<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks once again for the detailed report, Julf!</div><div><br></div><div>Adding to the last part of your comment, if the community would like to search for potential improvements to the current charter, this is the link to the current version: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/2.+Charter" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/2.+Charter</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Pgs. 5 and 6 (part of "Section IV: Rules of Engagement"), appear to be most relevant text to be analyzed..<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cordially,</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><b>Pedro de Perdigão Lana</b><br></font></font></span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.nic.br/" target="_blank">Lawyer</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.gedai.com.br/" target="_blank">GEDAI/UFPR</a> Researcher</font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)</font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">Coordination/Board/EC @</font></font></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><a href="https://isoc.org.br/" target="_blank">ISOC BR</a></span></font><font size="1"><font size="2">,</font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font><font size="2"><a href="https://www.ncuc.org" target="_blank">NCUC</a> & <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home" target="_blank">NCSG </a>(ICANN), <a href="https://youthlacigf.lat/" target="_blank">YouthLACIGF</a>,</font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> <a href="https://ioda.org.br/" target="_blank">IODA</a> and </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://br.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank">CC Brasil</a></font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><br></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">This message is restricted to the sender and recipient(s). If received by mistake, please reply informing it.</span></font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em ter., 28 de jan. de 2025 às 07:21, Johan Helsingius <<a href="mailto:00001963cc94b85a-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00001963cc94b85a-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi again everyone,<br>
<br>
It has been a busy period for the SSC, with meetings every week,<br>
but now all the appointments in the queue have been handled so<br>
the frequency of meetings should go down significantly.<br>
<br>
Yesterday the topic was the Latin Diacritics PDP Working Group Chair.<br>
<br>
Attendance was up, with all but 3 members (Mike Rodenbaugh (IPC),<br>
Frank Anati (NCSG) and Susan Mohr (ISPC) - Susan did submit apologies<br>
in advance) present.<br>
<br>
Again, as the SSC procedures prescribe a 48-hour consensus call<br>
period allowing committee members who were not in the meeting to<br>
raise objections I can't yet announce the result, but I can say<br>
that the candidate everyone in the NCSG camp thought best suited<br>
did get chosen.<br>
<br>
The way the SSC works is that an initial round is done by a 2-part<br>
poll. The first part asks SSC members to state, for each candidate,<br>
if they think the candidate satisfies the requirements for the<br>
position, and the second part asks the members to rank the candidates.<br>
Nominally this is just an initial poll to inform the discussion,<br>
but there has been little discussion and usually the poll results<br>
determine the choice.<br>
<br>
Interestingly the SSC vice chair Segunfunmi Olajide (BC) questioned the<br>
mechanism and its results.<br>
<br>
I did raise the issue that staff extended the poll deadline by 2 hours<br>
at last minute after chasing members who hadn't responded. My concern<br>
is that arbitrary decisions to extend the deadline can be used to<br>
influence the result and is unfair towards members who make the<br>
effort to meet the deadline.<br>
<br>
In the previous meeting I raised the question about the fact that the<br>
(anonymous) poll replies showed one member stating that the candidate<br>
at the top of the poll was not suitable, and wondered if that was a<br>
showstopper. The member who had given the answer identified themselves<br>
and explained that as a new member, they had answered "no" simply<br>
because that candidate wasn't one of their preferred choices, so it<br>
should not be seen as a showstopper.<br>
<br>
Seems that my question was misconstrued as wanting to know who answered<br>
what, and to my surprise, this time the polling results and answers<br>
showed who had voted and answered what. I did raise the issue that<br>
this should not happen without the members being told in advance that<br>
that would be the case, and the Chair, Karen Day (RySG) responded that<br>
"the decision was made under leadership discretion to provide an<br>
additional layer of transparency and provide full context to the<br>
outcome".<br>
<br>
In this case, it did give an opportunity to see that poll responses<br>
to a large degree reflected constituency/stakeholder group lines.<br>
<br>
There was also some discussion about possibly requesting the<br>
Council to review the SSC charter. The current charter will be<br>
circulated to SSC members for comments.<br>
<br>
So far no date has been set for the next meeting as there are<br>
no appointments pending.<br>
<br>
Julf<br>
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