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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=457483513-01072009>Note the following
announcement posted on ICANN's site yesterday: Community Comment Invited on
Proposed Bylaw Amendments Related to Restructuring of the GNSO Council at <A
href="blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30jun09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30jun09-en.htm</A>.
The comment period runs through 29 July 2009 (30 days).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=457483513-01072009>Also note that the
proposed amendments include '<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>additional
draft Staff recommendations</FONT>' beyond the changes proposed by the
'<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>GNSO Council Restructure Drafting
Team</FONT>': "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The package consists of
three documents. The first document is </FONT><A
href="blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaws-amendment-redline-30jun09-en.pdf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>a comparison document</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> [PDF, 122K] showing the existing Bylaws and
comparing them to the amendments proposed by the GNSO Council deliberations so
far. The second document is </FONT><A
href="blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaws-amendment-clean-30jun09-en.pdf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>a clean version</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> [PDF, 67K] of what the Bylaws would look like if
those amendments were approved. The third document is </FONT><A
href="blocked::http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/draft-staff-recommendations-30jun09-en.pdf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>a Staff list of additional amendment
components</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> [PDF, 17K] that have
been necessitated by community discussion at the ICANN Sydney meeting and
suggestions from the Board’s Structural Improvements
Committee.</FONT>"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=457483513-01072009><SPAN class=091320014-01072009>Regarding the
two open issues in the Bylaw amendments</SPAN>: </SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><SPAN class=457483513-01072009>"The appointment of the additional three
seats beyond the three seats currently allocated to the Non-Commercial Users
Constituency are initially to be determined in accordance with the NCSG
charter, which grants the Board the right to appoint individuals representing
additional non-commercial interests."</SPAN></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=457483513-01072009><SPAN
class=091320014-01072009>For</SPAN> Board seats 13 and 14, the following
was inserted in the proposed amendments: "<FONT
face="Times New Roman">placeholder regarding manner of selection – TBD by
Board</FONT>".</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=457483513-01072009>Chuck</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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