1. #ICANN51 1 Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI) Activities Update to the GNSO Council ICANN-51 Los Angeles Meeting 11 October 2014

2. #ICANN51 2 2 Summary of Current Activities Proposed Changes to GNSO Operating Procedures: –Working Group Consensus Levels for Decision Making –Waiver of the 10-Day Motion Rule –Voting Outside of a Meeting Status/Next Steps: –Out for Public Comment ending 08 October, reply ending 30 October (if necessary); –Review any comments and revise text (if necessary); –Submit final version of GNSO Operating Procedure changes to GNSO with motion for approval. 2

3. #ICANN51 Annex: Background on the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI)

4. #ICANN51 Revised Charter approved 31 October 2013 by the GNSO Council Reviews and assesses the effective functioning of the GNSO Procedures and Working Group Guidelines. –On request, for those procedures and guidelines that have been identified as presenting immediate problems –On a periodic timescale for all procedures and guidelines in order to identify possible issues and/or improvements (subject to a clear definition by the SCI on which procedures and guidelines should be reviewed) Considers requests concerning issues related to the GNSO Council processes and procedures and to Working Group guidelines identified either by the GNSO Council or a group chartered by the GNSO Council as needing discussion. Background on the SCI 4

5. #ICANN51 Working Group Consensus Levels – Background –Raised by the IGO-INGO in its final report: Possible limitation in the currently defined Consensus Levels when assigning “Divergence” to recommendations regarding acronym protections. Use of “Divergence” did not adequately represent the lack of support for the proposed recommendation when said recommendation was stated in the affirmative, for example “Do you support...?” Concern that not adhering to current Working Group Guidelines could introduce risk to the process, because “Consensus Against” is not formally defined. Current Activities 5 5

6. #ICANN51 6 6 Summary of Proposed Changes Proposal on Working Group Consensus Levels: –Addition of a footnote in the Working Group Guidelines to clarify that consensus can mean both consensus for as well as consensus against a particular working group recommendation. Waiver of the 10-day Motion Rule: –Addition of a provision regarding circumstances in which the general 10-day deadline for the submission of motions for voting at a GNSO Council meeting can be waived. Voting Outside of a Meeting: –Addition of a provision allowing the GNSO Council to vote outside a GNSO Council meeting in certain circumstances.

7. #ICANN51 Thank You 7