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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">SCI members and Julie,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My goal would be for SCI to have a letter to GNSO composed in time for Avri to present it in Singapore GNSO working sessions as a menu of items which GNSO Council
could choose from to provide assignments to SCI. My question is whether a January 13 call would be sufficient time for SCI to have a discussion leading to preparation of the letter to Council based on projects we have considered in the past and that Ron and
Greg have outlined. <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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I do not think that SCI work should stop due to the IANA transition issues. One question might be how SCI can best help GNSO in addressing these issues. For
example, if SCI reviews PDP consensus levels on a more thorough basis than previously examined, would that improve ICANN Accountability as it relates to the transition? Do these consensus levels or any other aspect of the PDP process have a significant impact
on accountability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So from my point of view,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Question 1 is: Can we schedule a call as late as January 13 and still get Avri 15 minutes on the GNSO Council schedule to discuss SCI direction for 2015?<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Question 2: What work is within SCI’s Charter that will assist Council the most in relation to the IANA transition and overall ICANN Accountability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I would propose to discuss these questions in a January 13 call to be scheduled by Julie. As to whether we can get on the Council schedule in working sessions
in Singapore for this purpose, I think we need to rely on Avri and Glen for that purpose. Avri, your thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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""> Julie Hedlund [mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 18, 2014 5:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Aikman-Scalese, Anne; 'Amr Elsadr'; <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Fwd: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Hi Anne,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I've attached Ron's slides from LA. Please also see the wiki on the Work Completed/In Progress at: <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49350790">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49350790</a>.
Staff will update it to reflect the items recently approved by the Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">If the SCI wants to give the Council time to consider a letter at their meeting on the 15th as a courtesy you might want to have it to the Council by January
5th, which is the deadline for motions and documents. However, this may not be possible since it wouldn't allow time for SCI members to discuss a letter during a call, and members also are likely to be out during the next two weeks for holidays so they may
not be able to make much progress on the list. In addition, the ICANN offices are closed beginning at Noon on 24 December through Friday, 2 January 2015. They will reopen on 5 January. We can certainly schedule a meeting at the usual time on the 6th to kick
things off. Let us know if you would like us to schedule a meeting on the 6th. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Julie<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";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><Aikman-Scalese>, Anne <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrlaw.com">AAikman@lrrlaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:38 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>'Amr Elsadr' <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>>, "<<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>Cc: </b>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Fwd: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks Amr. This new provision looks quite useful in these circumstances. Nice to know.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ll be out of the office all next week but am looking at the correspondence between you and Greg.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Ron and Julie, could the two of you recap the projects Ron presented to Council as possibilities for SCI work during the meeting in LA? If possible I would
appreciate receiving a copy of Ron’s slides.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Finally, Julie, does it make sense for us to schedule the first SCI call to review a draft letter to Council on January 13 or does it need to be January 6?</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Anne</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Amr Elsadr<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 17, 2014 2:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Fwd: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Just thought that it’d be interesting for folks here to know that one of our recent projects is being put to use. :)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Amr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Subject: [council] Notification of voting outside a Council meeting: Council reply comment Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">December 17, 2014 at 9:28:01 PM GMT+1</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">To:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Councillors</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Council approved at the meeting on 11 December 2014, Voting Outside a Meeting, as described in Section 4.10 in the revised<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13nov14-en.pdf"><span style="color:purple">GNSO
Operating Procedures</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Council’s reply comment on the Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group.<br>
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The proposed timeline for this vote is:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">31
December 2014 23:59 UTC Final Council reply comment</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">on
the Nominating Committee Recommendations from the Board Working Group submitted to the Council mailing list.<br>
<b>Tony Holmes</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to hold the pen on refining the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/council-comment-nomcom-recommendations-02dec14-en.pdf"><span style="color:purple">comment</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>up
to 31 December 2014.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Voting
by electronic ballot</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Voting Opens Saturday, 3 January 2015</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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<b>Voting<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">C</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">loses on Tuesday 6 January
2015 at 23:59 UTC</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.<br>
If you foresee any connectivity issues during this period, please let me know so that alternate arrangements can be made.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9
January 2015 Comments submitted to the public comment<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bwg-nomcom-2014-08-21-en"><span style="color:windowtext">forum</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">4.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">All
Council members, except the non-voting Nominating Committee Appointee are eligible to vote.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13nov14-en.pdf"><span style="color:purple">4. 10. 2</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Determination;
Notice. Voting outside a meeting may only occur when all of the following conditions are met:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
GNSO Chair determines, after discussion with Council members, that the issue will have been adequately discussed and sufficient time given to each Stakeholder Group and Constituency to consider the issue by the time the vote is called;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> b. The GNSO Chair determines, after discussion with Council members, that the Council’s regular meeting schedule would make it difficult to resolve the
issue without scheduling an extra meeting and this would be impractical in light of the circumstances at that time;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> c. No Councilor objects to the vote being taken outside a regularly scheduled Council meeting; and</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> d. The GNSO Chair provides at least seven (7) calendar days’ advance notice of the vote, along with notice of the beginning and ending day and hour of the
voting period (in UTC), which period shall not be less than four (4) calendar days.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13nov14-en.pdf"><span style="color:purple">4. 10.3.1</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Guidelines
for Voting Outside a Meeting</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">As with votes taken during a regularly scheduled GNSO Council meeting, all votes taken outside a meeting will:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">a. Be open (i.e., not by secret ballot);</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">b. Allow for the inclusion of voting statements in accordance with Section 4.3.2 of these Operating Procedures; and</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">c. Have their outcomes published and recorded, with accompanying voter statements, if any, as minutes for purposes of formal record keeping. These items</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">are to be prepared and approved in accordance with Section 3.5 of these Operating Procedures, except that the relevant time period shall commence with the ending
of the voting period.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">4.10.3.2 Voting outside a meeting should normally be by electronic means. Methods used to transmit and record votes taken outside of meetings shall be authenticated
and verifiable using the same criteria and applying the same standards as those used for absentee ballots under Section 4.4.3 of these Operating Procedures.<br>
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Please let me know if you have any questions.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kind regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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