[council] Proposed Changes to the ICANN Bylaws Article XI: Advisory Committees Relating to the Membership of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02jul10-en.htm

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Public Comment: Proposed Changes to the ICANN Bylaws Article XI: Advisory 
Committees Relating to the Membership of the Security and Stability Advisory 
Committee (SSAC)

2 July 2010

Pursuant to resolution 2010.06.25.04 passed by the ICANN Board at its meeting 
on 25 June 2010 the community is invited to provide comments on a proposed 
Bylaws amendments addressing the recommendations arising out of the SSAC review 
Working Group.

Background/Explanation:

As part of its program of Organizational Reviews, ICANN has undertaken a review 
of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), whose role is to 
advise the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and 
integrity of the Internet’s naming and address allocation systems. 
Organizational Reviews are part of ICANN’s program of continuous improvement 
and are intended to ensure an in-depth examination of the role and operation of 
key structures of ICANN, with support from external, independent professional 
consultants. Oversight of the Organizational Review processes is exerted by the 
Structural Improvements Committee (SIC), which is a standing Committee of the 
ICANN Board. The SIC is authorized to set up specific Working Groups for each 
of the Reviews.

In 2009, the ICANN Board appointed an SSAC Review Working Group (WG), which 
engaged in extensive consultations with the SSAC community. In its final report 
published 29 January 2010 
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ssac/ssac-review-wg-final-report-29jan10-en.pdf 
[PDF, 282 KB], the SSAC Review WG recommended SSAC membership appointments be 
for a term of three years renewable by the Board at the recommendation of the 
SSAC Chair indefinitely, and that the terms be staggered to allow for the terms 
of one-third of the SSAC members to expire at the end of every year. On 12 
March 2010, the Board received the SSAC final report and directed the 
Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) to identify actions necessary to 
address the recommendations within the report, at 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#1.6. Article XI, 
Section 2(2)(b) http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#XI of the Bylaws 
states that the SSAC chair and members shall be appointed by the Board, and 
does not state any term for such appointments. Staff supporting the SIC have 
identified that a Bylaws amendment is required in order to implement the 
recommended change to the SSAC membership appointments, and the SIC recommended 
that the Board approve that proposed Bylaws amendments to this effect are 
posted for public comment.

On 25 June 2010 the Board approved resolution 2010.06.25.04 directing the ICANN 
CEO to have staff draft proposed Bylaws amendments addressing the 
recommendations arising out of the SSAC review WG and to post the proposed 
amendments for public comment for a period of no less than 30 days.

Document Links:

 *   “Review of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee: Final Report of 
the SSAC Review Working Group”: 
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ssac/ssac-review-wg-final-report-29jan10-en.pdf 
[PDF, 282 KB]
 *   ICANN Board Resolution 2010.06.25.04: 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jun10-en.htm#1.3
 *   Proposed Amendments to ICANN Bylaws Article XI: 
http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-bylaws-revision-ix-2-02jul10-en.pdf 
[PDF, 72 KB]

The Process From Here:

At the end of this Public Comment Forum period, ICANN Staff will review the 
comments submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various submissions 
for the ICANN Board to review.

Deadline and How to Submit Comments:

At the direction of the ICANN Board, the Staff is opening a 30-day public 
consultation forum, from 02 July through 1 August 2010, and invites community 
comments concerning this document.

The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008-en.htm#bylaws-amend-article-xi

To submit comments: 
bylaws-amend-article-xi@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:bylaws-amend-article-xi@xxxxxxxxx>

To view comments: http://forum.icann.org/lists/bylaws-amend-article-xi/

For a copy of the public announcement of this forum please see: 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02jul10-en.htm

Staff Responsible: Julie Hedlund and Samantha Eisner

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Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

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