>From the latest draft:
D. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN CONSTITUENCIES 1-5
After formation of the Names Council, applications for membership
in the constituencies 1-5 shall be submitted to the Names Council.
The Names Council shall have the right to approve or disapprove
each application. If an application is not approved, the applicant
shall have the right to appeal to the Fair Hearing Panel (described
below).
and
III. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT NON-DISCRIMINATORY PROCESSES
The processes of the Names Council (and the processes of each
constituency) shall be governed by the same provisions for open and
transparent non-discriminatory processes as those of the Board of
the Corporation. A general mechanism for review of conflicts and
grievances will be developed, and the Names Council shall appoint a
Fair Hearing Panel which will, among other responsibilities
delegated to it by the Names Council, hear appeals pursuant to
Section I.D. of this application.
Other such conflicts and grievances heard by this Fair Hearing
Panel might include those regarding dominance or control of any
single issue by means of membership in more than one constituency,
other methods of unfair domination by special interests, matters
concerning disputed membership in a constituency or the DNSO,
disputes concerning membership dues, either in the DNSO or in a
constituency, and so on.
I see on reading this over that the language is not as clear as it
could be, but the point is that FHPs *are* in the current draft.
kent
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