6 December 2006 Proposed agenda and related documents List of attendees: 15 Council Members ICANN Staff GNSO Council Liaisons Quorum present at 12:40 UTC. Bruce Tonkin chaired this meeting Approval of the agenda Philip Sheppard, seconded by Ken Stubbs proposed a procedural motion with an accepted friendly amendment from Marilyn Cade: Motion carried by a unanimous vote of acclamation Decision 1: Bruce Tonkin elected as GNSO Council chair until the conclusion of the current election period. Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Approval of the GNSO Council minutes of 16 November 2006. Motion approved. Decision 2: The GNSO Council minutes of 16 November 2006 were adopted. Bruce Tonkin noted that the outcome of two decisions arising from the GNSO Council meeting on 16 November 2006 meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/ Item 3: Correspondence No discussion arose from the correspondence Item 4: Next steps on new gTLDs work Liz Williams reported that prior to the Lisbon meeting, there would be a draft final report on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains ready for public comment, that would include all inputs received at the current meeting, formal correspondence between the supporting organizations and Advisory Committees. A timeline for the work would be published on the Calendar. There was general support for a proposed face to face meeting in mid February in Los Angeles. Item 5: Next steps on PDP-Feb06 with respect to existing gTLDs Avri Doria reported that the proposed timeline for constituency statements on the various proposals were expected by 20 December 2006, and the goal was to complete the proposed recommendations by the 1 of February 2007. Item 6: Next steps on WHOIS PDP Maria Farrell reported that the Preliminary WHOIS task force report, Ross Rader suggested the Council create some incentive for that task force to finish its work and proposed that if their work was not completed by the Lisbon meeting that the task force be disbanded. Bruce Tonkin commented that when looking at flexibility in time lines, there was a need to identify when returns were diminishing. "In other words, a particular task group on any policy matter isn't able to reach consensus, I think it should be closed down rather than using up staff and volunteer resources." Item 7: Discussion on how to progress next steps for improving the GNSO Bruce Tonkin commented that the GNSO constituencies would provide formal feedback to the ICANN Board. Ken Stubbs made an informal proposal to extend the public comment period for two weeks following the conclusion of this meeting, December 22 2006, to give the constituencies adequate time and the board an opportunity to review the comments. Bruce Tonkin proposed making the recommendation to the ICANN Board that the GNSO constituencies would commit to providing input by 22 December 2006. Bruce Tonkin further commented that the Council was awaiting decisions from the ICANN Board on the next steps. Item 8: Update on process for election of GNSO Council chair If there were more nominations, the voting period would commence on 19 December and run to the 2 January 2007. If there were only one nomination, then the voting and confirmation of the election would take place at the scheduled GNSO Council meeting on 21 December 2006. Philip Sheppard pointed out that should, for any reason, there not be a quorum at the 21 December Council meeting the council resolution, to elect Bruce Tonkin as GNSO Council chair until the conclusion of the current election period, would carry over the chairmanship until such time as there was a quorum meeting. Item 9: Any other business Bruce Tonkin proposed a motion of thanks to the outgoing Council members whose terms concluded at the end of the Annual General Meeting 2006. Ken Stubbs, who had been involved in the GNSO Council and, prior to that, the Names Council from the very beginning, for his devoted participation and invaluable contributions. June Seo, the gTLD registries representative and Bret Fausett the ALAC liaison, and The motion passed by unanimous acclamation. Bruce Tonkin formally closed the meeting and thanked everybody for participating. Next GNSO Council teleconference will be on December 21, 2006 at 19:00 UTC
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