Dear Anne, No work will go to waste.  For the benenfit of those new to the SCI,  to kick off the Charter revision a small sub-group was formed to bring some revisions to the larger group.  Then there came the question from another member who had recently joined, if we should be 'sunsetting' the SCI, or if it was indeed an open-ended standing committee. That series of events has brought us to here, where the GNSO Council now has to make the determination as to which body should do the Charter revision work.   As Vice Chair of the Council,  Wolf-Ulrich has signaled that this is work that Council would rather not take on BUT that is their decision as the chartering organization. In a few days we will know more. I hope that this helps put this discussion into context for all. Kind regards, RA Ron Andruff www.lifedotsport.com  -------- Original message -------- From: "Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <AAikman@lrrlaw.com> Date: 09/04/2013 00:27 (GMT+01:00) To: 'Ron Andruff' <randruff@rnapartners.com> Cc: 'WUKnoben' <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>,gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org Subject: RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] RE: Revised Letter to GNSO Council Chair Thanks Ron.  I had no idea there was an issue in play as to whether or not we submit a new draft Charter  to the GNSO.  This seems like a change in approach since we had in fact commissioned the smaller sub-team to revise the Charter some months ago.  Now I  think you are saying we need to ask the GNSO whether they want to do the work themselves.  I don’t have a strong opinion on this except to say that work was done by the sub-group and that work goes to waste if not shared.  Anne   From: Ron Andruff [mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 12:51 AM To: Aikman-Scalese, Anne Cc: 'WUKnoben'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org Subject: RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] RE: Revised Letter to GNSO Council Chair   Anne,   I understand your concern, but it is clear that the Council supports our desire to have a new Charter, and Wolf-Ulrich (as V Chair of Council) notes that they do not wish to take on the work, but the GNSO Council is our chartering organization so I feel that it is their choice as to how we proceed.  I expect that we will know that direction following their meeting this week.  In any case, should the Council choose to do this work on their side, we have enough work to do in the meantime.   Kind regards,   RA   Ron Andruff RNA Partners www.rnapartners.com   From: owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org] On Behalf Of Aikman-Scalese, Anne Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 14:19 To: 'Ron Andruff'; 'Nuno Garcia' Cc: 'WUKnoben'; 'Jen Wolfe'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] RE: Revised Letter to GNSO Council Chair   Ron, the letter seems good except that it appears to me SCI can work on the Charter revisions, which are almost done as I understand it, without waiting for the GNSO to determine where it stands on the full consensus issue.  The last paragraph seems to imply that SCI will wait to do this work until after GNSO advises the appropriate level of consensus for SCI.  I personally do not see why we would wait on this. We can leave this section open in the revised Charter.  I would expect discussion beyond the upcoming Council meeting on the consensus issue and I am loathe to stop our Charter revision work when it is clear that GNSO wants SCI to continue and there is no dispute on this point.   Thank you, Anne   Anne E. Aikman-Scalese Of Counsel Lewis and Roca LLP • Suite 700 One South Church Avenue • Tucson, Arizona 85701-1611 Map to Parking Garage Tel (520) 629-4428 • Fax (520) 879-4725 AAikman@LRLaw.com • www.LewisandRoca.com/Aikman   P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.   From: Ron Andruff [mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:02 AM To: 'Nuno Garcia'; Aikman-Scalese, Anne Cc: 'WUKnoben'; 'Jen Wolfe'; gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org Subject: RE: Revised Letter to GNSO Council Chair   Dear all,   Welcome Nuno, and thank you for your comments on this thread.    I, too, feel that providing more background to the Council would serve both them and the SCI, and have thus drafted a revised letter to Jonathan, which I have attached and pasted below for your review.  I have taken into account both Anne and Jennifer’s comments and hopefully captured that which they, and Wolf-Ulrich, are looking for.  Recognizing time is short, I welcome your soonest comments/amendments.   Thank you in advance for your soonest response.   Kind regards,   RA   Subject: SCI Charter Revision   Dear Jonathan,   I understand that the GNSO Council will be discussing the SCI Charter revisions on its next call scheduled for September 5th, 2013.  At its meeting on August 6th, 2013, the SCI members discussed the outcomes from the GNSO Sessions in Durban on this matter and decided that it would be helpful to more formally seek guidance from the Council with respect to the next steps