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    Are we going to have time to discuss this draft?  I have a couple of
    issues with it....<br>
    It is a great pity that the french meeting carried on 15 minutes
    past its allotted time and removed the possiblity for an informal
    discussion on this.<br>
    <br>
    Stephanie<br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-11-07 00:23, James M. Bladel
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Councilors –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Attached and
            copied below, please find a proposed amendment to my earlier
            motion referenced above, in accordance with our discussions
            during last night’s working session. 
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As a
            seconder, I would ask Rubens Kuhl to confirm whether he
            takes these changes as friendly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">1.         MOTION –
              Acceptance of the Report from the GNSO Bylaws
              Implementation Drafting Team and next steps</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">(Motion deferred to 7
              November 2016 from 13 October 2016)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Made by: James Bladel</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Seconded by: Rubens
              Kuhl</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">On 30 June 2016 the
            GNSO Council approved the creation of a Drafting Team (DT)
            that was to work with ICANN staff to “fully identify all the
            new or additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO
            has under the revised Bylaws, including but not limited to
            participation of the GNSO within the Empowered Community,
            and to develop new or modified structures and procedures (as
            necessary) to fully implement these new or additional rights
            and responsibilities”;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">In creating the DT, the
            GNSO Council requested that the DT provide the GNSO Council
            with an implementation plan “which will have the consensus
            of the Drafting Team, including any recommendations for
            needed further changes to ICANN Bylaws and/or GNSO Operating
            Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation in ICANN
            activities under the revised ICANN Bylaws, not later than 30
            September 2016”;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">During the course of
            the DT’s work, strongly divergent views were expressed on
            the role of the GNSO Council in the Empowered Community,
            leading to the production of a Final Report which included a
            minority report; and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The DT submitted its
            Final Report to the GNSO Council on 12 October 2016 (<a
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href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/bylaws-drafting-team-final-report-12oct16-en.pdf%29">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/bylaws-drafting-team-final-report-12oct16-en.pdf)</a>.
            The GNSO Council has reviewed the DT’s report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">RESOLVED:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The GNSO Council
            accepts the recommendations in the DT’s report as submitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The GNSO Council
            directs ICANN Policy Staff to draft proposed language for
            any necessary modifications or additions to the GNSO
            Operating Procedures and, if applicable, those parts of the
            ICANN Bylaws pertaining to the GNSO. The GNSO Council
            requests that ICANN Legal evaluate whether the proposed
            modifications are consistent with the post-transition Bylaws
            and report their findings to the GNSO Council.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The GNSO Council
            requests that members of the DT make themselves available
            for consultation by ICANN Policy Staff as needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">In acknowledgement of
            the divergent views within the DT, the GNSO Council directs
            ICANN Policy Staff to post the DT Final Report, including
            the minority report, and all proposed modifications or new
            procedures for public comment for no less than 40 days. The
            GNSO Council expects that any comments received will be
            given meaningful consideration.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">As resolved previously,
            the GNSO Council intends to subject the adoption of the
            proposed modifications to existing procedures and/or ICANN
            Bylaws to a GNSO Supermajority vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The GNSO Council thanks
            the DT for its collaborative effort, especially in view the
            limited time frame available to the DT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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