Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

This wasn’t very clear to me, so yes…, it does help greatly.

Thanks James.

Amr

> On Jul 22, 2016, at 1:37 AM, James M. Bladel <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Amr-
> 
> In fact, yes, I believe we were expecting the vetting of 
> criteria/capabilities to be done by the SGs and Cs.  Or, to turn the question 
> around, I don’t believe it was anticipated that the Council would question or 
> veto the selected member of any SG or C due to concerns.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> J.
> 
> 
> From: <owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on 
> behalf of Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 18:36 
> To: GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We just ended our monthly call, and I had a question on the AOB agenda item 
> number 9.2 concerning “Update on status of progress on the Drafting Team that 
> is to identify new and additional rights and responsibilities for the GNSO 
> under the revised ICANN Bylaws”:
> 
> In the below email, there are some qualifications described for potential 
> volunteers to this group. I was wondering who is meant to determine whether 
> these qualifications are met in volunteers. Is the GNSO Council meant to do 
> this, or are the SGs/Cs supposed to do this prior to submitting names? I 
> didn’t think the second scenario was the case, as the application process 
> seems to be simply notifying a councillor of the desire to join the group, 
> who would be expected, in turn, to communicated this to the GNSO secretariat.
> 
> As James mentioned on the call, the deadline for applications to join this 
> group is tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amr
> 
>> On Jul 8, 2016, at 5:58 PM, Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@xxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:nathalie.peregrine@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear GNSO Councilors,
>>  
>> Please see the following Call for Volunteers.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Nathalie
>> -- 
>> 
>> Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Recommendations 
>> to Implement the GNSO’s New Roles and Obligations Under the Revised ICANN 
>> Bylaws
>>  
>> In Brief
>>  
>> Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting 
>> Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further 
>> develop recommendations to implement the GNSO’s new roles and obligations 
>> under the post-transition ICANN Bylaws.
>>  
>> What This Team Will Do
>>  
>> The Drafting Team will work with ICANN staff to fully identify all the new 
>> or additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO has under the 
>> post-transition Bylaws, including but not limited to participation of the 
>> GNSO within the Empowered Community, and to develop new or modified 
>> structures and procedures (as necessary) to fully implement these new or 
>> additional rights and responsibilities.
>> The Drafting Team shall provide the GNSO Council with an implementation 
>> plan, which will have the consensus of the Drafting Team, including any 
>> recommendations for needed further changes to ICANN Bylaws and/or GNSO 
>> Operating Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation in ICANN 
>> activities under the revised ICANN Bylaws, not later than 30 September 2016.
>> As part of the process of its consideration of the implementation plan, 
>> intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote, the Council may 
>> further request that the Drafting Team work with ICANN staff to develop new, 
>> or propose modifications to existing, procedures and structures to implement 
>> the revised Bylaws for the GNSO. Any such new, or proposed modifications to 
>> existing procedures and structures to implement the revised Bylaws for the 
>> GNSO are also intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote.
>>  
>> How to Join
>> Volunteers for the Drafting Team will be identified by GNSO Council members. 
>> Volunteers should express interests and can demonstrate reasonable knowledge 
>> of or experience with the process of revising the ICANN Bylaws or GNSO 
>> Operating Procedures. The Drafting Team shall reflect the current 
>> composition of the GNSO and as such, the GNSO Council may review the number 
>> of volunteers identified by the GNSO Council members. GNSO Councilors are 
>> requested to identify volunteers by email to gnso-sec@xxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:gnso-sec@xxxxxxxxx> by 22 July 2016.
>>  
>> Next steps
>>  
>> As noted above, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be 
>> circulated to the GNSO Council and that the volunteers should be identified 
>> by GNSO Council members. It is anticipated that the Drafting Team will 
>> convene online for the first time in early August 2016. Following that, 
>> regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Drafting 
>> Team’s work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.
>>  
>> Further information and Preparation
>>  
>> For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are encouraged to 
>> review the  table at:  
>> http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf
>>  
>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf>.
>>  
>>  
>> Background
>>  
>> On 27 May 2016 the ICANN Board adopted a set of new ICANN Bylaws, as revised 
>> on 26 May 2016, that aim to reflect changes needed to implement the IANA 
>> Stewardship Transition Proposal and such adoption is contingent on the 
>> proposed transition away of remaining United States Government oversight of 
>> ICANN.  The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is aware 
>> that changes that may need to be made to the GNSO’s current Operating 
>> Procedures and related mechanisms and to the ICANN Bylaws in order to give 
>> effect to new roles and obligations of the GNSO under the new Bylaws, such 
>> as those in this table 
>> (http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf
>>  
>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf>),
>>  including but not limited to the GNSO’s participation in the Empowered 
>> Community.  Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names 
>> Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team 
>> to further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO’s new roles and 
>> obligations under the revised ICANN Bylaws.
>>  
>>  
>>  
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