Dear SSC members,

Below are responses from James Bladel to questions raised during the second half of our call yesterday:

• Are we sure there will not be conflicting time commitments for the Chair during ICANN meetings if the Chair also serves as EC Admin rep? Will ICANN always provide non-conflicted slots for meetings that EC Admin reps need to attend?  
  
  

JMB – Not any more or less concerned about ECA conflicts than any other type of competing session schedules that we typically see at ICANN meetings.  I believe the Community Forum, if needed, provides sufficient notice for the Chair to avoid conflicts.

• What provisions (if any) exist under the current, temporary EC Admin rep arrangement in the case that an alternate is needed? 
  
  JMB—None that I’m aware of.  As the Interim Rep, I presume a motion from Council could transfer this Interim role to one of the Vice Chairs, another Councilor, or anyone within the GNSO.  And as said on the call, I think tying the role to the Chair, Vice Chair or Councilor does solve a number of other problems, like term limits, rotation, travel support, etc., as these procedures would already be in place for those roles.

James also provided the page that was recently created by Staff regarding the ECA, which he had referenced in the meeting: https://www.icann.org/ec[icann.org]

Kind regards,

Emily

Emily Barabas | Policy Specialist

ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Email: emily.barabas@icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976