January 2015 - Gnso-improvem-impl-sc

Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Jonathan Robinson
by Angie Graves Jan. 29, 2015

Jan. 29, 2015

Dear Anne, I agree with your revised letter to Jonathan. Thank you for your time on this. Angie On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Lori Schulman <lori.schulman(a)ascd.org> wrote: > Dear Anne, > > > > Thank you for the concise run down of events and positions. I agree with > your proposal on how to proceed with the report and the request for > direction. > > > > Lori > > > > > > > > *Lori S. Schulman* · General Counsel > 1703 North Beauregard Street > > Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 > > P 703-575-5678 · Lori.Schulman(a)ascd.org > [image: cid:image001.png@01CC81E2.512C46F0] > > > > > > *From:* owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org [mailto: > owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Aikman-Scalese, Anne > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:00 PM > *To:* 'Julie Hedlund'; 'Avri Doria'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org > *Cc:* Thomas Rickert; Wolf-Ulrich Knoben; Glen de Saint Géry > *Subject:* RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair > Jonathan Robinson > > > > To all SCI members and to Staff, > > To be clear, I am certainly not against Avri delivering a report on SCI > work in Singapore and will certainly try to participate remotely. I think > this report should note the following: > > 1. In its call of January 20 and on the list thereafter, SCI > considered the subjects of (1) friendly amendments, (2) effect of 10 day > waiver rule on resubmission of motions, (3) review of WG Consensus > Guidelines, and (4) overall review of procedures and guidelines under the > “periodic review” responsibility delineated in the Charter. > > 2. We believed after our call on January 20 that consensus was > obtained and did not schedule another call at that time. It was thought we > could simply “tweak” the draft letter to Council that was presented prior > to the January 20 call. There was no disagreement expressed on the call > about the basic points to be covered in the letter. > > 3. It later became apparent that Avri, who was unable to attend the > January 20 call, disagreed with mentioning at least two of the suggested > topics – 10 day waiver rule and review of WG Consensus Guidelines. Amr > also disagreed with the statement that SCI had not directly considered this > issue. > > 4. The Chair modified the letter to remove the two sources of > objection listed in 3. and asked for further input. Staff suggested > further modifications which were sent to the list. The Chair disagreed > with staff’s modifications and the liaison mostly agreed with them but no > other SCI members weighed in. > > 5. Only three SCI members responded positively to the invitation to > another call for January 27 to resolve the issues. Thus, the call was > cancelled and no consensus was reached on the letter to Council. > > As Chair, I would boil the outstanding substantive disagreement regarding > the letter as expressed on the list down to two points: > > > > 1. Although there was no specific disagreement expressly voiced by > any SCI member during the January 20 call with respect to bringing up the > topic of friendly amendments, staff recommended that a straw poll be > conducted to determine if this was really what SCI wanted to say given that > Council had put this issue on hold. In my view, Avri should simply ask > Council whether they still feel this issue needs to be on hold or whether > SCI can help address it (not increasing the workload of Council, but > actually helping to reduce that workload.) > > > > 2. Everyone on SCI agrees that with respect to “periodic review”, > the results of the GNSO Review are quite relevant. Staff apparently takes > the position that SCI should do nothing until GNSO directs its “periodic > review” work plan after seeing the final results of GNSO Review. The > Council Liaison appears to agree with this approach. The SCI Chair > believes that after the meeting in Singapore, SCI should (a)review the > results of the Westlake Report and schedule calls to begin work on a > clearly delineated proposed plan (with timelines) under the periodic review > responsibility contained in the Charter and should not sit idle while GNSO > reviews the final recommendations. > > > > 3. Thus, my proposal for the request for direction from Council to > be made in the course of the delivery of Avri’s report is as follows: > > (a) under the “immediate review” responsibility in the Charter, should > SCI study the “friendly amendments” issue that was put “on hold” by Council > in its January 15 meeting or wait for further deliberations by Council on > this issue? > > (b) Should SCI members read the Westlake Report when it comes out and > begin work on a proposed periodic review plan to be submitted to Council > for approval or do nothing regarding a proposed plan for periodic review > until further direction from Council? > > The SCI Chair observes that staff is quite appropriately concerned about > the Council (and corresponding staff) workload, but respectfully suggests > that the work to be done is on the part of SCI, not Council, and that SCI > should not sit idle during the IANA transition since its work forms a > positive aspect of ICANN accountability. > > > > Thanks to all for their thoughts by reply to all. Obviously if GNSO > Council directs SCI to sit idle and do nothing pending the final > recommendations from GNSO Review, that means we have nothing to do until > further direction is received from Council. We will count on Avri to tell > us after the meeting in Singapore whether we have anything to do or not. > > Anne > > > > *Anne E. Aikman-Scalese, Of Counsel* > > *Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP | * > > *One South Church Avenue Suite 700 | Tucson, Arizona 85701-1611* > > *(T) 520.629.4428 <520.629.4428> | (F) 520.879.4725 <520.879.4725>* > > *AAikman(a)LRRLaw.com <AAikman(a)LRRLaw.com>** | www.LRRLaw.com > <http://www.lrrlaw.com/>* > > > > > > > > *From:* Julie Hedlund [mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org > <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org>] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:46 AM > *To:* Aikman-Scalese, Anne; 'Avri Doria'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org > *Cc:* Thomas Rickert; Wolf-Ulrich Knoben; Glen de Saint Géry > *Subject:* Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair > Jonathan Robinson > > > > Anne, > > > > Staff notes the following from the SCI Charter: > > > > *"Reporting* > > At a minimum at every public ICANN meeting, the SCI Chair shall provide > the GNSO Council with an update concerning: > > - The issues dealt with and related status > - Recommendations expected to be submitted to the GNSO Council > - An activity timeline" > > Thus, a report is a requirement in the Charter. > > > > Best regards, > > Julie > > > > Julie Hedlund, Policy Director > > Act, 18 U.S.C. §2510-2521. > > > ------------------------------ > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. 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SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Jonathan Robinson
by Aikman-Scalese, Anne Jan. 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015

