24 May 2007 Proposed agenda and documents List of attendees: 15 Council Members GNSO Council Liaisons Quorum present at 12:10 UTC. Bruce Tonkin chaired this meeting Item 1: Update any Statements of Interest Item 2: Approval of the GNSO Council minutes: Chuck Gomes moved the adoption of both sets of GNSO Council minutes, 28 March 2007 and 12 April 2007 Motion approved. Approval of the GNSO Council minutes of 28 March 2007 and 12 April 2007 Decision 1: The GNSO Council minutes of 28 March 2007 and 12 April 2007 were adopted. Item 3: Update on election process for GNSO Council chair Glen de Saint Géry reported that the formal nomination period, for the election of GNSO Council chair for the period 7 June 2007 until 31 January 2008 was open for two weeks from Friday 27 April to Friday 11 May 2007. Two candidates were nominated and seconded, Philip Sheppard and Avri Doria. The voting began on Wednesday 16 May, and closes on Wednesday 30 May at 15:00 UTC. Bruce Tonkin commented that the ICANN bylaws mentioned a formal position of Vice Chair for the ICANN Board and the ccNSO Council but the roles were not defined. The effect of the proposed motion was to the rules and procedures of the Council without pre-empting any Board changes to the bylaws following the GNSO review. It was agreed that the vice-chair would be appointed via a vote of Council members using the same procedure as used to elect a chair. Bruce Tonkin, seconded Avri Doria, whose friendly amendment was accepted, proposed the motion: Decision 2: The GNSO Council agrees to create a position of Vice-chair to act as Chair in situations when the Chair is temporarily unavailable to do so and to assist the chair when needed. Whereas, the GNSO Council recognizes the recommendation put forward by the IPC Constituency regarding possible measures in line with WIPO-2 to protect International Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO) names and abbreviations as domain names. Whereas, the GNSO Council notes that measures to protect IGO names and abbreviations are requested in the GAC principles for New gTLDs. Whereas, the GNSO Council notes that WIPO is the maintenance agency for the authoritative list of relevant IGO names and abbreviations protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention The GNSO Council requests that the staff produce an issues report on the policy issues associated with adequately handling disputes relating to IGO names and abbreviations as domain names. The GNSO Council also requests that the staff liaise with WIPO to utilize its knowledge and experience of WIPO-2. Constituency resources and staff support were two factors that had to be considered. It was clarified that creating an issues report was separate from Council deciding whether there were sufficient issues for a policy development process to be commenced and whether Council and the constituencies would be able to resource it. Assurance was given that there would be adequate staff resources should Council decide to follow through with a policy development process. b. Council Initiation. The GNSO Council may initiate the PDP by a vote of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the members of the Council present at any meeting in which a motion to initiate the PDP is made." Bruce Tonkin, seconded by Ross Rader proposed the following motion: Whereas the GNSO Council requested at its meeting on 12 April 2006 that the Intellectual Whereas, the GNSO Council notes that measures to protect IGO names and abbreviations are requested in the GAC principles for New gTLDs. Whereas, the GNSO Council notes that WIPO is the maintenance agency for the authoritative list of relevant IGO names and abbreviations protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention The GNSO Council requests that the staff produce an issues report on the policy issues associated with adequately handling disputes relating to IGO names and abbreviations as domain names. The GNSO Council also requests that the staff liaise with WIPO to utilize its knowledge and experience of WIPO-2. The motion passed by roll call vote: in favour: Total 10 votes in favour - (8 Council members voted in favour) against the motion Tom Keller - one abstention (counting for 2 votes ) No votes from the following people who were absent: In total, 15 Council members voted, accounting for 20 votes Decision 3: Whereas the GNSO Council requested at its meeting on 12 April 2006 that the Intellectual Whereas, the GNSO Council notes that measures to protect IGO names and abbreviations are requested in the GAC principles for New gTLDs. Whereas, the GNSO Council notes that WIPO is the maintenance agency for the authoritative list of relevant IGO names and abbreviations protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention The GNSO Council requests that the staff produce an issues report on the policy issues associated with adequately handling disputes relating to IGO names and abbreviations as domain names. The GNSO Council also requests that the staff liaise with WIPO to utilize its knowledge and experience of WIPO-2. Item 6: ALAC request for an issues report on domain tasting - note request under clause 1(c) of the GNSO Policy Development Process - proposal to schedule consideration of the issues report at the San Juan meeting of the GNSO Council, and get input from the constituencies during the meeting (under clause 3(b) of the PDP) Council acknowledged receipt of the request from ALAC for an issues report and it was proposed that the completed Issues Report would be posted on the website so that there could be additional feedback from community and the constituencies. It was generally agreed to table the report until the Council meeting in San Juan, and possibly have Staff present it at the GNSO public forum. It was generally agreed that staff would comment on the implementation issues arising from the major recommendations in the Final Report PDPFeb06 and these would be further discussed with the community during the meetings in San Juan. Bruce Tonkin formally closed the meeting and thanked everyone for their participation. The meeting ended: 13:10 UTC Next GNSO Council meeting will be on 7 June 2007 at 12:00 UTC. Summary of Work Items arising from the minutes: 1. Arising from item 4, the GNSO Secretariat to launch the election process for GNSO Council vice chair when the current GNSO Chair elections were resolved. 2. Arising from item 5, a. The GNSO Council requests that the staff produce an issues report on the policy issues associated with adequately handling disputes relating to IGO names and abbreviations as domain names. b. The GNSO Council also requests that the staff liaise with WIPO to utilize its knowledge and experience of WIPO-2. 3 Arising from item 7, Staff comments on the major recommendations in the Task Force Report: Policies for Contractual Conditions - Existing Registries - PDP-Feb 06
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