Begin forwarded message: > From: "Denise Michel" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: September 3, 2008 5:18:04 PM PDT > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, liaison6c > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [council] Board Resolution on Council restructuring, FYI > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > > ICANN's Board approved the following resolution at its 28 August > meeting by a vote of 13-0: > Whereas, on 26 June 2008, the ICANN Board endorsed the set of "GNSO > Improvements" submitted by the Board Governance Committee's GNSO > Review Working Group (BGC-WG), with the exception of the BGC-WG's > recommendation on GNSO Council restructuring. > > Whereas, in postponing its decision on Council structure, the Board > asked the GNSO to convene a small working group to "Submit a > consensus recommendation on Council restructuring by no later than > 25 July 2008 for consideration by the ICANN Board ..." (see ICANN > Board Resolution 2008.06.26.13). > > Whereas, that Working Group on GNSO Council Restructuring (WG-GCR) > submitted a report to the Board in late July detailing areas of > consensus that it achieved during its month-long deliberations. > > Whereas, the Board discussed the WG-GCR report at its 31 July > meeting and directed the ICANN Staff to thoroughly review the > report and share its recommendations with the Board prior to the 28 > August Board meeting. > > Whereas, the Board will endeavor to work through the remaining > issues during the next Board meeting. > > Resolved, on balance, the WG-GCR report addresses many challenges > facing the community in a way that is consistent with the > overarching goals of the GNSO Improvements package and the BGC GNSO > Review WG that developed it. > > Resolved, the Board endorses the direction of the WG-GCR report and > supports the bicameral voting structure of the new Council. The > Board supports the establishment of one house (described as the > "contracted party house" in the report) and directs that this house > initially will have 3 representatives from each stakeholder group > -- Registrars and Registries -- plus 1 voting NCA (Nominating > Committee appointee). The second house (described in the report as > the "non-contracted party" house) will be composed of 6 > representatives from each stakeholder group -- Commercial and Non- > commercial -- plus 1 voting NCA. > > Resolved, as noted, the Board accepts the WG-GCR proposal to seat > one voting NCA representative in each of the two houses. > > The Board also directs that a third "independent" NCA > representative continue to serve on the Council. > > Resolved, the Board directs the GNSO Council to work with ICANN > Staff on an implementation plan for Board approval that creates a > transition to this new structure by the beginning of calendar year > 2009. The Board requests that existing constituencies confirm their > status with the Board during the intervening time period, and > requires constituencies to formally confirm their status every 3 > years to ensure that they continue to meet the requirements of > Article X, Section 5, subsection 3 of the ICANN Bylaws. This will > be an opportunity for existing constituencies to demonstrate > compliance with the principles of representativeness, openness, > transparency and fairness set forth in the ICANN Bylaws. The Board > also encourages new constituencies to submit requests for > certification, especially during this transition period. > > Resolved, the Board appreciates the significant amount of work > performed by the WG-GCR and extends its sincere appreciation to > working group members Avri Doria, Chuck Gomes, Alan Greenberg, Tony > Holmes, Bertrand de La Chapelle, Steve Metalitz, Milton Mueller, > Jonathon Nevett, and Philip Sheppard for their efforts on this matter. > > -------------- > > The resolution has been posted as part of the preliminary report of > last week's Board meeting at <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/>. I > will discuss the Board's action at tomorrow's Council meeting. > > Regards, > Denise > > -- > Denise Michel > ICANN VP, Policy > [log in to unmask] IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]