Proposed Amendments to ICANN Bylaws Posted for Public Review and Comment: 8 October, 1999 Deadline for Public Comments: 22 October, 1999

A set of proposed amendments to the existing ICANN Bylaws has been posted for public review and comment. The proposed amendments include (1) amendments implementing the resolution on At Large Membership adopted by the Board in Santiago; (2) amendments implementing the ASO proposal recognized in Santiago (subject to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by ICANN, ARIN, APNIC, and RIPE-NCC); (3) a redefinition of the term "Initial Board" to provide that once SO-elected directors are seated the entire Board -- including the SO-elected directors -- is responsible for all future decisions of the Board; and (4) various clarifying and editorial changes.

Because they are intended to implement prior Board resolutions and to faciliate the transition to a Board of elected Directors, these amendments are appropriate for action by the Initial Board and will be posted for public review and comment for two weeks, until October 22, 1999. The Initial Board will take them up in a telephone meeting shortly thereafter.

Proposed Bylaws Amendments:

• Redline document, showing proposed amendments in relation to current Bylaws, with staff comments on proposed changes
• Current Bylaws (as revised September 27, 1999)

How to submit comments:

• Send your comments by email to comment-bylaws@icann.org.

How to read comments:

• An archive of public comments submitted can be found at http://www.icann.org/comments-mail/comment-bylaws/maillist.html
• The comment archive page is updated several times daily, so comments may not immediately appear.

Deadline for public comments: 22 October, 1999

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