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Interesting debate! These clarifications are good as they help in scrutinizing and understanding of the bylaws. We are seeing different interpretations mostly trying to justify positions that the different people are taking. It would be important not to bend
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on behalf of Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@ICANNPOLICY.NINJA><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 02 June 2020 1:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: NCSG Election Clarifications</font>
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<div class="">On Jun 2, 2020, at 6:29 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <<a href="mailto:ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO" class="">ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO</a>> wrote:</div>
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Second, the one-year term does not count in term limit in this case,<br class="">
as per ICANN Bylaws 11.3(b). That is, whoever gets it may be elected<br class="">
twice after that for a total of five years, whereas those who get two<br class="">
years now can only do only one additional term for a total of four<br class="">
years (absent special circumstances we discussed with Amr earlier,<br class="">
which could allow an extra term in either case).<br class="">
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<div>I don’t believe this is correct. Only those selected/appointed to fill a vacancy fit the scenario you’re describing here, Tapani. So, for example, Juan was appointed to fill a vacancy on Council. The time he served does not count toward his two consecutive
terms limit, and he may run for a full Council term now (or a one-year term depending on the number of votes he gets), and if elected, may run for a second full term in two years time.</div>
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<div>Whoever gets elected to fill the leftover 1-year period has this 1-year term count towards the two consecutive term limit, so will have a maximum possibility of three consecutive years on Council, instead of four (not five instead of four).</div>
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<div>The relevant language in the Bylaws says:</div>
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<div><i class=""><span class="" style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"Except in a "special circumstance," such as, but not limited to, meeting geographic or other diversity requirements
defined in the Stakeholder Group charters, where no alternative representative is available to serve, no Council member may be selected to serve more than two consecutive terms, in such a special circumstance a Council member may serve one additional term.
<b class=""><u class="">For these purposes, a person selected to fill a vacancy in a term shall not be deemed to have served that term.</u></b> A former Council member who has served two consecutive terms must remain out of office for one full term prior to
serving any subsequent term as Council member. A "special circumstance" is defined in the </span><abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" class="" style="box-sizing:border-box; unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction:ltr; border-bottom-width:1px; border-bottom-style:dotted; border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153); color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px">GNSO</abbr></i><span class="" style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i class=""> Operating
Procedures."</i> [emphasis added]</span></div>
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<div>An elected Councilor is not filling a vacant seat. The seat is his or hers once elected. Vacant seats are filled by selection/appointment, not by election. A “vacancy” on the GNSO Council is defined in Article 11.3(c) of the ICANN Bylaws.</div>
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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<div>Amr</div>
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