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

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I know that this request is a pain, but I was hoping we could have the deadline 
for this extended…, perhaps until Monday, April 25th.

If folks don’t agree to this, no hard feelings. I won’t hold it against anyone. 
:)

Thanks.

Amr

> On Apr 20, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Dear SCI members,
> 
> This is a reminder — deadline is 21 April.
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> <CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to 
> Motions & Amendments 07 April 2016.docx><CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating 
> Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & Amendments 07 April 
> 2016.pdf><SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Concerning Current Practice in 
> Relation to Motions 09 Oct 2015.pdf><SCI Review Request - Motions - 5 Mar 
> 2015 v2.pdf>