CONTRACT, IANA “ (A) two-thirds (2/3) of the Supermajority, there NAMING FUNCTION SOW Council members of each is no need to add the OR CSC CHARTER House, or (B) three-fourths voting threshold to (3/4) of the Council section 11.3 as a (b) (i) The IFR members of one House and GNSO Supermajority Recommendation a majority of the Council is already a defined becomes effective if it has members of the other term. been approved by the vote House.” of … and (B) a GNSO Supermajority. SECTION 18.7 Each GNSO Stakeholder No new procedures or Assumption: COMPOSITION OF IFR Group designates its own changes to the GNSO There is no role here REVIEW TEAMS review team members: 2 Operating Procedures for the GNSO Each GNSO SG can appoint from RySG; 1 from RrSG; 1 and/or ICANN Bylaws. The Standing Selection one member (except that from CSG; 1 from NCSG. decision to approve the Committee as the RySG may appoint GNSO Co-chair on the IFRT appointments are two). One of the two IFRT GNSO Council approves the among the 5 GNSO reps will directly made by the co-chairs is to be GNSO co-chair on IFRT from be put before the GNSO SGs (this will need to appointed “by the GNSO” among the 6 GNSO reps, by Council as a motion for be made clear in the from among the members majority of each house. consideration. Threshold for charter for the GNSO appointed by the different approval is a simple Standing Selection stakeholder groups or majority vote of each Committee) constituencies in the house, which per Section Each SG will publish GNSO. There is also the 11.3-I of the ICANN Bylaws the procedures for possibility of “other is the default voting making participants” that cannot threshold. appointments in its vote. respective operating procedures. The reference to “6” GNSO reps should read “5”.
CONTRACT, IANA NAMING FUNCTION SOW OR CSC CHARTER (b) (i) The IFR Recommendation becomes effective if it has been approved by the vote of … and (B) a GNSO Supermajority. “ (A) two-thirds (2/3) of the Council members of each House, or (B) three-fourths (3/4) of the Council members of one House and a majority of the Council members of the other House.” Supermajority, there is no need to add the voting threshold to section 11.3 as a GNSO Supermajority is already a defined term. SECTION 18.7 COMPOSITION OF IFR REVIEW TEAMS Each GNSO SG can appoint one member (except that the RySG may appoint two). One of the two IFRT co-chairs is to be appointed “by the GNSO” from among the members appointed by the different stakeholder groups or constituencies in the GNSO. There is also the possibility of “other participants” that cannot vote. Each GNSO Stakeholder Group designates its own review team members: 2 from RySG; 1 from RrSG; 1 from CSG; 1 from NCSG. GNSO Council approves the GNSO co-chair on IFRT from among the 6 GNSO reps, by majority of each house. No new procedures or changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures and/or ICANN Bylaws. The decision to approve the GNSO Co-chair on the IFRT among the 5 GNSO reps will be put before the GNSO Council as a motion for consideration. Threshold for approval is a simple majority vote of each house, which per Section 11.3-I of the ICANN Bylaws is the default voting threshold. Assumption: There is no role here for the GNSO Standing Selection Committee as appointments are directly made by the SGs (this will need to be made clear in the charter for the GNSO Standing Selection Committee) Each SG will publish the procedures for making appointments in its respective operating procedures. The reference to “6” GNSO reps should read “5”.
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