[council] Status of Council Chair

[Phil Corwin]

My apologies. In the deluge of daily emails, and with a very busy schedule yesterday, I missed that.

Never mind ;-)


Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
Virtualaw LLC
1155 F Street, NW
Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20004
202-559-8597/Direct
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202-255-6172/Cell

Twitter: @VlawDC

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

From: James M. Bladel [mailto:jbladel at godaddy.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:40 AM
To: Phil Corwin
Cc: GNSO Council List
Subject: Re: [council] Status of Council Chair

No worries. It’s been a hectic week, and it’s only Wednesday!

:)

J.


From: Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc at vlaw-dc.com>>
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:39
To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel at godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel at godaddy.com>>
Subject: RE: [council] Status of Council Chair

My apologies. In the deluge of daily emails, and with a very busy schedule yesterday, I missed that.

Never mind ;-)

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
Virtualaw LLC
1155 F Street, NW
Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20004
202-559-8597/Direct
202-559-8750/Fax
202-255-6172/Cell

Twitter: @VlawDC

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

From: James M. Bladel [mailto:jbladel at godaddy.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:38 AM
To: Phil Corwin; GNSO Council List
Subject: Re: [council] Status of Council Chair

Good morning Phil.

Kevin Murphy is referring to the message I posted on the Council list yesterday (attached and copied below for your review).

Let me know if you have questions or would like to discuss.

Thanks—

J.

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Councilors –

I wanted to make you aware of some developments w.r.t. to the RrSG elections (see thread below).   While I am term-limited and cannot run again, the current round of GNSO Council nominations has raised questions of who, exactly, is eligible to hold office under the RrSG Charter.  To ensure consistent interpretation & application of the Charter, my company (GoDaddy) was determined to be ineligible.

I have resigned my elected office as Councilor, but have been appointed by the Registrar ExCom to continue to serve in an interim basis until a Special Election can be held.

On the whole, the net impact of all of this on the Council is….not much.  My status changes from “elected” Councilor to “appointed” Councilor for the next few months, but I don’t see that this change necessarily affects the Council, or its work, or our upcoming election calendar.

In any case, I wanted to share this in the interests of full disclosure, and I’m happy to answer any questions here on the list, or in Johannesburg.

Thank you,

J.


From: Graeme Bunton <gbunton at tucows.com<mailto:gbunton at tucows.com>>
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 10:08
Subject: Re: [RrSG-Members] GoDaddy Status and Resignation

James,
Thank you for this.
Speaking on behalf of the ExCom, we would like to request that you continue to serve in your position until the completion of a special election under section 4.3.7 of the RrSG charter.
The RrSG secretary will begin that process shortly.
Graeme

On 2017-06-13 10:56 AM, James M. Bladel via RrSG-Members wrote:
Colleagues -

As Graeme noted, I’ve recently been notified that GoDaddy is not eligible to hold office under the current RrSG Charter, due to our having executed Specification 13 for the .GODADDY Registry Agreement.

While Specification 13 is not explicitly listed as a disqualification in our Charter, it contains provisions that are equivalent to Specification 9, which is called out as a disqualification under Section 4.3.6.  I was not aware that our adoption of Spec 13 would also encompass Spec 9, and thus make GoDaddy (and by extension, me) ineligible to hold office.

We have no immediate plans to launch .GODADDY, and the only active registration currently is NIC.GODADDY, and any Charter that recognizes GoDaddy as a closed brand,  rather than a Registrar, has truly ventured in to the realm of the Absurd.  But rules are rules, so…

I’m hereby offering my resignation from the GNSO Council for the remainder of my term (ending at ICANN 60 Abu Dhabi in November).  Should the ExCom & Members wish to retain me in office until the conclusion my term, I would be happy to do so on an interim basis, and stand for a special vote, as described under Section 4.3.7.

Additionally, GoDaddy will not nominate or run any candidates for office under the existing Charter, and will not cast votes for any pending elections, or on the FY2018 RrSG Budget, or any other votes until our new Charter is adopted.

Thank you,


J.
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James Bladel
GoDaddy


_________________________
Graeme Bunton
Director, Analytics & Policy
Tucows Inc.



From: <council-bounces at gnso.icann.org<mailto:council-bounces at gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc at vlaw-dc.com>>
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:33
To: GNSO Council List <council at gnso.icann.org<mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>>
Subject: [council] Status of Council Chair

Hello. I am hoping that Councilors will be receiving some official explanation of this matter. Thanks

http://domainincite.com/21835-bladel-quits-as-council-chair-as-godaddy-ruled-ineligible-for-election

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
Virtualaw LLC
1155 F Street, NW
Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20004
202-559-8597/Direct
202-559-8750/Fax
202-255-6172/Cell

Twitter: @VlawDC

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey




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