September 2014 - Gnso-improvem-impl-sc

Public Comment Forum open on SCI proposals
by Mary Wong Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

Dear all, In case you have not seen it, here is the announcement (with link) to the Public Comment Forum that was opened on 17 September for the three recently-concluded consensus proposals from this committee: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-17-en The initial comment period closes on 8 October (i.e. before ICANN 51 in LA) and the reply period (if any) will close on 30 October. Staff will monitor the forum and update you before ICANN51 about comments received as of the close of the initial comment period. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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Consensus Call: SCI Proposals on Waiver & Voting Outside a Council Meeting
by Mary Wong Sept. 9, 2014

Sept. 9, 2014

Dear SCI members, As agreed on the last SCI call, the following documents are being circulated for a formal Consensus Call: (1) the SCI¹s proposal to add language to the existing Section 3.3 of the GNSO Operating Procedures regarding waiver of the 10-day motion deadline rule; and (2) the SCI¹s proposal for a new Section 4.10 to be added to the GNSO Operating Procedures, to deal with voting outside a GNSO Council meeting. Please note that per the SCI Charter, "Unless otherwise determined by the SCI members, committee decisions will be made by ³full consensus² process as described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (see section 3.6).² As such, please review the attached documents with your Stakeholder Group or Constituency (as applicable) if you have not already done so. If the language is approved the next step will be for staff to prepare a redlined version of the GNSO Council Operating Procedures that will be put out for public comment; following which the SCI will review any relevant public comments received. The final step will be submission of the finalized language and proposals to the GNSO Council for its review and adoption. If there are no objections or changes received by Friday 5 September 2014, the language will be presumed to be accepted by full consensus. For the attached documents, please note the following minor changes that were made after the last SCI call on 5 August: * The format and introductory paragraph to the proposal for the Waiver of the 10-day Motion Rule was amended to conform with the format approved by the SCI for Voting Outside a Council Meeting. * The proposed Section number for Voting Outside a Council Meeting was changed to Section 4.10 as there already is a Section 4.5 in the current GNSO Operating Procedures. By numbering this proposal Section 4.10, it will (if adopted) be added to the GNSO Operating Procedures to follow the last current section in the Voting chapter (Section 4.9, regarding a Consent Agenda), without the need to renumber any of the existing Sections in this chapter. Best regards, Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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GNSO Review: 360 Assessment & SCI Input
by Mary Wong Sept. 9, 2014

Sept. 9, 2014

Dear SCI members, Staff consulted with Ron, Cintra and Avri to see if they thought it would be helpful to the GNSO Review effort for SCI members to participate in the 360 Assessment Survey that is currently out for response. Ron and Avri are both members of the GNSO Review Working Party that is working with the independent examiner (Westlake Consulting) to develop survey questions and assess Westlake¹s analysis of the survey results. The SCI is uniquely positioned to provide really useful feedback to Westlake, based on the SCI¹s mandate and members¹ experience working through the various requests, reviews and proposals we have had to deal with. As such, we hope that if you haven¹t already done so as a community member you will take the time to respond to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GNSOREVIEW360SURVEY For more information, here is GNSO Councilor Jen Wolfe¹s blog post about the Review and the 360 (Jen is also the Chair of the Working Party): https://www.icann.org/news/blog/gnso-review-deadline-extended-to-23-septembe r-participate-and-make-your-voices-heard. Please let me, Ron or Avri know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your time! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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