[council] AOB - WPDRS Status

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

All,

With apologies for the short notice, I plan to request in AOB that the
Council receive from staff a brief report on the status of WPDRS.  I've
seen several messages in the past day or so regarding reported problems
with WPDRS.  Given the importance of the WPDRS to Internet users, it
would be helpful to have more information (e.g., whether there is a
problem, what the problem is, how long it has existed, when it will be
corrected).

Kristina 

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Dear Councillors,

Please find the GNSO Council agenda with meeting notes and motions on
the GNSO Council Wiki:

GNSO Council Workspace
   http://st.icann.org/gnso-council/?gnso_council_workspace


Here is a copy for your convenience:
GNSO Council Workspace
action-items-council-080325.pdf


Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 27 March 2008 This agenda was established
according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council

Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 - see below for local times (12:00
Los Angeles, 15:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels, 06:00
Melbourne, next day)

Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for
meeting 120 minutes.
Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members.

Item 0: Roll call of Council members (5 mins) Item 1: Update any
statements of interest (5 mins) Item 2: Review/amend agenda (5 mins)
Item 3: Approve GNSO minutes of 31 January 2008 (5 mins)
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04828.html

Item 4: Confirm Election Results for ICANN Board seat 14 (5 mins) Please
check your vote against your code
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04814.html

Item 5: Update from Denise Michel on Board activities (15 mins)
5.1 Discuss feedback from Board on new gTLD process Is there to be a
Face to Face meeting? What are the details? Are they acceptable to the
council?

Item 6: IDNC update - Edmon Chung (10 mins)

Item 7: GNSO - ccNSO relations (10 mins) Discuss plans for meeting with
them in Paris.
Meeting Thursday Afternoon?
Council - Council or SO - SO?

Item 8: GNSO Improvements - Discuss planning group (20 mins)
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04821.html

discuss criteria for adding members to the planning group
2-3 constituency members (possibly from council) who have organizational
capability and represent diverse views
1 from each constituency that wishes to add someone + interested nomcom
appointees some other formula

appoint members to initial planning group Names that have been put
forward (in order received) Ken Stubbs (RyC) Olga Cavalli (NA) Philip
Sheppard (BC) Milton Mueller (NCUC) Ute Decker (IPC) Wolf Ulrich (ISPC)

Item 9: Discuss Whois report - Start discussions on what to ask for a
bid on. (20 mins)
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-report
-25feb08.pdf

Motion: Chuck Gomes
Second:

Whereas:
On 31 October 2007 the Council passed a motion to ". . . initiate the
following sequential actions: 1) Council shall provide additional
definition regarding the potential data gathering and study requirements
2) staff shall provide the Council with rough cost estimates for various
components of data gathering and studies no later than February 15th,
2008; 3) the Council will decide what data gathering and studies would
be pursued; and 4) staff will perform the resulting data gathering and
studies and report the results back to the Council" (resolution
20071031-3) On 6 December 2007 the Council initiated formation of a
group of volunteers to develop a proposed "format to solicit what
studies should be undertaken"
On 20 December 2007 the Council reviewed and discussed the WHOIS
template developed by the group and approved it with one additional
column under potential sources of data, asking proposers to comment on
the challenges of sourcing that data  From 8 January through 15 February
2008 a public comment period was held soliciting suggestions from the
community for specific topics of study on WHOIS that community
stakeholders recommend be conducted A report titled 'Report on Public
Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS' and dated 25 February 2008
summarized the study suggestions and comments received during the public
comment period
(http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-repor
t-25feb08.pdf
)
Resolve to form a group of volunteers to:
1. Review and discuss the 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further
Studies of WHOIS'
2. Develop a proposed list of recommended studies for which ICANN staff
will be asked to provide cost estimates to the Council 3. Deliver the
list of recommendations with supporting rationale not later than 24
April 2008.

Item 10: Report on Single-Character Domain Names at the second -level
(20 mins)
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-synthesis-on-sldns-27feb08.pdf

Overview by Patrick
Determine next steps
ICANN synthesis on Single-Character Domain Names at the Second-Level


Item 11: Vote on Electronic Voting (15 mins) Absentee voting bylaw
amendment
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf

Motion by: Philip Sheppard
Seconded: Cyril Chua, Bilal Beiram

Whereas
Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting by the
current ICANN by-laws, Council requests the Board to adopt the following
change to the bylaws drafted by the ICANN general council's office to
permit absentee voting in certain specific circumstances.

Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8

c. Absentee voting. Members that are absent from a meeting at the time
of a vote on whether to initiate a PDP, forward a policy recommendation
to the Board, or fill a position open for election may vote by absentee
ballot. 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 after 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.

http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf

Item 12: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (10 Min) IRT-Denial Reasons PDP
Update - Status of Constituency reports (Olof)
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-initial-report-on-irt-policy
-17mar08.pdf


IRT-grouping of other issues - Overview of report (Chuck)
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04826.html


Item 13: AOB (5 mins)
Item 14: Action Item Review (5 mins)
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf


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