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<p>Hi Heather,</p>
<p>I like your interpretation and am in full support. BTW this again
shows me that lawyers and techies are often following a similar
logic in procedural matters <span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span>;-)</span></span>.</p>
<p>To bring the interpretation of Annex D section 3.1 (a) to
perfection we should be clear about the origin of the
"individual". Is here a "GNSO-relationship" requested? Or could
any individual with or without any DP-related affiliation submit a
petition to any of the DPs? The latter may open the individual
searching for the most likely "removal-friendly" DP.</p>
<p>Looking forward to the discussion later today.</p>
<p>Wolf-Ulrich</p>
<p><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 26.09.2019 um 14:07 schrieb Heather
Forrest:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Reminder to all that we have our extra call
this week (in roughly 9 hours).
<div><br>
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<div>Our sole focus in this extra call is to reach a
decision on how/to whom to submit a petition to remove a
director. We need to interpret Bylaws Annex D in the GNSO
context. I have read this again carefully and reviewed the
recordings from our previous calls. Here is my
interpretation as a strawman for our call:</div>
<div><br>
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<div>The language of Annex D section 3.1 ((a) "Subject to
the procedures and requirements developed by the
applicable Decisional Participant, an individual may
submit a petition to a Decisional Participant...") tells
me that the key terms are "<b>individual</b>" and "<b>Decisional
Participant</b>". As I understand our previous calls, we
all agree (in this contexts and elsewhere in our work)
that "individual" means anyone. The term is not defined in
the Bylaws.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Then in Annex D section 3.1 (b), ("During the period
beginning on the date that the Decisional Participant
received the Nominating Committee Director Removal
Petition..."), this tells me that the clock starts when
the <b>Decisional Participant</b> receives the petition. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Article 6, section 6.1 defines "Decisional
Participant": <span>(a) The Empowered Community ("</span><strong><abbr
title="Empowered Community">EC</abbr></strong><span>")
shall be a nonprofit association formed under the laws
of the State of California consisting of the </span><abbr
title="Address Supporting Organization">ASO</abbr><span>,
the </span><abbr title="Country Code Names Supporting
Organization">ccNSO</abbr><span> (as defined in </span><u>Section
10.1</u><span>), the </span><abbr title="Generic Names
Supporting Organization">GNSO</abbr><span> (as defined
in </span><u>Section 11.1</u><span>), the </span><abbr
title="At-Large Advisory Committee">ALAC</abbr><span> (as
defined in </span><u>Section 12.2(d)(i)</u><span>) and
the </span><abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee">GAC</abbr><span> (each
a "</span><strong>Decisional Participant</strong><span>"
or "associate," and collectively, the "</span><strong>Decisional
Participants</strong><span>").</span></div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div>Annex D, Section 3.1(b) therefore can be read: "During
the period beginning on the date that the Decisional
Participant received the Nominating Committee Director
Removal Petition), this tells us that the clock starts
when the <b>GNSO</b> receives the petition." Section
11.2 of the Bylaws describes the GNSO as "consist[ing] of"
"[a] Number of Constituencies"... "organized within the
Stakeholder Groups". I do not understand 11.2 to allow us
to interpret any single constituency or Stakeholder Group
individually as the GNSO. Rather, the GNSO consists of all
of those. Back to Annex D, Section 3.1(b), my view is that
"when the <b>GNSO</b> receives the petition" means the
GNSO as a whole, not any individual SG or C. For matters
of the EC, the GNSO Council acts for the GNSO as a whole.
Hence the clock starts ticking when the GNSO Council
receives the petition. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If the "individual" in Annex D section 3.1(a) submits
the petition to something other than the GNSO Council, the
clock has not yet started. That's not to say that an
individual is prevented from submitting to an SG/C, but it
seems to me that the SG/C is obliged to send on to the
Council ASAP, without debate or discussion. Annex D
doesn't give us any ground to enable an SG or C to delay
or discuss, and further, "individual" means the
petitioner, not an SG or C. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I have copied the relevant Annex D section 3.1(a) and
(b) below. For ease, link to the full Bylaws here: <a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD</a></div>
<div><br>
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<div>Very best wishes, and thank you for your continued hard
work,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Heather</div>
<div><br>
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<h4>ARTICLE 3 <a
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name="m_-2981946444341682029__Toc451696517"
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name="m_-2981946444341682029__Toc448932939"
moz-do-not-send="true"></a><a
name="m_-2981946444341682029__Toc448927030"
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moz-do-not-send="true"></a><a
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moz-do-not-send="true"></a>PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE OF <abbr
title="Empowered Community">EC</abbr>'S RIGHTS TO
REMOVE DIRECTORS AND RECALL THE BOARD</h4>
<p><a name="m_-2981946444341682029__Ref444422945"
moz-do-not-send="true"></a><strong>Section 3.1.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE DIRECTOR REMOVAL PROCESS</strong></p>
<p>(a) Subject to the procedures and requirements
developed by the applicable Decisional Participant, an
individual may submit a petition to a Decisional
Participant seeking to remove a Director holding Seats 1
through 8 and initiate the Nominating Committee Director
Removal Process ("<strong>Nominating Committee Director
Removal Petition</strong>"). Each Nominating Committee
Director Removal Petition shall set forth the rationale
upon which such individual seeks to remove such
Director. The process set forth in this <u>Section 3.1</u> of <u>Annex
D</u> is referred to herein as the "<strong>Nominating
Committee Director Removal Process</strong>."</p>
<p>(b) During the period beginning on the date that the
Decisional Participant received the Nominating Committee
Director Removal Petition (such date of receipt, the "<strong>Nominating
Committee Director Removal Petition Date</strong>")
and ending at 11:59 p.m. (as calculated by local time at
the location of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>'s principal
office) on the date that is the 21<span>st</span> day
after the Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition
Date (as it relates to a particular Director, the "<strong>Nominating
Committee Director Removal Petition Period</strong>"),
the Decisional Participant that has received a
Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition ("<strong>Nominating
Committee Director Removal</strong> <strong>Petitioned
Decisional Participant</strong>") shall either accept
or reject such Nominating Committee Director Removal
Petition; provided that a Nominating Committee Director
Removal Petitioned Decisional Participant shall not
accept a Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition
if, during the same term, the Director who is the
subject of such Nominating Committee Director Removal
Petition had previously been subject to a Nominating
Committee Director Removal Petition that led to a
Nominating Committee Director Removal Community Forum
(as discussed in <u>Section 3.1(e)</u> of this <u>Annex
D</u>).</p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at
10:47 PM Julie Bisland <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">julie.bisland@icann.org</a>>
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