<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 SCI members,</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of Sub Team A — Sara Bockey, Angie Graves, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, and Lawrence Olawale-Roberts, and Rudi Vansnick — I hereby transmit below a Report to the SCI for discussion at the next SCI meeting in Marrakech on Saturday, 05 March at 0800-0900 UTC/Casablanca. For remote access see: <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/sat-gnso-sci">https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/sat-gnso-sci</a>. Note that the virtual meeting room is different from our usual Adobe Connect room.</div><div><br></div><div>For your reference attached are the original review request, the letter to the GNSO Council documenting the current practice, and the steps/flow chart.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Julie</div><div><br></div><div>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</div><div><br></div><div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><b>Sub Team A Report to the SCI on Current Practice in Relation to Motions</b></div></span></div></span></div></span><div><br></div><div><b>Recommendations:</b></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><div><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><br></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><b>ISSUE 1: Must every motion be seconded?</b></span></div><div><font color="#ff0000">AGREED: Every motion must be seconded before a vote.</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">ACTION: </font>UPDATE THE PROCESS AND FLOW CHART ACCORDINGLY (in red below and attached):</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">If a GNSO Council member (other than the proposer) seconds the motion the GNSO Council Chair calls for its discussion or a vote.</font></font></div><div><br></div><div><b>ISSUE 2: Must the seconder be not just a different Councilor but also a Councilor from a different Stakeholder Group/Constituency? </b></div></div><div><font color="#ff0000">AGREED: Do not include a requirement that the seconder should be from a different stakeholder group or constituency. </font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">ACTION: NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT PROCESS.</font></div><div><div><i><u><br></u></i></div><div><b>ISSUE 3: Should there be a deadline for motions to be seconded?</b></div><div><font color="#ff0000">AGREED: A motion should be seconded prior to discussion.</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">ATION: UPDATE THE PROCESS AND FLOW CHART ACCORDINGLY (in red below and attached):</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-size: medium;">4.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The motion can be discussed up to the Council meeting, but discussion and voting on the motion at the Council meeting cannot proceed without a second. </font></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><br></div></div></span><div><b>ISSUE 4: Should there be a time limit /deadline for submitting amendments, to allow each SG/C adequate time to discuss them rather than have the Council deal with what could potentially be substantively new subject matter "on the fly" during a Council meeting? When should a motion be deferred in certain circumstances, e.g. "competing" amendments?</b></div></div><div><font color="#ff0000">AGREED: Do not require a deadline for submission of amendments prior to, or during, discussion of a motion.</font></div></div><div><font color="#ff0000">ACTION: NO CHANGE TO CURRENT PROCESS</font>.</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div></span><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><br></body></html>