Re: [ga] Draft of Bylaws Recommendation concerning the General Assembly

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Greg and all remaining assembly members,

  I am in agreement with the vast majority of your proposal here Greg.
Well done.  I am sure our membership will view it favorably as well.
There are two parts of you proposal that I think may need some
adjustment.  So, I would like to propose the following amendments
to you proposal:

Under your "L", which states, "l) Upon application by no less than five members
of the GA, the Chair of the GA may recognize a Special Interest Group (SIG).
Upon such recognition, a SIG shall have a mailing list created by the Secretariat
of the DNSO.  Each SIG shall have a clearly defined interest area, and shall
produce regular reports for the GA's consideration in that area. Each application
shall contain a definition of the interest area; a SIG name; and the SIG's
method for self-organization."

  I would propose to amend this to the following:

L. Upon application by no less than five members of the GA, the Chair of
the GA may recognize a Special Interest Group (SIG). Upon such
recognition, a SIG shall have a mailing list created by the Secretariat
of the DNSO.  And that each SIG shall be self determined and without
impediment be recognized as a SIG.  Further that each SIG may have
more than one interest area.  That each SIG shall be required to define
those interest areas, an name and not required to define or outline method
of self organization.

  I would also propose that your "C" be amended or replaced with the
following"

C. That the membership will be open to any and all whom have interest
in Domain Name or TLD interests without reservation.  That each member
have one vote.  That each member be required to vote when a vote is
called for or otherwise required at least one out of 3 instances.

Greg Burton wrote:

> Dear GA members,
>
> After reading through some of the comments here and in WG-Review, and
> considering the WG-D preliminary report and Kent Crispin's comments on the
> need for small, flexible working groups, I'd like to move the following
> text be adopted. (Someone else can add the whereas's and all - this is just
> the meat of it.)
>
> The Names Council should recommend that the ICANN Board of Directors
> replace Article VI-B Section 4 with the following text:
> ------------------------
> (a) The GA shall be an open forum for participation in the work of the DNSO,
> This work includes but is not limited to work item proposal and
> development; discussion of work items proposed by the Names Council;
> draft document preparation; research on topics of interest to the DNSO; and
> recommendations of policies and procedures for the internal use of the
> DNSO. Adopted reports or recommendations of the GA shall be passed to the
> Names Council in a timely manner.
>
> (b) The GA shall be open to all who are willing to contribute effort to the
> work of the DNSO. Participants in the GA should be individuals who have a
> knowledge of and an interest in issues pertaining to the areas for which
> the DNSO has primary responsibility.
>
> (c) Membership in the GA shall consist of those individuals listed in the
> GA Voting Registry.
>
> (d) Participants in the GA shall nominate, pursuant to procedures adopted
> by the NC and approved by the Board, persons to serve on the Board in those
> seats reserved for the DNSO.
>
> (e) Officers of the GA shall include a chair, a co-chair, and an ombudsman.
> Officers of the GA shall be elected annually according to the voting
> procedures adopted by the GA and approved by the NC.
>
> (f) The Officers of the GA shall be members of the Names Council.
>
> (g) The ombudsman shall be responsible for investigating process issues
> within the DNSO, including but not limited to conflicts involving the Names
> Council as a whole. The ombudsman shall report directly to the ICANN Board
> of Directors.
>
> (h) Each constituency formed under Article VI-B Section 3 of these bylaws
> shall select one member as the constituency observer to the GA. Each observer
> will be responsible for informing their constituency of the GA's current
> activities on a timely basis.
>
> (i) The GA shall meet physically at least once a year, if possible in
> conjunction with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board. To the maximum
> extent practicable, all meetings should be available for online attendance
> as well as physical attendance.
>
> (j) The costs of physical GA meetings shall be the responsibility of the DNSO,
> which may levy an equitable, cost-based fee on GA attendees to recoup those
> costs. There shall be no other fees required to participate in the GA. The
> costs of GA mailing lists or other online mechanisms for performing the
> work of the GA shall be the responsibility of the DNSO.
>
> (k) The GA shall adopt it's internal procedures as it sees fit, so long as
> they are fair, transparent, and consistent with these by-laws.
>
> (l) Upon application by no less than five members of the GA, the Chair of
> the GA may recognize a Special Interest Group (SIG). Upon such recognition,
> a SIG shall have a mailing list created by the Secretariat of the DNSO.
> Each SIG shall have a clearly defined interest area, and shall produce
> regular reports for the GA's consideration in that area. Each application
> shall contain a definition of the interest area; a SIG name; and the SIG's
> method for self-organization.
> ----------------------
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
> sidna@feedwriter.com
>
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