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<div>All,</div>
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<div>on behalf of the Standing Committee of Improvements Implementation (SCI) I herewith like to provide the GNSO council with the following achievements. It is at the discretion of the council to deal with it accordingly.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><b>Deferral of Motions:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3">The SCI was asked by the council to consider the current GNSO Council informal practice whereby a party may request the deferral of a motion to a later date 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 <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16dec11-en.pdf"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-16dec11-en.pdf</u></font></a><font color="#808080">)</font>.
The 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 or the negative. 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></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><b>Raising an Issue:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3">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 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. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New, monospace">Best regards</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New, monospace">Wolf-Ulrich Knoben</font></div>
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