[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Proposal for Deferral of Motions

Tue Aug 14 19:43:58 UTC 2012

Thanks Ron,

My preference is for Option 1.

Best, Alain

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Ron Andruff <randruff at rnapartners.com>wrote:

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> SCI colleagues,****
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> This email is in response to the Chairman’s request that I prepare a
> proposal for us to ‘vote’ on to resolve the discussion around deferral of
> motions. Many thanks to Julie Hedlund for her work in preparing this for
> your review.****
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> As we discussed during our most recent meeting this past Thursday, Aug. 9
> th, we seem to be coalescing around couple of ways to address the issue
> of deferral of motions.  As you may recall, the issue was whether to create
> a rule in the GNSO Council Operating Procedures to limit how many times a
> motion may be deferred.  Staff provided statistics from 2010 and 2011 on
> the number of deferrals.  The SCI members seem to agree that the numbers
> were not high and did not suggest abuse.  Conversations on the wiki (see
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/Deferral+of+Motions) suggest
> two ways the SCI could recommend that the GNSO Council could address this
> issue:****
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> 1.  A light touch approach, i.e. request Staff to monitor deferred motions
> for one year and present the results to the SCI.  At that time, the SCI
> will once again analyze the results, decide whether deferrals are being
> abused, and whether a change to the Procedures is warranted; or ****
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> 2.  Recommend to the GNSO Council a change to the Procedures that sets a
> limit on the number of deferrals.  The limit would be 1 deferral and the
> issue that was deferred would be the first item on the following GNSO
> Council agenda.****
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> We would now like to see if we can reach a consensus on one or the other
> of these two recommendations to the GNSO Council on Deferral of Motions.
>  Please indicate on the list your preference for one of these two options
> (if not in agreement, suggest a third option for SCI members to consider).
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> Thank you for your assistance in helping us move item this to completion.*
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> Kind regards,****
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> RA****
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> Ronald N. Andruff****
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> RNA Partners, Inc.****
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> *From:* owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org [mailto:
> owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Nathalie Peregrine
> *Sent:* Friday, August 10, 2012 2:24 AM
> *To:* gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org
> *Cc:* gnso-secs at icann.org
> *Subject:* [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Mp3 and attendance: Standing Committee
> on Improvements Implementation 09 August 2012****
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> Dear All,****
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> *The next Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation meeting will
> take place in three weeks’ time, on the 30th August 2012.*
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> Please find the Mp3 recording from the SCI call on *Thursday, 09 August
> 2012* at:  http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-sci-20120809-en.mp3 on page **
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> Transcript and Mp3 recorded will be posted shortly on:****
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> http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#aug****
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> *Attendees *****
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> Ray Fassett - Registry Stakeholder Group  - Primary****
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> Angie Graves - Commercial and Business Users Constituency - Alternate****
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> **J. Scott Evans** - Intellectual Property Constituency – Primary ****
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> Anne Aikman-Scalese – IPC Alternate****
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> Ron Andruff - Commercial and Business Users Constituency - Primary****
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> Wolf-Ulrich Knoben – ISPCP – Primary ****
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> James Bladel - Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) - Alternate****
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> *Apology:*
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> Avri Doria – Non Commercial SG – Primary ****
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> Mary Wong – Non-Commercial Users Constituency - Primary****
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> Jonathan Robinson – Registry Stakeholder Group  - Alternate****
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> Krista Papac - Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) - Primary****
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> Marika Konings****
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> *Staff:*
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> Julie Hedlund****
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> Nathalie Peregrine****
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> Please let me know if your name has been left off the list.****
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> Let me know if you have any questions.****
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> Thank you.****
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> Kind regards,****
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> Nathalie Peregrine for****
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> GNSO Secretariat****
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> gnso-secs at icann.org****
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> *AC Chat transcript 09 August 2012*
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>   Nathalie  Peregrine:SCI meeting - 09 August 2012****
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>   Julie Hedlund:Hello Nathalie!****
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>   Ron A:Greetings all!****
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>   Ron A:Thanks for this, Ray... Amusing that a member of our work team got
> called on that... ;o)****
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>   Ray Fassett:oops :)****
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>   Ron A:Apologies for the background noise, unfortunately I cannot escape
> the fact there is another caller close by at this time.****
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>   Ron A:+1 Julie; no motion needed****
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>   Ron A:15 - love****
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>   Ron A:@ Angie: Indeed. This language opens the door...****
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>   Ron A:@ Julie: that makes sense to me****
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>   Ron A:Let's take this back to Council****
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>   Ray Fassett:thanks Wolf****
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>   Ron A:Thanks all!****
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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
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