<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">hi all,<div><br></div><div>i'd like to join the chorus of people who are raising concerns about this charter, and the process by which it is going to be adopted. sorry i'm so late to the party but i'm ferrying my son's car to him and have been on the road all day.</div><div><br></div><div>Philip, i volunteered to help with revisions to the charter but didn't hear from you last week. i just want to make it clear to the group that i wasn't involved in preparing this draft and don't support it. like others, i find it still doesn't address the due-process concerns that have been raised and were discussed on the member teleconference.</div><div><br></div><div>i'll try to get back on the list with some more constructive suggestions once i've had a chance to look things over, but this charter's a non-starter in my view.</div><div><br></div><div>mikey</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 13, 2009, at 7:08 AM, BC Secretariat wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">Dear Members</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"><strong>Ballot on revised BC Charter</strong></span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"><strong></strong></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">At the request of the BC Officers and with reference to the message below, I have today opened a 7-day voting period for the newly revised BC Charter.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">A majority approval vote means the new Charter will be adopted. A majority non-approval vote means the Charter will not be adopted.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">A ballot form is attached. Each member organisation has one vote. The vote should be placed by the principle BC contact for the membership organsiation or by notified proxy. I will apply weighted voting when I receive your ballot form. All ballots will be acknowledged.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">The voting period closes at midnight in your time zone on Monday 19 October 2009. Ballots cannot be accepted after this time.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">Best wishes</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">Gary</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">----------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">We would like to ask all members to cast their vote in favour of the attached revised BC Charter.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">A definitive PDF version is attached.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">A Word version showing recent track changes is also provided for information.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">The Charter accommodates necessary changes for the re-structured GNSO in which the stakeholder groups provide representatives to the GNSO council.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">As such the BC will move from a situation in which its three GNSO representatives were also BC Officers, to a separation of these roles.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">There will be a new executive committee with a chair and two vice-chairs in addition to the two representatives to the GNSO Council.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">The Charter also includes other changes recommended by members and ICANN staff based on learning since the last Charter.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">The officers have done their best to accommodate all member perspectives given the diversity of those perspectives.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">The Board has requested Constituencies complete work on Charter revision by Seoul.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">Zahid Jamil</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">Mike Rodenbaugh</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">Philip Sheppard</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="343325607-12102009">BC Officers</span></font><span><BC charter 2009 final for vote.pdf></span><span><BC charter 2009 v15.doc></span><span><Ballot Form Charter 2009.doc></span></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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