Re: [council] Status of Council Chair
No worries. It’s been a hectic week, and it’s only Wednesday! :) J. From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:39 To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com> Subject: RE: [council] Status of Council Chair My apologies. In the deluge of daily emails, and with a very busy schedule yesterday, I missed that. Never mind ;-) 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: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:38 AM To: Phil Corwin; GNSO Council List Subject: Re: [council] Status of Council Chair Good morning Phil. Kevin Murphy is referring to the message I posted on the Council list yesterday (attached and copied below for your review). Let me know if you have questions or would like to discuss. Thanks— J. ------------------------------------------- Councilors – I wanted to make you aware of some developments w.r.t. to the RrSG elections (see thread below). While I am term-limited and cannot run again, the current round of GNSO Council nominations has raised questions of who, exactly, is eligible to hold office under the RrSG Charter. To ensure consistent interpretation & application of the Charter, my company (GoDaddy) was determined to be ineligible. I have resigned my elected office as Councilor, but have been appointed by the Registrar ExCom to continue to serve in an interim basis until a Special Election can be held. On the whole, the net impact of all of this on the Council is….not much. My status changes from “elected” Councilor to “appointed” Councilor for the next few months, but I don’t see that this change necessarily affects the Council, or its work, or our upcoming election calendar. In any case, I wanted to share this in the interests of full disclosure, and I’m happy to answer any questions here on the list, or in Johannesburg. Thank you, J. From: Graeme Bunton <gbunton@tucows.com<mailto:gbunton@tucows.com>> Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 10:08 Subject: Re: [RrSG-Members] GoDaddy Status and Resignation James, Thank you for this. Speaking on behalf of the ExCom, we would like to request that you continue to serve in your position until the completion of a special election under section 4.3.7 of the RrSG charter. The RrSG secretary will begin that process shortly. Graeme On 2017-06-13 10:56 AM, James M. Bladel via RrSG-Members wrote: Colleagues - As Graeme noted, I’ve recently been notified that GoDaddy is not eligible to hold office under the current RrSG Charter, due to our having executed Specification 13 for the .GODADDY Registry Agreement. While Specification 13 is not explicitly listed as a disqualification in our Charter, it contains provisions that are equivalent to Specification 9, which is called out as a disqualification under Section 4.3.6. I was not aware that our adoption of Spec 13 would also encompass Spec 9, and thus make GoDaddy (and by extension, me) ineligible to hold office. We have no immediate plans to launch .GODADDY, and the only active registration currently is NIC.GODADDY, and any Charter that recognizes GoDaddy as a closed brand, rather than a Registrar, has truly ventured in to the realm of the Absurd. But rules are rules, so… I’m hereby offering my resignation from the GNSO Council for the remainder of my term (ending at ICANN 60 Abu Dhabi in November). Should the ExCom & Members wish to retain me in office until the conclusion my term, I would be happy to do so on an interim basis, and stand for a special vote, as described under Section 4.3.7. Additionally, GoDaddy will not nominate or run any candidates for office under the existing Charter, and will not cast votes for any pending elections, or on the FY2018 RrSG Budget, or any other votes until our new Charter is adopted. Thank you, J. ----------------------- James Bladel GoDaddy _________________________ Graeme Bunton Director, Analytics & Policy Tucows Inc. From: <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:33 To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: [council] Status of Council Chair Hello. I am hoping that Councilors will be receiving some official explanation of this matter. Thanks http://domainincite.com/21835-bladel-quits-as-council-chair-as-godaddy-ruled... 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
My apologies. In the deluge of daily emails, and with a very busy schedule yesterday, I missed that. Never mind ;-) 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: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:40 AM To: Phil Corwin Cc: GNSO Council List Subject: Re: [council] Status of Council Chair No worries. It’s been a hectic week, and it’s only Wednesday! :) J. From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:39 To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com>> Subject: RE: [council] Status of Council Chair My apologies. In the deluge of daily emails, and with a very busy schedule yesterday, I missed that. Never mind ;-) 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: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:38 AM To: Phil Corwin; GNSO Council List Subject: Re: [council] Status of Council Chair Good morning Phil. Kevin Murphy is referring to the message I posted on the Council list yesterday (attached and copied below for your review). Let me know if you have questions or would like to discuss. Thanks— J. ------------------------------------------- Councilors – I wanted to make you aware of some developments w.r.t. to the RrSG elections (see thread below). While I am term-limited and cannot run again, the current round of GNSO Council nominations has raised questions of who, exactly, is eligible to hold office under the RrSG Charter. To ensure consistent interpretation & application of the Charter, my company (GoDaddy) was determined to be ineligible. I have resigned my elected office as Councilor, but have been appointed by the Registrar ExCom to continue to serve in an interim basis until a Special Election can be held. On the whole, the net impact of all of this on the Council is….not much. My status changes from “elected” Councilor to “appointed” Councilor for the next few months, but I don’t see that this change necessarily affects the Council, or its work, or our upcoming election calendar. In any case, I wanted to share this in the interests of full disclosure, and I’m happy to answer any questions here on the list, or in Johannesburg. Thank you, J. From: Graeme Bunton <gbunton@tucows.com<mailto:gbunton@tucows.com>> Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 10:08 Subject: Re: [RrSG-Members] GoDaddy Status and Resignation James, Thank you for this. Speaking on behalf of the ExCom, we would like to request that you continue to serve in your position until the completion of a special election under section 4.3.7 of the RrSG charter. The RrSG secretary will begin that process shortly. Graeme On 2017-06-13 10:56 AM, James M. Bladel via RrSG-Members wrote: Colleagues - As Graeme noted, I’ve recently been notified that GoDaddy is not eligible to hold office under the current RrSG Charter, due to our having executed Specification 13 for the .GODADDY Registry Agreement. While Specification 13 is not explicitly listed as a disqualification in our Charter, it contains provisions that are equivalent to Specification 9, which is called out as a disqualification under Section 4.3.6. I was not aware that our adoption of Spec 13 would also encompass Spec 9, and thus make GoDaddy (and by extension, me) ineligible to hold office. We have no immediate plans to launch .GODADDY, and the only active registration currently is NIC.GODADDY, and any Charter that recognizes GoDaddy as a closed brand, rather than a Registrar, has truly ventured in to the realm of the Absurd. But rules are rules, so… I’m hereby offering my resignation from the GNSO Council for the remainder of my term (ending at ICANN 60 Abu Dhabi in November). Should the ExCom & Members wish to retain me in office until the conclusion my term, I would be happy to do so on an interim basis, and stand for a special vote, as described under Section 4.3.7. Additionally, GoDaddy will not nominate or run any candidates for office under the existing Charter, and will not cast votes for any pending elections, or on the FY2018 RrSG Budget, or any other votes until our new Charter is adopted. Thank you, J. ----------------------- James Bladel GoDaddy _________________________ Graeme Bunton Director, Analytics & Policy Tucows Inc. From: <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:33 To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: [council] Status of Council Chair Hello. I am hoping that Councilors will be receiving some official explanation of this matter. Thanks http://domainincite.com/21835-bladel-quits-as-council-chair-as-godaddy-ruled... 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
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