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    <p>Thanks both of you for the clarification.</p>
    <p>Wolf-Ulrich</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 23.09.2019 um 13:33 schrieb McAuley,
      David via Gnso-bylaws-dt:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Hello Heather,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">In my view, your parenthetical note is
          exactly right and will help avoid any misunderstanding.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">David<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">David McAuley<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Sr International Policy & Business
          Development Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Verisign Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">703-948-4154<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Heather Forrest
          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com"><haforrestesq@gmail.com></a> <br>
          <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 22, 2019 10:44 PM<br>
          <b>To:</b> Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben
          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de"><wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de></a><br>
          <b>Cc:</b> McAuley, David <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dmcauley@Verisign.com"><dmcauley@Verisign.com></a>;
          <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org">gnso-bylaws-dt@icann.org</a><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Gnso-bylaws-dt] Director
          removal timeline-block comment<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Dear David, Wolf-Ulrich, all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">I can definitely see David's point
              here. I have added some explanatory language in
              parentheses in the document: <span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Note:
                Annex D, Section 3.1(d)(i) of the ICANN Bylaws requires
                that the Supported Petition be submitted within 24 hours
                of receipt. Day 29 is thus the absolute latest for
                submission, but if a Supported Petition is received
                prior to Day 28, it must be submitted within 24 hours of
                the date of receipt.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Will
                this work?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best
                wishes,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Heather</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 4:06 PM
              Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben <<a
                href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de"
                moz-do-not-send="true">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>>
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p>David, you're right. The other DP has to provide its
                decision on Day 28 <b>the latest</b>. Why not to leave
                it up to the GNSO Council to make use of the full
                remaining time available which could be >24 hours?<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p>So we should find an appropriate wording covering this
                - maybe relative to the official kick-off of the
                petition process?<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p>Wolf-Ulrich<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Am 19.09.2019 um 14:49 schrieb
                  McAuley, David via Gnso-bylaws-dt:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear
                    colleagues on the GNSO drafting team:<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">During
                    yesterday’s meeting I promised to send a note to
                    list further explaining my comment in the 
                    google-doc with respect to the timeline shown in
                    paragraph 4.2.11 of the director removal process (in
                    this case referring to the document regarding NomCom
                    director removal noted in Annex D, Section 3.1).
                    <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Specifically,
                    I was addressing the last timeline block dealing
                    with ‘Day 29.’ (currently on page 10 of the
                    <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_document_d_1YYeAMR5J7a4zN2zTE4LA-5Fhp7sLynsKIqUnQgMWccAy4_edit&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=adDIs0WEx_lLwFfrsdovxTYY8GkRHo5ibc8SR3Npdh8&m=juxHsQ3WGX9g1l41cWOd7Ia02L5jVQD3LvwM7Bkxz_Q&s=oA4vyspZdbdvVAKVy-gcqYVTMekLdQ99rnS96vx8KLY&e="
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                      google-doc</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All
                    action-dates in the timeline are described as ‘<b>maximum
                      dates</b>.’<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Here
                    is the nature of my concern.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">In
                    this timeline we are telling the GNSO Council that
                    the timeline may assist them in their efforts to
                    carry out their duties with such removal petitions.
                    <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">In
                    the final block (day 29) we essentially say that day
                    29 is the last date on which the GNSO Rep to the EC
                    can submit a supported petition to the EC and others
                    as indicated.  I think that is a correct statement
                    in theory, but it may prove to be incorrect in
                    practice as an individual petition works its way
                    through the process.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Bylaw
                    Annex D, 3.1(d)(i) says this, in part:<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in"><i><span
                        style="color:black;background:white"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in"><i><span
                        style="color:black;background:white">(i) If the
                        … Petitioning Decisional Participant obtains the
                        support of at least one other Decisional
                        Participant … during the
                      </span></i><span
                      style="color:black;background:white">[relevant
                      week]<i> …, the … Petitioning Decisional
                        Participant shall provide a written notice to
                        the </i></span><i>EC<span
                        style="color:black;background:white"> Administration,
                        the other Decisional Participants and the
                        Secretary … <b>within twenty-four (24) hours of
                          receiving the support </b>
                        of … </span></i><span
                      style="color:black;background:white">[such]<i>
                        Decisional Participant. … 
                      </i>(emphasis added)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Potential
                    supporting decisional participants have a week to
                    make their decision. What if the issue is an easy
                    one and they decide in two days? Then would it not
                    be the case that the GNSO Rep will have to submit
                    the petition by the end of the next 24 hours – days
                    short of day 29?<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If
                    that is the case the GNSO Council might get tripped
                    up by confusing the ‘maximum date’ in theory with
                    the maximum date in practice in any one case. In
                    other words, there may b e a difference between
                    maximum date and required date. <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If
                    this is a correct reading, do we want to somehow
                    flag this potential for earlier action in the
                    document somehow?<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best
                    regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">David<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">David
                    McAuley<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sr
                    International Policy & Business Development
                    Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Verisign
                    Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">703-948-4154<o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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