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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Julie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In view of the conflict with the NCPH Intercessional, please confirm whether you would like us to proceed with scheduling the next SCI meeting on 13 January 2015? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wishing you all a very happy and successful New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Julie Hedlund <br><b>Sent:</b> mercredi 31 décembre 2014 17:33<br><b>To:</b> Aikman-Scalese, Anne; <gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Glen de Saint Géry; gnso-secs@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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Anne and SCI members,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The GNSO Secretariat can assist in scheduling an SCI call at the usual time of 2000 UTC on Tuesday, 13 January. The staff and Secretariat also can assist in requesting 15 minutes for Avri on the GNSO Council schedule in Singapore to discuss the SCI direction for 2015. Whether the time will be granted will depend of course on the Council's workload, which will as noted be taken up largely with issues relating to the IANA stewardship transition and accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>With respect to the Charter, please refer to the wiki at: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/2.+Charter">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/2.+Charter</a>. Please note in particular the General and Working Method sections. In the General section the following sentence indicates the scope of the SCI's remit: "The SCI is also responsible for considering requests concerning issues related to the GNSO Council processes and procedures and to Working Group guidelines that have been identified either by the GNSO Council or a group chartered by the GNSO Council as needing discussion." As per the Charter the GNSO Council generally has requested that the SCI should address specific issues relating to its processes and procedures (rather than the SCI making the request to the Council). See the work completed by the SCI since its inception: <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49350790">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49350790</a>. It has nonetheless been noted on the SCI wiki as of October 2014 that the SCI has suggested to the Council that it take up the following two issues: 1) a full review of the Working Group Consensus Levels and 2) a full review of the GNSO Operating Procedures. See: <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49357334">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=49357334</a>. Also as noted by Mary Wong on 18 December, prior to assigning new issues to the SCI it is possible that the Council may wish to consider the results of the first report of the GNSO review, as well its tasks with respect to the IANA stewardship transition and accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I hope you all have a Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Julie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Tuesday, December 30, 2014 2:30 PM<br><b>To: </b>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>>, '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>Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@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></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #B5C4DF 4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm' id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SCI members and Julie,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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?</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So from my point of view, </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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?</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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?</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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?</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Anne</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=84 rowspan=7 valign=top style='width:50.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=150 height=62 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01D0268B.19DC1DF0"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Anne E. 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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.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best regards,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Julie</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Julie Hedlund, Director, SSAC Support</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US 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</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #B5C4DF 4.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt' id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Anne</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=84 rowspan=7 valign=top style='width:50.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=150 height=62 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D0268B.19DC1DF0"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Anne E. Aikman-Scalese, Of Counsel</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP | </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>One South Church Avenue Suite 700 | Tucson, Arizona 85701-1611</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>(T) 520.629.4428 | (F) 520.879.4725</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:AAikman@LRRLaw.com" target="_new" title="Email User">AAikman@LRRLaw.com</a></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> | <a href="http://www.lrrlaw.com/" target="_new" title="Lewis and Roca Webpage">www.LRRLaw.com</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=444 valign=top style='width:266.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=24 valign=top style='width:14.4pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'></td><td width=31 valign=bottom style='width:18.8pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Amr<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Date: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>December 17, 2014 at 9:28:01 PM GMT+1</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>To: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Council GNSO <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Councillors</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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><br>The proposed timeline for this vote is:</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><b><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Voting by electronic ballot</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br><b>Voting<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>C</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>a.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>a. Be open (i.e., not by secret ballot);</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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. 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