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

[Elsa S]

Thanks Rafik, and thanks to Ayden who suggested edits! We will be
submitting this comment shortly.

Best,

Elsa
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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Elsa Saade
Consultant
Gulf Centre for Human Rights
Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
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