[council] Draft GNSO Council Agenda for Wednesday 12 April 2006

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Please see below regarding the draft agenda.  Note the change of time as we 
shift from/to daylight savings time in various parts of the world.

Please also advise the GNSO Secretariat (Glen de Saint Géry) if you are unable 
to attend.  Only votes from those present will be counted.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin

 

Draft Agenda for Council meeting - Wednesday 12 April 2006

Coordinated Universal Time UTC 12:00

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

Item 1: Update any statements of interest

Item 2: WHOIS statement of purpose

Formulation 1:
"The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide information sufficient to 
contact a responsible party for a particular gTLD domain name who can resolve, 
or reliably pass on data to a party who can resolve, issues related to the 
configuration of the records associated with the domain name within a DNS 
nameserver."

Formulation 2:
"The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide information sufficient to 
contact a responsible party or parties for a particular gTLD domain name who 
can resolve, or reliably pass on data to a party who can resolve, technical, 
legal or other issues related to the registration or use of a domain name."

Proposed motion from the chair: 

BEGIN
The GNSO Council recommends that the WHOIS task force use the following 
definition:

"The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide information sufficient to 
contact a responsible party for a particular gTLD domain name who can resolve, 
or reliably pass on data to a party who can resolve, issues related to the 
configuration of the records associated with the domain name within a DNS 
nameserver."
 
as a working definition to allow the task force to proceed on terms of 
reference (2), (3), and (4) (see: 
http://gnso.icann.org/policies/terms-of-reference.html )
END


Item 3: Briefing by General Counsel's office on implications of Article 
6ter(1)(a) and (b) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial 
Property:
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/trtdocs_wo020.html#P155_22332 

This convention dates back to 1883 and was last amended in 1979.

Note that the States that are signatories of this convention are:
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/documents/pdf/d-paris.pdf



Item 4: Process to fill vacancy of ICANN Board seat 14

In accordance with section 12, Article VI:
"1. A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist 
in the case of the death, resignation, or removal of any Director; if the 
authorized number of Directors is increased; or if a Director has been declared 
of unsound mind by a final order of court or convicted of a felony or 
incarcerated for more than 90 days as a result of a criminal conviction or has 
been found by final order or judgment of any court to have breached a duty 
under Sections 5230 et seq. of the CNPBCL. Any vacancy occurring on the Board 
of Directors shall be filled by the Nominating Committee, unless (a) that 
Director was selected by a Supporting Organization, in which case that vacancy 
shall be filled by that Supporting Organization, or (b) that Director was the 
President, in which case the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the 
provisions of Article XIII of these Bylaws. The selecting body shall give 
written notice to the Secretary of ICANN of their appointments to fill vac!
 ancies. A Director selected to fill a vacancy on the Board shall serve for the 
unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office and until a successor has 
been selected and qualified. No reduction of the authorized number of Directors 
shall have the effect of removing a Director prior to the expiration of the 
Director's term of office."


And

Article X, Section 3, paragraph 6:
"6. The GNSO Council shall make selections to fill Seats 13 and 14 on the ICANN 
Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such selection must have 
affirmative votes comprising a majority of the votes of all the members of the 
GNSO Council. Notification of the GNSO Council's selections shall be given by 
the GNSO Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, 
Sections 8(4) and 12(1)."


Item 4: Any other business


Regards,
Bruce Tonkin