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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>I would like to make
the motion copied below and attached for Council consideration in our meeting on
24 September 2009. Note that it is also posted on the Council wiki at <A
href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_sept_motions">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_sept_motions</A>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=281164221-15092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>Please note the
following:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>To deal with
concerns about the short time constraints and inability for constituencies to
get appropriate input from their members, please note that the motion only
approves the plan as a draft that will be distributed for public comment; the
final plan as possibly modified by any input during the public comment period
or further Council discussion would be voted on on 28 October in
Seoul.</SPAN></FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>A very brief
(7-day) public comment period is proposed for the draft Council Operating
Procedures that will be distributed not later than tomorrow. The reason
for the short comment period is that our next Council meeting is scheduled for
8 October with just a two-week interval in between meetings and we will need
time in the second week to finalize the assignment of NCAs to Council
seats.</SPAN></FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>I used the comments
received from Olga, Alan, Kristina, Stephan and Mike to develop a plan for
assigning the NCAs to seats. I think I accommodated suggestions from
each of them in the proposed approach.</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>Please distribute
this motion to your constituencies and stakeholder groups ASAP for their review
and input before our meeting on 24 September. Proposed amendments are
welcome.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=281164221-15092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>Thanks,
Chuck</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=281164221-15092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281164221-15092009>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><STRONG>Motion to Approve Plan for Bicameral Council Seat
Transition</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>15 September 2009</FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Whereas:</FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>On 27 August 2009 the ICANN Board approved <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Bylaws Amendments Related to GNSO
Restructuring</SPAN> (</FONT><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws-amendments-27aug09.pdf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws-amendments-27aug09.pdf</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>) in support of the transition to a new GNSO
Council to be seated during the ICANN meetings in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1
ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seoul</st1:place></st1:City> in October 2009.
</FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=Default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Article XX (Transition
Article), Section 5, item 5.e of the Bylaws Amendments reads, “The three seats
currently selected by the Nominating Committee shall be assigned by the
Nominating Committee as follows: one voting member to the Contracted Party
House, one voting member to the Non-Contracted Party House, and one non-voting
member assigned to the GNSO Council at large.”</FONT></P>
<P class=Default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The Bylaws Amendments
were approved too late in the 2009 Nominating Committee process to allow the
three Nominating Committee seats to be assigned by the Nominating
Committee.</FONT></P>
<P class=Default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Article XX (Transition
Article), Section 5, item 6 of the Bylaws Amendments reads, “The GNSO Council,
as part of its Restructure Implementation Plan, will document: (a) how
vacancies, if any, will be handled during the transition period; (b) for each
Stakeholder Group, how each assigned Council seat to take effect at the 2009
ICANN annual meeting will be filled, whether through a continuation of an
existing term or a new election or appointment; (c) how it plans to address
staggered terms such that the new GNSO Council preserves as much continuity as
reasonably possible; (d) the effect of Bylaws term limits on each Council
member.”</FONT></P>
<P class=Default
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Article XX (Transition
Article), Section 5, item 11 of the Bylaws Amendments reads, “As soon as
practical after the commencement of the ICANN meeting in October 2009, or
another date the Board may designate by resolution, the GNSO Council shall, in
accordance with Article X, Section 3(7) and its GNSO Operating Procedures, elect
officers and give the ICANN Secretary written notice of its
selections.”</FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The GNSO Council desires to: i) Maximize
continuity in the transition from the old to the new Council; ii) minimize the
complexity for Stakeholder Groups in selecting Councilors; and iii) respect
the rights of GNSO Stakeholder Groups to elect their Council representatives
in ways that best meet their needs while complying with the ICANN
Bylaws.</FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The GNSO Council Operations work team prepared
draft GNSO Council Operating Procedures and the Operations Steering Committee
forwarded those for Council consideration on 16 September 2009.</FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The GNSO Council approves the following plan:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>1.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Not later than 30 September 2009 if possible, all
Councilors who will be seated in the 28 October public GNSO Council meeting
should be selected and the GNSO Secretariat provided with their contact
information.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>2.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Each Stakeholder Group may determine the term dates
for its respective Councilors provided those dates are compliant with the ICANN
Bylaws and their respective charters; any terms that are changed from the
previously defined dates strictly for the purpose of seating the bicameral
Council shall not be considered partial terms with regard to complying with
Bylaws term limit requirements.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>3.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Each House will elect a vice chair for the new
bicameral Council not later than Tuesday, 27 October 2009.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Ideally, this should happen during the
weekend working sessions on 24-25 October 2009.)</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>4.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>The new bicameral Council will be seated in the
public GNSO Council meeting on 28 October 2009.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>5.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Avri Doria, current GNSO Council chair, will serve as
chair of the bicameral Council meeting on 28 October until such time as a new
chair is elected, at which time the new chair will assume the chair
responsibilities. If an absentee ballot is required to complete the chair’s
election, this will be a 24 hour ballot scheduled to end on 29 October. If no
chair has been elected by the end of the Annual meeting on 30 October, the
vice-chairs will assume the chair responsibilities as defined in the
Bylaws</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>6.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Not later than 24 September 2009, the existing GNSO
Council will approve a draft of the GNSO Council Operating Procedures
(previously called the Rules of Procedure of the GNSO Council) and submit them
for a 7-day public comment period starting not later than 24 September 2009;
such draft will include a revision of those areas of the existing Rules
necessary for seating the bicameral Council.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>7.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>As much in advance of the meeting as possible, the
agenda for the 28 October 2009 Council meeting will be prepared by the existing
Council under the leadership of Avri Doria as chair and shall include but not be
limited to the following two action items: 1) Approval of the Council Operations
Procedures necessary for seating the bicameral Council; 2) Election of chair.
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>8.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>The Council requests that the Nominating Committee be
tasked with assigning all three Nominating Committee Appointees (NCAs) to
Council seats beginning after the 2010 ICANN Annual Meeting.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For the period starting on 28 October
2009 and continuing only through the 2010 ICANN Annual Meeting, the following
procedure will be used to assign NCAs to Council seats:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>a.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>ICANN Staff should ensure that a Statement of
Interest is received from Andrey Kolesnikov and sent to the Council not later
than 30 September 2009.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>b.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Not later than 30 September 2009, new and existing
NCAs will make best efforts to collaborate and provide their input to the GNSO
Council regarding their recommendations for assigning Council seats.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such input should include any seating
assignments that any of the NCAs would individually be uncomfortable taking
along with their reasons.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>c.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Taking into consideration the input from the NCAs, if
any, both GNSO Council Houses and/or their respective Stakeholder Groups should
attempt to reach agreement on the seating for each of the three NCAs for the
first year of the new bicameral Council and communicate the results to the
Council not later than 7 October 2009.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>d.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>If the GNSO Council Houses and/or their respective
Stakeholder Groups are unable to reach agreement, then the<SPAN lang=EN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> new, inexperienced NCA will take the non-voting
Council seat and random selection will be used to assign the other two NCAs to
Houses before the Council meeting on 8 October 2009.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>e.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>In the meeting scheduled for 8 October 2009, the
Council will acknowledge the results of this process and confirm that it was
properly conducted.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>9.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>The Council requests ICANN Staff support to fulfill
this plan, including but not limited to scheduling and arranging for any needed
teleconference calls.</FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>