Dear SCI members, As of the deadline of Tuesday 15 December, 23:59 UTC the following nominations were received: SCI Chair: Anne-Aikman Scalese from the IPC nominated Rudi Vansnick. Rudi accepted the nomination. Angie Graves from the Business Constituency and Wolf-Ulrich Knoben from the ICPCP indicated their support for the nomination. SCI Vice-Chair: Rudi Vansnick nominated Anne-Aikman Scalese. Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director From: <owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> on behalf of Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:51 AM To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Re: Deadlines and action items from the SCI call today

Dear all,

Just a gentle reminder of the action items from the last SCI call, especially the deadline of TODAY (Tuesday 15 December, 23:59 UTC) to submit nominations for either the Chair or Vice-Chair position for next year.

We note also that Amr and Wolf-Ulrich have volunteered for Sub Team A, and that Sara, Amr and Wolf-Ulrich have volunteered for Sub Team B. Please consider volunteering for one of these teams if you haven¹t already ­ staff will be in touch to schedule the first call for each team early in the New Year.

Please also continue to confirm ­ or update ­ your SG/C¹s membership if you haven¹t done so already ­ thanks to all who have!

Cheers Mary

Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: mary.wong@icann.org Telephone: +1-603-5744889

From: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 15:47 To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org> Subject: Deadlines and action items from the SCI call today

Dear SCI members,

Please note the action items below, some of which call for immediate action, especially for those members who were not able to attend the call held earlier today. There are some important deadlines to meet, so please respond to this list at your earliest convenience.

(For easier review, I¹ve listed the items according to timeline/urgency rather than the order of the agenda for today¹s call.)

(1) SCI Chair and Vice-Chair Nomination/Election for 2016:

All nominations (whether by another SCI member or self-nominated) must be sent to this list no later than 23:59 UTC on Tuesday 15 December 2015. Please note that, in accordance with the SCI Charter, if there is more than one candidate for each position, an election lasting one week will be held. Please note also that only primary members can run and vote.

Therefore, for those SG/Cs who are in the midst of changing their SCI members ­ please submit at least the name of your new primary representative by the same deadline, in case a vote is held.

(2) Sub Teams for the Two Work Items Requested by the GNSO Council:

Two sub-teams will be formed. Sub Team A will consider the next step in in relation to the Council practice for proposing, seconding and amending motions, while Sub Team B will take on the newest request relating to the GNSO Council Chair and Vice-Chair elections.

While all are welcome to join either or both teams, the SCI members present today agreed that former and present Councilors would be particularly welcome on Sub Team A. Details of both Council requests can be found here: https://community.icann.org/x/hgjxAg.

Agreed timeline ­ Sub Teams to be formed by end-December. Each Sub Team is expected to begin its work in January, with a first preliminary report to be provided at the next SCI meeting, to be scheduled for February. Please therefore indicate which Sub Team, if any, you would like to volunteer for by the end of this month.

(3) Confirming SCI Membership:

All SG/Cs that have not yet responded to either confirm existing or name new members are kindly requested to do so as soon as possible. Please refer to this link for the list of current members: https://community.icann.org/x/MYHg.

Staff will reach out to all the current NomCom appointees on the GNSO Council to confirm which of them will be the new primary and which the new alternate member to the SCI.

Thank you all for your kind attention to these deadlines and matters.

Cheers Mary

Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: mary.wong@icann.org Telephone: +1-603-5744889