[NCUC-EC] BC comments on our bylaws

[David Cake]

I agree with these comments. The Constitution should not be mentioning other groups, resources, etc. We have operating procedures for that, that are more adaptive and easier to change. 

The change of wording to be more compatible le with the bylaws is worth considering, but makes no real difference at all. 

But we should thank them for their comments. I think they were intended well. 

David

> On 7 Oct 2017, at 4:16 am, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
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> All,
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> We have not received many substantive comments on our bylaws by one by the Biz constituency. 
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> I am preparing a response but:
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> 1. We know about the typo they are referring to and it will be fixed 
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> 2. We specifically discussed the term "chapter" in our constituency and concluded that it should remain as is and there is no better replacement for it. We could do a foot note that we specifically mean ISOC chapters.
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> 3. I don't think it's necessary to say mention that NCSG has two constitutency and provide a link to NCSG website because: 1. NCSG wiki link might change we can't update the bylaws. 2. NCSG has two constituencies at the moment it might have more constituencies in the future. We don't see the need to make that change and we have mentioned that NCUC is a constituency of NCSG. 
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> 4. EC and appointed member comment: I think they are referring to the paragraph that stipulates that if an EC member resigns or is removed less than 6 months to the election then EC can appoint a replacement until the election. I disagree with BC that we need to change this provision. When the duration is shorter than 6 months it serves the region better to have an EC member. Our members have voted on this and we keep it. We also suggest that to bring more democratic values to their processes, BC considers term limits with no exceptions. 
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> 5. Their first comment: they want us to change Constitution to Mission and Principles, to make it more aligned with other bylaws etc. "Accordingly,	we	suggest	re-framing	Section	I.	as	“Mission	and	Principles.” "
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> 6. As to this: "There	are	also	certain	important	resources	available	to	the	NCUC	that	we	recommend	referencing	in	the	charter.	For	instance,	it	may	be helpful	to	note	that	the	NCUC	has	an	independent	part-time	Secretariat	that	assists	on	matters	of	voting	and	elections,	and	the	ICANN	Ombudsman	is	a	available	to	provide	input	on	challenging	decisions." 
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> While we have not mentioned the Secretariat (which has changed to full time and it doesn't solely cover our work and it's for NCSG as a whole) we have enumerated multiple resources available to NCUC in our operating procedures doc. Hence we don't see the need to change this as suggested.
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> I have a meeting with Benedetta at 15.00 UTC on Monday. If you would like to join and discuss the bylaws you are welcome to. 
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> Farzaneh
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