February 2015 - Gnso-improvem-impl-sc

FW: Request to the SCI - Vote switching
by Aikman-Scalese, Anne Feb. 27, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015

Dear SCI members, Below is a written request to SCI from a member of the Business Constituency Charter Review Team. I am wondering whether this request must come officially from the BC in order to be considered by SCI. Separately, in the Singapore meeting, after delivery of the SCI report, Avri volunteered to draft a template for GNSO requests to SCI and to prepare drafts for Council of the two “immediate issue” requests mentioned in the SCI report, that is (1) friendly amendments to motions and (2) whether or not resubmitted motions are eligible for waiver of the ten day advance notice for motions. I understand that Avri will be reviewing draft language for these requests with the Council. It may make sense for us to see a draft and provide some comments, but that is up to Avri. So the questions for staff are: 1. Do I need to tell Martin Sutton (see note below) that the request must be submitted by the BC itself? 2. Where do the “friendly amendment” and “applicability of 10 day waiver to resubmitted motions” action items from the GNSO Council meeting in Singapore stand at this time? Thank you, Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D051C9.7FCF9010] 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: martinsutton(a)hsbc.com [mailto:martinsutton@hsbc.com] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:30 PM To: Aikman-Scalese, Anne Subject: Request to the SCI - Vote switching Dear Anne, I am a member of the Business Constituency and currently working with the BC Charter Review team. During our recent discussions, we identified a potential issue that may affect GNSO Stakeholder Groups (SGs) and Constituencies (Cs) which may warrant the attention of the SCI, which I understand you currently chair. With the introduction of New gTLDs, an increasing number of organisations now meet the criteria of membership within multiple groups, even across the contracting and non-contracting parties divide. The point in question is in relation to the ability for a member of multiple SGs and Cs to regularly switch their voting rights between these groups in a tactical manner, so as to apply votes for elections/decisions where they may have concerns with lack of representation within a specific group, at a specific time. Whilst they may only vote in one of the SGs or Cs, there is no restriction as to when and how frequently they may switch their voting power between these groups. This could be too flexible and potentially allow the system to be exploited. I am pleased to say that there is no evidence that this is occurring but as new members continue to increase, it seems sensible to consider preventative measures be put in place to protect the GNSO for the future. As an example, a multi-member organisation could be obliged to commit holding it's voting rights within one group for a minimum term of 12 months before switching to another group. Of course, this would need to be uniform across all of the SGs and Cs, hence, we think it is appropriate to raise this issue with the SCI for consideration. I would be happy to discuss further and interested to know if you feel this would be appropriate and worthwhile for the SCI to assess. 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GNSO Review - Westlake Slides from Singapore Session
by Aikman-Scalese, Anne Feb. 11, 2015

Feb. 11, 2015

Dear SCI Members, Attached for your information please see the slides just presented by Westlake at ICANN 52 in the GNSO Review working party session in Singapore. Best regards, Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D04576.9C39B730] 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/> ________________________________ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If the reader of this message or an attachment is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message or attachment to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender. The information transmitted in this message and any attachments may be privileged, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the intended recipients, and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §2510-2521.

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FW: SCI Report to the GNSO Singapore February 2015 PowerPoint.PPTX
by Aikman-Scalese, Anne Feb. 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015

Dear SCI members, Staff made some formatting changes to the SCI slides. I added a picture on the front page since I will not be in the room in Singapore. Attached is the final version - no change from the previous version sent to you except format and picture. Hope you have a wonderful ICANN 52! Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D04169.6AF3D2C0] 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/> 8 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. If the reader of this message or an attachment is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message or attachment to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender. The information transmitted in this message and any attachments may be privileged, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the intended recipients, and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §2510-2521.

