RE: [registrars] Proposed amendments to our bylaws

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

Rob - some comments...

2.1 and 4.3.1 have already been ratified by a vote of the constituency
for acceptance into the bylaws.  I believe that there would need to be
an affirmative vote of the constituency to defeat that prior motion in
order to amend these and related clauses.

2.3 - Non-Registered representatives have very limited rights in
relation to Registered representatives - voting is but one area in which
these are different. My preference would be to leave this one as is for
the sake of clarity.

2.4 - The bylaws are silent regarding whether this information is
available to members only, ICANN participants only or everyone in
general. The basic concept is that we need a voting roster that is
available to the membership and is authoritative at all times. I don't
have any preference whether this is available to other parties for other
uses but definitely see your concern here.

3.4.4.5 - The drafting committee recognized that one of the positions
should be clearly defined as the "back-up chair" but that this likely
didn't represent enough work to create an additional position. The chair
responsibilities of the CTO is extremely secondary to their purpose in
the constituency, but clearly stating so sets a precedent in the bylaws
that can be used to sort out what happens in the odd situation that the
actual chair is not able to fulfill their responsibilities.

4.2.1 - We should probably just add the word "physical" to precede
"meetings" - it wasn't the intention to include teleconferences in this
but was certainly the intention to ensure that the membership had
adequate notice and planning time before a meeting was held.





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