<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thanks Rafik, and thanks to Ayden who suggested edits! We will be submitting this comment shortly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Elsa</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">-- </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Elsa,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks sharing this and to the team for the work done on the draft. Happy to see more collaborative approach to drafting public comments and hope that will continue.</div><div class="gmail_extra">@all please review the draft and feel free to ask questions about the comments and background.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-04-21 0:29 GMT+09:00 Elsa S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elsa.saade@gmail.com" target="_blank">elsa.saade@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif">Hi all,</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Comments on revisions of section 11 of ICANN Bylaws opened on the 26th of March this year (more details can be found here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-section11-voting-2018-03-26-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/pu<wbr>blic-comments/bylaws-section11<wbr>-voting-2018-03-26-en</a>)</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">For those who haven't been following it closely, this revision is a result of proposals approved by the GNSO Council to adopt new voting thresholds taking in consideration the new rights and responsibilities of the Empowered Community resulting from ICANN accountability changes.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">The changes were proposed initially by a drafting team which focused on suggesting amendments to GNSO Operating Procedures and changes to the <div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;display:inline">ICANN </div>bylaws in section 11 which concerns <div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;display:inline">the </div>GNSO. Those change<div style="display:inline">s</div> were supported by our NCSG members in <div style="display:inline">the </div>drafting team and then by NCSG representatives to the council by<div style="display:inline"> a</div> unanimous<div style="display:inline"> vote for adoption.</div></font><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><div style="display:inline"><br></div></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><div style="display:inline">While the comment is straightforward and mostly re-iterates support to the revised changes, we would be happy to see your comments or suggested edits on the draft that Tomslin, Juan and I have worked on with the advice of Rafik. The draft comment can be found here: </div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gHqOc4xTxttIny1pysvdhOsH_atnm3_8mx0L_aDIC8U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/docume<wbr>nt/d/1gHqOc4xTxttIny1pysvdhOsH<wbr>_atnm3_8mx0L_aDIC8U/edit?usp=s<wbr>haring</a><div style="display:inline"> </div></font></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;display:inline">Thank you very much in advance!</div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Best,</div></div><span class="m_-2908011650993520784HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div class="m_-2908011650993520784m_9001193171591074513gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br><br>Elsa Saade<br>Consultant</div></div><div>Gulf Centre for Human Rights</div><div>Twitter: @Elsa_Saade</div></div></div></div></div>
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