Dear Amr,

Thank you for the update information.

Kindly note my name for the working group. i will be glad to volunteer some
time.

Thank you,

*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
National Information Technology Agency (NITA)/
Ghana Open Data Initiative Project.
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This was just being discussed on the monthly NCSG policy call. There are
> only a three days left to volunteer to join this group. Please read the
> briefing below, and let me or any of our councillors know if you have an
> interest in joining the group.
>
> I personally plan on joining it, as I have a fair amount of experience
> negotiating changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures. However, what we
> really need are a number of volunteers who are very familiar with the new
> roles and responsibilities of the GNSO post IANA stewardship transition.
>
> Let me (or any of the other NCSG councillors) know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Nathalie Peregrine <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: **[council] Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team*
> *Date: *July 8, 2016 at 5:58:39 PM GMT+2
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Cc: *Julie Hedlund <[log in to unmask]>, Marika Konings <
> [log in to unmask]>, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Dear GNSO Councilors,
>
> Please see the following Call for Volunteers.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nathalie
> --
>
> *Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop
> Recommendations to Implement the GNSO’s New Roles and Obligations Under the
> Revised ICANN Bylaws*
>
> *In Brief*
>
> Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting
> Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further
> develop recommendations to implement the GNSO’s new roles and obligations
> under the post-transition ICANN Bylaws.
>
> *What This Team Will Do*
>
> The Drafting Team will work with ICANN staff to fully identify all the new
> or additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO has under the
> post-transition Bylaws, including but not limited to participation of the
> GNSO within the Empowered Community, and to develop new or modified
> structures and procedures (as necessary) to fully implement these new or
> additional rights and responsibilities.
> The Drafting Team shall provide the GNSO Council with an implementation
> plan, which will have the consensus of the Drafting Team, including any
> recommendations for needed further changes to ICANN Bylaws and/or GNSO
> Operating Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation in ICANN
> activities under the revised ICANN Bylaws, not later than 30 September 2016.
> As part of the process of its consideration of the implementation plan,
> intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote, the Council may
> further request that the Drafting Team work with ICANN staff to develop
> new, or propose modifications to existing, procedures and structures to
> implement the revised Bylaws for the GNSO. Any such new, or proposed
> modifications to existing procedures and structures to implement the
> revised Bylaws for the GNSO are also intended to be approved by a GNSO
> supermajority vote.
>
> *How to Join*
> Volunteers for the Drafting Team will be identified by GNSO Council
> members. Volunteers should express interests and can demonstrate reasonable
> knowledge of or experience with the process of revising the ICANN Bylaws or
> GNSO Operating Procedures. The Drafting Team shall reflect the current
> composition of the GNSO and as such, the GNSO Council may review the number
> of volunteers identified by the GNSO Council members. GNSO Councilors are
> requested to identify volunteers by email to [log in to unmask] by 22
> July 2016.
>
> *Next steps*
>
> As noted above, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be
> circulated to the GNSO Council and that the volunteers should be identified
> by GNSO Council members. It is anticipated that the Drafting Team will
> convene online for the first time in early August 2016. 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.
>
> *Further information and Preparation*
>
> For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are encouraged
> to review the  table at:
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf
> .
>
> *Background*
>
> 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.  The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is aware
> that changes that may need to be made to the GNSO’s current Operating
> Procedures and related mechanisms and to the ICANN Bylaws in order to give
> effect to new roles and obligations of the GNSO under the new Bylaws, such
> as those in this table (
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14jun16-en.pdf),
> including but not limited to the GNSO’s participation in the Empowered
> Community.  Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names
> Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team
> to further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO’s new roles and
> obligations under the revised ICANN Bylaws.
>
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