<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks, Steve. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Looking ahead at our meeting schedule, I am unable to make our meeting on Sept. 28. Could we please check with the other members to see if Sept. 29 is a possibility instead? I think someone else also made this request during our last meeting.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Darcy</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">__________</span><br></font></p><p><font size="2"><font color="#666666"><b>Darcy Southwell </b>| </font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Compliance Officer</span></font></p><p><font color="#666666" size="2">M: +1 503-453-7305 │ Skype: darcy.enyeart</font></p><p><font color="#666666" size="1"><img src="http://endurance.com/img/nav/logo_large.png"><br></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Steve DelBianco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">
<div>
<div>As promised on our last call, here’s a first draft of our DT report. We have only 2 weeks to complete our implementation recommendations, so it’s time to see where we can find consensus.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>DT members are invited to comment on how I’ve described our work thus far, but I do hope that you’ll focus on the last page — how we move towards implementation recommendations. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>--Steve</div>
<div>
<div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<span>
<div style="font-family:calibri;font-size:12pt;text-align:left;color:black;border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;padding:3pt 0in 0in;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-right-color:initial">
<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 4:36 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" target="_blank">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>GNSO Council voting scenarios<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
Drafting Team members: </div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<br>
</div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
attached is that excel sheet I created to test voting thresholds other than the “default threshold" in ICANN’s bylaws:</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A, Annex A-1 or Annex A-2 hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority
vote of each House. </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">(Section 11.3 (i) )</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
</blockquote>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The columns labeled “Test Cases" in this spreadsheet are there for you to contemplate scenarios where a majority (or even a supermajority) of Councilors agree, but where the "default threshold” could not be met. </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">H</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">ave
fun adding your own Tests! </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Regards,</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Steve</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<div>
<div>
<div>—</div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div>
<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
<div>Executive Director</div>
<div>NetChoice</div>
<div><a href="http://www.netchoice.org/" target="_blank">http://www.NetChoice.org</a> and <a href="http://blog.netchoice.org/" target="_blank">h<wbr>ttp://blog.netchoice.org</a></div>
<div><a href="tel:%2B1.703.615.6206" value="+17036156206" target="_blank">+1.703.615.6206</a></div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</font></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>
</div>
<br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
Gnso-bylaws-dt mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org">Gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org</a><br>
<a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-bylaws-dt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/gnso-bylaws-dt</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div>