Personally my first reaction would be: we should handle it practically and with flexibility. Don't start amending the rules unless it is imperative.

Flexibility could mean that the SCI

- for a certain period of time (eg 1 year) monitors how many issues are raised by individuals/groups not covered by the charter. In case it exceeds a certain volume of requests (depending on the workload) the SCI may strictly return to the rules as written and not accept further requests from outside

- for the a.m. period of time the SCI may discuss all issues raised and make recommendations/suggestions re the issues in scope

- re Evan's SOI related issue I recall - if I'm right - that he was questioning the sense of some of the points asked for in the SOI. I think we should first find out whether his issue was more ALAC specific than relevant to the GNSO

What do others mean?

Under AOB, you might also want to cover the update to the GNSO Council which is scheduled for Prague. In addition to getting clarification on who should be responsible for putting out SCI recommendations for public comments (also of relevance in relation to the item on consensus items), there is also this issue with regard to who may raise issues with the SCI. As you may recall, Evan Leibovitch raised a suggestion with regard to the SOI. There may be other questions / suggestions that individuals may make in the future relating to GNSO Improvements topics. However, the SCI charter says 'requests can be made by either the GNSO Council or a group chartered by the GNSO Council'. Should individual requests be directed to the GNSO Council for referral, or should there be another mechanism? It might be good to get clarification on this as well so it can be made clear to those that have proposals / questions.

From: "KnobenW@telekom.de" <KnobenW@telekom.de>
To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org>
Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI meeting agenda

All:

this is the suggested agenda for the SCI call on Monday June 18, 13:00 UTC:

- Roll call

- Statement of Interests

- Approval of the agenda

- Background information (and suggested solutions) on

- Deferral of Motions

- Proxy Voting Procedure

- Voting Thresholds for Delaying a PDP

- Consensus items: GNSO Council Voting Results Table, Consent Agenda

- AOB: next meeting, F2F in Prague?

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich