<div dir="ltr">Dear NCSG, <div><br></div><div>I am just circling back on a topic that was discussed this morning at the Policy Call that is the <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i>GNSO Standing Committee for Continuous Improvement. </i>Despite being an issue that will be addressed at this week's GNSO council's meeting, it is something the GNSO leadership is seeking input from the SG and C's leadership teams. <br></font></span><br>For those of you who are not fully aware of what the SCCI is, this space is a fora that has <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/Home">existed before</a> under the scope of <i>reviewing and assessing the effective functioning of the GNSO Procedures and Working Group guidelines </i>and tasked with the possibility of making recommendations regarding (a) procedures and guidelines that have been identified as problematic and (b) p<font face="arial, sans-serif">ossible improvements on a <span style="color:rgb(23,43,77)">periodic timescale for all procedures and guidelines. </span></font></div><div><br></div><div>The discussions at the GNSO leadership level re. this revival of the SCCI are considering the following remit: <br><i><br></i></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b2ef1d44-7fff-8c24-8ee5-b68ffc333ec0"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Implementation of WS2 recommendations that are not SG/C specific;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Assignments related to the Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Possible ATRT3 related assignments, including a possible future Continuous Improvement Program;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shepherding the GNSO Review process, if commenced;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Review of Policy & Implementation WG recommendations;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Further input on the Operational Design Phase process, if implemented by ICANNapplicable;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Review of PDP 3.0 improvements and additional improvements identified;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Empowered Community related assignments (to be assigned on a case by case basis by Council). </span></p></li></i></ul></span><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000">Additionally to that, the idea is to have the following composition: (a) <span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 representatives from each Constituency or Stakeholder Group</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and up to 2 alternates; (b) </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 Nominating Committee appointee </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and (c) </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">1 GNSO Council Liaison. 

I understand there were some concerns from our members on the call this morning about these efforts having any sort of conflict or duplication with the GNSO work but I would like to ask if our concerns are exclusively around this duplication. </span></font><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Every feedback on this topic is </span>v. much<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> welcome, </span>especially<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> from our councilors and previous representatives at the SCCI (and will help me and our constituency chairs provide feedback to the leadership list). </span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards, </span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos </i></b></div><div><br></div><div><div>Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos<br></div><div>@boomartins<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>