Now that the lawsuit has been thrown out, I went looking to see any indication that the new bylaws have been properly filed with the state of California. But I didn't see any indication of that in what ICANN sent out to the NCUC list the other day.

Has that happened?  Has the multistakeholder Empowered Community taken the reins yet? Or do we still need to press for that to happen ASAP?

Thanks,

Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 05:25:25PM -0400, Edward Morris wrote:
>  
> Hi everybody,
>  
> Within the last hour the United Senate passed a Continuing Resolution funding the United States government through December 9th. No
> rider related to the IANA transition was attached. The transition will very likely occur, as scheduled, Friday night.
>  
> The ICANN Board has held off filing the necessary documents with the State of California to implement the new Bylaws reflecting the
> work of the community through the CCWG. They stated that they wanted the transition to first occur. Fine. It will occur on
> schedule. We can not allow any further delay in the filing and enactment of the new Bylaws.
>  
> I expect there will be a number of lawsuits challenging the transition, in full or in part. We need to be proactive to ensure that
> the Board does not use the possibility of these lawsuits to further delay the needed and overdue Accountability reforms.
>  
> I would respectfully ask the Chairs and Executive Committees of the NCSG, NCUC and NPOC to send a clear message to Steve Crocker
> and the Board: We expect the new Bylaws to be appropriately filed and the provisions within  enacted upon immediately after the
> transition has occurred. Not one day later.
>  
> We have waited long enough.
>  
> Respectfully,
>  
> Ed Morris
>  
>  
> Sent from my iPhone  
>