This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO Council
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Chair: Chuck Gomes; Vice Chairs: Olga Cavalli & Stéphane Van Gelder
Note: This meeting will be recorded.
Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins.
Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members.
Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat 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
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.pdf2.2 Overview of Issues Report (Margie Milam)
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/issues-report-summary-17dec09-en.pdf2.3 Discussion
2.4 Information about the ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement on 7 January 2010 in D.C.?
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 Cavalli)
3.2 Next steps?
Item 4: The 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.pdf4.2 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: 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
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: 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.pdfpublished at:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26dec09-en.htm7.2.1.1 Brief review of the draft 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#affrev7.2.1.3 How should GNSO volunteers be identified as nominees for each of the four review teams? (Next steps?)
7. 3 Joint Meeting with the GAC in Nairobi
7.3. 1 Discussion re. GAC proposed topics: 1) New gTLD policy implementation, including EoI; 2) 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:
- Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House;
- 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;
- 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”);
- 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;
- Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
- 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:
- Initiate a policy development process;
- Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
- Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
- 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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