[NCUC-EC] ICANN staff comments on the bylaws

[farzaneh badii]

The process is ICANN staff review and make suggestions.  We dont even have
to consider these suggestions. But it's better to understand them and give
a reason why we do not accept some of the comments. As to the nature of
suggestions, there is not much of a mandate . They just provide comments
including editorial and substative. I suggest doing this:we see which
editorial suggestions we can accept, we point out to the comments that we
cannot accept and we give our reasons why. Then we have a meeting with
staff and tell them. Then send to Board. Remember that this will go to
board. It makes it much easier when we provide reason why we don't accept
the staff suggestions.

There is an alternative which is a bit extreme. We can just adopt the
bylaws. Board will look at them though and might tell us not to adopt
before changing it. But I don't feel extreme today.

On 18 Feb 2017 13:19, "Tatiana Tropina" <tatiana.tropina at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Farzaneh and all.
> I don't think we should agree to get the meeting where the comments are
> "explained" to us. While am in general very cooperative, I think accepting
> the offer to "explain" why someone would unilaterally rewrite our mission
> and the membership rules is already too much. We have to send it back with
> the note that the staff was supposed to do copy-editing of the text for the
> purpose of consistency, not rewriting the provisions that constituency came
> up with.
> Farzy and I are involved in the AC/SO accountability WS2 and I was working
> on membership data capture there. Yes!!! - other constituencies (BC, IPC)
> *do* *have* membership, eligibility criteria and process of becoming a
> member. Another argument why we shall not accept the document and just send
> it back with a polite note that ICANN consultant overstepped the mandate
> with regard to what can be edited.
> Warm regards
> Tanya
>
>
> On 18 February 2017 at 04:37, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> EC,
>>
>> Please find attached ICANN staff comments on NCUC bylaws. I will arrange
>> a meeting with Rob and staff but before doing that we need to go through
>> the comments. We can do that within two weeks and then have a meeting with
>> him and staff to explain the comments to us. Then we will discuss with Rob
>> and staff and then discuss with our members, finalize and ask Rob to send
>> it to Board.
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>>
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