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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri">A call for Volunteers for the
<b>GNSO Drafting Team on New Roles and Obligations</b> has been put forth. Please consider volunteering for this on behalf of the IPC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Due date to submit materials is
<b><span style="color:#C00000">July 22. 2016</span></b> to </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Kindly CC Kiran and myself (Chantelle) on your email to
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>, so we can note your role on behalf of the IPC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Chantelle </span><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:black">Dear GNSO Councilors,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Please see the following Call for Volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">--<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Recommendations to <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Implement the GNSO's New Roles and Obligations Under the Revised ICANN Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black">In Brief<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">develop recommendations to implement the GNSO's new roles and obligations under <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">the post-transition ICANN Bylaws.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black">What This Team Will Do<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">The Drafting Team will work with ICANN staff to fully identify all the new or <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO has under the <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">post-transition Bylaws, including but not limited to participation of the GNSO <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">within the Empowered Community, and to develop new or modified structures and <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">procedures (as necessary) to fully implement these new or additional rights and <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">responsibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">The Drafting Team shall provide the GNSO Council with an implementation plan, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">which will have the consensus of the Drafting Team, including any <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">recommendations for needed further changes to ICANN Bylaws and/or GNSO <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Operating Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation in ICANN activities <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">under the revised ICANN Bylaws, not later than 30 September 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">As part of the process of its consideration of the implementation plan, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote, the Council may further <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">request that the Drafting Team work with ICANN staff to develop new, or propose <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">modifications to existing, procedures and structures to implement the revised <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Bylaws for the GNSO. Any such new, or proposed modifications to existing <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">procedures and structures to implement the revised Bylaws for the GNSO are also <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black">How to Join<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Volunteers for the Drafting Team will be identified by GNSO Council members. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Volunteers should express interests and can demonstrate reasonable knowledge of <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">or experience with the process of revising the ICANN Bylaws or GNSO Operating <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Procedures. The Drafting Team shall reflect the current composition of the GNSO <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">and as such, the GNSO Council may review the number of volunteers identified by <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">the GNSO Council members. GNSO Councilors are requested to identify volunteers <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">by email to <a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a> by </span><b><span style="color:#C00000">22 July 2016.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black">Next Steps<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">As noted above, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">circulated to the GNSO Council and that the volunteers should be identified by <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">GNSO Council members. It is anticipated that the Drafting Team will convene <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">online for the first time in early August 2016. Following that, regular online <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Drafting Team's work plan, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black">Further Information and Preparation<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are encouraged to <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">review the table at: <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><b><span style="color:black">Background<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">On 27 May 2016 the ICANN Board adopted a set of new ICANN Bylaws, as revised on <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">26 May 2016, that aim to reflect changes needed to implement the IANA <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Stewardship Transition Proposal and such adoption is contingent on the proposed <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">transition away of remaining United States Government oversight of ICANN. The <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is aware that changes that <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">may need to be made to the GNSO's current Operating Procedures and related <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">mechanisms and to the ICANN Bylaws in order to give effect to new roles and <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">obligations of the GNSO under the new Bylaws, such as those in this table <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">(<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf</a>),<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"> including but not limited to the GNSO's participation in the Empowered <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Community. Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO's new roles and <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">obligations under the revised ICANN Bylaws.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
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