The next meeting of the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation is scheduled on Thursday 17 May 2012 at 1900 UTC.

12:00 PDT, 15:00 EDT, 20:00 London, 21:00 CET (For other places see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=SCI+Kick-Off+Meeting&iso=20120419T19)
 
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Proposed Agenda:

  1. Roll call
  2. Statement of Interests
  3. Approval of the agenda
  4. Proxy voting
    1. explanation of the existing rules (staff)
    2. Discussion of reasons for problem with rules
    3. Discussion of possible remedies
    4. Discussion of pros and cons to modify the existing rules
  5. Consent agenda
    1. draft available?
    2. discussion along the questions raised last meeting (see Marika's notes)
  6. Deferral of motions
    1. draft available? (Ron/Angie)
  7. Voting threshold rules for delaying a PDP

For review:

Proxy Voting - Proposal Wolf.pdf (agenda item 4)

Consent Agenda - Proposed Language - Updated 7 May 2012.doc (agenda item 5)

Deferral of Motions - Email.pdf (agenda item 6)

Motion Deferrals v1.pdf (agenda item 6)

Item 5 – Threshold Rules Needed for Delaying a PDP.pdf (agenda item 7)

Draft Survey for GNSO Working Groups - 2 May 2012.doc

SCI Sub Team Membership - 8 May 2012.doc

Notes from previous meeting:

Administrative Items

  • Additional participants needed for consent agenda item and voting results table (Avri willing to join sub-team if needed. Wolf also willing to move from deferral to GNSO Council Voting Results Table)
  • Mary volunteered for Proxy Voting Procedures sub-team
  • Additional item regarding SOI raised by Evan Leibovitch - raises the question who may raise issues with the SCI (currently only GNSO Council or WGs can raise issues with the SCI according to the Charter)
  • Circulate sub-team list to the mailing list to see if there are additional volunteers
  • Develop wiki pages for sub-teams and consider using google docs to work collaboratively on items.

Consent Agenda

  • Clarify terminology re. Council leadership / Chair / Vice-Chairs
  • Consider excluding PDP related item as well as recommendations to the Board from the consent agenda
  • What happens to items that are removed from the consent agenda, do they end up on the normal agenda or move on to the next meeting? Should it be clarified in the proposed draft?
  • What is the deadline for making supporting documents availabe in suficient time (is that the 8-day deadline)? Consider clarifying that this is the timeline that applies or referring to the applicable place in the operating procedures that addresses timing.
  • What kind of vote is taken? Simple majority? How to deal with items that have a different voting threshold associated with it? Doesn't the same voting threshold apply as for other items? Consent agenda is intended to expedite adminstrative manners, items that need further discussion end up on normal agenda. Consider excluding all items that have a voting threshold associated with it that is not simple majority (addresses concern over voting thresholds as well as items that should not be eligible for consent agenda).

Deferral of motions

  • Ron and Angie to take the lead on this item
  • Review historic data received from GNSO secretariat

Voting Threshold Rules for Delaying a PDP

  • See staff paper on this issue

Proxy Voting Procedure

  • See proposal circulated by Wolf
  • Put at the top of the agenda for the next meeting

Update of GNSO council Voting Results

  • Add 'only for significant cause' to terminating a PDP
  • Include reference to Bylaws to clarify meaning of certain voting thresholds
  • Share Word version of document with Anne
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