counsel have consulted on the issue of proxy voting by
> > DNSO NC members.  Following is our collective advice on those questions:
> > 
> > 1.  Under the Bylaws, can an individual NC member give a proxy to another NC
> > member for purposes of (i) a single vote, (ii) a set of votes, or (iii) the
> > entire voting process?
> > 
> > There is nothing in the Bylaws that prohibits the NC from adopting a proxy
> > voting policy.  It is thus up to the NC and/or the constituency groups to
> > use whatever proxy voting mechanism (if any) it/they deem fair and
> > appropriate.
> 
> 
> Good to knnow.
> > 
> > 2.  Under the Bylaws, can an individual NC member give a proxy to a
> > designated alternate who is *not* a member of the NC?
> > 
> > Again, the Bylaws do not prohibit proxy voting in this manner, and the NC
> > and/or constituencies are free to adopt the policy they deem best (so long
> > as the other Bylaws provisions, such as geographic diversity, are always
> > adhered to).
> 
> This sounds strange to me. Undr our legal tradition, proxies are
> "open" for general assemblies but only members of a committee, Board
> or elected/appointed body can participate in tis works and votes. 
> 
> 
> But is this is OK with California law (and NC majoritarian views), so
> will be it (with one vote against, perhaps.....)
> > 
> > 3.  Where an NC member recuses herself because she has accepted a nomination
> > to be a candidate, can that NC member simply designate another NC member to
> > cast her vote as a proxy, rather than designating a stand-in?
> > 
> > The answer to this is *no* -- proxy voting is not permissible in this
> > circumstance.  Let me emphasize that an NC member does not have to resign
> > from the NC upon accepting a nomination.  Instead, that NC member cannot
> > participate in any discussions or votes relating to the election of ICANN
> > Directors, and a temporary replacement can be designated strictly for those
> > discussions and votes.
> 
> OK.
> 
> Amadeu


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