Hi Tomslin and Lawrence, I would like to propose a handful of amendments to the Resolved clauses 1 and 2 of Motion to appoint the liaison to the GAC, and the addition of a new clause 3, which I hope you will accept as friendly: Resolved 1. The GNSO Council hereby appoints Sebastien Ducos to the role of GNSO Liaison to the GAC for a two-year term, assuming the role at the ICANN81 AGM in November 2024 and expiring at the AGM in 2026. 2. The GNSO Council will review the role annually and if the review indicates and/or, at any time, the Liaison has indicated that he is no longer available to continue in this role the Council will consider Sophie Hey as alternate for the remaining period of the term if she is willing at the time, otherwise the SSC will conduct a new selection process. 3. Prior to and in anticipation of the expiry of this two-year term, Council will open a new Expression of Interest process, for which the appointed Liaison, Sebastien Ducos, will be eligible to apply. I do not propose any changes to the remaining Resolved clauses, apart from renumbering them. Could I also suggest that in recital 5 “The GNSO Council initiated a call for candidates to fill the vacancy and delegated the responsibility of the review and selection process to the GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC)” we actually link to the Request for Candidates for convenience (https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/draft/draft-gnso-liai...) since it describes the role, expectations and process in some detail. The reason for these proposed amendments is that I think it would be helpful for future Councillors to be able to clearly see what the term of the appointment is from the resolution we pass, without having to consult the Request for Candidates. Without these changes, and with the reference to 2+2 terms in the recitals and to annual reviews, it’s not entirely clear what happens at the end of the first 2-year term and might be assumed that there is an automatic reappointment. The Request for Candidates makes it clear that that is not the intent and that there will be a new selection process after two years (albeit that the appointee would be eligible and encouraged to apply). Many thanks. Susan Susan Payne Head of Legal Policy Com Laude T +44 (0) 20 7421 8250 Ext 255 [cid:image001.png@01DAE8B9.0C3E8A70] <https://comlaude.com/> Follow us on LinkedIn<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/pRkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> and YouTube<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/bhkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> From: Tomslin Samme-Nlar via council <council@icann.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 12:07 AM To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org>; Julie Bisland via Gnso-secs <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: [council] Motion - Appointment of GNSO Liaison to the GAC Dear Councillors, Please find attached below the motion for the appointment of the new GNSO Liaison to the GAC. Warmly, Tomslin ________________________________ The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient. They may not be disclosed, used by or copied in any way by anyone other than the intended recipient. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender (deleting the body of the email and attachments in your reply) and immediately and permanently delete it. Please note that Com Laude Group Limited (the “Com Laude Group”) does not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments. The Com Laude Group does not accept liability for statements which are clearly the sender's own and not made on behalf of the group or one of its member entities. The Com Laude Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 10689074 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England. The Com Laude Group includes Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 5047655 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Valideus Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 6181291 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Demys Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC197176 and registered office at 15 William Street, South West Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 7LL Scotland; Consonum, Inc. dba Com Laude USA and Valideus USA, a corporation incorporated in the State of Washington and principal office address at Suite 332, Securities Building, 1904 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98101; Com Laude (Japan) Corporation, a company registered in Japan with company number 0100-01-190853 and registered office at 1-3-21 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0033, Japan; Com Laude Domain ESP S.L.U., a company registered in Spain and registered office address at Calle Barcas 2, 2, Valencia, 46002, Spain. For further information see www.comlaude.com<https://comlaude.com>
