Thanks Ed, keep us posted. Best, -Michael On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Neal, > > Dr. Crocker has indicated that the new Bylaws went into effect > automatically on Saturday. I am waiting for a call back from the California > Secretary of State's office to verify that all appropriate documentation > has been filed. I'll update you once I have heard from Mr. Padilla's office. > > Thanks for your follow up on this! > > Ed > > > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Neal McBurnett" <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent*: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 9:20 PM > *To*: "Edward Morris" <[log in to unmask]> > *Cc*: [log in to unmask] > *Subject*: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Transition > > 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 > > > > >