Dear all, Please see attached the revised letter to GNSO Council based on Tuesday's SCI conference call. If you have any comments, please supply them to the list prior to 1300 UTC Monday, January 26. Avri, again, as Council liaison for SCI, we are requesting 15 minutes on the schedule for Working Sessions in Singapore for you to present this letter to Council. (I am unable to attend and SCI will not be meeting separately there.) Thank you, Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D0363B.F7BC5670] Anne E. Aikman-Scalese, Of Counsel Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP | One South Church Avenue Suite 700 | Tucson, Arizona 85701-1611 (T) 520.629.4428 | (F) 520.879.4725 AAikman(a)LRRLaw.com<mailto:AAikman@LRRLaw.com> | www.LRRLaw.com<http://www.lrrlaw.com/> From: Thomas Rickert [mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:32 AM To: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben Cc: Aikman-Scalese, Anne; Lori Schulman; Julie Hedlund; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org; Glen de Saint Géry Subject: Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] NCPH Intersessional 2015 Recordings & Transcripts Same here. Sorry! Best Thomas Am 21.01.2015 um 09:44 schrieb WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben(a)t-online.de<mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>>: Sorry all that I missed the call! I came back late after the Frankfurt meeting. Best regards Wolf-Ulrich From: Aikman-Scalese, Anne<mailto:AAikman@lrrlaw.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:16 PM To: 'Lori Schulman'<mailto:lori.schulman@ascd.org> ; Julie Hedlund<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org> ; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'<mailto:Glen@icann.org> Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] RE: NCPH Intersessional 2015 Recordings & Transcripts Many thanks Lori. We will revise the draft letter to GNSO Council in accordance with comments received during today's meeting. Separately, and specifically directed at Avri as Council liaison, staff advised today that certain SCI matters were put "on hold" last week by Council. (Thanks Mary for this info.) Staff also advised that it is part of the function of Council liaison to provide SCI with information as to action taken by Council affecting its work. Amr mentioned that GNSO Council meeting minutes are not available until the next GNSO Council meeting and as such, may not be timely. Thanks everyone who participated in today's call. We will be circulating the redraft of the letter soon. We want to be sure our letter and request for time on the Council's work schedule for Singapore reaches Council in a timely fashion and preferably well before February 1. Anne <image002.gif> Anne E. Aikman-Scalese, Of Counsel Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP | One South Church Avenue Suite 700 | Tucson, Arizona 85701-1611 (T) 520.629.4428 | (F) 520.879.4725 AAikman(a)LRRLaw.com<mailto:AAikman@LRRLaw.com> | www.LRRLaw.com<http://www.lrrlaw.com/> From: owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org<mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org] On Behalf Of Lori Schulman Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:11 PM To: Julie Hedlund; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] NCPH Intersessional 2015 Recordings & Transcripts Dear All, Below is the link for last week's intersessional. I didn't find the joint letter re GNSO review posted separately. https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51416553 Lori Lori S. 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RSVPs for Tomorrow's Call so Far
by Julie Hedlund Jan. 27, 2015

