<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear All,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Below is a call for volunteers for drafting a public comment about the Proposed Revisions to Bylaws Section 11. Anyone interested can volunteer and let Rafik or myself konow , offlist. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="">You do not have to be an old member to volunteer.</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM" class="">rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[Public Comments] Call for Volunteers for Proposed Revisions to Bylaws Section 11</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">27 March 2018 at 02:22:04 GMT+2<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM" class="">rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have a new public comment just opened regarding revisions of section 11 of ICANN Bylaws. This change is resulted from proposals approved by GNSO Council to adopt new voting thresholds taking in consideration the new rights and responsibilities of the Empowered Community resulting from ICANN accountability changes. You can find the background and more details here <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-section11-voting-2018-03-26-en" class="">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-section11-voting-2018-03-26-en</a>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I created a google doc here <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13SPMM0k3n29RxvNXRmUcwSeIOtXWRgiEEI4WWaFTieA/edit" class="">https://docs.google.com/document/d/13SPMM0k3n29RxvNXRmUcwSeIOtXWRgiEEI4WWaFTieA/edit</a> to kick-off the discussion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The changes were proposed initially by a drafting team which focused on suggesting amendments to GNSO Operating Procedures (that was adopted in Last January meeting this year) and changes to the bylaws in section 11 which concerns GNSO. Those change were supported by our NCSG members in drafting team and then by NCSG representatives to the council by voting unanimously thr adoption.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do believe this comment will be straightforward and so a good opportunity for volunteers and newcomers to jump in, review the material, asking any questions or clarification to those who were involved, learning and getting a better idea about GNSO council procedures and empowered community rights and draft the comment. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let me know offlist if you want to volunteer for the drafting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find previous public comment submitted by NCSG here <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018" target="_blank" class="">https://community.icann.org/<wbr class="">display/gnsononcomstake/<wbr class="">Public+Comments+-+2018</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">NCSG Policy Committee Chair </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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