<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Rudi,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for confirming. We'll ask the Secretariat to schedule a meeting on 10 December at our usual time of 1800 UTC.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Julie</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Rudi Vansnick <<a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:52 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrlaw.com">AAikman@lrrlaw.com</a>>, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.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><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Re: New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Anne, Julie,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve checked my agenda and 10 December is still free till 18:00 UTC.</div><div class="">I’m fine with the proposed text.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Rudi Vansnick</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://www.npoc.org" class="">www.npoc.org</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@npoc.org" class="">rudi.vansnick@npoc.org</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Op 19 nov. 2015, om 22:12 heeft Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>> het volgende geschreven:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Anne,</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you very much concerning the meetings. We'll see if December 10 works for Rudi and thank you for the reminder about the call for members. I can take care of that message if you like.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">With respect to the SCI Chair, I've included below the relevant procedures from the Charter, which notes that a call for volunteers should go out in December. I had planned to send that out. Here is the text:</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">"In December of each year, the SCI will ask for volunteers from its primary members to serve as Chair and Vice Chair. If the current Chair or Vice Chair is not term limited, wishes to continue for a second year, and there are no other volunteers, no election will be held. If there is more than one volunteer for either position, the following procedure will be followed:</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">1. If there are only two candidates for Chair and no candidates for Vice Chair, the GNSO Secretariat will conduct an election via e-mail ballot and tally the results after one week. The losing candidate will have the option of accepting the position of Vice Chair. If he or she elects not to accept this position, the SCI will ask for volunteers for Vice Chair; or </font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""> 2. </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">If there are more than two candidates for the Chair or one or more candidates for Vice Chair, the GNSO Secretariat will conduct an election for each position via e-mail ballot and tally the results after one week. In the event no one candidate receives a clear majority, the GNSO Secretariat will conduct an election between the two candidates receiving the most votes via email ballot and tally the results after one week."</span></div></blockquote><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Kind regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Julie </span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>"Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrlaw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">AAikman@lrrlaw.com</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Thursday, November 19, 2015 4:07 PM<br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>>, 'Rudi Vansnick' <<a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mary.wong@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>RE: New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 5px; border-left-style: solid; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;" class="" type="cite"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" class=""><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class="">Thanks Julie. I think we should try for December 10 unless Rudi feels otherwise. We should also call for members to confirm they still represent their constituencies going forward into 2016 and I will be nominating Rudi for Chair for 2016.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class="">Anne<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="67" rowspan="7" valign="top" style="width: 0.7in; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span id="cid:image001.gif@01D122D3.8F2ADD90"><image001.gif></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td width="355" valign="top" style="width: 3.7in; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Anne E. 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" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; " class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; " class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Julie Hedlund [<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, November 19, 2015 1:48 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aikman-Scalese, Anne; 'Rudi Vansnick'<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marika Konings; Mary Wong;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Hi Anne,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">I was just getting ready to send a note on this to the SCI. There is a request template and Mary assisted Wolf-Ulrich Knoben in completing it for this request. I've attached it. I'll also send it with my message to the SCI.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">In addition, our regular schedule of meetings was Thursdays at 1800 UTC/1300 EST. Perhaps you and Rudi might look at your schedules for December as to whether it would work for you to have meetings on the 10th and/or the 17th? I am not offering next Thursday as it is the Thanksgiving holiday and on 03 December all ICANN Policy Development staff (which includes Mary, Marika, me, and the GNSO Secretariat) will be in the Policy Team Strategic Meetings in LA so we won't be available to support a call. I also am avoiding 24 December as that is the day before Christmas and SCI members may be traveling.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">We'll be happy to work with you to set up meetings.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Julie<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">"Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrlaw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">AAikman@lrrlaw.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:39 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>'Rudi Vansnick' <<a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>, Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>>, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mary.wong@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>RE: New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 4.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; margin-right: 0in;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class="">Julie and Mary,</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class="">How do we handle? I think there was a particular template for requests to come to SCI which you developed with Avri. Does that template apply here and how is it processed to us?</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class="">Anne</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="67" rowspan="7" valign="top" style="width: 0.7in; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span id="cid:image001.gif@01D122D3.8F2ADD90"><image001.gif></span></span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td width="355" valign="top" style="width: 3.7in; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " class="">Anne E. 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font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); " class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; " class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; " class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Rudi Vansnick [<a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, November 19, 2015 10:10 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aikman-Scalese, Anne<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marika Konings; Julie Hedlund; GNSO Secretariat<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Dear Anne,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Today on the GNSO Council meeting the following item was discussed and voted. So, we have a new topic to take care off on our next meetings. This will most probably be a lot of work. Perhaps we need to schedule a meeting before mid december. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">What is your view on this ?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Rudi Vansnick</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC)</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@npoc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rudi.vansnick@npoc.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> — Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 — </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class=""><h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="" class="">Item 5: VOTE ON MOTION – New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation (10 minutes)</span></u><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">The GNSO Council identified a number of procedural issues during the most recent round of elections for the GNSO Chair. These arise mainly from the fact that the GNSO Operating Procedures do not currently contain express provisions for an election timetable and a method for prescribing the specific terms to be served by the Chair and Vice-Chairs. The Procedures also do not seem to permit new incoming Council members to stand for the Chair position. Here the Council will discuss and vote on whether to refer these matters to the GNSO’s Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI), and the scope of such a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/peqmrqd" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">referral request</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Additional info:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="" class="">2. Updated Draft GNSO Council Resolution for the Council meeting on 19 November 2015 – Referral Request to the SCI</span></strong><b class=""><span style="" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Made by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben</strong><br class=""><strong class="">Seconded by:</strong></span></b><span style="" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez</strong><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Whereas<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The GNSO Operating Procedures in Chapter 2.2 describe the process of elections of the GNSO Chair and the GNSO Vice-Chairs (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf</a>);<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Following the result of the initial election round at ICANN54 in Dublin, the GNSO Council agreed on a time table for the next round for the election of the GNSO Chair 2015-2016 (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/elections/proposed-council-chair-03sep15-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://gnso.icann.org/en/elections/proposed-council-chair-03sep15-en.pdf</a>);<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">During the ICANN 54 meeting in Dublin questions were raised with regards to the election process for the GNSO Chair and Vice-Chairs, including the candidate nomination process with particular reference to the preparedness of newly-elected Council members to vote, the eligibility of newly elected Councilors to run for the GNSO Chair position, the need for the GNSO Council to specifically determine the term of the Chair and Vice-Chairs in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws, and to the overall timing of the Chair election.<o:p class=""></o:p></li></ol><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Resolved<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">The GNSO Council requests the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">?<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; " class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="" class="">To review Sections 2.2(b), (f) and (g) of the GNSO Operating Procedures with respect to clarifying: (i) the eligibility of incoming Council members to run for the position of GNSO Chair; (ii) the start and end dates and the duration of the Chair and Vice-Chair terms in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws; and (iii) the timing of publication of the election results; and<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span class="">?<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; " class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="" class="">To recommend a general time table for election of the GNSO Council Chair to be approved by the GNSO Council and added to the GNSO Operating Procedures.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS', serif; 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