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size=2 face=Arial>Thanks for your assistance, Julie, very
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<BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">Wolf-Ulrich
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> Julie Hedlund
[mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org] <BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 6. Dezember
2012 23:29<BR><B>An:</B> Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich<BR><B>Cc:</B>
gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org<BR><B>Betreff:</B> Actions re: Deferral of
Motions & Raising an Issue<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px">Dear
Wolf-Ulrich,</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px">As
noted today, you have the action to notify the GNSO Council of the results of
the discussions by the SCI on Deferral of Motions and Raising an Issue.
To assist you with this action, I've included below the language that
was agreed to by the SCI for responses to the Council.</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px">With
best regards,</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px">Julie</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px">Julie
Hedlund, Policy Director</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px"><B>Deferral
of Motions: (Response language that was accepted by the SCI, including
J. Scott's proposed changes.)</B></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(69,69,69)">The SCI was
asked to consider the current GNSO Council informal practice whereby a party
may request the deferral of a motion to a later dat</SPAN><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; COLOR: rgb(69,69,69)">e in those
situations where a formal process for a deferral is not specifically provided
(for example, certain deferrals are foreseen as part of the GNSO PDP,
see </SPAN><A
style="OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(35,71,134); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16dec11-en.pdf"
rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">h</SPAN>ttp://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16dec11-en.pdf</A><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class=Apple-style-span color=#454545>)</FONT><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; COLOR: rgb(69,69,69)">. T</SPAN><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"
class=Apple-style-span color=#454545>he SCI discussed this practice and
whether there was a need to create a procedure to formalize this informal
practice. After much debate, the SCI concluded that the current practice of
allowing for the deferral of motions was done as a matter of courtesy at the
discretion of the Chair of the GNSO Council. For this reason, the SCI
concluded that there was no need to create a formal procedure at this
time. However, the SCI felt that it was necessary to explicitly state
that there is no rule that the Chair must always exercise his or her
discretion in the affirmative</FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span> </FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span>or the
negative</FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span>.</FONT><FONT
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class=Apple-style-span color=#454545> Given that the
current informal practice is at the discretion of the Chair, the Chair can
exercise that same discretion in considering whether to grant or deny any
request and can also exercise his or her discretion when determining how to
handle any specific situation that may occur with regard to this informal
practice.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px"><B>Raising
an Issue: (Incorporates response language from the SCI.)</B></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 14px"
class=Apple-style-span>The SCI was asked to consider who can raise an issue
for SCI consideration. After deliberating on this matter, the SCI agreed to
maintain the status quo according to the Charter of the SCI.
This</SPAN> means only the GNSO Council or a
group chartered by the GNSO Council can request an item to be
reviewed by the SCI. However, the GNSO Council could possibly consider
communicating to other SO/ACs / individuals, that if there are issues they
would like to see reviewed by the SCI they will need to channel these via the
GNSO Council and/or a group chartered by the GNSO Council.
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