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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 3, 2015, at 2:47 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <<a href="mailto:ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info" class="">ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Karel,<br class=""><br class="">Please reconsider. Note that there are two positions to be<br class="">filled in SCI, primary and alternate, and if Stefania moves<br class="">from alternate to primary, it still leaves alternate free<br class="">for new volunteers such as yourself.<br class=""><br class="">Also, while I indicated I'd be willing to take the alternate<br class="">myself, it's not like I need more work, so I'd be only happy<br class="">to spread the load and have someone active like you there.<br class="">I'll be keeping close contact with our SCI representatives<br class="">anyway, I don't need to be there myself.<br class=""><br class="">In general it's also better to have too many volunteers<br class="">than too few. I would encourage all who think themselves<br class="">able and willing to throw their hat in the ring and give<br class="">the Policy Committee the rare luxury of having several<br class="">good candidates to choose from.<br class=""><br class="">Tapani<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Nov 02 16:36, Karel Douglas (<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com" class="">douglaskarel@GMAIL.COM</a>) wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">All ,<br class=""><br class="">In light of Stefania's email where she indicated that she had<br class="">already telegraphed her interest to the Committee , and in the spirit of<br class="">consensus in the community I would respectfully withdraw my "candidacy" as<br class="">a volunteer.<br class=""><br class="">Best regards<br class=""><br class="">Karel DOUGLAS<br class=""><br class="">On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:07 PM, James Gannon <<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" class="">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I think Stefania as a new councillor would get a double dose of value for<br class="">us in this position.<br class=""><br class="">-James<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 02/11/2015, 5:03 p.m., "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of "Kleinwächter,<br class="">Wolfgang"" <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a> on behalf of<br class=""><a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de" class="">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@MEDIENKOMM.UNI-HALLE.DE</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">1+ for Stefania<br class=""><br class="">wolfgang<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br class="">Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Milan, Stefania<br class="">Gesendet: Mo 02.11.2015 13:41<br class="">An: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class="">Betreff: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Call for volunteers: New SCI representative &<br class=""></blockquote>alternate<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Dear all<br class=""><br class="">I have already made my availability known to the NCSG Policy Committee<br class=""></blockquote>but forgot to do so on this list.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">I believe serving on SCI would be particularly helpful in view of my<br class=""></blockquote>recent election to the GNSO Council.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Best, Stefania<br class=""><br class="">________________________________<br class="">Da: NCSG-Discuss <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>> per conto di Karel<br class=""></blockquote>Douglas <<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com" class="">douglaskarel@GMAIL.COM</a>><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Inviato: lunedì 2 novembre 2015 13.36<br class="">A: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class="">Oggetto: Re: Call for volunteers: New SCI representative & alternate<br class=""><br class="">Dear All,<br class=""><br class="">I have read up on some of the documents and browsed the SCI site with the<br class=""></blockquote>current work up for consideration, previous work done in 2014, 2013 , etc<br class="">and would be happy to volunteer as an alternate.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">I hoping that my legal training and experience in corporate governance<br class=""></blockquote>would benefit the SCI.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">kind regards<br class=""><br class="">Karel DOUGLAS<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Karel Douglas <<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com" class="">douglaskarel@gmail.com</a><br class=""></blockquote><<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com" class="">mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">WOW...that was fast! :-)<br class=""><br class="">Thanks AMR for your very comprehensive and detailed reply. Yes - your<br class=""></blockquote>answer has helped!<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">I will certainly do some reading up on the SCI charter and take a look at<br class=""></blockquote>the public record of the work done to date by the SCI.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Many thanks buddy!<br class=""><br class="">kind regards<br class=""><br class="">Karel<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a><mailto:<br class=""></blockquote><a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" class="">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Karel,<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Oct 30, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Karel Douglas <<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com" class="">douglaskarel@GMAIL.COM</a><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@GMAIL.COM" class="">mailto:douglaskarel@GMAIL.COM</a>>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Thanks Avri et al<br class=""><br class="">Avri - blunt and to the point is always appreciated.<br class=""><br class="">As a newbie I have a couple brief questions which are flying around my<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote>head :<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">(1) how often does the SCI meet to discuss changes to the documents?<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Usually once every two weeks for one hour as long as there are ongoing<br class=""></blockquote>projects the SCI is working on. When there are projects, most of the work<br class="">(as is the case with all groups) takes place offline and over email. In the<br class="">past, temporary sub-teams have also been set up to work intensively on<br class="">something, before review by the full committee.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">(2) how do suggested amendments / improvements get to the SCI...are<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote>improvements generated by regular internal review in the SCI or are<br class="">suggested changes transmitted by GNSO / NCUC / NPOC to the SCI for review<br class="">,report and recommendation?<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">The SCI has the discretion to suggest initiation of work on a certain<br class=""></blockquote>topic, but this needs to be communicated to the GNSO Council. Normally, it<br class="">is the Council that passes on questions/puzzles to the SCI, and ask the<br class="">committee to have some fun with it.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">In the recent past, there was an attempt by a GNSO constituency to<br class=""></blockquote>directly request the SCI to take up a project, but this was deemed as<br class="">outside the normal process. If (for example) NCUC or NPOC want the SCI to<br class="">review something, they would need to advise their representatives on the<br class="">GNSO Council, and ask them to take it up with the full council first.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">(3) How are suggested changes eventually made? Is it unilaterally or<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote>does it come back for approval of the GNSO EC and /or membership.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">The SCI needs to achieve full consensus on any recommended changes it<br class=""></blockquote>makes to the GNSO operating procedures. Before forwarding its<br class="">recommendations to the council, a public comment period needs to be held,<br class="">then finally a motion and a vote on the GNSO council for the GNSO to adopt<br class="">the recommended changes. If ICANN bylaws need to be amended for any<br class="">reasons, the ICANN board will need to hold a public comment period of its<br class="">own, and have its own resolution to adopt changes.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Even if I don't put my hat in the ring I would love to hear more about<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote>the SCI. I guess there is an SCI operating procedures manual lying around<br class="">somewhere which speak to these matters. Maybe you could provide a link to<br class="">it.Many thanks<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Here is a link to the SCI's charter:<br class=""></blockquote><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/2.+Charter" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/2.+Charter</a>. There is also a<br class="">public record of all the work done by the SCI on its wiki page, so take<br class="">time to browse through it, if you're interested.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">I hope this helps.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks.<br class=""><br class="">Amr<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>