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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Thanks to Maryam for forwarding this call for Volunteers. The process for this particular call is for the NCSG executive committee to make recommendations to the GNSO as to who our candidates will be. Since this
is a drafting committee to develop guidelines and principles for the GNSO, to support its participation in the Empowered Committee as described in the post-transition By-laws, familiarity with the GNSO operations and procedures and with the new post-transition
environment is a definite asset in this selection process. Please do review the attached documents, and if you are interested in applying, send your statement of interest identifying your experience/familiarity with the material to Maryam and I, for review
by the EC.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Kind regards,</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font><br>
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<td>Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Guidelines and Principles for the GNSO’s Roles and Obligations as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Committee/ Due by 02 January 2019</td>
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<td>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:01:00 +0000</td>
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<td>Maryam Bakoshi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@ICANN.ORG">
<maryam.bakoshi@ICANN.ORG></a></td>
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<td>Maryam Bakoshi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@ICANN.ORG">
<maryam.bakoshi@ICANN.ORG></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a></td>
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Dear All,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Guidelines and Principles for the GNSO’s Roles and Obligations as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Committee</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">In Brief</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Following the adoption by the GNSO Council of the revised GNSO Operating Procedures, as well as the proposed modifications to the ICANN Bylaws which were adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors on 13 May 2018,
staff has outlined in the attached table the additional proposed steps to be taken to ensure preparedness as well as facilitate the ability for the GNSO Council to act in relation to the new roles and responsibilities outlined in the post-transition Bylaws.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As previously agreed, staff has developed draft templates for motions or other actions as draft Google Documents at:
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OQUhdG25D-OWloCdab1DTs7t4Uob6-1o" moz-do-not-send="true">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OQUhdG25D-OWloCdab1DTs7t4Uob6-1o</a></span><span style="color:black">. These
fall within the GNSO’s existing processes and procedures and track the requirements in the ICANN Bylaws - templates were deemed helpful to ensure all required information as outlined in the Bylaws is provided by those considering submitting motions or initiating
other actions. Still to be drafted are guidance and/or principles for the GNSO to complete a particular action(s), as follow:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><u>Article 4 (Accountability and Review):
</u>4.3 Independent Review Process (IRP) for covered ICANN actions - initiating an IRP, representation and payment, and decision to make the claim for Council consideration<o:p></o:p>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><u>Customer Standing Committee (CSC)</u>: Section 17.2 CSC composition, appointment, term and removal; and section 17.3 CSC Charter periodic review - process and timeline
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Section 18.12 Special IANA Naming Function Reviews (IFRs) -- proposed process for revising the procedures and outcomes and a consultation process developed with the ccNSO on whether to initiate the IFR<o:p></o:p>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><u>Participation in community forums: Section
</u>1.3 approval action community forum and section 2.3 rejection action community forum – proposed process for input<o:p></o:p>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Section 2.2 petition process for specified actions – rules for submitting petitions and identify representative<o:p></o:p>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Recall / removal processes: Section 3.1 Nominating Committee Director removal process and section 3.3 Board recall process -- representation, participation, and communication<o:p></o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">These actions fall within the remit of the GNSO’s existing processes and procedures, but additional details and steps are deemed to be helpful to ensure preparedness for if/when these action are invoked. As such,
the GNSO Council is re-constituting a Drafting Team which is expected to have at least one representative from each GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency to work with GNSO support staff to develop these guidelines/principles for GNSO Council consideration.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">What This Team Will Do</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Drafting Team will work with GNSO staff to develop proposed guidance or principles for the GNSO to complete a particular action(s) that fall within the GNSO’s existing processes and procedures, but where additional
details and steps are deemed to be helpful, relating to the GNSO’s participation as a Decision Participant in the Empowered Community.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Drafting Team shall provide to the GNSO Council the proposed guidance and principles, including any recommendations, if applicable, for changes to GNSO Operating Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation
as a Decisional Participant, for its consideration. Any such new, or proposed modifications to existing procedures must be approved by the GNSO Council following the applicable process.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">How to Join</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Each GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency is expected to identify at least one volunteer to participate in this effort, according to their own process and procedures. Ideally, volunteers have an interest and
can demonstrate reasonable knowledge of, or experience with, the GNSO Operating Procedures as well as the roles and responsibilities of Decisional Participants in the Empowered Community. Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies are requested to identify volunteers
by email to <a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-secs@icann.org</a></span><u><span style="color:#954F72">
</span></u><span style="color:black">by <b>02 January 2019.</b> In addition, observers may be subscribed to the mailing list, which will be publicly archived, by contacting the
<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Next steps</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As noted above, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated to the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. It is anticipated that the Drafting Team will convene online for the first time
in early January 2019. Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Drafting Team’s work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Further information and Preparation</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are encouraged to review the attached table. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Background</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">On 27 May 2016 the ICANN Board adopted a set of new ICANN Bylaws, as revised on 26 May 2016, that aim to reflect changes needed to implement the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal and such adoption is contingent
on the proposed transition away of remaining United States Government oversight of ICANN. Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the GNSO sought volunteers for a Bylaws Implementation Drafting Team to provide the GNSO Council with recommendations for any
necessary updates to the GNSO Operating Procedures, or possibly the Bylaws as they relate to the GNSO, arising as a result of the revised ICANN Bylaws that were adopted in May 2016. The members of the original Drafting Team were: </span><u><span style="color:#954F72"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/GBIDT/DT+Members+and+mailing+list" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#954F72">https://community.icann.org/display/GBIDT/DT+Members+and+mailing+list</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black">. In
addition, the GNSO Council requested that the Drafting Team should determine what (if any) existing GNSO processes can be used to address any new or additional obligation, and if there are none, whether an existing process can be modified or if a new process
needs to be created. Following the adoption by the GNSO Council of the revised GNSO Operating Procedures resulting from the Drafting Team’s recommendations, as well as the proposed modifications to the ICANN Bylaws adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors on
13 May 2018, staff sought guidance from the GNSO Council as to how to proceed with the next steps relating to the attached table of the additional proposed steps to be taken to ensure preparedness as well as facilitate the ability for the GNSO Council to act
in relation to the new roles and responsibilities outlined in the post-transition Bylaws. At ICANN63 in October 2018 the GNSO Council agreed that a Call for Volunteers should be issued to reconstitute the Drafting Team to develop guidance and principles for
the GNSO to complete a particular action(s) that fall within the GNSO’s existing processes and procedures, but where additional details and steps are deemed to be helpful, relating to participation of the GNSO within the Empowered Community.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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