December 2014 - Gnso-improvem-impl-sc

Fwd: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group
by Amr Elsadr Jan. 6, 2015

Jan. 6, 2015

Hi, Just thought that it’d be interesting for folks here to know that one of our recent projects is being put to use. :) Thanks. Amr Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> > Subject: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group > Date: December 17, 2014 at 9:28:01 PM GMT+1 > To: Council GNSO <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > > Dear Councillors > > The Council approved at the meeting on 11 December 2014, Voting Outside a Meeting, as described in Section 4.10 in the revised GNSO Operating Procedures for the Council’s reply comment on the Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group. > > The proposed timeline for this vote is: > > 1. 31 December 2014 23:59 UTC Final Council reply comment on the Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group submitted to the Council mailing list. > Tony Holmes to hold the pen on refining the comment up to 31 December 2014. > > 2. Voting by electronic ballot: > Voting Opens Saturday, 3 January 2015 > > Voting Closes on Tuesday 6 January 2015 at 23:59 UTC. > If you foresee any connectivity issues during this period, please let me know so that alternate arrangements can be made. > > 3. 9 January 2015 Comments submitted to the public comment forum > > 4. All Council members, except the non-voting Nominating Committee Appointee are eligible to vote. > > 4. 10. 2 Determination; Notice. Voting outside a meeting may only occur when all of the following conditions are met: > a. The GNSO Chair determines, after discussion with Council members, that the issue will have been adequately discussed and sufficient time given to each Stakeholder Group and Constituency to consider the issue by the time the vote is called; > b. The GNSO Chair determines, after discussion with Council members, that the Council’s regular meeting schedule would make it difficult to resolve the issue without scheduling an extra meeting and this would be impractical in light of the circumstances at that time; > c. No Councilor objects to the vote being taken outside a regularly scheduled Council meeting; and > d. The GNSO Chair provides at least seven (7) calendar days’ advance notice of the vote, along with notice of the beginning and ending day and hour of the voting period (in UTC), which period shall not be less than four (4) calendar days. > > > 4. 10.3.1 Guidelines for Voting Outside a Meeting > As with votes taken during a regularly scheduled GNSO Council meeting, all votes taken outside a meeting will: > a. Be open (i.e., not by secret ballot); > b. Allow for the inclusion of voting statements in accordance with Section 4.3.2 of these Operating Procedures; and > c. Have their outcomes published and recorded, with accompanying voter statements, if any, as minutes for purposes of formal record keeping. These items > are to be prepared and approved in accordance with Section 3.5 of these Operating Procedures, except that the relevant time period shall commence with the ending of the voting period. > 4.10.3.2 Voting outside a meeting should normally be by electronic means. Methods used to transmit and record votes taken outside of meetings shall be authenticated and verifiable using the same criteria and applying the same standards as those used for absentee ballots under Section 4.4.3 of these Operating Procedures. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > Thank you. > Kind regards, > > Glen > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org

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SCI Work Completed in 2014
by Julie Hedlund Dec. 23, 2014

Dec. 23, 2014

Dear SCI members, Staff has updated the wiki to show the work completed for 2014. Please see: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49350790. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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RESULTS: 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair Selection
by Julie Hedlund Dec. 17, 2014

Dec. 17, 2014

Dear SCI members, The deadline for the call for nominations for the 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair ended COB Friday, 12 December. Here are the results of the call for nominations: > Chair: Amr Elsader nominated Anne Aikman-Scalese to be Chair of the SCI. > Wolf Ulrich-Knoben seconded the nomination. Anne has accepted the nomination > and is willing to serve as chair. > > Vice Chair: Cintra Sooknanan indicated that she will not serve a second term > as Vice Chair. Lori Schulman nominated herself to serve as Vice Chair. > Cintra and Amr seconded the nomination. Since the SCI Charter requires that > only a primary member of the SCI (not an alternate) may serve as Chair or Vice > Chair, the NPOC has agreed that Lori will switch roles with Cintra and will > serve as the primary member and Cintra will serve as the alternate. As there were no other nominations for Chair or Vice Chair prior to the deadline, and as there is only one nomination for each position, there is no need to proceed to an election. Thus, the 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair will be Anne Aikman-Scalese and Lori Schulman. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] RESULTS: 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair Selection
by Ron Andruff Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

