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Commercial and Business Users Constituency – Alternate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Ken Bour – guest speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Amr Elsadr – NCUC Alternate<br>Greg Shatan – IPC - Alternate<br>Cintra Sooknanan – NPOC Alternate<br>Thomas Rickert – NCA Alternate<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Avri Doria – Non Commercial SG – Primary – Vice-Chair</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Anne Aikman Scalese - </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Intellectual Property Constituency - Primary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jennifer Wolfe – NCA primary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Marie-Laure Lemineur – NPOC Primary<br>Wolf-Ulrich Knoben - ISPCP <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Apologies:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Julie Hedlund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ICANN Staff:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Marika Konings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mary Wong<br>Nathalie Peregrine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list **<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<br>GNSO Secretariat<br><b><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></b><br><b><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/">http://gnso.icann.org</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Adobe Chat Transcript<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:Dear all, welcome to the SCI meeting on Tuesday 14th January 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Ron A:Hello Nathalie, Cintra!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:Hello Ron!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:Hi Ron and Nathalie, kindof late but happy new year to you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:Best iwishes to you Cintra!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:Thank you for the dial out <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:pleasure!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:magical? I thought 4 is badluck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Marika Konings:Happy New Year to you too! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:2 things are in process<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Hi all. Dialling in now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Just joined the call.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:Hello Amr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Hey Cintra!! ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Thanks to Julie for all the reminders. Is she not joining us today?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Thomas Rickert:Hi all, just dialing in. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Ron A:Julie is in ICANN training today, but we have support from Mary and Marika, so we are in good shape.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:OK. Thanks Ron.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Ron, I believe Greg Shatan indicated he would be late for this call.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:That sounds great Ron!! :) Hope everyone had happy holidays.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:the idea of shutting off frm the net for any perido fills me with dread and angst.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:Anne Aikman Scalese has joined the AC room<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Anne Aikman-Scalese:Sorry to be late. Hi all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:Greg Shatan has joined the call<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:Hello Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Angie Graves:Hi Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Ron A:Welcome Anne!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:i think tha tif the previous primary says it is a new person, then it has been said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:MLL is now alternate, she doesn't have to do the calls.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Greg Shatan:Apologies for being late...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Thomas Rickert:Congrats, Cintra!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Thanks for agreeing to serve Cintra.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:my pleasure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Yup. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Thanks Ken.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:An executive summary sounds good, perhaps replacing the notes from the WG chair. We could probably also trim the screenshots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:@Mary. Makes perfect sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:I think it's well written. Thanks Greg. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Greg Shatan:You're welcome (blushing red).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:we are too late by a day for this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:ah, no motion requried?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Marie-Laure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:@Avri - only when the public comments are done and the final document sent to Council for approval and review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:@Anne: +1 here!! :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:ok, on the motion, when it is time, i am fine as liaison doing the motions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Great, thanks Avri.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Ron, I'm happy to assist Marie-Laure and Greg.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Anne Aikman-Scalese:YOu are right Avri! I am likely to volunteer on e-mail voting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Greg Shatan:Go, team!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Ron A:Thank you Mary!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:but now i am a newbie council member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:From the request form sent to the SCI: "The SCI should consider whether and how the Council could vote outside of a meeting and under what circumstances. Quote from Jonathan Robinson in the Council transcript at the Wrap Up Meeting in Durban on 18 July 2013: "So I wanted - an issue I wanted us to consider maybe giving to the SCI and then to the group or to a committee to look at is I’d like to rethink about whether potentially voting by email or something like that is a possibility? I know we’ve looked at it on and off over the years.…And if that would help speed things along it would be great to just look at that issue in just maybe we can’t do it first time around obviously but for future..." He raised this issue because the Council was in the process of scheduling a special meeting in August to conduct a vote.."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Ron A:Thanks for this context Mary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Avri Doria:except ofn PDP motions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Avri Doria:they already allow for mail ballots<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:i think<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Avri, you're referring to absentee ballots, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Yes, the GNSO procedures allow for absentee voting in some instances.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:yep, it was the exception to what you were saying, i thought<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Can email ballots be set up quickly, or is it something that requires time? My impression was that ballots wouldn't be used, but rather an email to the secretariat indicating the vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:@Amr, for absentee votes, those are administered by the Secretariat who contacts the absent Council member directly and compiles the result.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:And there is a 72 hour limit for absentee voting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Which only apply to: a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);b. Approve a PDP recommendation;c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;d. Fill a Council position open for election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Thanks Mary. So ballots are not used, nor are they being recommended at this point?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Amr I can check with the Secretariat to confirm the actual method they are using right now. Basically, I would assume that the mechanics for both absentee and email voting would be the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:I assume the same. Thanks again Mary. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:No worries! :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:Mary, i think they would be differtn ifonly in the respect that everyone is voting instead of just one person.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:AVri, yes - I was referring to the actual technology/format.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:even then<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Anne Aikman-Scalese:I will volunteer to work on this group if needed before we come back to SCI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Angie Graves:I have a hard stop now, unfortunately, and must drop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Bye Angie. See ya.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Mary Wong:Link to the request and current WG Consensus Levels: <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/43985563/Background%20on%20GNSO%20Working%20Group%20Guidelines%20Consensus%20Levels.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1386621144000&api=v2">https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/43985563/Background%20on%20GNSO%20Working%20Group%20Guidelines%20Consensus%20Levels.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1386621144000&api=v2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:I'm willing to work on this sub-team.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:@Avri: I brought it up, because you mentioned email ballots, but it was not indicated at any point in the proposed text. Don't ballots typically mean less transparency, because votes are private? Can they be revealed retroactively?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:propose changes if they are needed/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Avri Doria:it is a process fine tuning group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Nathalie Peregrine:that is correct<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Thomas Rickert:Thanks, Ron - well done and bye to all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Amr Elsadr:Thanks everyone. Talk to you soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Cintra Sooknanan:take care bye<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>