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!