Apologies – I forgot the extract from the OP:

 

3.3.2 Submission of Reports and Motions

Reports and motions should be submitted to the GNSO Council for inclusion on the agenda as soon as possible, but no later than 23h59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on the day, 10 calendar days before the GNSO Council meeting.

 

If a motion is submitted after the Submission Deadline, the GNSO Council shall consider the motion if the following requirements are met:

a. The motion (including any report or other supporting documentation) is submitted to the GNSO Council at least 24 hours in advance of the GNSO Council meeting;

b. The motion is accompanied by a request to consider the motion despite submission after the Submission Deadline (a “Request for Consideration”);

c. A vote on the Request for Consideration shall be called as the first order of business for the agenda item that deals with the motion. The vote on the Request for Consideration must be unanimous (i.e., all Councilors or their proxies must vote and all votes cast must be in favor of considering the motion at such GNSO Council meeting) for the motion to be considered at such GNSO Council meeting.

 

If these requirements are not met, the motion shall not be considered submitted for the next Council meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if the motion is proposed again for a subsequent Council meeting, it shall not be considered a resubmitted motion under the rules for Resubmission of a Motion in these Operating Procedures.

 

 

Dear Council colleagues

 

Following my indication that the IPC would favour the GNSO supporting the ALAC Petition, Greg suggested that I put forward a Motion to that effect which would have to be considered as a late Motion under the procedure in our Operating Procedures at sections 3.3.2 a, b and c (extract copied below).  Having subsequently seen the indication from Sam that the RySG also does not support the Petition, and discussed further with my Constituency, our conclusion is that such a Motion would have no prospect of passing at this time and Council’s time would be better spent on agreeing the path forward for reviews.  The IPC would however like to put forward a proposed Motion for possible late consideration on Thursday, relating to the next steps on Reviews.  We believe that it will send a much stronger message to the Board if the GNSO Council votes on a position, rather than simply sending a letter.

 

Of the four options summarised by Greg for our consideration and discussion on Thursday, the IPC supports option 1, as expressed by Tomslin as follows:

• The community to urgently propose a Bylaws amendment to the board that would amend the Bylaws to allow for a one-time review of all Reviews currently required by the Bylaws (with solutions for the issues we face today with reviews as output recommendations) and to suspend the conduct of all Reviews until this exercise is completed; 
• With the explicit safeguard of time frame and that if this is not done within a specified period, the current Reviews obligations come back fully into force.

As we understand it, this was the proposal discussed in Prague during the SOAC Leaders’ meeting, which seemed to gain support.  With that in mind, our proposed Motion envisages that the Council might vote to support option 1 and proposes that we convene a small team to develop a draft Bylaws amendment and a possible plan for the actual review of reviews.

 

We appreciate that this is being proposed on very short notice – and we also appreciate that there is time on the Council agenda to discuss next steps on reviews.  We would ask, therefore, that the Request for Consideration on Late Notice, required as a precursor, and, if supported, the subsequent consideration of the Motion is scheduled on our agenda to happen after the discussion item.  This would allow Council the opportunity to vote, if we do reach agreement on this as a path forward. Of course, if a different path is agreed or any Councillors are not in a position to vote, it would be open to me to withdraw the Motion or for the Request for Consideration to be rejected (since it requires unanimity).  The Motion could then be re-presented (amended as necessary) for either our August meeting or even, potentially, for a special meeting before then. The proposed Motion is being presented, therefore, to get something on the table for others to consider and see whether you might support it. 

 

The Request for Consideration on Late Notice, and the Draft Motion are attached, and also here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tHkxgi_2mvWWD8CNqe91kPSj132Y_q3HGRW--PkJjMk/edit?usp=sharing

 

Many thanks for your consideration.

 

Susan Payne    Head of Legal Policy

28 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HN, UK T +44 (0) 20 7421 8250 Ext 255

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