<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=""><div class="">Hi,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for this, Julie. If I’m not mistaken, this was the last public comment period held as a result of an SCI project. We don’t usually get any comments on this committee’s work, and I always assumed (at the risk of being wrong) that this was because the SCI has always shown great diligence in its recommendations to amendments in the operating procedures.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Still…, I’m glad that we did get a couple this time, and that they’ve supported the work we’ve done without reservation, and on a topic that has caused quite a bit of controversy last October in Dublin. Well done, gang.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I also wanted to point out ,of course, that these comments were in response to both SCI projects including the one concerning Council motions, not just the Chair and VC election procedures.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m looking forward to submitting the motion for the Council to adopt the changes the SCI has recommended.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Amr</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 15, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 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; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear Amr and SCI members,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Further to the message below, the Public Comment period ended on 14 August. There were two comments – one from the Registries Stakeholder Group and the other from the Business Constituency. Both were in support of the proposed revisions. See the comments at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-gnso-op-procedures-05jul16/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-gnso-op-procedures-05jul16/</a>. As both comments were positive, they do not necessitate any changes to the proposed revisions. Thus, staff will proceed as noted below and prepare the motion for approval of the revisions for the liaison to submit to the Council list not later than 22 August (the motion and document deadline for the GNSO Council’s meeting on 01 September).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Staff also will post the public comment report on the public forum page and incorporate the revisions into the GNSO Operating Procedures so that they may be posted following the GNSO Council’s approval on 01 September, or as soon as possible thereafter.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></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';" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">AAikman@lrrc.com</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>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Re: COMPLETED: Notification re: Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures<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';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Hi Amr,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Here is the schedule:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">1.<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 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Upon close of the Public Comment period on 14 August Staff will prepare Public Comment Report – regardless of whether or not there are comments. Staff will be tracking to see if there are comments at any time during the Public Comment period and will forward them, if any, to the SCI as well as incorporate them into the report for the SCI’s consideration. The SCI will decide whether and/or how to address comments (if any). I will note that we seldom receive substantive comments on changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">2.<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 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Staff will prepare a motion for the approval of the revisions to the GNSO Operating Procedures for you, as Liaison, to send to the GNSO Council for consideration not later than the document and motion deadline for the 01 September GNSO Council meeting – that is, by 22 August.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">3.<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 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">The GNSO Council will consider the motion at its meeting on 01 September and is expected to adopt the revisions. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">4.<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 style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">The motion will direct staff to produce the revised GNSO Operating Procedures. Staff will prepare these in advance so that they can be posted immediately following the GNSO Council meeting, but not later than 02 September, when they will take effect.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Staff briefed the GNSO Council on this schedule during its meeting in Helsinki and made it clear that the procedures will be in place in time to be applied for the next Chair/Vice Chair elections.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></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';" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 9:13 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">AAikman@lrrc.com</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: COMPLETED: Notification re: Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Hi,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Thanks for this Julie. I wasn’t aware that the public comment period has opened, but did recall that the plan was always to have this begin shortly following the Helsinki meeting.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Also, if we could have a review of the foreseeable schedule for the approval/adoption of the proposed election procedures, that would be helpful. I know we had this conversation before, however, Anne’s request for confirmation is fair. Assuming there are no delays in adopting the proposed revisions, what kind of timeline are we looking at? Will there be a new version of the operating procedures published, and in use, before the next Council chair/v. chair elections? <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Thanks again.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Amr<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">On Jul 13, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear Anne,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">The public comment period started on 05 July and will go for the required minimum time of 40 days, closing on 14 August. See:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-op-procedures-2016-07-05-en" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-op-procedures-2016-07-05-en</span></a>. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">My apologies for not announcing this to the list.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">"Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">AAikman@lrrc.com</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 6:22 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"'Amr Elsadr' (<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</span></a>)" <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>RE: COMPLETED: Notification re: Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi Julie and all members,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Wanted to ask Amr whether we are in line with GNSO to get this out for public comment. Want to make sure we have time to get that in and amend procedures before the next GNSO Council Election.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thank you,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Anne</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="336" valign="top" style="width: 3.5in; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(175, 39, 47);" class="">Anne E. 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font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" class="">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Julie Hedlund<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, June 21, 2016 7:06 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] COMPLETED: Notification re: Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear SCI members,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">No objections were received to the change below and included in the attached Word and PDF documents as of the deadline of COB Monday, 20 June. Thus, the proposed revisions are deemed accepted by Full Consensus. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">As requested, staff will proceed to initiate a Public Comment Forum following Helsinki. Staff also has conveyed to Amr the SCI’s request for him, as the GNSO Council Liaison, to provide a written update on the SCI’s activities to the GNSO Council. This is in lieu of a face-to-face update in Helsinki and does not affect the timing or ability of the SCI to initiate a public forum on the proposed revisions to the GNSO Operating Procedures.