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SCI Chair's Report to Council
by Aikman-Scalese, Anne Feb. 6, 2015

Feb. 6, 2015

Dear SCI members, please provide your informal responses to the two questions below by 20:00 UTC on Thursday February 4. Lori and I are finalizing the Chair's report to Council. Staff has prepared some draft slides for this purpose and we will be making minor edits. For purposes of completing these edits, it would be helpful for each member to weigh in on the two questions below. (Please note this is an informal inquiry - not a formal Consensus Call since these topics do not involve a formal SCI recommendation to Council.) 1. In connection with the question of establishing a procedure for friendly amendments in the Council Operating Procedures, should SCI undertake this work? 2. In connection with the question of considering the application of the 10 day waiver rule to resubmission of motions in the Operating Procedures, should SCI undertake this work? With respect to Question 1, I have not heard any disagreement or objection in the January 20 call or on the list, but Mary Wong is very concerned that only three people have provided comment and feels it is quite important for SCI to have the results of a "straw poll" on the topic of friendly amendments. With respect to Topic 2, I understand that both Greg and Amr believe this topic should be addressed, but Avri does not. Again, there is concern that comment from three SCI members is incomplete. Regarding other topics discussed in the January call and on the list since that time, I believe it is clear that those topics come under the "periodic review" element in our Charter and require at a minimum (1) Review and discussion of the Westlake Report and (2) formulation of a proposed plan under the SCI's "periodic review" responsibilities as to which we will need formal consensus for the purpose of making a recommendation to Council. I would like to suggest that SCI work toward adopting such a "periodic review" recommendation under its Charter in time for the Buenos Aires meeting but realize that others may have different thoughts. This can be explored further in future calls. Thank you, Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D03F6D.6B431D10] 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: Aikman-Scalese, Anne Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:07 AM To: 'Julie Hedlund'; 'Avri Doria'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org Cc: Glen de Saint Géry Subject: RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Jonathan Robinson Thanks Julie. I will work with Lori on this as we hear further thoughts on the list. Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D03F6D.6B431D10] 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: Julie Hedlund [mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 9:17 AM To: Aikman-Scalese, Anne; 'Avri Doria'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> Cc: Glen de Saint Géry Subject: Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Jonathan Robinson Anne, I can assist by preparing a couple of slides. I can look back at your message, but ideally the slides should just have very brief bullet points. If you and Lori have some brief points that you would like to send me separately in an email I can incorporate these into slides in the template we are using for Singapore presentations. Best regards, Julie From: <Aikman-Scalese>, Anne <AAikman(a)lrrlaw.com<mailto:AAikman@lrrlaw.com>> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:01 AM To: 'Avri Doria' <avri(a)acm.org<mailto:avri@acm.org>>, "gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org>" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org>> Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org<mailto:Glen@icann.org>> Subject: RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Jonathan Robinson Hi Avri, Lori and I will schedule the SCI Chair's Report for the first ten minutes of the time with Council. (Lori, I will come to you off list regarding this.) Thanks to staff for pointing out that the SCI Chair must report at each ICANN public meeting. Many thanks Avri for your thorough and sincere explanation of your thinking on the best SCI working method. This deserves further discussion as to our working process in the next SCI call. I honestly don't think there were any inconsistent positions taken and again the mp3 may assist on that point. Have you had time to listen to it or to read the transcript? Regarding the remainder of your observations, I will come back later today with some further thoughts for discussion on the points you have made. Have a great day in all respects and thank you for your active contributions to the list. Anne ________________________________ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If the reader of this message or an attachment is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message or attachment to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender. 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CWG-IANA Update: Discussion Document for ICANN52 Singapore
by Aikman-Scalese, Anne Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

Dear SCI Members, We may all want to be aware of the work of the CWG-IANA on Stewardship of Naming Related functions. The attached document outlines 4 proposals currently under discussion. These include a proposal with a Trust outside of ICANN holding IANA operation rights, a proposal with ICANN holding IANA operation rights in trust, and a proposal where ICANN's bylaws have been sufficiently amended to provide necessary accountability measures to the community. The timeline for this CWG work has also been revised and is attached. Safe travels to Singapore for those who are traveling! Anne [cid:image001.gif@01D0414E.462BBB30] 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/> ________________________________ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If the reader of this message or an attachment is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message or attachment to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender. The information transmitted in this message and any attachments may be privileged, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the intended recipients, and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §2510-2521.

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Travel Delay
by Amr Elsadr Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

Hi, My flight leaving from Tromsø was postponed several times today, then cancelled altogether. I’ve been in touch with BCD Travel, and I should have a new ticket issued soon, but I was told that I wouldn’t be able to make it to Singapore until Saturday evening. I guess I’ll miss the Saturday sessions. I’m not too happy about it, but there doesn’t seem to be much that can be done at this time. Just thought I should let you all know. Hope all of your flights are safe and comfy. Thanks. Amr

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