Jan. 27, 2015

Anne, Per the Secretariat here are the RSVPs so far: Confirmed: Registrar Stakeholder Group: Jennifer Standiford, Primary Intellectual Property Constituency: Anne-Aikman Scalese, Primary/Chair Non-Commercial Users Constituency: Amr Elsadr, Primary Apologies: Business Constituency: Ron Andruff, Primary Intellectual Property Constituency: Greg Shatan, Alternate Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group: Avri Doria, Primary Nominating Committee Appointee: Thomas Rickert, Secondary NPOC Constituency, Lori Schulman, Primary/Vice Chair I have included below the full list of members for reference. We have, thus far, heard from 8 of 16 members. We currently have confirmed attendance from 3 of 16, or less than half and only 3 groups. The GNSO Working Group Guidelines do not define a quorum, yet it would seem that we would need more than 3 SCI members. I suggest we wait until early tomorrow morning to see if there are further responses, and perhaps this email will reminder members who have not responded. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Director, SSAC Support Stakeholder Group / Constituency Primary Member Alternate Member Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG)Jennifer Standiford - Jennifer Standiford SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Jennifer+Standiford+SOI> TBD Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG)Ray Fassett - Ray Fassett SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ray+Fassett+SOI> TBD Business Constituency (BC)Ron Andruff (Chair 2014) - Ron Andruff SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ron+Andruff+SOI> Angie Graves - Angie Graves SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Angie+Graves+SOI> ISPs and connectivity providers Constituency (ISPCP)Wolf-Ulrich Knoben - Wolf-Ulrich Knoben SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Wolf-Ulrich+Knoben+SOI> Osvaldo Novoa - Osvaldo Novoa SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Osvaldo+Novoa+SOI> Intellectual Property ConstituencyAnne E. Aikman-Scalese (Chair 2015) - Anne Aikman-Scalese SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Anne+Aikman-Scalese+SOI> Gregory Shatan - Gregory S. Shatan SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Gregory+S.+Shatan+SOI> Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)Avri Doria - Avri Doria SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Avri+Doria+SOI> Stefania Milan - Stefania Milan SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Stefania+Milan+SOI> Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)Amr Elsadr- Amr Elsadr SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Amr+Elsadr+SOI> David Cake - David Cake SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/David+Cake+SOI> Nominating Committee AppointeeJennifer Wolfe - Jennifer Wolfe SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Jennifer+Wolfe+SOI> Thomas Rickert - Thomas Rickert SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Thomas+Rickert+SOI> Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency - NPOC ConstituencyLori Schulman (Vice-Chair 2015) - Lori S. Schulman SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Lori+S.+Schulman+SOI> Cintra Sooknanan (Vice-Chair 2014) - Cintra Sooknanan SOI <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Cintra+Sooknanan+SOI>

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NCPH Intersessional 2015 Recordings & Transcripts
by Lori Schulman Jan. 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015

Dear All, Below is the link for last week's intersessional. I didn't find the joint letter re GNSO review posted separately. https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51416553 Lori Lori S. Schulman * General Counsel 1703 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 P 703-575-5678 * Lori.Schulman(a)ascd.org<mailto:Lori.Schulman@ascd.org> [cid:image001.png@01CC81E2.512C46F0] This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the person(s) to whom it has been sent, and may contain information that is confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, you are not authorized to copy, distribute, or otherwise use this message or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this message and any attachments. ASCD makes no guarantee that this e-mail is error or virus free.

