On behalf of Sub Team A — Sara Bockey, Angie Graves, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, and Lawrence Olawale-Roberts, and Rudi Vansnick — I hereby transmit below a Report to the SCI for discussion at the next SCI meeting in Marrakech on Saturday, 05 March at 0800-0900 UTC/Casablanca. For remote access see: https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/sat-gnso-sci. Note that the virtual meeting room is different from our usual Adobe Connect room.

Sub Team A Report to the SCI on Current Practice in Relation to Motions

Recommendations:

ISSUE 1: Must every motion be seconded?

AGREED: Every motion must be seconded before a vote.

ACTION: UPDATE THE PROCESS AND FLOW CHART ACCORDINGLY (in red below and attached):

5. If a GNSO Council member (other than the proposer) seconds the motion the GNSO Council Chair calls for its discussion or a vote.

ISSUE 2: Must the seconder be not just a different Councilor but also a Councilor from a different Stakeholder Group/Constituency?

AGREED: Do not include a requirement that the seconder should be from a different stakeholder group or constituency.

ACTION: NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT PROCESS.

ISSUE 3: Should there be a deadline for motions to be seconded?

AGREED: A motion should be seconded prior to discussion.

ATION: UPDATE THE PROCESS AND FLOW CHART ACCORDINGLY (in red below and attached):

4. The motion can be discussed up to the Council meeting, but discussion and voting on the motion at the Council meeting cannot proceed without a second.

ISSUE 4: Should there be a time limit /deadline for submitting amendments, to allow each SG/C adequate time to discuss them rather than have the Council deal with what could potentially be substantively new subject matter "on the fly" during a Council meeting? When should a motion be deferred in certain circumstances, e.g. "competing" amendments?

AGREED: Do not require a deadline for submission of amendments prior to, or during, discussion of a motion.

ACTION: NO CHANGE TO CURRENT PROCESS.