[bc-gnso] Community Comment Invited on Proposed Bylaw Amendments Related to Restructuring of the GNSO Council

[BC Secretariat]

http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200907.html#gnso-restructure

Community Comment Invited on Proposed Bylaw Amendments Related to 
Restructuring of the GNSO Council

30 June 2009

Explanation: Implementation of the Generic Names Supporting Organization 
(GNSO) Review/Improvements process requires the amendment of a substantial 
number of the ICANN Bylaws to reflect new GNSO structures, processes and 
mechanisms. In particular, a specific package of draft Bylaws and additional 
Staff recommendations has been developed for Public review and comment so 
that the ICANN Board can move forward with Bylaw amendments to seat the new 
GNSO Council by the annual ICANN meeting in Seoul, Korea. Approving the 
Bylaws amendments is a key step toward seating a newly structured Council 
consistent with the recommendations of the ICANN Board Governance Committee.

The draft Bylaw amendments included in the package being posted for public 
comment are the work product of a GNSO Council Restructure Drafting Team 
(consisting of the entire GNSO Council and additional GNSO community 
members) which has been working on a set of Bylaws Amendments for the last 
several months. The additional draft Staff recommendations included with the 
package are designed to address specific areas that are impacted by 
community discussions during the ICANN meeting in Sydney, Australia.

The package consists of three documents.

The first document is a comparison document [PDF, 122K]
http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaws-amendment-redline-30jun09-en.pdf
showing the existing Bylaws and comparing them to the amendments proposed by 
the GNSO Council deliberations so far.

The second document is a clean version [PDF, 67K]
http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaws-amendment-clean-30jun09-en.pdf
of what the Bylaws would look like if those amendments were approved.

The third document is a Staff list of additional amendment components [PDF, 
17K]
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/draft-staff-recommendations-30jun09-en.pdf
that have been necessitated by community discussion at the ICANN Sydney 
meeting and suggestions from the Board's Structural Improvements Committee.

Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth

Deadline and How to Submit Comments: The Staff is opening a 30-day public 
consultation forum, from 30 June 2009 through 29 July 2009, and invites 
community comments on this topic.

To submit comments: Comments on the document are welcome via email at:
 gnso-council-draft at icann.org.

This public forum will be open through 29 July 2009.

To view comments: An archive of all comments received will be publicly 
posted at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-council-draft/.

For a copy of the public Announcement of this forum please see 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30jun09-en.htm. That 
Announcement provides inks to a number of documents that give some useful 
context and background regarding the issues in this forum.

Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat