All, Please note the update from the SCI below and particularly the issues and questions raised therein. Thanks, Jonathan From: Ron Andruff [mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com] Sent: 09 July 2013 00:19 To: jrobinson@afilias.info Cc: gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org Subject: SCI Charter considerations Importance: High Dear Jonathan, As you know, the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI) will provide an update on its work to the GNSO Council in Durban on 13 July. One of issues the SCI is considering is an update of its Charter, as we have reported previously. This began as an effort to update the Charter to include procedures to elect the SCI Chair and Vice Chair, but recently the SCI also has considered whether other updates are necessary. SCI members have realized that they need guidance from the GNSO Council as to whether the scope of the SCI's work should be limited to a review of the procedures developed in the GNSO Implementations process, or whether the SCI should also address other procedural issues not related to the improvements process. The current Charter states: "The GNSO Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (SCI) will be responsible for reviewing and assessing the effective functioning of recommendations provided by the Operational Steering Committee (OSC), Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) and approved by the GNSO Council: . On request for those recommendations that have been identified to present immediate problems . On a periodic timescale for all recommendations in order to identify possible issues and/or improvements (subject to a clear definition by the SCI on which recommendations should be reviewed)" The SCI also seeks guidance from the Council with respect to the duration of the SCI work. Should the SCI be considered the last in the series of committees that arose from the Board review and thus cease to exist when it has completed its review of that work? Or should the SCI continue indefinitely, as an ongoing body that considers procedural questions as raised by the GNSO Council or a group Chartered by the Council? The SCI requests that these fundamental questions be addressed before the SCI considers revisions to the Charter. The SCI members look forward to discussing these questions with the Council in Durban. Sincerely, Ron Andruff, Chair, SCI