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

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

do you mean by this, that I should not integrate their changes?

thanks

a.

On 13 Jun 2009, at 15:33, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> 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.