[council] GNSO Council Meeting agenda Thursday/Friday 7/8 January 2010 at 20:00UTC

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

In preparation for the GNSO Council Meeting on Thursday/Friday 7/8 January 2010 
please find the agenda below.
Please review the

-          Status updates 
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm

-          GNSO Project Status List at:
       http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf


Please note that two items have been added for discussion under Any Other 
Business
7.2.1 Draft Proposal for Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
7.3 Joint Meeting with the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) in Nairobi


The call details will be resent in a separate email.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you and a very Happy New Year!

Glen

GNSO Council Agenda 7 January 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-07jan10-en.htm

Wiki version:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_7_january_2010

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures 
approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO Council.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/operating-procedures-revised-draft-clean-09oct09-en.pdf

For convenience:
* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in 
Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
* An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting 
procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.

Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC
(see below and http://www.timeanddate.com for other times)
(12:00 PST, 15:00 EST, 10:00 HAST, 21:00 CET; 04:00 Hong Kong, 07:00 Melbourne 
Friday)

Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should 
notify Glen in advance if a dial out call is needed.

Item 1: Administrative matters

1.1 Roll call of Council members
1.2 Update any statements of interest
1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the following Council meetings per the new 
Council Operating Procedures:
* 17 December meeting - Approved on 31 December 2009
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-17dec09-en.htm

Item 2: Issues Report regarding vertical separation of Registries and Registrars

2.1 Refer to Issues Report on Vertical Integration:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf

2.2 Overview of Issues Report (Margie Milam)
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/issues-report-summary-17dec09-en.pdf

2.3 Discussion

2.4 Information about the ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement on 
7 January 2010 in Washington D.C.? (Margie/Kurt)

2.5 Next steps
2.5.1 Action regarding decision on whether or not to initiate a PDP - 28 Jan 
meeting?

Item 3: Prioritization of GNSO work

3.1 Status Report (Olga)
3.2 Next steps?

Item 4: The Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) Implementation Working Team 
Final Report

4.1 Refer to report at 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-implementation-working-team-report-final-03dec09-en.pdf

4.2 Brief overview of report (Bart Boswinkel)

4.3 Action item: The working team report recommends that the GNSO & ccNSO do 
policy work with regard to the following two issues related to single-character 
IDN top level names:
1) selection of scripts for which single character IDN TLDs should be allowed;
2) method for allocation of single character IDN TLDs.

4.3.1 Discussion

4.3.2 Volunteers for working with ccNSO volunteers to develop a draft charter?

Item 5: Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy - Implementation Report

5.1 Refer to 
http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agp-limits-policy-report-14dec09-en.pdf

5.1.1 Staff Presentation - Craig Schwartz
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-gnso-agp-slides-07jan10-en.pdf

5.2 Action Items

5.3 Discussion

Item 6: Status updates

6.1 Items of interest to the GNSO from the ccNSO (Olga Cavalli/Han Chuan Lee)

6.2 Other?

6.3 Questions/comments on written status updates sent in advance by leaders of 
Working Groups, Work Teams, staff projects, etc.?

Status updates http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm

Item 7: Any Other Business (AOB)

7.1 Staff update on plans to ensure safety and security in Nairobi

7.2.1 Draft Proposal for Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf

published at:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26dec09-en.htm

7.2.1.1 Brief review of the proposal

7.2.1.2 Should the Council submit comments on behalf of the GNSO? If so, 
develop plan.

Public Comments:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#affrev

7.2.1.3 How should GNSO volunteers be identified as nominees for each of the 
four review teams? (Next steps?)

7.3 Joint Meeting with the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) in Nairobi

7.3.1 Discussion re. GAC proposed topics:
1) New gTLD policy implementation, including Expression of Interest (EoI);
2) Affirmation of Commitments (AoC).

7.3.2 Other possible topics to propose to the GAC?

7.3.3 Discussion re. how we should prepare for the joint GAC/GNSO session.

Item 8: The updated GNSO Project Status List (formerly Pending Action Item 
List) is at:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf

8.1 Questions/comments?

Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)
9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO 
Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or 
other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting 
thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:
a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote 
of each House or majority of one House;
b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in 
Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more 
than 66% of one House;
c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 
75% of one House and a majority of the other House ("GNSO Supermajority");
d. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an 
affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO 
Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups 
supports the Recommendation;
e. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an 
affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
f. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting 
Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that "a two-thirds vote of 
the council" demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority 
vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting 
party affected by such contract provision.
Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)
Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following 
items may vote by absentee ballot:
a. Initiate a policy development process;
b. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
c. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
d. Fill a position open for election.
The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and 
authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- 
mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 
hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except 
that, in exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote, the Chair 
may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days. There must be a 
quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.

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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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http://gnso.icann.org