GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda

Proposed GNSO Council Agenda Thursday, September 28, 2006

This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council

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(5:00 LA, 8:00 Washington DC, 9:00am Buenos Aires, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 19:00 Phnom Penh, 22:00 Melbourne, 00:00 Auckland

Bruce Tonkin will be chairing the GNSO Council teleconference.
Scheduled time for meeting - 120 mins.

Dial-in number sent individually to each Council member

Approval of Agenda

Item 1: Update any statements of interest

Item 2: Approval of Minutes
- GNSO Council teleconference 20 July 2006

- GNSO Council teleconference 3 August 2006

Item 3: Correspondence
- Clarification sought by PDP-Feb06 task force on whether the outcomes of the PDP would affect gTLD contracts in existence at the time the Board approves the policy. See
http://www.gnso.icann.org/correspondence/cubberley-to-tonkin-25aug06.pdf

Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals

- update from General Counsel on action with respect to the GNSO request of 18 August 05 regarding proposed changes to ICANN bylaws to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals

Item 5: Next steps with respect to IDNs
- the proposed terms of reference on an IDN PDP was reviewed in the context of the draft recommendations for new gTLD arising from the Amsterdam meeting

Item 6: Next steps for improving the GNSO structure and processes

Taking into account the 2004 review of the GNSO Council, the about to be released review of the GNSO by the London School of Economics, and the experience of the Council, consider the next steps to identify changes to be made, and identify any changes required in the bylaws to allow these changes.

Item 7: Motion proposed by Philip Sheppard

Proposed GNSO resolution on revised PDP procedures - change to ICANN by-laws

Whereas:
Article X section 3.4 of the ICANN bylaws states: "The GNSO Council is responsible for managing the policy development process of the GNSO. It shall adopt such procedures as it sees fit to carry out that responsibility, provided that such procedures are approved by the Board, and further provided that, until any modifications are recommended by the GNSO Council and approved by the Board, the applicable procedures shall be as set forth in Section 6 of this Article".

Article X section 6 of the bylaws states: "Initially, the policy-development procedures to be followed by the GNSO shall be as stated in Annex A to these Bylaws".

Annex A of the bylaws contains procedures for the GNSO policy development process;

Experience has shown that the procedures of Annex A are inappropriate for the work of the GNSO;

Recommendation 5 of the 2004 GNSO Council review recommended changing the procedures;

The ICANN by-laws are not the place for such procedures which may need to be re-visited frequently.

The GNSO Council resolves:

a) To request ICANN staff to draft a new set of procedures within 30 days reflecting the experience of previous PDPs and the recommendations of the Council review 2004;

b) To request ICANN staff to submit those new procedures to Council for approval;

c) To request ICANN staff to then inform the Board that the Council has adopted new procedures;

d) and that therefore the Council requests the Board:
- to approve its new procedures;
- resolves to delete Article X section 6 and Annex A of the by-laws;
- resolves to change section 3.4 to read: "The GNSO Council is responsible for managing the policy development process of the GNSO. It shall adopt such procedures as it sees fit to carry out that responsibility, provided that such procedures are approved by the Board."

Item 8: Update on planning for Sao Paulo

Item 9: Any other business

(5:00 LA, 8:00 New York, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne)
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