Note the following announcement posted on ICANN's site yesterday: Community Comment Invited on Proposed Bylaw Amendments Related to Restructuring of the GNSO Council at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30jun09-en.htm <blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30jun09-en. htm> . The comment period runs through 29 July 2009 (30 days). Also note that the proposed amendments include 'additional draft Staff recommendations' beyond the changes proposed by the 'GNSO Council Restructure Drafting Team': "The package consists of three documents. The first document is a comparison document <blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaws-a mendment-redline-30jun09-en.pdf> [PDF, 122K] showing the existing Bylaws and comparing them to the amendments proposed by the GNSO Council deliberations so far. The second document is a clean version <blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaws-a mendment-clean-30jun09-en.pdf> [PDF, 67K] of what the Bylaws would look like if those amendments were approved. The third document is a Staff list of additional amendment components <blocked::http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/draft-staff-recommendati ons-30jun09-en.pdf> [PDF, 17K] that have been necessitated by community discussion at the ICANN Sydney meeting and suggestions from the Board's Structural Improvements Committee." Regarding the two open issues in the Bylaw amendments: * "The appointment of the additional three seats beyond the three seats currently allocated to the Non-Commercial Users Constituency are initially to be determined in accordance with the NCSG charter, which grants the Board the right to appoint individuals representing additional non-commercial interests." * For Board seats 13 and 14, the following was inserted in the proposed amendments: "placeholder regarding manner of selection - TBD by Board". Chuck