1.2 Meeting schedules The NC Chair will finalise a schedule of all meetings during a calendar year by the last day of January of that year. NC members may request changes to the schedule during the year which may be agreed upon by the Chair in consultation with the NC, subject to the minimum period of notice below. In any given year, the time of the meetings may vary to accommodate the different geographic regions represented by Names Council members. By way of guidance start times corresponding to local times for the Names Council members earlier than 06.00 and later than 23.00 should be avoided where possible. To pass a motion must attain a majority of the votes cast.
Abstentions count as votes cast.
This has the effect of making an abstention count the same as a vote against. Proxy votes shall not count toward the presence of a quorum. A point of order 2. A point of information 3. A normal substantive intervention At a physical meeting, an NC member may raise a hand or during a teleconference an NC member may speak over the dialogue and say immediately point of order .