[bylaws-coord] Thanks to the combined legal team

Sun May 29 16:48:03 UTC 2016

All I can say is:

The force is strong in the combined legal team. It’s been a pleasure and an honor to work with you all.

Best regards,

León

> El 29/05/2016, a las 8:48 a.m., Burr, Becky <Becky.Burr at neustar.biz> escribió:
> 
> Amen!  To the concept of a Tonkin Award as well ...
> 
> 
> J. Beckwith Burr
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> 
> On 5/28/16, 11:41 AM, "John Jeffrey" <john.jeffrey at icann.org> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Bruce.  On behalf of our team, we are grateful for the
>> constructive and positive engagement with Sidley's team, and Adler's
>> Team.  We were so very impressed with their work ethic, level of
>> knowledge and dedication to ICANN's evolution to a model of greater
>> community empowerment.
>> 
>> We should add to the Tonkin Award all of the community members who are
>> part of the proposing working groups and Bylaws Coordination Group, the
>> board, our external lawyers, and the broader community -- each having
>> improved the New Bylaws through their careful and thoughtful inputs,
>> explanations and analysis, and through the attention to the details.
>> 
>> The dedication and passion throughout our community is reflected in this
>> process, and it is evidenced in the way that the process ended.  After
>> the community's debate - our job was merely to reflect the community's
>> wishes within the legal structure, and with the help of our esteemed
>> colleagues this part is done.
>> 
>> Now let's push on to the next important steps.
>> 
>> John Jeffrey
>> General Counsel & Secretary
>> ICANN
>> 
>>> On May 27, 2016, at 6:09 PM, Bruce Tonkin
>>> <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Holly, Rosemary, and John,
>>> 
>>> Just a personal note to thank all three legal teams from Sidley, Adler
>>> and the ICANN legal team  in working together so constructively since
>>> Marrakech  to produce a draft set of bylaws and Articles of
>>> Incorporation, and also to respond quickly to suggestions for
>>> improvements as they came in over the last month.
>>> 
>>> I know for many of you this has meant giving up on weekends and family
>>> engagements, and I greatly appreciate that.
>>> 
>>> If there is some suitable industry legal award in the USA to cover such
>>> team work, I wold be happy to nominate you all!
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Bruce Tonkin
>>> 
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