Dear all,

Further to this notification from Joke regarding the Board’s resolution altering Bylaw 11.3.i as per the request of the GNSO, please note that this is a change to a standard Bylaw, which makes the Board’s action subject to a Rejection Action Petition from the Empowered Community as per Annex D Section 2.1(j).

The odds of a Rejection Action Petition being filed by a member of the Empowered Community in this matter, let alone any such Rejection Action Petition receiving the support of an additional Decisional Participant, are, in my view, significantly less than the odds associated with winning a national lottery.

Best Regards,

/Stephen

From: Ccnso-members <ccnso-members-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Joke Braeken <joke.braeken@icann.org>
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 04:47
To: "ccnso-council@icann.org" <ccnso-council@icann.org>, "ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org" <ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org>, "ccnso-members@icann.org" <ccnso-members@icann.org>
Subject: [ccnso-members] Proposed Revisions to Bylaws Section 11 – Additional Voting Thresholds

Dear all,

During its meeting on 30 January 2018, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council resolved unanimously (https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+30+January+2018[community.icann.org]) to recommend that the ICANN Board of Directors adopt the proposed changes to section 11.3.i of the ICANN Bylaws to reflect additional GNSO voting thresholds which are different from the current threshold of a simple majority vote of each House (see https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-revisions-bylaws-article-11-gnso-redline-19jun17-en.pdf[icann.org] [PDF, 39 KB]).

These additional voting thresholds are intended to address all the new or additional rights and responsibilities in relation to participation of the GNSO as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Community and to fully implement these new or additional rights and responsibilities as they appear in the revised GNSO Operating Procedures published on 30 January 2018 (see https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf[gnso.icann.org] [PDF, 1.68 MB]).

In its resolution on 15 March 2018, the Board directs the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to post for public comment for a period of at least 40 days the Standard Bylaw Amendment reflecting proposed additions to section 11.3.i of the ICANN Bylaws to establish additional GNSO voting thresholds. (See: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-03-15-en[icann.org])

Deadline public comment: 5 May 2018

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor

joke.braeken@icann.org

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