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[council] GNSO Council draft minutes 20 October 2005
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Dear Council Members,
Please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council
teleconference held on 20 October 2005.
Please let me know what changes you would like made.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen
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20 October 2005
Proposed agenda and related documents
List of attendees:
Philip Sheppard - Commercial & Business Users C.
Marilyn Cade - Commercial & Business Users C. proxy if necessary to
Grant Forsyth/Philip Sheppard/Bruce Tonkin
Grant Forsyth - Commercial & Business Users C
Greg Ruth - ISCPC
Antonio Harris - ISCPC- absent - apologies - proxy to Tony Holmes/Greg Ruth
Tony Holmes - ISCPC
Thomas Keller - Registrars
Ross Rader - Registrars - proxy if necessary to Thomas Keller/Bruce Tonkin
Bruce Tonkin - Registrars
Ken Stubbs - gTLD registries
Philip Colebrook - gTLD registries
Cary Karp - gTLD registries
Lucy Nichols - Intellectual Property Interests C
Niklas Lagergren - Intellectual Property Interests C - absent -
apologies - proxy to Lucy Nichols/Kiyoshi Tsuru
Kiyoshi Tsuru - Intellectual Property Interests C.- absent
Robin Gross - Non Commercial Users C. - absent
Norbert Klein - Non Commercial Users C. - absent
Alick Wilson - Nominating Committee appointee - absent - aplogies -
proxy to Bruce Tonkin
Maureen Cubberley - Nominating Committee appointee - proxy if necessary
to Bruce Tonkin
Avri Doria - Nominating Committee appointee - proxy if necessary to
Norbert Klein/Bruce Tonkin
14 Council Members
ICANN Staff
Olof Nordling - Manager, Policy Development Coordination
Maria Farrell - ICANN GNSO Policy Support Officer
Liz Williams - Senior Policy Counselor
Tina Dam - Chief gTLD Registry Liaison
Glen de Saint Géry - GNSO Secretariat
GNSO Council Liaisons
Suzanne Sene - GAC Liaison
Bret Fausett - acting ALAC Liaison - absent - apologies
Michael Palage - ICANN Board member
Invited Guest
Jordyn Buchanan - WHOIS task force chair
MP3 Recording
Quorum present at 14: 10 CET.
Bruce Tonkin chaired this teleconference.
Approval of the agenda
Item 1: Approval of minutes
- Committee teleconference - 25 August 2005
- Council teleconference - 1 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 8 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 22 September 2005
Ken Stubbs moved the adoption of the minutes:
- Committee teleconference - 25 August 2005
- Council teleconference - 1 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 8 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 22 September 2005
Motion approved.
Abstention noted for Grant Forsyth on Council teleconference - 22
September 2005
Decision 1: The GNSO Council minutes were adopted for the meetings:
- Committee teleconference - 25 August 2005
- Council teleconference - 1 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 8 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 22 September 2005
Item 2: Staff action items
2.1 list of current GNSO work items
2.2 update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule
2.2
Glen reported that certain room space had been procured for the GNSO
Council and task forces on Monday, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons but the schedule had not been finalised.
Maureen Cubberley offered to assist with obtaining space in Vancouver if
needed for the GNSO.
Marilyn Cade, supported by Maureen Cubberley reiterated the idea that it
was necessary for a programming committee to meet at the end of each
ICANN meeting.
Grant Forsyth mentioned that the difficulties experienced in organising
the New Zealand meeting should be brought to the Dr. Twomey and the
Senior Staff's attention.
Suzanne Sene reported that the Whois GAC workshop was planned as an open
event on Tuesday morning, 29 November. Outreach was being made to Africa
and Latin America for representation. The meeting focus would be on
public policy aspects such as consumer, privacy and Intellectual
Property protection. Among the proposed presentations are
representatives from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on consumer
protection, a German Data Protection commissioner from the European
Commission, the Canadian banking industry, an Australian representative
from eBay, and Margie Milam from Mark Monitor on Intellectual Property
issues.
