Re: [council] GNSO Council resolutions 15 October 2014

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Glen.

I have one question. Appendix 1 of the GNSO Operating Procedures says that 
results of votes shall be published. This includes abstentions and the reasons 
provided. I was just wondering where these are published.

Thanks again.

Amr

On Oct 16, 2014, at 1:50 AM, Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Below are the resolutions taken by the GNSO Council today, 15 October 2014
> 
> 1.     Adoption of the IRTP Part D Final Report and Recommendations
> 
> Whereas
> 
>  1. On 17 January 2013, the GNSO Council launched a Policy Development 
> Process (PDP) on IRTP Part D [http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions - 
> 201301] addressing the following six Charter questions:
> 
> a)     Whether reporting requirements for registries and dispute providers 
> should be developed, in order to make precedent and trend information 
> available to the community and allow reference to past cases in dispute 
> submissions;
> 
> b)     Whether additional provisions should be included in the TDRP (Transfer 
> Dispute Resolution Policy) on how to handle disputes when multiple transfers 
> have occurred;
> 
> c)     Whether dispute options for registrants should be developed and 
> implemented as part of the policy (registrants currently depend on registrars 
> to initiate a dispute on their behalf);
> 
> d)     Whether requirements or best practices should be put into place for 
> registrars to make information on transfer dispute resolution options 
> available to registrant;
> 
> e)     Whether existing penalties for policy violations are sufficient or if 
> additional provisions/penalties for specific violations should be added into 
> the policy;
> 
> f)      Whether the universal adoption and implementation of EPP AuthInfo 
> codes has eliminated the need of FOAs.
> 
>  2. This PDP has followed the prescribed PDP steps as stated in the Bylaws, 
> resulting in a Final Report delivered on 25 September 2014;
> 
>  3. The IRTP Part D WG has reached full consensus on the 18 recommendations 
> in relation to the six issues outlined above;
> 
>  4. The GNSO Council has reviewed and discussed these recommendations. 
> 
> Now therefore be it resolved,
> 
>  1. The GNSO Council recommends to the ICANN Board of Directors the adoption 
> of the IRTP Part D recommendations (#1 to #18) as detailed in the IRTP Part D 
> Final Report 
> [http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/transfers/irtp-d-final-25sep14-en.pdf].
> 
>  2. The GNSO Council shall convene an IRTP Part D Implementation Review Team 
> to assist ICANN Staff in developing the implementation details for the new 
> policy should it be approved by the ICANN Board. The Implementation Review 
> Team will be tasked with evaluating the proposed implementation of the policy 
> recommendations as approved by the Board and is expected to work with ICANN 
> Staff to ensure that the resultant implementation fulfils the intentions of 
> the approved policies. If the IRTP Part D Implementation Review Team 
> identifies any potential modifications to the policy or new policy 
> recommendations, the IRTP Part D Implementation Review Team shall refer these 
> to the GNSO Council for its consideration and follow-up, as appropriate. 
> Following adoption by the ICANN Board of the recommendations, the GNSO 
> Secretariat is authorized to issue a call for volunteers for an IRTP Part D 
> Implementation Review Team to the members of the IRTP Part D Working Group.
> 
> 2.    Adoption of a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group  to discuss 
> Internet governance (CWG-IG) issues affecting ICANN and make recommendations 
> to the chartering organization on these issues
> 
> Whereas,
> 
> 1. This group was initiated in December 2013 in response to a call from ICANN 
> CEO and has been working informally since then;
> 
> 2. The group has developed the charter found at 
> http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf
> 
> 3. This charter has already been approved by ALAC, ccNSO and SSAC.
> 
> Resolved:
> 
> 1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter 
> http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf
> 
> 2. The RrSG, the RySG, NCSG, BC, IPC, and ISPC will each identify one member 
> to serve on the CWG-IG by 22-October-2014 taking into account the charter 
> requirement that best efforts  should be made to ensure that members:
> -  Have sufficient expertise to participate in the applicable subject matter;
>  - Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG-IG on an 
> ongoing and long-term basis; and
> - Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns of 
> individuals in the organization that appoints them.
> 3.  The GNSO will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call  for 
> observers to join the CWG-IG, each in accordance with its own rules.
> 
> 4.  As the charter calls for each of the chartering organizations to appoint 
> a co-chair for the group, the GNSO Council appoints Rafik Dammak to serve as 
> a member of the CWG-IG, to serve as the GNSO co-chair of the CWG-IG and to 
> serve as GNSO Council liaison to the group.
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Glen
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://gnso.icann.org