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

[Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Amr,

I prefer asking Julie if it is appropriate to extend the deadline for the 
consensus till the 25th. Personally I see no objection, it just covers the 
weekend extra.

Julie, can we extend this call ?

Regards,

Rudi Vansnick




> Op 21 apr. 2016, om 12:11 heeft Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx> het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
> 
> 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>
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