[council] GNSO Council resolutions 18 February 2010

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

Ahead of the official Council minutes, the following resolution was passed at 
the Council meeting on Thursday, 18 February 2010.

Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC 
Accountability and Transparency RT  as  amended.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of ICANN's responsibilities under the Affirmation of 
Commitments, applicants are being sought to volunteer to serve on the review 
team for Accountability and Transparency <link to 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm >;

WHEREAS, the Accountability and Transparency review team will include members 
endorsed by the GNSO in its efforts;

WHEREAS, the GNSO Council desires to adopt a one-time process to provide 
endorsements for applicants to serve on the first Accountability and 
Transparency review;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:
RESOLVED, that the Endorsement Process described in the attached document
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endorsement-nominees-process-proposal-10feb10-en.pdf
is hereby approved;

RESOLVED FURTHER, that each Stakeholder Group and the GNSO Council Nominating 
Committee appointees should immediately commence their selection processes in 
accordance with the Endorsement Process;

RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to post and distribute the 
Endorsement Process as widely as possible to all GNSO related groups in an 
effort to inform qualified applicants of the important work of the 
Accountability and Transparency review team;

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Council shall form an Evaluation Team made up of one 
Councilor from each SG plus one Nominating Committee Appointee in its meeting 
on 18 February to assess the responses and report to the Council list not later 
than 10 March or 14 March;

RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to schedule a Special Council 
Teleconference call on 15, 16 or 17 March at a time that maximizes Councilor 
participation for the purpose of finalizing GNSO endorsements;

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Affirmation of Commitments Review Drafting Team is 
requested to continue its work to develop a longer-term process for Council 
consideration in April.

The motion passed by a roll call vote.
18 Votes in favour

6 votes in favour Contracted Parties House
Chuck Gomes, Edmon Chung, Caroline Greer, Stéphane van Gelder, Tim Ruiz, Adrian 
Kinderis.
Absent: Terry Davis NCA

12 votes in favour Non Contracted Parties House
Zahid Jamil, Jaime Wagner, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, Kristina Rosette, David Taylor, 
Rafik Dammak, Rosemary Sinclair, Debra Hughes, Mary Wong, Wendy Seltzer, Bill 
Drake, and Olga Cavalli.
One abstention Mike Rodenbaugh- reason to be provided

An evaluation team was formed consisting of:
Adrian Kinderis - Registrar Stakeholder Group
Caroline Greer - gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben - Commercial Stakeholder Group
Bill Drake - Non Commercial Stakeholder Group
Olga Cavalli - NCA
Margie Milam - Policy Staff support

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

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