[council] RE: [liaison6c] Draft Revisions to the ICANN Bylaws Relating to GNSO Restructure
I inserted possible edits along with my comments and questions in the
attached version of the document that Margie distributed. In the next
couple days I will respond to the various comments that have been sent
to the Council list and integrate my thoughts with those.
Chuck
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From: owner-liaison6c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-liaison6c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margie Milam
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:35 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; liaison6c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [liaison6c] Draft Revisions to the ICANN Bylaws
Relating to GNSO Restructure
Dear All,
As discussed in today's GNSO call, ICANN Staff has prepared
Draft Bylaws Revisions (attached) that contain Staff recommendations for
changes relating to the GNSO restructure. They are intended to serve
as a starting point for the GNSO Council's discussions.
General Observations
* These Bylaws were drafted to be consistent with Board
recommendations as to structure and principles.
* Staff also attempted to build in flexibility to
accommodate changes in the future without requiring Bylaws amendments.
For example, Staff recommends that some issues be moved from the Bylaws
to GNSO Council Operating Rules and Procedures that would be approved by
the Board.
* Since the Board approved improvements did not provide
specific details with respect to all topics, ICANN staff developed
recommendations to address these gaps, which are contained in footnotes
throughout the document.
* The Draft Bylaws Revisions are subject to review by
the ICANN Office of the General Counsel for legal form as well as
consistency.
* A few additional decisions will be needed to finalize
these Bylaws, for example, Board approval of the unresolved open issue
concerning Board seats 13 and 14, and further Council work on certain of
the transition procedures (e.g. staggered terms, elections).
Format of Revisions
* To facilitate reviewing these changes, the Draft
Bylaws is organized as a side-by-side comparison of the current language
and the proposed language.
* The yellow highlighted text refers to new or
substantially revised language compared to the current Bylaws.
* The footnotes include rationale statements where Staff
thought an explanation might be helpful.
Next Steps and Timing
* The GNSO Council will need to decide how it would like
to review the Draft Bylaws to develop its recommendations.
* ICANN Staff will be working with the GNSO Operations
Work Team in developing the GNSO Operating Rules and Procedures to
incorporate those improvements that were omitted from the Bylaws in
order to provide flexibility.
* In order to seat the new Council by June, the Board
would need to approve of the revisions by no later than its May 21st
meeting.
* A public comment period would need to take place
before the May 21st meeting.
* The Council would need to complete its review/analysis
by the next GNSO council meeting on April 16th in order to accommodate
the public comment period.
* Due to this short time period, the GNSO Council is
currently evaluating the most effective way to proceed.
Finally, ICANN Staff is available to provide background and
additional information on the Draft Bylaws Revisions if it would be
helpful for your review.
Regards,
Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
Attachment:
GNSO Council Restructure-Bylaws Changes (DRAFT) with Gomes comments.doc
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