[council] Suggested revisions to schedule for DNSO Constituency recognition

["Andrew McLaughlin" <mclaughlin@pobox.com>]

DNSO Provisional Names Council:

As we discussed during the last Names Council meeting, the ICANN Initial
Board wants to work cooperatively with the pNC to revise the schedule for
final recognition of the DNSO Constituency Groups in order to get the DNSO's
three ICANN Directors seated in time for the ICANN annual meeting in
November.

Let me (1) direct your attention to relevant provisions of the ICANN Bylaws
and the Board's DNSO resolution from Berlin, and (2) suggest a possible
schedule that would accomplish the goal of seating DNSO Directors by
November 3.


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ICANN BYLAWS PROVISIONS


[Note that the Bylaws call for the DNSO to select its ICANN Directors "as
soon as feasible after formation."  It seems to me that some adjustments to
these Bylaws provisions may be necessary;  for example, Art. V., Sec. 2
states that a selected Director shall take office 15 days after notification
is received by ICANN;  however, Art. V, Sec. 9(b) states that the SO should
give ICANN "at least 30 days written notice of that selection."]


Article V.

Section 2. INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

As soon as feasible after formation of a Supporting Organization pursuant to
Section 3(a) of Article VI, the Supporting Organization
shall select three persons to be the Original Directors selected by that
Supporting Organization and shall designate which of these persons shall
serve each of the staggered terms for such Original Directors specified in
Section 9(d) of this Article.  The Supporting Organization shall notify the
Board and Secretary of the Corporation in writing of the selections and
designations.  The selected persons shall take office fifteen days after the
notification is received by the Secretary.

Section 9. ELECTION AND TERM

(b) Prior to October 1 of each year, each Supporting Organization entitled
to select a Director (other than an Original Director section by the
Supporting Organization under Section 2 of this Article) shall (i) make its
selection according to the procedures specified by Article VI (including
Articles VI-A, VI-B, and VI-C), and (ii) give the Board and the Secretary of
the Corporation at least 30 days written notice of that selection.  The term
of such a Director shall commence on the October 1 after his or her
selection.

(d) The regular term of office of a Director (other than (i) the person
holding the office of President, who shall serve for as long as, and only
for as long as, such person holds the office of President, and (ii) a member
of the Initial Board, who shall serve for the period specified in these
bylaws) shall be three (3) years. No Director may serve for more than two
(2) terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the three Original Directors
selected by any Supporting Organization shall be selected for terms of one
(1) year, two (2) years, and three (3) years, respectively, with each term
considered to have begun on October 1, 1998 regardless of when those
Original Directors
actually take office.  The terms of the first At Large Directors elected to
replace the At Large members of the Initial Board shall be as follows:
three such At Large Directors shall serve a term of one (1) year, three such
At Large Directors shall serve a term of two (2) years, and three such At
Large Directors shall serve a term of three (3) years.



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BOARD RESOLUTION PROVISIONS

[The Board's resolution from Berlin contemplates that the DNSO Constituency
Groups will submit amended proposals to the ICANN Board, to be followed by
new elections for Names Council representatives.]

          "FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President of the Corporation is
directed to work with the Constituencies to amend their proposals to
address deficiencies noted by the Board, which amended proposals must
include a commitment of the submitting Constituency to hold a new election
of Names Council representatives promptly following the approval by the
Board of such amended proposal.

          "FURTHER RESOLVED, that, when such proposals are so amended, the
Board should examine such proposals to determine whether the deficiencies
have been satisfactorily addressed and whether to extend the recognition
today made."



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POSSIBLE REVISED SCHEDULE FOR DNSO CONSTITUENCY GROUP RECOGNITION


5/27   6 constituencies provisionally recognized until 11/4

8/24   Constituency meetings in Santiago
               - Work on any revisions to constituency procedures
               - Prepare outreach plans, as appropriate
               - Draft and prepare amended constituency proposals for Board
approval
               - Develop plan for "permanent" Names Council elections

8/26    Provisional recognition of non-commercial constituency (if submitted
and approved)

9/15    Deadline for amended constituency proposals to be submitted to Board

9/16    Final recognition:  Board teleconference to approve and recognize
amended constituency proposals

10/8    Deadline for constituencies to elect Names Council members

10/19  Deadline for Names Council selection of ICANN Board members (15 days
in advance of 11/3/99)

11/2 - 11/4    ICANN Los Angeles meeting



--Andrew McLaughlin

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