Bruce Tonkin urged councillors to suggest possible speakers.
Item 3: Process for election of GNSO Council chair
- current term of GNSO Council chair finishes 18 November 2005
- consider election for a one month term (18 Nov to 18 Dec 05) to align
with terms of Council members that expire at the end of annual general
meetings
- then hold election with full Council in December
Bruce Tonkin commented that in view of the current GNSO chair’s term
finishing on 18 November 2005, it would be worth considering aligning
the term of the chair with that of council members which should
correspond to the annual general meeting.
Bruce Tonkin handed the chair to Philip Sheppard.
Philip Sheppard stated that the process for election of GNSO Council
chair had been updated by discussion on the council mailing list.
Maureen Cubberley seconded by Ken Stubbs proposed that:
a GNSO Council Chair be appointed for an interim term from 18 November
to 1 month after the 2005 Annual General Meeting (ie until 4 January
2006) and an election for the GNSO Council Chair be held during December
2005, for the next term to run from 4 January to 3 December 2006 (one
month after the current date for the 2006 Annual General Meeting) for a
period of one year.
A formal nomination period would immediately open for one week from
Thursday 20 October to Thursday 27 October 2005.
The motion was unanimously accepted by nominated vote. Kiyoshi Tsuru,
Robin Gross and Norbert Klein were absent with no proxy and did not vote.
Decision 2
An interim GNSO Council Chair be appointed for an interim term from 18
November to 1 month after the 2005 Annual General Meeting (ie until 4
January 2006) and an election for the GNSO Council Chair be held during
December 2005, for the next term to run from 4 January to 3 December
2006 (one month after the current date for the 2006 Annual General
Meeting) for a period of one year.
A formal nomination period for an interim term would immediately open
for one week from Thursday 20 October to Thursday 27 October 2005.
Ken Stubbs seconded by Ross Rader nominated Bruce Tonkin, who accepted
the nomination, for the interim position.
The vote will be held at the next GNSO Council meeting on 16 November 2005
Philip Sheppard handed the chair back to Bruce Tonkin.
Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel,
.jobs. .mobi etc)
- update on questions to structure the evaluation
Olof Nordling commented that it would be useful if Council members were
to submit questions to be evaluated which would be sent to the GNSO
constituencies for their input. It seemed as though the mapping of
earlier rounds was incomplete thus assistance with questions that were
lacking from the earlier evaluation would be useful.
Marilyn Cade clarified that the purpose of looking backwards at what had
been done was to educate what should be done going forwards and see what
lessons had been learned from the processes followed. Concern was
expressed with what appeared to be a random process asking councillors
to brainstorm questions. An evaluation process was established for the
initial round of gTLDs, and though it may not be necessary to undertake
every question reviewed, it could be a starting point to assess what
areas would be applicable in the new gTLD policy.
Philip Sheppard stated that it was necessary compare to the past if
additional domain names were to be added and if the questions were
changed comparability would be lost.
Bruce Tonkin proposed that councillors contacted Olof Nordling regarding
the evaluation of previous new gTLDs.
Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds
- update on development of issues report
Olof Nordling reported that the Issues Report for new gTLDs still
required review by other staff members, including the General Counsel,
and would be published shortly. It was a highly prioritized item.
Item 6: Policy development for IDNs
- update on background document
Maria Farrell reported that the IDN background paper would be published
at the end of the week ending 28 October 2005.
Item 7: Update on WHOIS task force
Jordyn Buchanan, the Whois task force chair stated that the Final task
force report on a policy recommendation and advice on a procedure for
handling conflicts between a registrar/registry's legal obligations
under privacy laws and their contractual obligations to ICANN was
complete. The recommendation was unanimously supported within the Whois
task force and the report would be submitted to the GNSO Council chair
for consideration by the GNSO Council.
