Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] REMINDER: Consensus Call Revised: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures

[Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Anne,

 

Thank you very much for affirming that you have a “yes” from the IPC concerning 
the Consensus Call.  

 

I too am unable to locate the typo after reading it several times.  It is 
indeed the designation or appointment of a Vice Chair, as opposed to a Chair, 
but as far as I can tell that is what the text says.  If someone else is able 
to locate the typo, please let me know.

 

Thanks again and we’ll note your apologies for the meeting.

 

Kind regards,

Julie

 

From: "Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <AAikman@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11:51 AM
To: 'Rudi Vansnick' <rudi.vansnick@xxxxxxx>, Julie Hedlund 
<julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] REMINDER: Consensus Call Revised: Chair & 
Vice Chair Election Procedures

 

Dear all,

Unfortunately I am unable to participate in today’s call.  However, I am able 
to express agreement from the IPC on the proposed amendment to the GNSO 
Operating Procedures.  I did receive one comment from one IPC leader in 
relation to draft language as of yesterday.  I was unable to identify myself 
the typo referred to in the comment pasted below so I am asking that staff 
review carefully in light of that comment re a possible typo.  I did assure the 
commenter  that Amr would be reviewing the language with Council for input 
before it goes out for public comment and that if there are any problems, SCI 
would reconsider as directed by Council.  I apologize for having to miss the 
call.  We do have a “yes” from IPC as to the Consensus Call.

 

See one comment re possible typo below  (as mentioned, I did not find this.):

 

To clarify, is 3 intended to require that each House appoint a Vice Chair? It 
currently says each House appoints a 'Chair', which doesn't make sense.

 

If 3 is intended to refer to appointing Vice Chairs, I assume that applies also 
to 4?

 

Assuming the above, I have no serious concerns (although I am frightened by the 
prospect of as many as 14 days without any Chair or Vice Chairs and hope we 
never cross that bridge).

 

 

Anne E. Aikman-Scalese
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From: owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rudi Vansnick
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:56 PM
To: Julie Hedlund
Cc: gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] REMINDER: Consensus Call Revised: Chair & 
Vice Chair Election Procedures
Importance: High

 

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>

 

 


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