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<div>Thanks, Marika. </div>
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<div>When we completed our DT report late last year, we did promise to stay engaged and answer questions like these. </div>
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<div>So our first step is for <u>each of us</u> to read the draft and think about how to answer the 8 “Questions Identified” in column B, pages 1-4 of our attached doc. </div>
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<div>If we can each draft some rough answers to your questions, that would be a great setup for the meeting.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:gnso-bylaws-dt-bounces@icann.org">gnso-bylaws-dt-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, March 6, 2017 at 3:13 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org">gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org">gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Gnso-bylaws-dt] For your review - Staff Report Bylaws & GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revisions & Legal Review<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Bylaws Drafting Team,<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 you will recall, on 1 December 2016, the GNSO Council directed ‘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’. In the analysis of
the DT recommendations, staff took a minimalist approach by focusing on the minimum changes needed to implement the DT recommendations.<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">However, in undertaking this work, staff did identify a number of questions and made a number of assumptions that it is requesting the DTs input on before this document and the revised ICANN Bylaws and GNSO
Operating Procedures are published for public comment. You will find these questions and assumptions outlined in the attached document (in pdf and word version). To facilitate your review, the main questions have been flagged in the table contained in the
executive summary. <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">We realise that there may be little time for you to review this document ahead of ICANN58 but we hope you are available to join us for the session that has been scheduled on Wednesday 15 March from 17.00 –
18.30 local time (see <a href="http://sched.co/9nqV">http://sched.co/9nqV</a> for further details). This session is intended to walk you through our questions and assumptions as well as answer any questions you may have. The DT can also discuss how to proceed
following ICANN58 to develop its input on these questions and assumptions which will then allow staff to finalise the documents for publication for public comment.<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">We look forward to receiving your feedback.<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">Best regards,<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">Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika Konings<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">
<span style="color:#0563C1">marika.konings@icann.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Find out more about the GNSO by taking our <a href="http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><span style="color:#0563C1">interactive courses</span></a> and visiting the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm#newcomers"><span style="color:#0563C1">GNSO
Newcomer pages</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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