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<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/procedures">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/procedures</a> (accessed from the Council Activities dropdown menu at
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/">http://gnso.icann.org/en/</a>). I get an “unknown file type” error.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Amr Elsadr<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 02, 2014 10:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Julie Hedlund<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mary Wong; gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Consensus Call? (Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the explanation and the link Julie. The version of the GNSO Operating Procedures I was looking at is an older one found on this page: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/44157">http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/44157</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On May 2, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Board does not have to approve changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures. They do have to approve changes to the ICANN Bylaws, which may result in changes to the Operating
Procedures, although that does not apply in this case. Thus, the changes the Council approved with respect to resubmission of motions are considered to be final. I have reviewed the current version of the procedures document at: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-26mar14-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-26mar14-en.pdf</a> and
the section 4.3.3 and 4.3.4 (page 11 and 12 of the document) on resubmission of a motion and cannot see any redlining. Do you have access to a version that shows redlines? If so, can you point me to it? There should only be one version of the document posted
and it should be the final version. There was, however, when the Council was considering the changes a draft version that contained redlining. However, the final version is the one posted at the link listed above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 2, 2014 6:11 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Consensus Call? (Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">One more question…, and excuse my inexperience :); Does the ICANN board need to approve changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures after they are approved by the Council? Does
that have anything to do with the resubmission language still being in red-line in the operating procedures document?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On May 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi Amr, yes; any proposed changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures, including to the WG Guidelines, need to go out for public comment – and that’s the rub with the interplay
here between the Resubmission of a Motion language (published for public comment and approved) and the Waiver/Exception proposal (not yet published). It may be awkward to send the Resubmission language out AGAIN for public comment so the more streamlined course
of action would be to address the overlap in the Waiver/Exception language now. After the Waiver/Exception language is approved by the SCI, it will then need to go out for public comment – which we recommend be done together with any other proposed changes
the SCI may wish to make, e.g. Voting by Email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 4:58 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Consensus Call? (Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks Mary. One question: Wouldn’t the proposed changes here need to be published for public comment as well? There are still changes being recommended to the operating
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On Apr 30, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please find attached the latest version of the proposed language relating to Waivers/Exceptions for motions in the GNSO Operating Procedures. As noted in last week’s call,
the Consensus Call for this issue will be conducted via this email list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Note, however, that we are suggesting a slight change to the language circulated by Greg and discussed in the email thread below. In reviewing the proposed language prior
to circulation for a Consensus Call, we noted that the suggested Explanation in Greg’s latest email (below) would entail a further change to the revised Resubmission of a Motion language in the GNSO Operating Procedures, which initial revisions were approved
by the GNSO Council (see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201403"><span style="color:purple">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201403</span></a>). As any further changes will have to be published for public comment, an alternative
solution might be to add a sentence to the proposed Waivers/Exception language to address the concern voiced by Amr in an earlier email. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thank you all! A second email relating to a Consensus Call for the separate issue of language relating to Working Group Consensus Levels will follow shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Email:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">mary.wong@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">* One World. One Internet. *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ron Andruff <<a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com"><span style="color:purple">randruff@rnapartners.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 6:13 PM<br>
<b>To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"'Shatan, Gregory S.'" <<a href="mailto:GShatan@reedsmith.com"><span style="color:purple">GShatan@reedsmith.com</span></a>>, 'Amr Elsadr' <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org"><span style="color:purple">aelsadr@egyptig.org</span></a>><br>
<b>Cc:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">marika.konings@icann.org</span></a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>"
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<b>Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Shatan, Gregory S.<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, April 23, 2014 20:51<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>'Amr Elsadr'<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Marika Konings;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“1. Explanation: The Councilor submitting the motion must also submit an explanation for the resubmission of the motion. The explanation need not accompany the motion when it is resubmitted; however, the explanation must be submitted no
later than the deadline for submitting the motion (i.e., no later than 23h59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on the day 10 calendar days before the Council meeting at which the motion is to be reconsidered<span style="color:#1F497D">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#C0504D">unless
the requirements for late submission in Section 3.3.2 are also met</span>). The explanation does not need to meet any requirements other than being submitted in a timely manner.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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Elsadr [<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org"><span style="color:purple">mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Shatan, Gregory S.<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Marika Konings;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know I’ve brought this up repetitively and I hate being a nag, but there’s still an inconvenient loophole in this text regarding resubmission of motions. On its meeting of March 26th, 2014, the GNSO Council approved the SCI recommendation
to amend the GNSO Operating Procedures by adding sections 4.3.3 and 4.3.4 detailing the guidelines of motions being resubmitted. Section 4.3.3, claus number 1 reads as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“1. Explanation: The Councilor submitting the motion must also submit an explanation for the resubmission of the motion. The explanation need not accompany the motion when it is resubmitted; however, the explanation must be submitted no
later than the deadline for submitting the motion (i.e., no later than 23h59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on the day 10 calendar days before the Council meeting at which the motion is to be reconsidered). The explanation does not need to meet any requirements
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the SCI determines that it would like the 10-day rule waiver to also apply to motions being resubmitted (and not exclusively to motions being submitted for the first time) in its recommendation to the Council, then there needs to be
clarifying text to that effect. If the SCI does not recommend that the waiver should apply to resubmitted motions, then no further action is necessary. If the former is true, and not the latter, the the way I read it, the required clarification should either
be added as a fourth bullet to 3.3.2 referencing 4.3.3, or perhaps an added numbered item to 4.3.4 (Limitations and Exceptions to Resubmission of a Motion) referring to the waiver rule in 3.3.2. Without these changes, I can’t see how the text of the operating
procedures will support the waiver rule being applied to resubmitted motions in the event that the need arises.<o:p></o:p></p>
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all the changes from the prior draft and then deleted that sentence. There were no other comments on the list or on the call. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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of moving to the next step with this amendment to the Operating Procedures.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Partner<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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<a href="http://www.reedsmith.com/"><span style="color:purple">www.reedsmith.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Marika
Konings [<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">mailto:marika.konings@icann.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Shatan, Gregory S.;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks, Greg. I'm still not clear to why it would sa</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">y 'For the avoidance of doubt, if the requirements above are not met, the motion
shall not be considered “submitted”? Why can't it be considered submitted, but just not eligible to be considered for a vote at the meeting? The current practice is also that if a motion is submitted after the deadline it may get discussed, just not voted
on during the meeting, but there is no need to resubmit it for the next meeting as it is already considered submitted and automatically carried over. Maybe I'm missing something?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday 17 April 2014 03:40<br>
<b>To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Waivers/Exceptions to GNSO Operating Procedures: Revised Draft</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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