Dear Councillors, Please find below the proposed Triage recommendation14-2016. Kindly provide me with your input by the end of 29 April 2016, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendation. Thank you. Topic: 14-2016 - Draft new ICANN Bylaws Originator: ICANN Summary of request: Now that the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) proposals have been transmitted to NTIA, one of the key implementation planning items is to amend the ICANN Bylaws to reflect the recommendations in those Proposals. Both the independent counsel to the community groups and ICANN's General Counsel have confirmed that the proposed Draft New ICANN Bylaws are consistent with the community proposals relating to the IANA Stewardship Transition. These proposed draft Bylaws, are out for a 30-day public comment from 21 April – 21 May to allow any interested party to review and provide feedback. This timeline allows for comments to be analyzed and incorporated in time for a tentative 27 May adoption of the Bylaws by the ICANN Board. NTIA has stated that it needs to see that changes to the Bylaws have been adopted sufficient to implement the Transition Proposals before NTIA can complete its review of the Transition Proposals. This public comment period is designed to meet that deadline. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-new-bylaws-2016-04-21-en Date received: 22 April 2016 Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 21 May 2016 23:59 UTC Recommended action, if any: send e-mail to cctldworld@, ccnso-council@, ccnso-members@ cctldcommunity@ and share via twitter Expertise needed, if any: strategic, managerial, legal Date of submission to Triage Committee: 22 April 2016 Recommendation received by Triage Committee: 27 April 2016 Date of submission to Council: 27 April 2016 12 UTC Deadline Council decision: 29 2016, 23:59 UTC Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: middle to high Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org