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MP3 recording of the SCI meeting - 20 January 2015
by Terri Agnew Jan. 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015

Dear All, Please find the MP3 recording of the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation meeting held on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 at 20:00 UTC. http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-sci-20jan15-en.mp3 On page: <http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#jan> http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#jan (transcripts and recording are found on the calendar page) Attendees: Ronald Andruff - Commercial and Business Users Constituency - Primary Angie Graves - Commercial and Business Users Constituency - Alternate Greg Shatan - Intellectual Property Constituency( IPC) - Alternate Anne Aikman Scalese - Intellectual Property Constituency( IPC) - Primary- Chair Amr Elsadr - Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Primary Stefania Milan - Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) - Alternate Lori Schulman - Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency - NPOC Constituency- Primary- Vice Chair Apologies: none ICANN Staff: Julie Hedlund Mary Wong Glen de Saint Gery Terri Agnew ** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list ** Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Agnew Adobe Chat Transcript 20 January 2015 Terri Agnew:Dear all, Welcome to the SCI Working Group call on the 20th January 2015 Amr Elsadr:Hi. Apologies about being late. Anne Aikman-Scalese:No problem Amr - glad you are here Angie Graves:Apologies for joining late Mary Wong:Regarding the NCPH letter, I believe it's Tony Holmes that was holding the pen/control. Julie Hedlund:@Mary, yes that is my understanding too. Angie Graves:2015 Amr Elsadr:Lori, A good place to find transcripts for previous meetings is on the GNSO calendar here: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar Amr Elsadr:@Anne: +1 For the past two years, I've never experienced a partisan problem here. Anne Aikman-Scalese:me either Amr and that is just great from my point of view. Lori Schulman:Amr, I just sent the link to the intersessional transcipts, etc. Lori Schulman:https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51416553 Amr Elsadr:Right. Sorry. I joined the call in the middle of the conversation, and thought you were talking about SCI call transcripts. Lori Schulman:No worries. Stefania Milan:can you here me? Amr Elsadr:No. :) Stefania Milan:ok, having problems with the audio of my laptop Terri Agnew:@Stefania, we are unable to hear you. Private chat me if you would liek a dial out on telephone Stefania Milan:i think i am on, the mic icon turned green Terri Agnew:@Stefania, you mic is active Amr Elsadr:Mary was the NCUC primary when I first joined this committee as the NCUC alternate. :) Ron A:Thank you Anne. Amr Elsadr:Will miss you here Ron. Mary Wong:Congrats to Ron and thanks for your leadership - yay for the NomCom Chair-Elect! Ron A:Too many hearts and flowers... ;o) Thanks all! Mary Wong:Don't be a stranger now!!! Ron A:;o) Mary Wong:@Amr, yup, I've been here with the SIC a LONG time :) Amr Elsadr:The SIC is another committee, Mary. ;-) Greg Shatan:Mary, are you SIC of SCI? Mary Wong:Ack! Just saw that Freudian slip - been thinking about the GNSO Review!!! Mary Wong:@Greg, no comment, hahah Amr Elsadr::-D Lori Schulman:+1 Thank you to Ron. He made me feel so welcomed. Amr Elsadr:Isn't this language from the SCI charter? Mary Wong:@Amr, yes - the one last approved by the GNSO Council in Oct 2013 Greg Shatan:Mary, that was very "staff-y" of you... :-) Julie Hedlund:@Angie: Here is the work completed by the SCI thus far from the wiki: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49350790. Ron A:@ Juliw: I'm getting page not found. Greg Shatan:You will need to remove the period at the very end, or else you will get page not found. Ron A:Thanks Greg. Greg Shatan:Pretty good for a "policy guy".... :-) Angie Graves:Thank you, Julie! Mary Wong:@Greg, I'm still learning how to be staffy ... rather than professory or ex-Councilory :) Amr Elsadr:I always interpreted the periodic review to be a review of the GNSO operating procedures, meaning that we can recommend SCI projects to the GNSO council and don't need to wait for the council to ask us to pick something up. Mary Wong:@Amr, yes, to a point - in that the Council will decide whether to act, and if so, whether it should be an SCI project or some other group Ron A:That is my understanding as well, Anne. Lori Schulman:Mary - you are staffy because you are professory or excouncilery -- not sure how you would separate good traits. :0 