[council] Request for absentee voting GNSO Council meeting 16 October 2008

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councilors,

In keeping with the absentee voting procedures, all councilors who were absent 
from the meeting today, Thursday 16 October,  at the time of voting on the 
motion below, are invited to send the GNSO secretariat 
<gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a request for a ballot.

Councilors noted as absent at the time of the vote: Mike Rodenbaugh, Jon Bing, 
Tony Harris, Cyril Chua, Norbert Klein, Tom Keller, Jordi Iparraguirre.

You will then be sent a ballot with an option to vote, YES, NO or ABSTAIN.

The Chair requested that this process should be completed within 24 hours of 
the meeting which ended at 14:23 UTC on Thursday 16 October 2008.
Completed ballots are due NLT 14:23 UTC, on Friday, 17 October 2008
(07:23 PDT, 10:23 EDT, 11:23 Buenos Aires, 16:23 CEST (Germany, Norway, Spain) 
21:25 Phnom Penh, 22:23 HongKong)

Absentee voting
http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#X
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 following 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.

Motion on Amendment to Council Resolution on the Inter-Registrar Transfer 
Policy (IRTP) Denial Definitions Policy Development Process (PDP)
Moved: Chuck Gomes
Seconded: Avri Doria

Whereas:

*       On 4 September 2008, the GNSO Council adopted a Recommendation 
concluding a Policy Development Process (PDP) to clarify four of the nine 
transfer denial reasons enumerated in the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy;

*       The ensuing public comment period rendered a comment identifying a 
possibility to misinterpret a part of the proposed text for Denial Reason #9, 
notably the words "or transfer to the Registrar of Record";

*       The GNSO Council, in consultation with members of the drafting group 
for this PDP, has found it appropriate to delete these words from the proposed 
text for Denial Reason #9;


Resolved:

1. That Denial reason #9 in which the current text reads:

A domain name is within 60 days (or a lesser period to be determined) after 
being transferred (apart from being transferred back to the original Registrar 
in cases where both Registrars so agree and/or where a decision in the dispute 
resolution process so directs).

Be amended to read:

A domain name is within 60 days (or a lesser period to be determined) after 
being transferred (apart from being transferred back to the original Registrar 
in cases where both Registrars so agree and/or where a decision in the dispute 
resolution process so directs). "Transferred" shall only mean that an 
inter-registrar transfer has occurred in accordance with the procedures of this 
policy.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org