<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear all,</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In this week's NCSG policy committee call we discussed the upcoming public comments. The most outstanding issue ahead of us is definitely the post transition IANA (PTI). There are three upcoming public comment periods related to this issue:</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">31/07: <span style="color:black">Draft PTI Articles of Incorporation</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-articles-incorporation-2016-07-01-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-articles-incorporation-2016-07-01-en</a><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">07/08: <span style="color:black">PTI Governance Documents</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/pti-governance-documents-2016-07-08-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/pti-governance-documents-2016-07-08-en</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">11/08: <span style="color:black">Draft PTI Bylaws</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-bylaws-2016-07-12-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-bylaws-2016-07-12-en</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We agreed that, in order to save time and efforts, the best approach would be to create an NCSG drafting team to work on these PTI consultations. Matthew Shears volunteered to be the facilitator, but we definitively need the inputs and experience of others in our group. Matt will guide us through the next steps. He already started the conversation about a week ago (please refer to his previous message below).</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please step forward if you can assist on this important task. </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All the best wishes,</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Marilia</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">matthew shears</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org">mshears@cdt.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 1:05 PM<br>Subject: [PC-NCSG] PTI bylaws - items for possible discussion<br>To: PC-NCSG <<a href="mailto:pc-ncsg@ipjustice.org">pc-ncsg@ipjustice.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p>Hi all</p>
Quickly reading through the proposed PTI by-laws (circulated to the
CWG yesterday and on the ICANN website
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-pti-bylaws-12jul16-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-pti-bylaws-12jul16-en.pdf</a>
) I note the following (BUT I am sure that I have missed some points
worthy of discussion):<br>
<br>
1. principal office issue (Art 2)<br>
<span lang="EN-US"><br>
"The principal office for the transaction of the business of the
Corporation may be established at any place or places within or
without the
State of California by resolution of the Board.<span>
</span>The Board may at any time establish branch or subordinate
offices at any
place or places where the Corporation is qualified to transact
business."<br>
<br>
<u></u><u></u></span>
Q. Why would the power to determine the principal office of
PTI not be subject to the same rules as for ICANN's place of
business - if there is a change surely the empowered community
should have a say, and not just the PTI Board (assuming Board in the
article means PTI Board)? We have the EC involved significantly in
the decision-tree for PTI - why not in determining its place of
business as we do for ICANN itself?<br>
<br>
2. purpose of PTI (art 3)<br>
<br>
<span lang="EN-US">"The specific purpose
of the Corporation is to operate exclusively for the benefit of,
to perform the
functions of and to carry out the purposes of the Internet
Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (“<b>ICANN</b>”)."<br>
<br>
Q. I thought that the purpose of the PTI subsidiary was to perform
the IANA functions pursuant to the inter-company contract
established between ICANN and PTI?<br>
<br>
<br>
3. Removal of Director (Art 5.6.2) - isn't the first sentence
in contradiction with the other three paras? it says may be
removed w/out cause but then lists the causes.... May be this is
just legalese....<br>
<br>
<br>
4. Responsibilities of officers (Art 7.6.1) - role of President.
Given that we are suggesting that the Chair of the Board be, as is
possible, nominated to the ICANN Board by the nominating committee
- do we really want the President - who will be an ICANN appointee
(typically the manager of the IANA functions) - to assume the role
of Chairperson in the latter's absence? Why would we not suggest
that the other nominating committee appointed Director be the
replacement if the Chair is absent to ensure a balance of
interests/independence?<br>
</span><br>
These bylaws are now also up for public comment:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-bylaws-2016-07-12-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-bylaws-2016-07-12-en</a><br>
<br>
Matthew <br>
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Global Internet Policy and Human Rights
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
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