Hi Lori, Thanks for the question. At the time that the SSC charter was originally drafted, it was anticipated that Council might delegate the selection of the GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration to the SSC on a regular basis, but it has since become standard practice for a member of Council leadership to serve in this role. Members of the Council leadership team work together to determine which of them is best positioned to serve. Council then passes a resolution confirming this individual. The proposed update to the charter text does not suggest removing any responsibilities from the SSC, but is rather revising the language to reflect examples of current assignments it regularly receives. Council is always free to assign new selection processes to the SSC, regardless of whether they are included in the list of examples in the charter. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Emily From: Lori Schulman <lschulman@inta.org> Date: Tuesday, 5 April 2022 at 16:49 To: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org>, Brian Winterfeldt <Brian@Winterfeldt.law>, "'gnso-ssc@icann.org'" <gnso-ssc@icann.org> Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <glen@winterfeldt.law>, "IPC-Leadership@icann.org" <ipc-leadership@icann.org> Subject: RE: [Ext] Deadline Tomorrow (5 April) - Review of the SSC Charter Thank you for copying me on this correspondence. I have a question – why has it been proposed that the SSC should not choose the representative to the Empowered Community? Is it now a given that it will be the GNSO chair? With kind regards, Lori S. Schulman Senior Director, Internet Policy International Trademark Association (INTA) +1-202-704-0408, Skype: LSSchulman lschulman@inta.org<mailto:lschulman@inta.org>, www.inta.org<blocked::http://www.inta.org> From: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 10:22 AM To: Brian Winterfeldt <Brian@Winterfeldt.law>; 'gnso-ssc@icann.org' <gnso-ssc@icann.org> Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <glen@winterfeldt.law>; Lori Schulman <lschulman@inta.org> Subject: Re: [Ext] Deadline Tomorrow (5 April) - Review of the SSC Charter Thanks very much for letting us know, Brian. Kind regards, Emily From: Brian Winterfeldt <Brian@Winterfeldt.law<mailto:Brian@Winterfeldt.law>> Date: Tuesday, 5 April 2022 at 15:21 To: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org<mailto:emily.barabas@icann.org>>, "'gnso-ssc@icann.org'" <gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <glen@winterfeldt.law<mailto:glen@winterfeldt.law>> Subject: [Ext] Deadline Tomorrow (5 April) - Review of the SSC Charter Dear Emily and SSC Members, Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6 as I have to attend an urgent client matter. I have read through the charter and agree with all the comments that have been made as well as Emily’s proposed wording for the role of the chair. Glen de Saint Gery, the IPC alternate member will be attending in my place. Wishing you all a productive meeting. 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Winterfeldt Principal Winterfeldt IP Group, PLLC brian@winterfeldt.law<mailto:brian@winterfeldt.law> +1 202 903 4422 From: Gnso-ssc [mailto:gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Emily Barabas via Gnso-ssc Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 2:48 AM To: gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org> Subject: [Gnso-ssc] Deadline Tomorrow (5 April) - Review of the SSC Charter Importance: High Dear SSC members, Please make sure to include your comments on potential SSC charter revisions here [nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?u...> by end of day tomorrow. Kind regards, Julie and Emily From: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org<mailto:emily.barabas@icann.org>> Date: Tuesday, 29 March 2022 at 14:14 To: "gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Subject: Reminder: Deadline 5 April - Review of the SSC Charter Dear SSC members, As a reminder, please review the SSC the charter and add comments/suggestions [docs.google.com] [nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?u...> by Tuesday 5 April noting any items you think need to be revisited or revised. Please feel free to reply on list with any questions. Kind regards, Julie and Emily From: Arinola Akinyemi <jolakin69@gmail.com<mailto:jolakin69@gmail.com>> Date: Wednesday, 23 March 2022 at 06:48 To: "gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Cc: Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet@gmail.com<mailto:compsoftnet@gmail.com>>, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com<mailto:mesumbeslin@gmail.com>>, Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org<mailto:emily.barabas@icann.org>>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [Ext] Re: FW: [Gnso-ssc] Review of the SSC Charter Dear SSC members, Now that we have approval from Council to move forward with the charter review, here are the suggested next steps: * SSC members take two weeks to individually read through the charter and add comments/suggestions [docs.google.com] [nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?u...> on any items they think need to be revisited or revised (deadline for input: 5 April). * Staff circulates a doodle to schedule an SSC call for the week following the deadline (between 6 and 13 April). * During the call, SSC discusses inputs from SSC members. * Staff incorporates proposed edits based on this discussion. * SSC reviews and approves edits by the mailing list, or in another meeting if additional discussion is needed. * SSC submits proposed updates to the charter to Council. If you have any concerns, feel free to respond on list. In addition, please keep an eye out for a doodle poll from staff. Kind regards, Arinola Akinyemi(Ms) CEO, DigiSphere Limited &Omar Ventures Limited Founder, DigiSphere Center for Digital Creativity(DCDC) From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Tomslin Samme-Nlar via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Reply to: Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com<mailto:mesumbeslin@gmail.com>> Date: Monday, 21 March 2022 at 13:21 To: "gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc@icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>>, Arinola Akinyemi <jolakin69@gmail.com<mailto:jolakin69@gmail.com>>, Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet@gmail.com<mailto:compsoftnet@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Gnso-ssc] Review of the SSC Charter Dear Arinola, On behalf of council leadership, I am happy to inform you that the Council has no concerns nor objections to the request to review the SSC charter. The group can therefore move forward with the review. Warmly, Tomslin