Re: [council] SCI update and motion

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxx>]

Not me

BD

On Jul 4, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

> Thanks Wolf. Please thank the SCI for this work.
> 
> I would suggest we adopt the first procedure, with the SCI putting out for 
> public comment and only coming to the Council once this has been done and it 
> has incorporated any comments received in the way it sees fit.
> 
> Does anyone oppose this?
> 
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Directeur Général / General manager
> INDOM Group NBT France
> ----------------
> Registry Relations and Strategy Director
> Group NBT
> 
> Le 4 juil. 2012 à 15:46, <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
>> Dear Councilors,
>>  
>> As discussed during the SCI update to the GNSO Council in Prague, the SCI 
>> has now approved the proposed procedure for a consent agenda as well as an 
>> updated version of the voting matrix which incorporates the new voting 
>> thresholds resulting from the recently approved revised GNSO PDP. Both these 
>> documents are intended to modify the GNSO Operating Procedures. The SCI 
>> hereby submits these documents for your consideration, approval and sending 
>> out for public comment period of 21 days. A respective motion is attached if 
>> needed.
>>  
>> As also discussed during the Prague meeting, the SCI would like to obtain 
>> clarification from the GNSO Council on how to handle public input on these 
>> proposed changes in future. ICANN Staff has indicated that according to the 
>> ICANN Bylaws at a minimum a public comment period of 21 days should be 
>> conducted on any changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures. From the SCI's 
>> perspective, there are two possible options the GNSO Council may want to 
>> consider:
>> The SCI puts out the proposed changes out for public comment, following 
>> which the SCI reviews the public comments received and updates the proposed 
>> changes, if deemed appropriate. The updated proposed changes, in addition to 
>> the report of public comments received are then submitted to the GNSO 
>> Council for consideration.
>> The SCI submits the proposed changes to the GNSO Council, following which 
>> the GNSO Council opens a public comment forum on the proposed changes. Once 
>> the public comment forum closes, the GNSO Council decides how to address any 
>> comments received, which may include referring the comments back to the SCI 
>> for consideration and possible updates to the proposed changes.
>>  
>> From the SCI's perspective, its members are happy to follow either procedure 
>> (or alternative the GNSO Council may want to propose), so that it is clear 
>> what the required steps are for any future proposed changes to the GNSO 
>> Operating Procedures the SCI may propose.
>> With best regards,
>>  
>>  
>> Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
>>  
>>  
>> <GNSO Council Voting_Consensus.doc><Consent Agenda - Consensus.doc><Motion 
>> on the opening of a public comment forum - 4 July 2012.doc>
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