[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] SCI Call Today-Waiver of 10-Day Motion Deadline and Resubmission of Motions

[Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear SCI members, 

For reference for today's SCI call please see the attached transcript from
the 23 July meeting and the subsequent email that was sent for your review.
The discussion concerning the application of the waiver to resubmitted
motions begins on page 3 and ends on page 13 in the transcript.  As noted in
the attached email, after some discussion the SCI members on the call on 23
July agreed to adopt Wolf-Ulrich's suggestion and to have me summarize the
conclusion and present it to the list for the consideration of those members
who were not on the call.  As agreed to on the call, I sent a version of the
message to Amr to review before sending it to the list.

Kind regards,
Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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• To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] For Review: Waiver of 10-Day Motion Deadline and Resubmission of Motions
• From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:11:09 +0000

Dear SCI members,

The SCI members on the call on 23 July (Avri Doria, Amr Elsadr, Angie
Graves, Lori Schulman, Ken Stubbs, and Rudi Vansnick (Vice Chair)) discussed
the issue of whether the waiver of the 10-day deadline for submitting
motions should apply to resubmitted motions.  After some discussion there
was consensus of the members on the call with the suggestion from
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben on the list that the SCI should not recommend a change to
the GNSO Operating Procedures at this time with respect to this issue.
However, they agreed that the SCI should send a response to the Council
emphasizing that after a review of the GNSO Operating Procedures it is clear
that the waiver of the 10-day deadline for submission of motions does not
apply to resubmitted motions.  The SCI also could note in its response that
although changes are not recommended at this time, the SCI could revisit the
issue if requested by the Council and, specifically, if there is a
contentious issue that warrants it.

The SCI members on the call also agreed that it would be better not to send
the response to the GNSO Council until the SCI has decided how to address
the second issue, which concerns the current informal customs relating to
amendments to motions.  This would enable the SCI to send its
recommendations concerning both issues to the Council at the same time.

Please indicate on the list whether you agree with this approach,
particularly those SCI members who were not on the call on 23 July.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Best regards,
Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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