OK. Just wanted to make sure it was technically correct. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: James M. Bladel [mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 9:44 AM To: Marika Konings Cc: Phil Corwin; WUKnoben; GNSO Council List; Steve DelBianco Subject: Re: [council] Draft Motion - GNSO Representative on the Empowered Community Hi Phil- This came up a few months ago, and oddly enough that's how it is referenced in the bylaws: GNSO Chair and GNSO Vice Chairs. J. Sent from my iPad On Sep 22, 2016, at 15:35, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org>> wrote: Phil, according to the Bylaws and the GNSO Operating Procedures it is the GNSO Chair, not the GNSO Council Chair. Best regards, Marika Marika Konings Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings@icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-e...>. From: <owner-council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Date: Thursday 22 September 2016 at 07:20 To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com>>, WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de<mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>> Cc: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>>, Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@netchoice.org<mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org>> Subject: RE: [council] Draft Motion - GNSO Representative on the Empowered Community Shouldn't the reference in Resolved clauses 1 and 4 be to the GNSO Council Chair? I'm not aware of the GNSO having a Chair, just its Council. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of James M. Bladel Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 4:22 AM To: WUKnoben Cc: GNSO Council List; Steve DelBianco Subject: Re: [council] Draft Motion - GNSO Representative on the Empowered Community Thanks, Wolf-Ulrich. I agree that the motion would benefit from a discrete timeframe, and accept your language as a friendly amendment. Marika/Mary-can you reflect this change in the doc for our call? Thank you- J. Sent from my iPad On Sep 22, 2016, at 08:26, WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de<mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>> wrote: Thanks James for the draft which content I support. However, I wonder whether under Res. 3 of the draft motion the term "...the GNSO is expected to finalize its decision on the appointment ..." may be too weak with respect to a potential extension of the interim status. A more concrete time (e.g.like "Within three months after the completion of the work of the GNSO Rights & Obligations under Revised ICANN Bylaws Drafting Team and adoption of its recommendations by the GNSO Council, the GNSO is expected to finalize its decision on the appointment...") could prohibit misunderstandings. I'd appreciate you accepting it (or a similar deadline) as a friendly amendment. Best regards Wolf-Ulrich From: James M. Bladel Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 10:23 PM To: GNSO Council List Cc: Steve DelBianco Subject: [council] Draft Motion - GNSO Representative on the Empowered Community Council Colleagues - Below and attached, please find a draft motion for appointing a GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community. As you are no doubt aware, the current Bylaws Drafting Team (led by Steve DelBianco) is examining the nature of the GNSO's participation in the new Empowered Community, and we anticipate their recommendations very soon. However, as a "Decisional Participant," the GNSO must identify its representative and communicate this to ICANN's Secretary before the transition (30 SEP 2016). So we are up against a very tight deadline. As currently written, the bylaws call for the Chair of each decisional SO/AC, or another designee, to serve in this role. The text of this motion acknowledges this, but notes that this would be an "interim" appointment, pending any changes resulting from the work of the Bylaws Drafting Team. I hope that all made sense, and look forward to discussing during our next call (29 SEP). Thanks- J. Motion on the interim appointment of the GNSO Representative on the Empowered Community Administration WHEREAS As stated in Section 1.1(a) of Article 6 of the new ICANN Bylaws, concerning the composition and organization of the Empowered Community (EC), "The Empowered Community ("EC") shall be a nonprofit association formed under the laws of the State of California consisting of the ASO, the ccNSO, the GNSO, the ALAC and the GAC (each a "Decisional Participant" or "associate," and collectively, the "Decisional Participants")." The sole purpose of the EC is to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under ICANN's Articles of Incorporation and the ICANN Bylaws, and the EC shall have no other powers or rights except as expressly provided in the ICANN Bylaws. The EC may only act as provided in these Bylaws. Any act of the EC that is not in accordance with these Bylaws shall not be effective. As outlined in section 6.3 of the new ICANN Bylaws, the GNSO, as a Decisional Participant, shall act through its respective chair or such other person as may be designated by the GNSO (collectively, such persons from all communities are the "EC Administration"). Each Decisional Participant shall deliver annually a written certification from its chair or co-chairs to the ICANN Secretary designating the individual who shall represent the Decisional Participant on the EC Administration. The GNSO created a Drafting Team (DT) on 30 June 2016 to identify the GNSO's new rights and obligations, and work with ICANN staff to prepare an implementation plan to address any needed changes by 30 September (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions - 201606)[gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_counci...>. RESOLVED 1. The GNSO Council hereby confirms that the GNSO Chair (currently James Bladel) will represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration on an interim basis. 2. The GNSO representative shall act solely as directed by the GNSO Council in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws and other related GNSO Operating Procedures. 3. Following the completion of the work of the GNSO Rights & Obligations under Revised ICANN Bylaws Drafting Team and adoption of its recommendations by the GNSO Council, the GNSO is expected to finalize its decision on the appointment of the person designated to represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration and will communicate this accordingly to the ICANN Secretary. 4. 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