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

Thu Jun 16 17:30:48 UTC 2016

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 at lrrc.com>
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11:51 AM
To: 'Rudi Vansnick' <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund at icann.org>
Cc: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org>
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 at icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org] On Behalf Of Rudi Vansnick
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:56 PM
To: Julie Hedlund
Cc: gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org
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 at icann.org> 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 at icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund at icann.org>
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 1:20 PM
To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org>
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 at icann.org.

Kind regards,
Julie

Julie Hedlund, Director, SSAC Support

From: <owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund at icann.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 11:44 AM
To: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org>
Cc: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org>
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 at egyptig.org> 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 at icann.org> 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>

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