[council] GNSO Council Reolutions 8 January 2009

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Council Members,

Ahead of the complete minutes please find the resolutions that were passed at 
the GNSO Council meeting on 8 January 2009.

Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen

 Motion 1
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The GNSO Council confirmed the election of Avri Doria, 24 votes in favour, 1 
vote against and 1 person did not vote, as the GNSO Council chair for the 
period 1 February 2009 for the period until the newly structured GNSO Council 
is seated and a new chair is elected.

Passed by voice vote with one abstention from Avri Doria.

Motion 2
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Motion on gTLD Implementation

Proposed by Chuck Gomes, seconded by Tony Harris

Whereas:

Implementation Guideline E states, "The application submission date will be at 
least four months after the issue of the Request for Proposal and ICANN will 
promote the opening of the application round." (See Final Report, Part A, 
Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains, dated 8 August 2007 at 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm#_Toc43798015
 ) 

The intent of the GNSO with regard to Guideline E was to attempt to ensure that 
all potential applicants, including those that have not been active in recent 
ICANN activities regarding the introduction of new gTLDs, would be informed of 
the process and have reasonable time to prepare a proposal if they so desire.

The minimum 4-month period for promoting the opening of the application round 
is commonly referred to as the 'Communications Period'. 

It appears evident that a second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP) will be posted 
at some time after the end of the two 45-day public comment periods related to 
the initial version of the Guidebook (in English and other languages). 

Resolve:

The GNSO Council changes Implementation Guideline E to the following:

Best efforts will be made to ensure that the second Draft Applicant Guidebook 
is posted for public comment at least 14 days before the first international 
meeting of 2009, to be held in Mexico from March 1 to March 6. 

ICANN will initiate the Communications Period at the same time that the second 
Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment. 

The opening of the initial application round will occur no earlier than four 
(4) months after the start of the Communications Period and no earlier than 30 
days after the posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP). 

As applicable, promotions for the opening of the initial application round will 
include: 
Announcement about the public comment period following the posting of the 
second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP) * Information about the steps that will 
follow the comment period including approval and posting of the final Applicant 
Guidebook (RFP) * Estimates of when the initial application round will begin.

19 Votes in favour: Philip Sheppard, Zahid Jamil, Ute Decker, Tony Holmes, Tony 
Harris, Greg Ruth, William Drake, Carlos Souza, Terry Davis, Avri Doria, Olga 
Cavalli (one vote each)
Stéphane van Gelder, Jordi Iprraguirre, Edmon Chung, Chuck Gomes (two votes 
each)

1 Vote against: Kristina Rosette (one vote)

3 Abstentions: Tim Ruiz (two votes) Mike Rodenbaugh (one vote)

Absent: Adrian Kinderis, Cyril Chua, Mary Wong.

Motion 3 
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Aniticipated GNSO and ccNSO implementation of processes to introduce IDN TLDs 
in 2009

Proposed by Chuck Gomes, seconded by Adrian Kinderis with friendly amendments 
from Mike Rodenbaugh and Edmon Chung

Whereas both the GNSO and ccNSO are anticipating implementation of processes to 
introduce IDN TLDs in 2009,

Resolve

1) the GNSO Council strongly believes that neither the New gTLD or
ccTLD fast track process should result in IDN TLDs in the root before
the other unless both the GNSO and ccNSO so agree, and

2) fast track IDN ccTLDs should not be entered into the root if they do
not have an enforceable commitment to do the following: 

i) follow security and stability requirements such as those contained in gTLD 
Registry contracts, IDN Guidelines and IDN standards;

ii) pay ICANN fees sufficient to ensure that IDN ccTLDs are fully self-funding 
and are not cross-subsidized by other ICANN activities.

18 Votes in favour: Philip Sheppard, Mike Rodenbaugh, Zahid Jamil, Ute Decker, 
William Drake,
Carlos Souza, Avri Doria, Olga Cavalli (one vote each)
Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder, Chuck Gomes, Edmon Chung, Jordi Iparraguirre 
(two votes each)

5 Votes against: Kristina Rosette, Tony Holmes, Tony Harris, Greg Ruth, Terry 
Davis.

Absent: Adrian Kinderis, Mary Wong, Cyril Chua.

Kind regards,
Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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