[Public Comments]: NCSG Comment on Revisions of Section 11 of ICANN Bylaws

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi Elsa,

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.
@all please review the draft and feel free to ask questions about the
comments and background.

Best,

Rafik

2018-04-21 0:29 GMT+09:00 Elsa S <elsa.saade at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> Comments on revisions of section 11 of ICANN Bylaws opened on the 26th of
> March this year (more details can be found here: https://www.icann.org/pu
> blic-comments/bylaws-section11-voting-2018-03-26-en)
>
> 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.
>
> The changes were proposed initially by a drafting team which focused on
> suggesting amendments to GNSO Operating Procedures and changes to the
> ​ICANN ​
> bylaws in section 11 which concerns
> ​the ​
> GNSO. Those change
> ​s​
> were supported by our NCSG members in
> ​the ​
> drafting team and then by NCSG representatives to the council by
> ​ a​
> unanimous
> ​ vote for adoption.​
>
>
> 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:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gHqOc4xTxttIny1pysvdhOsH_
> atnm3_8mx0L_aDIC8U/edit?usp=sharing
> ​
>
> ​Thank you very much in advance!
>
> ​Best,​
> --
> --
>
> Elsa Saade
> Consultant
> Gulf Centre for Human Rights
> Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
>
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