Re: [council] AMENDMENT - Acceptance of the Report from the Bylaws Drafting Team

[Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben@xxxxxxxxxxx]

All,

I herewith withdraw the amendment submitted on behalf of the CSG.

Regards

Wolf-Ulrich 

Sent from my personal phone

> Am 07.11.2016 um 13:16 schrieb Stephanie Perrin 
> <stephanie.perrin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> Are we going to have time to discuss this draft?  I have a couple of issues 
> with it....
> It is a great pity that the french meeting carried on 15 minutes past its 
> allotted time and removed the possiblity for an informal discussion on this.
> 
> Stephanie
>> On 2016-11-07 00:23, James M. Bladel wrote:
>> Councilors –
>>  
>> Attached and copied below, please find a proposed amendment to my earlier 
>> motion referenced above, in accordance with our discussions during last 
>> night’s working session. 
>>  
>> As a seconder, I would ask Rubens Kuhl to confirm whether he takes these 
>> changes as friendly.
>> Thank you,
>> J
>>  
>>  
>> 1.         MOTION – Acceptance of the Report from the GNSO Bylaws 
>> Implementation Drafting Team and next steps
>> (Motion deferred to 7 November 2016 from 13 October 2016)
>> Made by: James Bladel
>> Seconded by: Rubens Kuhl
>>  
>> WHEREAS:
>> 1.       On 30 June 2016 the GNSO Council approved the creation of a 
>> Drafting Team (DT) that was to work with ICANN staff to “fully identify all 
>> the new or additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO has under 
>> the revised 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”;
>> 2.       In creating the DT, the GNSO Council requested that the DT 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”;
>> 3.       During the course of the DT’s work, strongly divergent views were 
>> expressed on the role of the GNSO Council in the Empowered Community, 
>> leading to the production of a Final Report which included a minority 
>> report; and
>> 4.       The DT submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council on 12 October 
>> 2016 
>> (https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/bylaws-drafting-team-final-report-12oct16-en.pdf).
>>  The GNSO Council has reviewed the DT’s report.
>>  
>> RESOLVED:
>>  
>> 1.       The GNSO Council accepts the recommendations in the DT’s report as 
>> submitted.
>> 2.       The GNSO Council directs ICANN Policy Staff to draft proposed 
>> language for any necessary modifications or additions to the GNSO Operating 
>> Procedures and, if applicable, those parts of the ICANN Bylaws pertaining to 
>> the GNSO. The GNSO Council requests that ICANN Legal evaluate whether the 
>> proposed modifications are consistent with the post-transition Bylaws and 
>> report their findings to the GNSO Council.
>> 3.       The GNSO Council requests that members of the DT make themselves 
>> available for consultation by ICANN Policy Staff as needed.
>> 4.       In acknowledgement of the divergent views within the DT, the GNSO 
>> Council directs ICANN Policy Staff to post the DT Final Report, including 
>> the minority report, and all proposed modifications or new procedures for 
>> public comment for no less than 40 days. The GNSO Council expects that any 
>> comments received will be given meaningful consideration.
>> 5.       As resolved previously, the GNSO Council intends to subject the 
>> adoption of the proposed modifications to existing procedures and/or ICANN 
>> Bylaws to a GNSO Supermajority vote.
>> 6.       The GNSO Council thanks the DT for its collaborative effort, 
>> especially in view the limited time frame available to the DT.
>>  
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