Re: [council] Proxy voting

[Raul Echeberria <raul@inia.org.uy>]

At 10:05 PM 01/10/1999 -0400, Andrew McLaughlin wrote:

>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.


It sounds good.

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>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).

I believe it is good too. 


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>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.
>
>
>Let me know if I haven't been clear.
>

Very clear.



Raul Echeberria
raul@inia.org.uy