Dear SSC members, Please find below notes and action items from today’s call on 17 September 2020 at 14:00 UTC. These also are posted to the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/2020-09-17+GNSO+Standing+Selection+.... Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director Action Items: 17 September: Send the actions and notes from this meeting. 17 September: Send the Consensus Call on the list ending Monday, 21 September at 23:59 UTC. 21 September: Draft the motion for consideration by the Chair and Vice Chair. 22 September (pending approval by the Chair and Vice Chair): Post the motion to the GNSO Council list no later than the document and motion deadline of Sunday, 11 October, but ideally as soon as possible if full consensus is reached, for consideration at the Council meeting on 21 October during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) Notes: 1. SOI Updates: No updates provided. 2. Review of Survey Results Summary – GNSO Liaison to the GAC -- Overall results summary was positive. -- Weighted rankings were high. -- Comments were positive. 3. Discussion of candidate: -- Staff noted that all SSC members and the Ex-Officio member were in attendance at this meeting. -- SSC members agreed that because the evaluation results were so positive they should focus on whether there were any concerns. -- One SSC member asked if there were any concerns about the candidate being both in the role of GNSO Liaison to the GAC and Co-Chair of the SubPro PDP WG at the same time. SSC members expressed no concerns and several said they saw the dual role as positive. They noted that the candidate has been helpful in encouraging GAC input and participation on the SubPro PDP WG. -- Several SSC members discussed whether the candidate could balance his two roles and also be neutral, but they agreed strongly that he has shown as Co-Chair of the SubPro WG that he can be neutral. -- One SSC member noted that the candidate has demonstrated good support and recognition of minority positions and hearing them out, and taken time to incorporate them into the greater dialog. -- One SSC member noted that sometimes the role seems to function more in one direction or the other, i.e., sometimes GNSO => GAC and sometimes GAC => GNSO. But staff noted that the role was originally created as the GNSO Liaison to the GAC and that is still its primary function. -- SSC members also agreed that the candidate would understand that he is representing the GNSO on the GAC. -- Several SSC members emphasized that they thought the candidate was very well qualified. -- One member noted that the candidate took time as Co-Chair of the SubPro PDP WG to balance all of the different concerns over the last couple of years, particularly on the geonames TLDs. -- One SSC member asked whether there was any formal guidance that they would like the GNSO Council to give to the candidate. Another member responded that it would be helpful, if he had the time, for Julf to provide some informal guidance on issues that he had come across that he might foresee as being stumbling blocks or even positives. -- Julf agreed that there would need to be a proper handover, which is in line with the process for transitioning the liaison. -- Some SSC members wondered if the candidate could be informally notified of the results of the SSC’s evaluation. Staff noted that the SSC email distribution list is publicly archived and viewable, and the recording of the meeting also is posted to the publicly accessible wiki. Staff also noted that the GNSO Council email archives also are public, so the candidate could see the motion once it is delivered to the Council. 4. Next steps to complete selection process -- Staff reported on the following next steps to complete the selection process: 17 September: Send the actions and notes from this meeting; 17 September: Send the Consensus Call on the list ending Monday, 21 September at 23:59 UTC. 21 September: Draft the motion for consideration by the Chair and Vice Chair. 22 September (pending approval by the Chair and Vice Chair): Post the motion to the GNSO Council list no later than the document and motion deadline of Sunday, 11 October, but ideally as soon as possible if full consensus is reached, for consideration at the Council meeting on 21 October during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) -- Some SSC members noted that the GNSO Council is meeting next week on 24 September and asked whether the motion could be sent to the Council immediately following the end of the Consensus Call. -- Staff noted that the document and motion deadline for the 24 September meeting was on 14 September and there was no flexibility to submit a motion after the deadline. -- Some SSC members expressed concern at missing the deadline for Council consideration at the meeting on 24 September. -- Staff noted that the GNSO Liaison to the GAC serves through to the end of the AGM and the new liaison does not take up the position until after the AGM, so the SSC is not delayed in making its selection. On the contrary, it was always envisioned that the SSC would present its selection for the GNSO Council to consider at the AGM. It was not expected that there would be only one candidate who would also be strongly qualified such that the SSC could complete its selection process so efficiently. -- Staff did take the action to deliver the motion to the Council as early as possible following the end of the Consensus Call, assuming that full Consensus was achieved. 5. AOB: None