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

[Elsa S]

Clarification: shortly after the review of the PC!

Thanks,

Elsa
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Elsa S <elsa.saade at gmail.com> wrote:

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