FYI From: David Olive <david.olive@icann.org> Date: Friday 26 May 2017 22:39 To: Thomas Schneider <thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch>, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>, Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv>, "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com>, "chair@nro.net" <chair@nro.net> Cc: "ecadmin@icann.org" <ecadmin@icann.org> Subject: Empowered Community¹s Approval of Amendments to ICANN¹s Fundamental Bylaws Communication to ICANN¹s SOs/ACs and Decisional Participants Dear SO/AC Chairs and Chairs of Decisional Participants: On 23 May 2017, the ICANN organization sent a notice <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/bm/secretarys-notice-2-redacted-23may 17-en.pdf> to the Empowered Community that the ICANN Board has approved <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-05-18-en#1. c> amendments to ICANN¹s Fundamental Bylaws to move the Board Governance Committee¹s reconsideration responsibilities to another Board Committee. This notice triggered a series of events that have been set in place for the Empowered Community to consider and approve the amendments before they can go into effect. The purpose of this email is to provide you with information on this Empowered Community process, and expected participation. Per the Bylaws, a Community Forum must be convened prior to the end of ICANN59 in Johannesburg (by 29 June 2017) for the Decisional Participants and broader community to discuss the amendments. The Community Forum has tentatively been scheduled for 27 June 2017 at 06:00 UTC. In advance of the Community Forum, all SOs and ACs may provide inputs, comments and questions for discussion within that Community Forum. Any statements of input may be sent to the Empowered Community Administration at ECAdmin@icann.org. After the Community Forum period ends at 06:59 UTC on 30 June 2017, Decisional Participants have 21 days to take a decision on the Fundamental Bylaws amendments. Decisional Participants must act, or choose not to act, by 06:59 UTC on 21 July 2017. At least three Decisional participants must support and no more than one can object for the Fundamental Bylaws amendments to be approved. The ICANN organization has posted a webpage <https://www.icann.org/en/ec/proposed-fundamentals-bylaws-changes-move-gov-c ommittee> with additional details on the status of this first Empowered Community process. If there is any additional information that we can provide you about your participation in this important Empowered Community process, please do not hesitate to let us know. Best regards, David David A. Olive Senior Vice President Policy Development Support Managing Director ICANN Regional Office Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212 <tel:+90.212.999.6212> Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 <tel:+%201.%20202.341.3611> Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 <tel:+90.533.341.6550>