Hello all, I should have made it clear that on the voting question, the Chair will call for a vote to adopt the item(s) on the consent agenda; however, this is not the same type of voting as would be the case for a “regular” motion on the main agenda, where there will be an opportunity to discuss, abstain or vote against. As such, the main point of my message remains the same – if there is a need for discussion, questions and/or a wish to register a vote against an item, the process is to request that the item be removed from the consent agenda.

Sorry if in trying to clarify matters I made things even murkier, and thanks to Jonathan and Marika for the reminders!

Cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
Email: mary.wong@icann.org

 



From: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 00:29
To: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@egyptig.org>, "avri@acm.org" <avri@acm.org>
Cc: Council <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [council] SCI motions

Hello everyone, and with thanks to Avri and Amr not just for the motions but also for their work on the SCI!

This is just a note to state that, for items on the consent agenda, no vote will be necessary – any items needing approval will be passed unless a Councilor objects, in which case that item will then be placed on the main agenda for further discussion and, where applicable, a vote. As such, Councilors are requested to review the two templates outlining the two possible referral requests to the SCI that were sent around before the last Council meeting (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/drafts for the relevant links dated 5 March 2015). If you wish to question or discuss either template, you will therefore have to ask that it be taken off the consent agenda (note that this can be done at the meeting itself when the consent agenda comes up).

Should that occur, the motions that Avri submitted and that Amr seconded will then be considered to have been submitted within the prescribed time frame for motions. At that time, they will then be considered and discussed with a view toward conducting an actual vote on both.

I hope this clarifies matters.

Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892



From: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@egyptig.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 13:38
To: "avri@acm.org" <avri@acm.org>
Cc: Council <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [council] SCI motions

Hi,

Being on both the Council and the SCI, I would be happy to second both motions, and support them being on the consent agenda. To my knowledge, there is consensus among the SCI members for the committee to take up this work.

Thanks.

Amr

On Apr 6, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Avri Doria <avri@ACM.ORG> wrote:

Hi,

I submit the following 2 motions for the council meeting of 16 April.

Motion on Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (SCI) Review Request Concerning Seconding and Amendments

Motion on Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (SCI) Review Request Concerning Overlap of Waiver and Resubmission



The have not yet been seconded.  I ask any of the other SCI members on the council to consider seconding these motions.

I request that these be included in the consent agenda.  They were discussed at our last meeting and there have been no objections to the templates.  As requred they are motions that require a simple majority vote and are not subject to absentee ballot.

Thanks

avri


Thanks.


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