Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] REMINDER: Consensus Call Revised: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures
Dear Julie, Dear all, I noticed maybe a typing error in the email. Note that the Consensus Call ends COB tomorrow 17 June. I suppose you mean 16 June as was agreed during our last call. Our agenda for today’s call : 1. Roll call 2. SOIs 3. Status Full consensus call on Chair/Vice Chair proposed revised GNSO Operating Procedures 4. Next steps 5. AOB Kind regards, Rudi > Op 15 jun. 2016, om 23:05 heeft Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx> het > volgende geschreven: > > Dear SCI members, > > Reminder > > Note that the Consensus Call ends COB tomorrow 17 June. Please send any > comments or questions to the list prior the the deadline and note that we > will be discussing this at our call tomorrow at our usual time of 1800 UTC. > > Kind regards, > Julie > > Julie Hedlund, Policy Director > > From: <owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Julie Hedlund > <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 1:20 PM > To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call Revised: Chair & Vice Chair > Election Procedures > > Dear SCI members, > > As there were no objections to Amr’s suggested text, it has been included in > the attached documents. In the redline version the previous text is shown as > stricken and the new text is in brackets. In the clean document the > suggested text replaces the previous text. I hope this is clear, but please > let us know if you have any questions. The documents are attached in Word > and PDF. > > Unless otherwise requested, the deadline will continue to be Thursday, 16 > June for the close of the Consensus Call. Note that we also have a meeting > at our usual time on that Thursday at 1800 UTC. If you have not received a > calendar invite or notice, please alert the GNSO Secretariat at > gnso-secs@xxxxxxxxx. > > Kind regards, > Julie > > Julie Hedlund, Director, SSAC Support > > From: <owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Julie Hedlund > <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 11:44 AM > To: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair > Election Procedures > > Many thanks Amr for this very helpful and constructive suggestion. > > Kind regards, > Julie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 7, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I know this in not exactly standard practice, but I would like to offer what >> I believe to be a friendly amendment (can’t think of a better term right >> now) to the language we are asking our SGs/Cs to consider. >> >> Specifically, the last sentence in section 2.2.1 #3 reads: >> >>> Should the House with the vacant Vice-Chair position fail to designate an >>> interim Vice-Chair, the Designated Interim Vice-Chair from the other House >>> will serve as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively >>> elected. >> >> This sentence seems applicable to me in 2.2.1 #2, but not #3. If we’re >> dealing with scenario 3, then there are already no vice chairs available to >> serve on an interim basis from either House. I believe this sentence may >> better serve the purpose we intended if it were something more like this: >> >> “Should one of the Houses fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair, the >> designated interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an interim >> Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.” >> >> I hope this makes sense to folks. If there is agreement on this, perhaps we >> can ask for an amended document to circulate to our groups? >> >> Thanks, and apologies for not catching this sooner. >> >> Amr >> >>> On Jun 2, 2016, at 11:21 PM, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Dear SCI members, >>> >>> As agreed on the SCI call on 02 June, the attached document, CONSENSUS >>> CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Chair-Vice-Chair Elections >>> 02 June 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 relating to Chair and Vice Chair elections. The text >>> includes the following suggested changes from today’s SCI call: >>> >>> 1. In Section 2.2 (2) delete the phrase "within the allotted time >>> period" in the sentence “Should the House with the vacant Vice-Chair >>> position fail to appoint an interim Vice-Chair within the allotted time >>> period, the continuing Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an >>> Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.” Show >>> the deletion in strikeout. >>> 2. In Section 2.2 (3) delete the phrase "within the allotted time >>> period" in the sentence “Should the House with the vacant Vice-Chair >>> position fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair within the allotted time >>> period, the Designated Interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve >>> as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.” >>> Show the deletion in strikeout. >>> 3. In Section 2.2 (4) insert the phrase “within the allotted time >>> period” after “on an interim basis” in the sentence “If both Houses should >>> fail to temporarily fill the role of Vice Chair on an interim basis, the >>> non-voting NCA will be designated the Interim Chair to oversee the Chair >>> election and conduct Council business until such time as a Chair is >>> conclusively elected.” Show the addition in brackets. >>> >>> Background: >>> • In its motion approved on 19 November 2015 the GNSO Council requested >>> the SCI: >>> • 1. To review Sections 2.2(b), (f) and (g) of the GNSO >>> Operating Procedures with respect to clarifying: (i) the eligibility of >>> incoming Council members to run for the position of GNSO Chair; (ii) the >>> start and end dates and the duration of the Chair and Vice-Chair terms in >>> accordance with the ICANN Bylaws; and (iii) the timing of publication of >>> the election results; and >>> • 2. To recommend a general time table for election of the GNSO >>> Council Chair to be approved by the GNSO Council and added to the GNSO >>> Operating Procedures. >>> • In December 2015 the SCI created Subteam B to discuss and draft >>> possible new procedures. The Subteam members were: Anne Aikman-Scalese, >>> Angie Graves, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, and Sara Bockey. >>> • The Subteam submitted its recommendations to the SCI to consider at >>> its meeting during ICANN 55 in Marrakech, Morocco on 05 March 2016. >>> • On 02 June 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 16 >>> June, 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 >>> Chair-Vice-Chair Elections 02 June 2016.docx><CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating >>> Procedures Proposed Revision Chair-Vice-Chair Elections 02 June 2016.pdf> >> > <CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Chair-Vice-Chair > Elections 02 June 2016-CLEAN-REV.docx><CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating > Procedures Proposed Revision Chair-Vice-Chair Elections 02 June > 2016-CLEAN-REV.pdf><CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed > Revision Chair-Vice-Chair Elections 02 June 2016-REV.docx><CONSENSUS > CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Chair-Vice-Chair Elections > 02 June 2016-REV.pdf> Attachment:
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