[council] REMINDER:GNSO Council Operations Work Team and Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team Recommendations- Please provide coimments:

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Please provide comments!

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28jun10-en.htm

GNSO Council Operations Work Team and Constituency and Stakeholder Group 
Operations Work Team Recommendations
Open:   28 June 2010
Closed:         18 July 2010
        

Explanation/Background: These recommendations are the product of two Work Teams 
(Sections A and B below) that were chartered by the GNSO's Operations Steering 
Committee (OSC) in March 2009 to review and recommend implementation proposals 
concerning certain sections of the Board's GNSO Improvements Report (3 February 
2008).

   1. The GNSO Council Operations Work Team was tasked with a 
cross-constituency effort to review the existing GNSO operating rules and 
procedures and to recommend changes consistent with the new GNSO Council's goal 
to become a strategic manager of the policy process.  In June 2009, the Work 
Team developed a package of those recommendations, particularly those necessary 
to seat the new GNSO Council at the ICANN meeting in Seoul, South Korea in 
October 2009. The GNSO Council approved the recommendations for new GNSO 
Council Operating Procedures on 28 October 2009. Subsequently, the GNSO Council 
Operations Work Team identified additional recommendations for amending the 
GNSO Council Operating Procedures in accordance with the Board's GNSO 
Improvements Report. These additional recommendations are the subject of this 
announcement. In particular, the Work team completed and submitted certain 
documents that it recommends be incorporated into the GNSO Operating Procedures 
(GOP) as follows:

      Section 2.1-Council Member Term Limits [PDF, 132 KB]
      Section 2.4-Board Seat Elections [PDF, 85 KB]
      Section 3.8-Absences and Vacancies [PDF, 141 KB]
      Chapter 4.0-Voting [PDF, 297 KB]
      Chapter 5.0-Statements and Disclosures of Interest [PDF, 93 KB]

      [Note that two sections, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3, are not approved pending 
further Staff action to be determined. These sections are footnoted in the 
document as "inactive" until subsequently approved by the OSC and Council.]
   2. The Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT) was 
tasked with developing recommendations on Constituency and Stakeholder Group 
participation rules, operating principles, and member databases. The Work Team 
divided this task into the following four subtasks:
          * Subtask 1: Develop recommendations for a set of participation rules 
and operating procedures, to which all Constituencies should abide;
          * Subtask 2: Develop recommendations for clear operating principles 
for Constituencies to ensure they function in a representative, open, 
transparent and democratic manner;
          * Subtask 3: Develop recommendations for creating and maintaining a 
database of all Constituency members and others not formally a part of any 
Constituency that is up-to-date and publicly accessible; and
          * Subtask 4: Develop a "toolkit" of in-kind staff support and/or 
services for all Constituencies.

      The Work Team completed the recommendations for Subtask 4 ahead of the 
other subtasks and submitted these recommendations separately to the OSC for 
review. The OSC approved the recommendations with modifications and submitted 
them to the GNSO Council, which voted to accept the recommendations on 17 
December 2009 and staff work on implementation is underway.

      The consolidated recommendations on the three subtasks are detailed in 
the following report: Recommended Common Operating Principles and Participation 
Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies; and Recommendations 
on a GNSO Database of Community Members [PDF, 453 KB].

At its 23 June 2010 GNSO Council directed the Staff to post for public comment 
for a 21-day period the recommendations of the GNSO Council and Constituency 
and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Teams for public review and comment. 
Community members are invited to review the recommendations and comment on all 
aspects of the recommended procedures.

The Process From Here:

At the end of this Public Comment Forum period, ICANN Staff will review the 
comments submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various submissions 
for Work Team and GNSO Council review.

Deadline and How to Submit Comments:

At the direction of the GNSO Council, the Staff is opening a 21-day public 
consultation forum, from 28 June through 18 July 2010 and invites community 
comments concerning this document.

    * The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007-en.htm#gcot-csg-recommendations
    * To submit comments: gcot-csg-recommendations@xxxxxxxxx
    * To view comments: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gcot-csg-recommendations/
    * For a copy of the public announcement of this forum please see: 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28jun10-en.htm

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Glen de Saint Géry
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