[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call: Current Practice in Relation to Motions

[Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear SCI members,

As agreed on the SCI call on 07 April, the attached document, CONSENSUS 
CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & 
Amendments 07 April 2016, is being circulated for a formal Consensus Call.  The 
document is the proposed revision to the GNSO Operating Procedures to include 
the new text on submitting, seconding, and amending motions.

Background:
On 05 March 2015 the SCI submitted to the GNSO Council a Review Request (see 
attached) concerning the fact that there are currently no formal procedures on 
(i) whether, how and by whom a properly submitted motion is to be seconded, and 
(ii) treatment of proposed amendments to such motions as either “friendly” or 
“unfriendly”.    The Review Request was one of two that the Council approved at 
its meeting on 16 April 2015. In the attached Review Request the GNSO Council 
asked that the SCI codify the existing customary practices of the GNSO Council 
and consider new processes to govern the seconding of motions and amendments to 
motions.  
On 09 October 2015 the SCI agreed on a documentation of the Current Practice 
Relating to Motions and sent a letter (attached) along with the original Review 
Request and the documentation to Jonathan Robinson, GNSO Council Chair.  
In December 2015 the SCI established a Sub Team A — Sara Bockey, Angie Graves, 
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, and Lawrence Olawale-Roberts, and Rudi Vansnick — to review 
the current practice and the Sub Team submitted its recommendations to the SCI 
on 02 March 2016.  The SCI discussed the recommendations in Marrakech on 05 
March and asked staff to draft revisions to the GNSO Operating Procedures per 
the recommendations.  
On 07 April the SCI discussed the draft revisions and asked staff to submit 
them to the SCI for a Consensus Call.
If there are no objections or changes received in two weeks by Thursday 21 
April, the language will be presumed to be accepted by Full Consensus.

Best regards,

Julie 
Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

Attachment: CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & Amendments 07 April 2016.docx
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Attachment: CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & Amendments 07 April 2016.pdf
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Attachment: SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Concerning Current Practice in Relation to Motions 09 Oct 2015.pdf
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Attachment: SCI Review Request - Motions - 5 Mar 2015 v2.pdf
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