Continued work in the Whois task force was focusing on items 1 & 2 of
the Whois Terms of Reference,
1) Define the purpose of the WHOIS service in the context of ICANN's
mission and relevant core values, international and national laws
protecting privacy of natural persons, international and national laws
that relate specifically to the WHOIS service, and the changing nature
of Registered Name Holders.
(2) Define the purpose of the Registered Name Holder, technical, and
administrative contacts, in the context of the purpose of WHOIS, and the
purpose for which the data was collected. Use the relevant definitions
from Exhibit C of the Transfers Task force report as a starting point.
A preliminary report could be expected 7 days prior to the Vancouver
meeting.
Item 8: Update on ICANN strategic planning from Marina Del Ray Meeting
Marilyn Cade reported that the meeting, a one day event, was attended by
Dr. Paul Twomey, Dr. Vint Cerf, Raimudo Beca, Njeri Rionge, Michael
Palage and Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, (members of the ICANN board), Kurt
Pritz, Denise Michel, Bret Fausett, Ross Rader, and Patrick Sharry who
facilitated a brainstorming exercise using the documents in the Issues
Report. The focus was on 2 – 3 year issues. The entire process will be
published for public comment. The idea is to continue discussions in
Vancouver, finalise the strategic plan and have the Board vote on it at
the January meeting. Timelines emerged as a major concern and
discussions with Vint and Paul Twomey were held about the urgency of
approving the strategic plan within the timeframe. Recognition is
emerging of the need to support cross communication, across the
Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees. There was a strong
assumption that inputs to the ICANN strategic plan would include
recognition of the Supporting Organisations which placed
responsibilities on the Council to develop its own strategic plan
ensuring community representation in the consultation and input
processes available on the larger ICANN plan.
Among the top 10 items having impact on ICANN were IDNs and the post MoU
WSIS environment.
Ross Rader added that in totality it was a first step in
representational dialogue, a two way process where people were listening
and talking about things important to the GNSO. Striking was the amount
of work that ICANN needed to do over the next 5 years which would
require more effective communication in the GNSO and within the entire
organisation.
Marilyn Cade commented that increased interaction between the Advisory
committees and the Supporting Organisations was essential.
Item 9: Update on GNSO operational and strategic planning process.
Ross Rader, who chaired the planning group in Grant's absence, reported
the planning group was discussing how to organize the work, the next
steps being to start doing the work. The major issue was the inventory
of work that remained outstanding and prioritisation. It was generally
agreed that consensus on prioritisation should be sought from Council.
Short term scheduling was less difficult than long term scheduling.
Grant Forsyth, chair of the planning group, commented that the core of
the planning calls had been one common document, regularly updated, with
three objectives, indicating the GNSO current work to the outside world,
the priorities, and tracking the activities.
Bruce Tonkin proposed working on the GNSO Strategic Plan prior to
Vancouver.
In parallel Grant Forsyth and Ross Rader would work on the GNSO
Operational Plan with particular focus on the next 4 – 6 months,
prioritising with input from the Council.
Item 10: Any other business
10.1 GNSO Review Terms of Reference
Liz Williams noted that the GNSO Review Terms of Reference were to be
posted for Public Comment.
10.2 WSIS group update
Avri Doria enquired whether any progress had been made concerning the
list of volunteers to review and summarise the main outcomes and
strategic issues of the Tunis WSIS meeting, 16-18 November 2005, which
should be included in the GNSO Vancouver meeting schedule.
Marilyn Cade reported that a conference call with ICANN staff and the
working group would be scheduled to assure a bottom up process to
formulate and participate in the plan and how best to address the issue
in Vancouver.
Bruce Tonkin declared the GNSO meeting closed and thanked everybody for
participating.
The meeting ended: 15: 20 CET.
Next GNSO Council Teleconference Wednesday 16 November 2005 at 19:00 UTC.
see: Calendar
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