[council] Revised GNSO Operating Procedures Posted

[Julie Hedlund]

Dear GNSO Chairs and Councilors,

As reported at today's GNSO Council meeting, Version 3.1 of the GNSO
Operating Procedures was posted on 17 February 2016 at
http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/procedures.  This is a combined revision as
a result of GNSO Council actions occurring on 24 June 2015, 24 September
2015, and 21 October 2015, and following ICANN Bylaws changes posted on 16
February 2016.  Specifically, these revisions cover the following four
areas:

24 June 2015: 1) Addition of the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process
and the GNSO Guidance Process as Annexes 4 and 5, and 2) Addition of New
Section 4.3.5 in Section 4.3 Motion and Votes
24 September 2015: 3) New Proposed Process for the Selection of Board Seat
#13 by the Contracted Parties House as Annex 6
21 October 2015: 4) Revisions to Annex 1 GNSO Working Group Guidelines and
Annex 2 Policy Development Process Manual per the Data and Metrics Working
Group Recommendations

Please see the attached annotated guide for further details as well as the
GNSO Policy Processes ­ Cheat Sheet.

We will be happy to answer any questions you may have concerning these
revisions.

Kind regards,
Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director


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