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Staff will forward to the SCI any comments received in the Public Comment Forum as they come in and will prepare a summary of comments, if any. Staff also will prepare for the SCI’s review a draft motion adopting the proposed revisions for the GNSO Council to consider at its meeting on 01 September. Note: With respect to the Chair and Vice Chair election procedures, as discussed last week the SCI and staff have determined that if these revisions are adopted at the 01 September meeting they will be in place in time for the necessary steps to occur leading up to and including the election at the Annual General Meeting at ICANN 57, 3-9 November 2016.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, June 20, 2016 at 4:52 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] REMINDER Notification re: Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear SCI members,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">During last week’s meeting SCI members agreed with the minor grammatical change suggested by Amr and that this change should be notified to the SCI list. The change is included in the attached document, for clarity updated with today’s date, as follows:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Change the final sentence in #3 to "Should a House fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair, the Designated Interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected." Change “the House” to “a House” and strikeout “with the vacant Vice-Chair position”.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">If there are no objections received by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><u class="">TODAY COB Monday, 20 June</u></b>, this change will be considered to be accepted.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 3:59 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Notification re: Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear SCI members,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">During today’s meeting SCI members agreed with the minor grammatical change suggested by Amr and that this change should be notified to the SCI list. The change is included in the attached document, for clarity updated with today’s date, as follows:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Change the final sentence in #3 to "Should a House fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair, the Designated Interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected." Change “the House” to “a House” and strikeout “with the vacant Vice-Chair position”.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">If there are no objections received by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><u class="">COB Monday, 20 June</u></b>, this change will be considered to be accepted.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 1:20 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call Revised: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear SCI members,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">As there were no objections to Amr’s suggested text, it has been included in the attached documents. In the redline version the previous text is shown as stricken and the new text is in brackets. In the clean document the suggested text replaces the previous text. I hope this is clear, but please let us know if you have any questions. The documents are attached in Word and PDF.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Unless otherwise requested, the deadline will continue to be Thursday, 16 June for the close of the Consensus Call. Note that we also have a meeting at our usual time on that Thursday at 1800 UTC. If you have not received a calendar invite or notice, please alert the GNSO Secretariat at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-secs@icann.org</span></a>.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Julie Hedlund, Director, SSAC Support</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></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 class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 11:44 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call: Chair & Vice Chair Election Procedures</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">Many thanks Amr for this very helpful and constructive suggestion.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">Julie<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class="">On Jun 7, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">Hi,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">I know this in not exactly standard practice, but I would like to offer what I believe to be a friendly amendment (can’t think of a better term right now) to the language we are asking our SGs/Cs to consider.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">Specifically, the last sentence in section 2.2.1 #3 reads:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(197, 31, 60);" class="">Should the House with the vacant Vice-Chair position fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair, the Designated Interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class="">This sentence seems applicable to me in 2.2.1 #2, but not #3. If we’re dealing with scenario 3, then there are already no vice chairs available to serve on an interim basis from either House. I believe this sentence may better serve the purpose we intended if it were something more like this:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class="">“Should one of the Houses fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair, the designated interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.”</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class="">I hope this makes sense to folks. If there is agreement on this, perhaps we can ask for an amended document to circulate to our groups?</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class="">Thanks, and apologies for not catching this sooner.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';" class="">Amr</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class="">On Jun 2, 2016, at 11:21 PM, Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Dear SCI members,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">As agreed on the SCI call on 02 June, the attached document,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><i class="">CONSENSUS CALL-GNSO Operating Procedures Proposed Revision Chair-Vice-Chair Elections 02 June 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 relating to Chair and Vice Chair elections. The text includes the following suggested changes from today’s SCI call:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">1.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">In Section 2.2 (2) delete the phrase "within the allotted time period" in the sentence “Should the House with the vacant Vice-Chair position fail to appoint an interim Vice-Chair within the allotted time period, the continuing Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.” Show the deletion in strikeout.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">2.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">In Section 2.2 (3) delete the phrase "within the allotted time period" in the sentence “Should the House with the vacant Vice-Chair position fail to designate an interim Vice-Chair within the allotted time period, the Designated Interim Vice-Chair from the other House will serve as an Interim Vice-Chair alone until a new Chair is conclusively elected.” Show the deletion in strikeout.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">3.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">In Section 2.2 (4) insert the phrase “within the allotted time period” after “on an interim basis” in the sentence “If both Houses should fail to temporarily fill the role of Vice Chair on an interim basis, the non-voting NCA will be designated the Interim Chair to oversee the Chair election and conduct Council business until such time as a Chair is conclusively elected.” Show the addition in brackets.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Background:</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">In its motion approved on 19 November 2015 the GNSO Council requested the SCI:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">1. 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</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">2. 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.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">In December 2015 the SCI created Subteam B to discuss and draft possible new procedures. The Subteam members were: Anne Aikman-Scalese, Angie Graves, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, and Sara Bockey.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">The Subteam submitted its recommendations to the SCI to consider at its meeting during ICANN 55 in Marrakech, Morocco on 05 March 2016.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">On 02 June the SCI discussed the draft revisions and asked staff to submit them to the SCI for a Consensus Call.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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