<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Dear SCI members,</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Note that per the SCI Charter, "Unless otherwise determined by the SCI members, committee decisions will be made by “full consensus” process as described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (see section 3.6)." Thus, as agreed at the SCI meeting on 17 December, staff is requesting a consensus call on the language provided by Greg Shatan concerning changes to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures on resubmitting a motion. Please see the attached redlined and clean versions of the language. Please review this language in your Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups if you have not already done so. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div><i><b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">If there are no objections or changes to the language received by </font><u style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Wednesday, 08 January 2014</u><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">, the language will be presumed to be accepted by full consensus. Thus far I have seen no objections. If I have missed them or if they were not sent to the list, please let us know.</font></b></i></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">If the language is approved the next step will be for staff to prepare a redlined version of the GNSO Council Operating Procedures that will be put out for public comment for 21 days. However, as noted on the December call this may be combined with changes to the GNSO Working Group Guidelines relating to the working group self-assessment survey (as being prepared by Ken Bour).</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Best regards,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Julie</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div></div></span><style type="text/css">P.8a09f65d-c2b6-45a7-bdb1-057bbe9dd6fa {
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