Hello All, Board resolutions: (1) On 31 Oct 2003: http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-31oct03.htm Response to GNSO Council Request to Maintain Three Representatives per Constituency Whereas, the GNSO Council has requested on 14 August 2003, that the change to the number of constituency representatives on the GNSO Council remain unchanged at three (3) representatives per constituency instead of two (2) representatives per constituency as is scheduled to occur at the end of this 2003 Annual Meeting. Whereas, the GNSO Council's predecessor organization DNSO Names Council requested on 1 August 2002, that the GNSO Council be made up of three (3) representatives per constituency. Whereas, Article I, Section 2 (4) sets out as a core value that: -"Seeking and supporting broad, informed participation reflecting the functional, geographic, and cultural diversity of the Internet at all levels of policy development and decision-making." Whereas, Article XX, Section 5 (8), in setting out the originally proposed transition that: "In the absence of further action on the topic by the New Board, each of the GNSO constituencies shall select two representatives to the GNSO Council...." Whereas, the Board wishes to take action in support of the GNSO Council and in response to the GNSO Council's request. Resolved [03.164] to change the transition article (Article XX) to allow three representatives per constituency on the GNSO Council until the end of the ICANN annual meeting 2004; Resolved [03.165] to perform a review of the GNSO Council in or around July 2004 which should include among other aspects of the review criteria, an analysis of the efficacy of having three representatives from each constituency on the GNSO Council. On 15 Jan 2004: From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-15jan04.htm Item 1 -- By-Laws Changes Regarding Number of GNSO Council Representatives from Each Constituency After discussion, the Board of Directors, passed the following resolution unanimously by a 10-0 vote: Whereas, On 31 October 2003 [link to resolutions], the ICANN Board at its public meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, discussed and resolved to effect certain amendments to the ICANN Bylaws as requested by the Generic Names Supporting Organization ("GNSO"). These amendments will result in the number of GNSO Council representatives that each official GNSO Constituency may appoint remain at three (3) appointed by each Constituency following the 2003 Annual Meeting, until the 2004 Annual Meeting. Following the 2004 Annual Meeting, the number of GNSO Council representatives that each GNSO Constituency may appoint shall decrease to two (2). Whereas, a notice regarding this proposal was prepared and posted, and the General Counsel invited comments from the community on the proposal; Whereas, no comments on the proposal have been received, and the Board concludes that adoption of the amendments to the bylaws as stated in the proposal would be in the best interest of ICANN; Resolved [04.02] that the amendments to Article X, Section 3, and Article XX, Section 5 of the Bylaws are hereby adopted as proposed. The actual text of the bylaws now read:
From http://www.icann.org/legal/proposed-bylaws-corrections-09jan04.htm
Section 3. GNSO COUNCIL 1. Subject to the provisions of the Transition Article of these Bylaws, The GNSO Council shall consist of two three representatives selected by each of the Constituencies described in Section 5 of this Article, and three persons selected by the ICANN Nominating Committee. Following the 2004 Annual Meeting, absent further action by the ICANN Board, the GNSO Council shall consist of two representatives selected by each of the Constituencies. No two representatives selected by a Constituency shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region. There may also be two liaisons to the GNSO Council, one appointed by each of the Governmental Advisory Committee and the At-Large Advisory Committee from time to time, who shall not be members of or entitled to vote on the GNSO Council, but otherwise shall be entitled to participate on equal footing with members of the GNSO Council. The appointing Advisory Committee shall designate its liaison (or revoke or change the designation of its liaison) on the GNSO Council by providing written notice to the Chair of the GNSO Council and to the ICANN Secretary. The GNSO Council may also have observers as described in paragraph 9 of this Section. 2. Subject to the provisions of the Transition Article of these Bylaws, Section 5(8): (a) the regular term of each GNSO Council member shall begin at the conclusion of an ICANN annual meeting and shall end at the conclusion of the second ICANN annual meeting thereafter; (b) the regular term of one representative selected by each Constituency shall begin in an even-numbered year and the regular term of the other representative selected by the Constituency shall begin in an odd-numbered year, provided, however that the regular term of two representatives selected by the Constituency shall begin following the 2003 Annual Meeting who shall serve until the conclusion of the 2005 Annual Meeting, and the regular term of one representative selected by the Constituency shall begin following the 2003 Annual Meeting and end at the conclusion of the 2004 Annual Meeting; and (c) the regular term of one of the three members selected by the Nominating Committee shall begin in even-numbered years and the regular term of the other two of the three members selected by the Nominating Committee shall begin in odd-numbered years. Each GNSO Council member shall hold office during his or her regular term and until a successor has been selected and qualified or until that member resigns or is removed in accordance with these Bylaws. [...] ARTICLE XX: TRANSITION ARTICLE Section 5. GENERIC NAMES SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION 8. As of and following ICANN's 2003 Annual Meeting, each GNSO constituency shall select three (3) representatives to serve on the GNSO Council, and shall provide the ICANN Secretary written notice of its selections. One representative selected by each constituency shall serve for a one-year term, ending as of the end of the 2004 Annual Meeting, and two representatives selected shall serve for a two-year term, ending as of the 2005 Annual Meeting.