[council] Draft Revisions Bylaws - GNSO Restructure

[William Drake]

Also contrary, inter alia, to basic comity.

Bill

On Apr 21, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

>
> Philip,
>
> In a very brief review of some of the proposed edits, it appears to me
> that some of them are contrary to the Board approved recommendations.
> Is that correct or am I missing something?
>
> Chuck
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:45 AM
>> To: council at gnso.icann.org
>> Subject: [council] Draft Revisions Bylaws - GNSO Restructure
>>
>>
>> Please find attached a proposed red-line of the proposed
>> draft by-laws revision.
>> These are submitted for discussion and are preliminary.
>> There are submitted on behalf of the BC, IPC, and ISPs.
>>
>> Highlights include:
>> -  the naming of certain SGs and Houses. In particular the
>> House to which we will belong should be referred to as the
>> "Users & Providers House". As agreed with our non-commercial
>> colleagues in Mexico we do not wish to be defined in the
>> negative!  The addition of "providers" to "Users" reflects
>> the unique nature of the ISPs.
>> -  specificity on the Nom Com
>> -  a placemark on seat numbers for the NCISG.
>>
>> Notwithstanding these comments, Council should be aware that
>> the recent petition from the IDN group for a constituency
>> seems to drive a coach and horses through the neat division
>> of Council into two Houses. That petition seeks to create a
>> Constituency of inter alia registries, registrars, commercial
>> and non-commercial bodies. With apologies to  Jeff Beck, this
>> constituency would appear to be: "everywhere and nowhere
>> baby, that's where you're at."
>>
>>
>> Philip
>>
>

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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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