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<p>Welcome!</p>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Wolf-Ulrich<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 13.06.2017 um 17:15 schrieb James M.
Bladel:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Councilors –</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I wanted to make you aware of some
developments w.r.t. to the RrSG elections (see thread
below). While I am term-limited and cannot run again, the
current round of GNSO Council nominations has raised
questions of who, exactly, is eligible to hold office under
the RrSG Charter. To ensure consistent interpretation &
application of the Charter, my company (GoDaddy) was
determined to be ineligible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I have resigned my elected office as
Councilor, but have been appointed by the Registrar ExCom to
continue to serve in an interim basis until a Special
Election can be held.
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On the whole, the net impact of all of this on the Council
is….not much. My status changes from “elected” Councilor to
“appointed” Councilor for the next few months, but I don’t
see that this change necessarily affects the Council, or its
work, or our upcoming election calendar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In any case, I wanted to share this
in the interests of full disclosure, and I’m happy to answer
any questions here on the list, or in Johannesburg.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>
Thank you,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>J.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From: </span></b><span>Graeme
Bunton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com"><gbunton@tucows.com></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 10:08 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Subject: </span></b><span>Re:
[RrSG-Members] GoDaddy Status and Resignation</span></p>
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<p>James,</p>
<p>Thank you for this. </p>
<p>Speaking on behalf of the ExCom, we would like to request
that you continue to serve in your position until the
completion of a special election under section 4.3.7 of the
RrSG charter.</p>
<p>The RrSG secretary will begin that process shortly.</p>
<p>Graeme</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2017-06-13 10:56 AM, James M. Bladel
via RrSG-Members wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Colleagues - </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>As Graeme noted, I’ve recently been
notified that GoDaddy is not eligible to hold office under
the current RrSG Charter, due to our having executed
Specification 13 for the .GODADDY Registry Agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>While Specification 13 is not
explicitly listed as a disqualification in our Charter, it
contains provisions that are equivalent to Specification
9, which is called out as a disqualification under Section
4.3.6. I was not aware that our adoption of Spec 13 would
also encompass Spec 9, and thus make GoDaddy (and by
extension, me) ineligible to hold office.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We have no immediate plans to
launch .GODADDY, and the only active registration
currently is NIC.GODADDY, and any Charter that recognizes
GoDaddy as a closed brand, rather than a Registrar, has
truly ventured in to the realm of the Absurd. But rules
are rules, so… </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I’m hereby offering my resignation
from the GNSO Council for the remainder of my term (ending
at ICANN 60 Abu Dhabi in November). Should the ExCom
& Members wish to retain me in office until the
conclusion my term, I would be happy to do so on an
interim basis, and stand for a special vote, as described
under Section 4.3.7.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Additionally, GoDaddy will not
nominate or run any candidates for office under the
existing Charter, and will not cast votes for any pending
elections, or on the FY2018 RrSG Budget, or any other
votes until our new Charter is adopted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank you,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>
J.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>-----------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>James Bladel </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>GoDaddy</span></p>
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<pre>Graeme Bunton</pre>
<pre>Director, Analytics & Policy</pre>
<pre>Tucows Inc.</pre>
<pre>PH: 416 535 0123 ext 1634 </pre>
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