Dear Anne, Dear Lori, I send my heartfelt congratulations to you both! I have a lot of confidence in your leadership of the SCI and wish you well in carrying out your mandate. P.S. Happy holidays! Kind regards, RA Ron Andruff www.lifedotsport.com -------- Original message -------- From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date:12/15/2014 14:12 (GMT-05:00) To: "<gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org>" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org> Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] RESULTS: 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair Selection Dear SCI members, The deadline for the call for nominations for the 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair ended COB Friday, 12 December. Here are the results of the call for nominations: Chair: Amr Elsader nominated Anne Aikman-Scalese to be Chair of the SCI. Wolf Ulrich-Knoben seconded the nomination. Anne has accepted the nomination and is willing to serve as chair. Vice Chair: Cintra Sooknanan indicated that she will not serve a second term as Vice Chair. Lori Schulman nominated herself to serve as Vice Chair. Cintra and Amr seconded the nomination. Since the SCI Charter requires that only a primary member of the SCI (not an alternate) may serve as Chair or Vice Chair, the NPOC has agreed that Lori will switch roles with Cintra and will serve as the primary member and Cintra will serve as the alternate. As there were no other nominations for Chair or Vice Chair prior to the deadline, and as there is only one nomination for each position, there is no need to proceed to an election. Thus, the 2015 SCI Chair and Vice Chair will be Anne Aikman-Scalese and Lori Schulman. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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EXTENSION: Election/Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for 2015
by Julie Hedlund Dec. 14, 2014

Dec. 14, 2014

Dear SCI members, **Please note that the deadline for this item has been extended to COB, Friday, 12 December.** This is a reminder that per the SCI Charter, each December the SCI has to nominate, select and (if necessary) elect a Chair and Vice Chair for the following year. Only primary members of the SCI (i.e. no alternates) are eligible to stand for either position. Per the Charter, the Chair and Vice Chair shall serve for a 1-year term with the option to continue for a second 1-year term. Ron Andruff has served two 1-year terms and thus is term-limited and cannot continue in the position in 2015. The SCI therefore needs at least one volunteer/nominee for Chair for 2015. If there is more than one nominee/volunteer for Chair, the Charter prescribes how an election will then be run: https://community.icann.org/x/L4Hg Cintra Sooknanan will have served served 1 term as Vice Chair as of the end of 2014 and is eligible to continue for a second 1-year term. For the avoidance of doubt, time served as Vice Chair shall not prohibit the Vice Chair from serving as Chair. If there is more than one nominee/volunteer for Vice Chair an election will be run as per the Charter. Interested SCI members should volunteer or submit nominations for either the Chair or Vice Chair position. Please send all candidate nominations (including self-nominations) to this list not later than **Friday, 012 December.** Thank you very much for your consideration. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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REMINDER: Election/Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for 2015
by Julie Hedlund Dec. 5, 2014

Dec. 5, 2014

Dear SCI members, This is a reminder that per the SCI Charter, each December the SCI has to nominate, select and (if necessary) elect a Chair and Vice Chair for the following year. Only primary members of the SCI (i.e. no alternates) are eligible to stand for either position. Per the Charter, the Chair and Vice Chair shall serve for a 1-year term with the option to continue for a second 1-year term. Ron Andruff has served two 1-year terms and thus is term-limited and cannot continue in the position in 2015. The SCI therefore needs at least one volunteer/nominee for Chair for 2015. If there is more than one nominee/volunteer for Chair, the Charter prescribes how an election will then be run: https://community.icann.org/x/L4Hg Cintra Sooknanan will have served served 1 term as Vice Chair as of the end of 2014 and is eligible to continue for a second 1-year term. For the avoidance of doubt, time served as Vice Chair shall not prohibit the Vice Chair from serving as Chair. If there is more than one nominee/volunteer for Vice Chair an election will be run as per the Charter. Interested SCI members should volunteer or submit nominations for either the Chair or Vice Chair position. Please send all candidate nominations (including self-nominations) to this list not later than **Friday, 05 December.** Thank you very much for your consideration. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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