<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Julie, Mary,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks for the good work delivered for the SCI, especially with regards the proposed text.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To all members of the SCI, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">May i call on you to provide your approval to the proposed text so we can move forward and finally close this issue and hand it over to the GNSO council. Many thanks for all your good work in this process.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Op 7 apr. 2016, om 23:26 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="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Dear SCI members,</div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As agreed on the SCI call on 07 April, the attached document, <b class=""><i class="">CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & Amendments 07 April 2016</i></b>, is being circulated for a formal Consensus Call. The document is the proposed revision to the GNSO Operating Procedures to include the new text on submitting, seconding, and amending motions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Background:</b></div></div></div></span><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">On 05 March 2015 the SCI submitted to the GNSO Council a Review Request (see attached) concerning the fact that there are currently no formal procedures on (i) whether, how and by whom a properly submitted motion is to be seconded, and (ii) treatment of proposed amendments to such motions as either “friendly” or “unfriendly”. The Review Request was one of two that the Council approved at its meeting on 16 April 2015. </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In the attached Review Request the GNSO Council asked that the SCI codify the existing customary practices of the GNSO Council and consider new processes to govern the seconding of motions and amendments to motions. </span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">09 October 2015 the SCI agreed on a documentation of the Current Practice Relating to Motions and sent a letter (attached) along with the original Review Request and the documentation to Jonathan Robinson, GNSO Council Chair. </font></li><li class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">In December 2015 the SCI established a Sub Team </font>A — Sara Bockey, Angie Graves, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, and Lawrence Olawale-Roberts, and Rudi Vansnick — to review the current practice and the Sub Team submitted its recommendations to the SCI on 02 March 2016. The SCI discussed the recommendations in Marrakech on 05 March and asked staff to draft revisions to the GNSO Operating Procedures per the recommendations. </li><li class="">On 07 April the SCI discussed the draft revisions and asked staff to submit them to the SCI for a Consensus Call.</li></ul></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><i class=""><b class="">If there are no objections or changes received in two weeks by <u class="">Thursday 21 April</u>, the language will be presumed to be accepted by Full Consensus.</b></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Julie </div></div></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br class=""></font></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span></div>
<span id="cid:E11C76E9-8E50-47E0-A0F7-96CB74756EE1@telenet.be"><CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & Amendments 07 April 2016.docx></span><span id="cid:BF56A6C8-7670-4E96-B31A-58A2FC9F54C5@telenet.be"><CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Relating to Motions & Amendments 07 April 2016.pdf></span><span id="cid:4D6A1180-1709-4AF9-B9F0-36729380D53F@telenet.be"><SCI Letter to GNSO Council Chair Concerning Current Practice in Relation to Motions 09 Oct 2015.pdf></span><span id="cid:5383C849-C02C-455D-ACFE-B10BA314B8C8@telenet.be"><SCI Review Request - Motions - 5 Mar 2015 v2.pdf></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>