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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear SSC members, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It appears that Survey Monkey is now requiring users to login to use the poll in “preview” mode. I apologize for that. I don’t think this was previously the case with this mode.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To ensure everyone can test the poll, I’ve gone ahead and opened it. Please use this link:
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DFHMTT5">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DFHMTT5</a>. I will clear the results before we start officially collecting votes, so feel free to submit “test” answers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Let’s extend the deadline for testing the poll. How about Tuesday 30 January at 11:00 UTC? If anyone needs more time, please just let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 25 January 2018 at 21:51<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-ssc@icann.org" <gnso-ssc@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Draft poll - skills matrix evaluation - SSR2-RT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear SSC members, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Following an action item from the call today, staff has produced a draft poll to evaluate remaining SSR2-RT candidates based on attributes included in the attached skills matrix. Please find a preview of the
draft poll here: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/create/preview/?sm=50pEczALMZ80V7EW8NRJ5gXbjv4aYn8s_2BehtuuSaiKM_3D&tab_clicked=1">
https://www.surveymonkey.com/create/preview/?sm=50pEczALMZ80V7EW8NRJ5gXbjv4aYn8s_2BehtuuSaiKM_3D&tab_clicked=1</a> .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please note that the poll is not yet open. The preview allows you to test the format and provide feedback. If you would like to suggest changes to the poll content or format, please send your input by 20:00
UTC on Sunday 28 January. Staff will open the poll on Monday.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 25 January 2018 at 09:08<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-ssc@icann.org" <gnso-ssc@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Notes and Action Items - SSC Meeting - 25 January 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Dear SSC members,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Please see below the action items and discussion notes from our meeting today. These high-level notes are designed to help WG members navigate through the content of the call and are
not meant to be a substitute for the recording or transcript, which are posted on the wiki at: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Uge8B">https://community.icann.org/x/Uge8B</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">For reference, the proposed draft revisions to the SSC Charter are attached.
<b>Members are encouraged to send comments about this document to the list. In particular, please provide input on the Transparency section on page 4.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Emily </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">ACTION ITEMS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Action Item 1: Staff will circulate draft poll for feedback comparing skills of remaining SSR2-RT candidates and rows in the attached skills matrix.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Action Item 2: SSC members will review the attached redline charter and provide feedback, with particular focus on the Transparency section on page 4.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Action Item 3: Staff will send out a Doodle poll for the next meeting, planned for the second week of February. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">NOTES:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">1. Welcome/Agenda Review/SOI Updates</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- no SOI updates</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">2. Comparison of remaining SSR2-RT candidates and matrix of skills produced by existing SSR2-RT members</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- GNSO Council has tasked SSC with comparing the two remaining candidates for the SSR-RT with the skills matrix produced by the existing SSR-RT candidates.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Existing team appears to be fairly balanced. There does not appear to be any category that is an obvious gap. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- The candidates have distinct skill sets. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- One possible path forward - one or two members take the lead in filling in candidate skills in the table. The rest of the group reviews and refines this analysis. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Alternate approach - conduct a poll among all members.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- The SSC could also go back to the original poll completed earlier this year and see how the candidates compare, noting that this poll is less granular.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Reminder that the Council tasked the SSC with focusing on the skills matrix and whether candidates fill any gaps. This is not yet a selection assignment. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Members agree to conduct a new poll (see action item).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">3. Review of draft proposed revisions to the SSC Charter</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Staff has created a first draft of the proposed revised charter based on the feedback received from SSC members and discussion on the previous call.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">From the chat:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: I think we need feedback from other members too</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: I have a comment about page5 - the described situation is related to the case where there is no consensus and SSC needs to report the issue to the GNSO Councel with prepared reasoning and options</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: it was about minority views</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Support expressed for keeping text: "as well as any minority views, should these exist” (at the bottom of page 5). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Regarding the section on Transparency, the optics might be a challenge if we publish information about deliberations before the Council has made a decision. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- One suggestion -- make deliberations private, including call recordings, and email list before a decision is made, publish this information later.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Alternately, the group continue with the status quo and ensure timely communication to candidates when the group notifies the GNSO Council of its recommendation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">From the chat:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Renata Aquino Ribeiro: I'm much more in favor of making this list only private</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: @Renata, I am not sure we can do it</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Renata Aquino Ribeiro: I think halfway solutions are awkward. Either we have full transparency or not. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Renata Aquino Ribeiro: and prone to errors, non-records</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: if we do not find the way to properly design delayed output model, we might continue the usual way of SSC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Renata Aquino Ribeiro: i think the delay is just for the announcement</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: after all it works more or less Ok</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Renata Aquino Ribeiro: (which is only real anyway once GNSO right?)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Emily Barabas: Perhaps the group can start with timely notifications and then if it encounters issues, look into further measures?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Maxim Alzoba: when we release the same info to all participants, it is both transparent and clear... we might need a proper disclaimer section of such messages</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Suggestion – revis-t timeline document to ensure the group is notifying candidates in a timely manner.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- Suggestion -- add additional clarification in the email from the SSC to candidates with disclaimer text. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">4. AOB</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">- none</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily Barabas
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Senior Policy Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: emily.barabas@icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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