SPAM-LOW: Constituencies, old and new

[Avri Doria]

On 11 Nov 2010, at 14:45, Rosemary Sinclair wrote:

> so now we have to chat about "grandfathering provisions" and need a new clause in the proposed Charter which is clear on our position that any Constituency however approved that is a part of NCSG is bound by the Charter rules of NCSG....


well the proposed charter does have a transition clause, based on the transition clause contained in the charter we passed, but with some changes based on the passage of time.

7.0 APPENDIX: Transition to NCSG Charter

7.1 The charter will take effect once it is approved by the NCSG members and the ICANN Board of Directors. Until such time, the NCSG will run according to the currently approved interim charter, all pertinent ICANN Board decisions and the transition agreement put in place by the NCSG at the Seoul ICANN meting.

7.2 Until such time as the charter is approved by the ICANN Board, any and all members of Constituencies and of Interest-Groups within the NCSG as well as any 2009 Board appointed GNSO Council members who are not currently members of the NCUC are deemed to be NCSG members.

7.3 Once in effect all existing interest groups will be converted to Constituencies as defined in this charter and will be subject to review within 1 year of the date the final approval of the NCSG Charter. All existing candidate interest-groups or constituencies, will be converted to Candidate Constituencies as defined in this charter.

7.4 GNSO Council Seat Elections. The NCSG has been assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats and, according to the provisions in Section 3.2, GNCSO Council Representatives’ terms are to be staggered.

7.4.1. In 2008 two council members were elected by the NCUC to a 2-year term scheduled to end in 2010.

7.4.2. In 2009 one council member was elected by the NCUC to a 2-year term scheduled to end in 2011. These terms will continue as planned.

7.4.3. In 2009 three GNSO Council Representatives were appointed by the ICANN Board. Their terms are schedule to end in 2011.

7.4.4 In order to enable staggered terms, the following GNSO Council election procedure will be followed:

Year	Number to elect	Term
2010	2	2 year
2011	1	1 year
''	3	2 year
2012	3	2 year
yearly	3	2 year

The NCSG Executive Committee will ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that, in the selection of GNSO Councilors, no more than two shall come from the same geographic region as defined in the ICANN Bylaws.

7.4.5 Board appointed council members will be entitled to run for another term if they so chose. In the even that a Board appointed council member is elected to another term, this will count as their second term for calculating term limits.