RE: [gnso-restruc-dt] Fwd: Text of GNSO recommended by-laws

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it would be a good idea to distribute the redlined document with
Legal Counsel's changes.

Regarding: "5. The GNSO Council shall select the GNSO Chair for a term
the GNSO Council specifies, but not longer than one year, by written
ballot or by action at a meeting or both. The procedures for selecting
the Chair and any other officers are contained in the GNSO Council
Operating Rules and Procedures approved by the Board." (p.3)

Legal Counsel made this comment: "The inclusion of "both" confuses the
requirements - what is trying to be achieved here?  It may be better to
remove "or both" unless we can reach a better formulation of this."  I
think one thing we were trying to accommodate is absentee voting.

Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:15 AM
> To: gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Avri Doria
> Subject: [gnso-restruc-dt] Fwd: Text of GNSO recommended by-laws
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As the note below indicates, I asked the Legal Counsel to 
> take a look at the draft by-laws.
> 
> Several edits have been made.  Please review and comment.
> 
> My inclination is to insert their changes unless there is objection.
> 
> Thanks
> a.
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > Avri,
> >
> > Samantha Eisner and I have reviewed the GNSO's draft bylaws 
> > amendments.
> > Please find attached a Word document with our comments, 
> questions, and 
> > suggested edits.
> >
> > Thank you for the opportunity to review this.  Please let 
> us know if 
> > you have any questions or if we can be of any other assistance.
> >
> > See you in Sydney!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10-Jun-09 07:05, "Avri Doria" <avri@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I understand that you were doing a review of the by-laws when we 
> >> started mucking about.  I think we are just about finished 
> and though 
> >> they have not been council approved yet (hope to do it in 
> Sydney), I 
> >> think they are rather stable at this point.
> >>
> >> It would be great if you could take a look and let us know if 
> >> anything we have there is inappropriate vis a vis legal 
> requirements, 
> >> or if anything is missing.  The sooner we know, the sooner we can 
> >> deal with any changes.  Of course I understand that the 
> real review 
> >> will be done before the Board takes its vote, however, it would be 
> >> helpful to know if we really missed the mark anywhere.
> >>
> >> The latest version can be found at:
> >>
> >> https://st.icann.org/gnso_transition/index.cgi?proposed_by_laws
> >>
> >> As of tomorrow morning I epxect to remove the editing 
> marks (italics 
> >> for recently added changes, line through for things that are to be 
> >> deleted).
> >>
> >> You will note that we have not touched the PDP annex yet.  That is
> >> being worked on in the PPSC.   Except for the voting 
> thresholds which
> >> are included in the changes, I think we should be ok as 
> the PDP rules 
> >> do not affect getting the new council seated.
> >>
> >> Please forgive the parallelism and extra work that it may 
> entail, but 
> >> I am really trying to make sure everything gets done in 
> time to seat 
> >> the new council in Seoul.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> and look forward to seeing you in Sydney.
> >>
> >> a.
> >>
> >>
> >
>