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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Steve, I think some glitches got into the text in a couple of places.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Setting those aside, here’s what I intended to say: once the Sole Member structure has been adopted by the Board into the Bylaws and ICANN therefore has member,
it would “require 2/3 vote of the Board and the vote of the Sole Member to approve any amendment to ICANN’s Articles of Incorporation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve DelBianco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> accountability-cross-community@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] Revised Fundamental Bylaws section for 2nd draft proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We displayed and discussed this document on CCWG call Tue 29-July. Circulating this just so we have it for Thursday’s doc review. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The only new <span style="background:yellow">text</span> arose from remarks by Holly and Rosemary earlier this week, regarding the Single Member voting:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Any change to ICANN’s A change to the Articles of Incorporation would require approval by both Board and Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“9. These Articles may be amended by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the directors of the Corporation. When the Corporation has members, any such amendment must
be ratified by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the members voting on any proposed amendment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow">Under the proposal for the would require 2/3 vote of the Board and 2/3 vote of the Community Mechanism as Sole Member, the Member would need to approve any change
to ICANN’s present status as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Steve DelBianco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.netchoice.org/">http://www.NetChoice.org</a> and <a href="http://blog.netchoice.org/">http://blog.netchoice.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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