[Bylaws] Bylaws revision - working method

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

Sounds good to me. By the beginning of the second week of October (the one in which it is unlikely we will get anything done), I hope we have some sort of workable draft. It might be a good time to share it at that point on the NCUC members list in preparation for discussing it on CD.

I am curious though…, beyond ICANN 54, is there a deadline in mind by which we need to complete our work? I ask because the way I see it, it may be desirable to do more with the bylaws than just make them consistent with the NCSG charter. There are sections of it that may warrant extensive discussion. One example that comes to mind is the NCUC policy committee — its structure, duties, role of chairs, and so on. There may be other issues as well, but I recall the policy committee as being one of the ones I believed needed more work. Eventually, all of this will have to be circulated to the members list with sufficient time for review/input.

I’m not sure this can all be done in time for the members to vote on adopting a final draft by the next NCUC elections. I don’t mind working towards a slightly later deadline, but don’t know how manageable the logistics of prepping the NCUC members for a vote is. I think it is worth going through he trouble of getting it done for something this important, and am glad that we are going to take this up again.

Anyway…, just some thoughts to get the discussion going.

Thanks.

Amr

> On Aug 14, 2015, at 1:17 PM, Arun Mohan Sukumar <arunmohan.s at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello bylawyers!
> 
> For the revision, since we've two months to attempt this before Constituency Day in Dublin, may I suggest one working method? Comments, suggestions most welcome
> 
> 1. There are 10 sections in the NCUC charter - perhaps we could go through this section-by-section, and compare them with the NCSG charter to ensure they are in line. Here's a proposed timeline:
> 
> August 15 - 22 - Sections I, and II - Mission, Organisation and Structure
> August 23 - 30 - Section III - Membership
> August 31 - September 7 - Section IV - Executive Committee
> September 8 - 15 - Sections V and VI - Policy Committee and Voting
> September 16 - 23 - Sections VII, VIII - Leaving office and Changes to the Charter
> September 24 - October 1 - IX and X - Communications and Transparency
> 
> We leave ourselves with a week's buffer in this timeline to address any unscheduled delay. I'm not sure if we will be able to work during the second week of October leading up to ICANN 54 since most folks will be busy preparing for travel.
> 
> 2. Meetings - I propose a call once at the end of this month and one at the end of September to take stock. These online meetings aside, I feel most of our work could be done through mailing list discussion and shared editing.
> 
> 3. All members in the NCUC and Bylaws list will be notified of the proposed timeline, so that the open google document can be reviewed anytime. As with any negotiating text on which there is no consensus, we leave it in square brackets to discuss during Constituency Day. Consensus text in green. 
> 
> How do all these sound?
> 
> Arun
> 
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