Some thoughts re the waiver rule since I’ll be not participating the call:
 
1. I think the 1st sentence of the last para in 3.3.2 is confusing with the wording “...for the next Council meeting...”. Here the meeting is meant where the vote under 3.3.2 c is taken. So I feel more comfortable to remove the word “next”.
 
2. The text proposed in brackets theoretically opens a circle to repeatedly resubmit a motion the first time since according to the conditions under 4.3.3 only the explanation is to be submitted 10 days in advance. If this is achieved any late (re)submission of the motion is not to be considered as resubmission. This doesn’t make sense to me.
 
3. I’m not against waivering the 10 day rule. But I wonder whether it’s really needed to be formalized in the case of resubmission. Since in every case a former motion shall be tha basis for a resubmission I really can’t see it happen that the 10 day rule can’t be met. So my suggestion is to recommend:
a) not to amend the rules (besides removing the “next”, see above)
b) for the first ever contentious case on council to grant the waiver
c) if b) happens put it on the SCI agenda again to find a final solution

Nice meeting and best regards

Wolf-Ulrich

 
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:48 PM
Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI meeting agenda Thursday 23 July 18:00 UTC
 
Dear SCI members,
 
Our next call scheduled for Thursday 23 July at 18:00 UTC would focus on 2 items based on the discussions we already had in Buenos Aires :
 
1. application of the 10-day waiver rule to resubmitted motions;
2. GNSO Operating Procedures with regard to friendly amendments to motions.
 
When reading through transcripts of previous calls (and especially the one from our BA meeting), the language we need to validate is the one between the brackets as is shown below. If we consider this is not the case, I would like to get clearance on this during our call tomorrow.
"If these requirements are not met, the motion shall not be considered submitted for the next Council meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if the motion is proposed again for a subsequent Council meeting, it shall not be considered a resubmitted motion under the rules for Resubmission of a Motion in these Operating Procedures. [Resubmitted motions made pursuant to Section 4.3.3 of these Operating Procedures after the Submission Deadline must meet these requirements in addition to those detailed in Section 4.3.3 in order to be eligible for consideration by the GNSO Council under this Section 3.3.2.]"
 
If I’m not wrong we had two proposals : waiving the 10 day rule or NOT waiving the 10 day rule. Maybe this is a bit to simple, but as far as I could distinct from the discussions in BA this is the point we had not reached consensus. So perhaps we could start the discussion tomorrow on this level.
 
Of course, open to any other proposal, and looking forward to our meeting tomorrow.

Kind regards,
 
Rudi Vansnick
Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC)
 
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