remove a Director holding to be submitted in the form in the Bylaws are to be Seats 1 through 8 and of a motion is expected to followed, factoring in initiate the Nominating include the information as the customary GNSO Committee Director required per the ICANN practices and Removal Process Bylaws. procedures. (“Nominating Committee Director Removal Addition to the GNSO Petition”). Each Operating Procedures to Nominating Committee clarify that in specific Director Removal Petition circumstances, the GNSO shall set forth the rationale Council may waive the upon which such individual timeframes currently seeks to remove such referenced in the GNSO Director. Operating Procedures in (b) During the period relation to submission of beginning on the date that motions as well as the Decisional Participant scheduling of meetings to received the Removal meet its obligations under Petition and ending on the the timelines outlined in the 21st day after, the ICANN Bylaws as a Decisional Participant that Decisional Participant and has received a Nominating 2) add a provision to clarify Committee Director that all petitions concerning Removal Petition shall a director removal either accept or reject process submitted by an such Nominating individual must be Committee Director submitted directly to the Removal Petition; GNSO Council. For this purpose, the GNSO Council (i) the Nominating will develop a clear process Committee Director and rules for the submission Removal Petitioning of such petitions, including Decisional Participant must any requirements for the obtain the support of at criteria to be included in a least one other Decisional petition. These rules would
remove a Director holding Seats 1 through 8 and initiate the Nominating Committee Director Removal Process (“Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition”). Each Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition shall set forth the rationale upon which such individual seeks to remove such Director. (b) During the period beginning on the date that the Decisional Participant received the Removal Petition and ending on the 21st day after, the Decisional Participant that has received a Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition shall either accept or reject such Nominating Committee Director Removal Petition; (i) the Nominating Committee Director Removal Petitioning Decisional Participant must obtain the support of at least one other Decisional to be submitted in the form of a motion is expected to include the information as required per the ICANN Bylaws. Addition to the GNSO Operating Procedures to clarify that in specific circumstances, the GNSO Council may waive the timeframes currently referenced in the GNSO Operating Procedures in relation to submission of motions as well as scheduling of meetings to meet its obligations under the timelines outlined in the ICANN Bylaws as a Decisional Participant and 2) add a provision to clarify that all petitions concerning a director removal process submitted by an individual must be submitted directly to the GNSO Council. For this purpose, the GNSO Council will develop a clear process and rules for the submission of such petitions, including any requirements for the criteria to be included in a petition. These rules would in the Bylaws are to be followed, factoring in the customary GNSO practices and procedures.
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