24 August Comment Deadline: Bylaw Amendments Related to Restructuring of the GNSO

[Robin Gross]

Dear all,

The comment period of this ends Monday 24 August (in 3 days) and we  
still need a volunteer to draft NCUC's position statement on this  
issue.    The comment can be brief - the best one's are.  Any  
volunteers?   Please let me know asap.

Thank you!
Robin


On Aug 17, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Robin Gross wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The comment period on the proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments Related  
> to GNSO Restructuring ends 24 August and there are quite a few  
> knocks to noncommercial users in ICANN's proposal.   So we need to  
> draft and submit some constituency comments on these proposed  
> bylaws amendments.   For example, ICANN proposes to give the  
> commercial stakeholders 4 delegates to the Nominating Committee,  
> while giving the noncommercial users only 1 delegate to the  
> Nominating Committee.  The Nominating Committee is important  
> because it selects key appointments to ICANN, like the Board of  
> Directors, GNSO Councilors, and others.   The bias toward  
> commercial views in the proposed bylaws needs to pointed out in  
> this comment period.
>
> If anyone would like to volunteer to create a small drafting team  
> to develop a constituency position to submit on the proposed GNSO  
> bylaws amendments, please let me know.   This must be submitted one  
> week from today, so time is short.  Thanks very much!
>
> More info:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public- 
> comment-200908.html#gnso-restructure
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
> ------
> Bylaw Amendments Related to Restructuring of the GNSO Council  
> (Version 2)
> Open:
> 3 August 09
> Closed:
> 24 August 09
> Explanation/Background:
>
> Implementation of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)  
> Review/Improvements process requires the amendment of a substantial  
> number of the ICANN Bylaws to reflect new GNSO structures,  
> processes and mechanisms. In particular, a specific package of  
> draft Bylaws and additional Staff recommendations has been  
> developed for Public review and comment so that the ICANN Board can  
> move forward with Bylaw amendments to seat the new GNSO Council by  
> the annual ICANN meeting in Seoul, Korea. Approving the Bylaws  
> amendments is a key step toward seating a newly structured Council  
> consistent with the recommendations of the ICANN Board Governance  
> Committee.
>
> An initial set of Bylaws amendments (Version 1) were posted for  
> public comment on 30 June 2009, reflecting the work product of a  
> GNSO Council Restructure Drafting Team (consisting of the entire  
> GNSO Council and additional GNSO community members), and additional  
> Staff recommendations. The Bylaw Amendments (Version 2) [PDF, 256K]  
> being posted for public comment today are based upon the 30 June  
> 2009 initial version and include additional amendments that reflect  
> guidance received by Staff from the Board's Structural Improvements  
> Committee (SIC) as well as other issues identified by Staff in its  
> efforts to develop Bylaws that are internally consistent and  
> conform to the principles of the BGC Report.
>
> The package consists of three documents.
>
> •  The first document is a side-by-side comparison showing the  
> existing Bylaws, revised and redlined in the left column, and clean  
> text (Version 2) in the right column: http://www.icann.org/en/ 
> general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaw-amendments-comparison-31jul09- 
> en.pdf [PDF, 256K]
>
> •  The second document identifies the key differences between the  
> draft Bylaws developed by the GNSO through its Restructure Drafting  
> Team and this Version 2 text: http://www.icann.org/en/general/ 
> proposed-gnso-council-bylaw-amendments-notes-comments-03aug09- 
> en.pdf [PDF, 76K]
>
> •  The third document is additional background and explanation of  
> Staff's rationale for certain proposed amendments included in  
> Version 2: http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council- 
> bylaw-amendments-explanation03aug09-en.pdf [PDF, 76K]
>
> Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth
>
> Deadline and How to Submit Comments:
>
> The Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 3  
> August 2009 through 24 August 2009, and invites community comments  
> on this topic.
>
> To submit comments: Comments on the document are welcome via email  
> at gnso-council-draft2 at icann.org. This public forum will be open  
> through 23 August 2009.
>
> To view comments: An archive of all comments received will be  
> publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-council-draft2/.
>
> For a copy of the public Announcement of this forum please see  
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/en/announcements/ 
> announcement-03aug09-en.htm. That Announcement provides inks to a  
> number of documents that give some useful context and background  
> regarding the issues in this forum.
>
> Is it clear to you what this comment period covers? Do you have all  
> the information you need to respond? Please click "More information  
> please" below to email I
> Staff member responsible: Robert Hoggarth | More information please
> Announcement | Comments | Add a comment | Summary/analysis of comments
>
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>
>
> IP JUSTICE
> Robin Gross, Executive Director
> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
> p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
> w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org
>
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IP JUSTICE
Robin Gross, Executive Director
1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org



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