1.
Changes
related to the Section 8. (Diversity)
a) In its special meeting of October 18th, the
ICANN Board resolved:
“that the ISPs and Connectivity Providers Constituency
("ISPCP") of the DNSO is recognized for all purposes under Article
VI-B, Sec. 3(a) of the ICANN Bylaws to operate in accordance with the Articles
submitted to the Secretary and ordered attached to these minutes as Exhibit F,
provided that the ISPCP must clarify or amend the Articles to ensure compliance
with the geographic diversity requirements of Art. VI-B, Sec. 3(c) of the ICANN
Bylaws, as the Board finds that Section 7.1 of the Articles does not currently
ensure such compliance.”
Section 8 of the Articles was adjusted accordingly.
b) Barbara Dooley (CIX) proposed the following change:
“No more than two seats may be held by any one region,
currently defined as North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and
Asia/Pacific; however, there will be no specific requirement that each region
be represented on the Executive Council.”
From the point of view of the Officers, this proposal
requires some review, which is why it was not included in the proposed changes
to the Articles.
2.
Changes
related to Representation of the ISPCP
In the Santiago meeting of the ISPCP, Rob Hall (CAIP)
requested that the Articles be changed such that:
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the function
of Officers and Names Council Representatives be decoupled
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the number of
Officers be enlarged to five
On October 18, Barbara Dooley (CIX) submitted the following:
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Enlarge the
Executive Council to five seats from the current three seats
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The terms of
appointment shall be the same as for the Names Council representatives. The
first terms may be shorter to allow EC members to be replaced on a schedule of
2, 2, 1.
The suggested amendments have lead to several changes in
different places of the Articles:
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amendment of
the definitions
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some changes
in Section 6 (Officers) especially a change of the section (6.1.), deletion of
the function “to represent the ISPCP on the Names Council” (6.2.v) and a change
of the frequency of elections (6.3.)
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a new section
7 (Representation to the Names Council) had to be added
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the election
procedures in Section 9 was changed such that in future Officers and NC
Representatives will be elected every 8 months and that in each election
possibly more than one vacancy can be filled
1.
Selection of
the Chair
On October 18 Barbara Dooley (CIX) submitted the following:
“The chair of the EC shall be selected by the five members
of the EC. The duties of the chair include the secretariat work of the constituency, management of the election
process, and acting as proxy to the Names Council representatives when
necessary; however, the chair of the EC may also be a member of the Names
Council.”
The last part of the suggestion
is already included in the above amendments. From the point of view of the
Officers, the rest of this proposal requires some review, which is why it was
not included in the proposed changes to the Articles.
2.
Other
decisions related to the Articles
To get the terms of office of the current and future
Officers in sync, the following amendments are suggested:
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within eight
weeks from today, one additional Officer is elected
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one of the
current deputies will be replaced eight months from now, the second additional
Officer will be elected then as well
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eight months
from then, the chairman is replaced in elections
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again eight
months later, the remaining deputy and the additional Officer elected this year
are replaced in elections