[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Revised Deferral of Motions Language

["J. Scott Evans" <jscottevans@xxxxxxxxx>]

Per our discussions today, I have set out below the revised language for the 
response to the GNSO council on the deferral of motions issue.  Please let us 
have your thoughts, if any.  I have highlighted the revision requested by Avri 
Doria:

Deferral of motions – Proposed Response

The SCI was asked to consider the current GNSO Council informal practice 
whereby a party may request the deferral of a motion to a later date in those 
situations where a formal process for a deferral is not specifically provided 
(for example, certain deferrals are foreseen as part of the GNSO PDP, 
see http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16dec11-en.pdf). The SCI 
discussed this practice and whether there was a need to create a procedure to 
formalize this informal practice. After much debate, the SCI concluded that the 
current practice of allowing for the deferral of motions was done as a matter 
of courtesy at the discretion of the Chair of the GNSO Council.  For this 
reason, the SCI concluded that there was no need to create a formal procedure 
at this time.  However, the SCI felt that it was necessary to explicitly state 
that there is no rule that the Chair must always exercise his or her discretion 
in the affirmative or the negative.
 Given that the current informal practice is at the discretion of the Chair, 
the Chair can exercise that same discretion in considering whether to grant or 
deny any request and can also exercise his or her discretion when determining 
how to handle any specific situation that may occur with regard to this 
informal practice.  


 
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