<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Sir/Madam,<div><br></div><div>On behalf of the RrSG, I would like to submit the comment below on ‘GNSO Operating Procedures and ICANN Bylaws.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Zoe Bonython</div><div>RrSG Secretariat</div><div><br></div><div>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Registrar Stakeholder Group Comment on the GNSO
Operating Procedures and ICANN Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">This comment is submitted on behalf of the Registrar
Stakeholder Group (RrSG).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Registrars would like to thank ICANN staff and the
Drafting Team (DT) for their work in connection with the revision of the GNSO
Operating Procedures and those parts of the ICANN Bylaws pertaining to the
GNSO. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We believe ICANN staff & the Drafting Team have
addressed most of the modifications set forth in the Revised Bylaws. We support
the position taken in the proposed GNSO Operating Procedures that the GNSO
Council is well equipped to relay the positions of the GNSO Stakeholder Groups
and Constituencies. Further, we generally support the voting thresholds
proposed for implementation of processes associated with the IANA transition
and the parallel process on enhancing ICANN accountability, with one
exceptional concern. Our feedback is broken down below.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Article 11 Generic Names Supporting Organization</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We would like to raise a concern regarding Section
11.3 GNSO Council, subsection (j)(ii) and (j)(iii), which state:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">(ii) GNSO Council Inspection Request
as contemplated in Section 22.7: requires an affirmative vote of more than
one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
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inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">(iii) GNSO Council Inspection Remedy,
as contemplated in Section 22.7 - e, and Stakeholder Group / Constituency
Inspection Remedy, as contemplated in Section 22.7 – e(ii) and e(iii), for an
inspection requested by the GNSO as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered
Community: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-fourth (1/4) vote of
each House or majority of one House.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We understand that </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#272727;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Inspection
Requests are defined in the Bylaws as “limited to the accounting books and
records of ICANN relevant to the operation of ICANN as a whole, and shall not
extend to the underlying sources of such accounting books or records or to
documents only relevant to a small or isolated aspect of ICANN's operations or
that relate to the minutiae of ICANN's financial records or details of its
management and administration (the "Permitted Scope”).” Notwithstanding
this definition, it is important </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to
ensure that document inspection is not used to obtain or disclose contractual
or sensitive information. The RrSG believes any requests for information
related to Registry or Registrar contracts, or information related to their
contractual relationships, would qualify as an underlying source and should be
excluded.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">APPENDIX 1: GNSO COUNCIL VOTING RESULTS TABLE</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Regarding “Approval of a petition to remove a director
holding seat 13 or 14” and “Approval of a petition notice to remove a director
holding seat 13 or 14” shown on page 43 of the redlined version of the GNSO
Operating Procedures, we note the voting thresholds as “>75% of One.”
This does not accurately reflect the voting threshold outlined in Art.
11, §3(j)vii and viii. We suggest that table be changed to reflect
“>75% of the House that appointed Director” to avoid any confusion.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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