Mary Wong:@Lori, awww thanks Julie Hedlund:All -- I have unsynced the letter so you can move it in your Adobe Connect room. Mary Wong:FWIW the charter tries to find the balance between the GNSO Council always "controlling" what the SCI does, and the SCI going off on a "frolic of its own" on projects Lori Schulman:Yes, I would imagine that SCI would need some latitude to address issues that it identifies Lori Schulman:but not serve as the procedure police Mary Wong:@Lori, yep, exactly Amr Elsadr:@Lori: Policing the procedures is technically the council's job. :) Lori Schulman:I lost audio Terri Agnew:@Anne , we are no longer hearing you Lori Schulman:Call in is dead Lori Schulman:now the sound is back Amr Elsadr:I am in favor of the first two suggestions. Julie Hedlund:Anne was giving people time to read the letter -- so there was a pause. Lori Schulman:LOL. Didn't even hear breathing. Amr Elsadr:The action items including the two regarding the SCI are posted here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items Julie Hedlund:@Anne: See items 5 and 6 in the link above. Note that the items are on hold. These are not motions that the Council has acted on, as Mary notes. Julie Hedlund:@Anne: These are posted online. I'll send the link. Greg Shatan:I believe Avri is in Frankfurt or on the way back. Amr Elsadr:The minutes of GNSO council meetings are not prepared quick enough to be too useful as a method of notification. I would agree with Mary that it is easier to have the liaison notify the SCI of updates. Julie Hedlund:Also, one can follow the transcripts on the GNSO calendar Julie Hedlund:Usually they are posted prior to the next Council meeting. Julie Hedlund:It may be simplest for the liaison to simply alert the SCI when the minutes are posted. Julie Hedlund:Or for members to check the schedule periodially. Anne Aikman-Scalese:@Julie - please support the group by sending the minutes when available. We should not ask Avri to do this given her schdule. Ron A:I agree that the Liaison would be best positioned to pass the minutes along. Mary Wong:@Anne, it's not that we don't want to do this; we do support a good many WGs, CWGs and committees and so we try to be consistent in our support approach to all. Julie Hedlund:@Anne, I will echo Mary. It is not that we do not want to do this, but it a matter of resources that all staff and managers would need to consider. Ron A:+1 Amr - transcripts/recordings are much quicker Anne Aikman-Scalese:Shall we add at the beginning of the third paragraph "SCI understands that GNSO Council has put two specific previous topics suggested for SCI work on hold pending receipt of the results of the GNSO Review". Nonetheless, this review may be available in Singapore and various possibilities for the 2015 SCI work plan include:" Amr Elsadr:Agree with Greg on all counts. Amr Elsadr:I would, as Greg suggested, postpone the review of the consensus levels after the GNSO review is done. I believe this is what we had planned at the time this came up. Ron A:Agree with revisions and plan Anne. Lori Schulman:I agree to the plan Mary Wong:Please let staff check on our availability before scheduling a meeting next week? Stefania Milan:Anne, I agree as well Amr Elsadr:We can do it on-list. Ron A:on list works for me Lori Schulman:I think the list is fine. Stefania Milan:on-list would work for me too Ron A:Well done Anne! Amr Elsadr:@Ron: +1 :) Amr Elsadr:Thanks all. Bye. Lori Schulman:Thank you. Lori Schulman:Happy First Meeting/. Stefania Milan:bye and thanks! Julie Hedlund:Thanks everyone! Angie Graves:Thanks! Mary Wong:Thanks, Anne and all! Anne Aikman-Scalese:Thank you everyone!

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20 January Meeting Agenda and Draft SCI Letter to the GNSO Council
by Julie Hedlund Jan. 17, 2015

Jan. 17, 2015

Dear SCI members, Please see the agenda below from Anne and Lori for the SCI meeting on 20 January. In addition, please review the attached draft letter, which will be discussed during the meeting. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director 20 January SCI Meeting Agenda 1. Roll Call/SOI Updates 2. Each member to summarize briefly his/her reasons for being involved with SCI 3. Discussion of ³Immediate Review² and ³Periodic Review² as contained in SCI Charter 4. Discussion of draft letter to GNSO Council regarding 2015 work plan 5. AOB 6. Scheduling of next meeting (none in Singapore Avri to brief GNSO Council) 7. Adjournment

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Fwd: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group
by Amr Elsadr Jan. 7, 2015

Jan. 7, 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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