[council] Draft New ICANN Bylaws Posted for Public Comment

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

FYI

Original link: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-21-en

Draft New ICANN Bylaws Posted for 30-day Public Comment
Now that the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and Cross 
Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) 
proposals have been transmitted to NTIA, one of the key implementation planning 
items is to amend the ICANN Bylaws to reflect the recommendations in those 
Proposals. The proposed draft of the New ICANN Bylaws was developed 
collaboratively by the ICANN legal team and the independent counsel hired to 
advise the CCWG-Accountability and the Cross Community Working Group to Develop 
an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions 
(CWG-Stewardship). In developing the Draft New ICANN Bylaws, the attorneys 
consulted a Bylaws Coordination Group populated with both community and Board 
members, as well as with the CWG-Stewardship and the CCWG-Accountability.

Both the independent counsel to the community groups and ICANN's General 
Counsel have confirmed that the Draft New ICANN Bylaws are consistent with the 
community proposals relating to the IANA Stewardship Transition.

These proposed draft Bylaws, are out for a 30-day public comment from 21 April 
– 21 May to allow any interested party to review and provide feedback. This 
timeline allows for comments to be analyzed and incorporated in time for a 
tentative 27 May adoption of the Bylaws by the ICANN Board.

NTIA has stated that it needs to see that changes to the Bylaws have been 
adopted sufficient to implement the Transition Proposals before NTIA can 
complete its review of the Transition Proposals. This public comment period is 
designed to meet that deadline.

Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-new-bylaws-2016-04-21-en