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. ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member, Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member, OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member Email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Skype: wisdom_dk facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh 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. > > > > > >