[council]

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My apologies for being several hours late, but I would like to make the
motion that is attached and copied below for consideration at our 29 Jan
meeting.  A second is welcome as are friendly amendments.
 
Chuck
 
 

GNSO Restructure - Motion re. Individual Users in the GNSO

 

Whereas:

 

*       On 11 December 2008, the ICANN Board approved Resolution
2008-12-11-02 seeking a recommendation on how to incorporate the
legitimate interests of individual Internet users in the GNSO in
constructive yet non-duplicative ways and requesting that the
recommendation should be submitted no later than 24 January 2009 for
consideration by the Board.

 

*       In an email message to the GNSO Council list dated 20 January
2009, the ICANN Vice President, Policy Development clarified that the11
December Resolution is an effort to help the Board identify a strategic
solution that balances ALAC/At-Large and GNSO opportunities for all user
and registrant stakeholders. 

 

*       The Working Group on GNSO Council Restructuring Report sent to
the ICANN Board of Directors on 25 July 2008 recommended that the
Non-Contracted Party/User House would be open to membership of all
interested parties that use or provide services for the Internet, with
the obvious exclusion of the contracted parties and should explicitly
not be restricted to domain registrants as recommended by the BGC and
that such recommendation was made in response to the suggestion of the
ALAC Liaison to the Council.

 

*       The GNSO Council Chair previously contacted the ALAC Chair and
the GNSO ALAC Liaison to discuss this topic.

 

*       The potential members of the two GNSO Council Non-Contracted
Party Stakeholder Groups have been tasked with submitting proposed
Stakeholder Group Charters to the ICANN Board prior to the Board meeting
on 6 March 2009.

 

Resolve:

 

*       The Council requests the GNSO Council ALAC Liaison in
consultation with the ALAC Chair to:

        *       Determine whether the ALAC and At-Large community have
any concerns with regard to the recommendation that membership in the
Non-Contracted Party/User House would be open to individual Internet
users in addition to domain name registrants and, if so, to communicate
those concerns to the GNSO Council as soon as practical
        *       Determine whether the ALAC and At-Large community would
like the GNSO to identify some noncommercial user representatives,
especially individual users, who would be willing to work with the ALAC
and At-Large community to develop a recommendation regarding the Board's
request that could be forwarded to the NCUC for their consideration in
developing a stakeholder group charter and to the Board for action on
GNSO improvement recommendations.
        *       Provide weekly progress reports to the Council list
regarding the above.

 

*       The Council directs the Council Chair to:

 

        *       Apologize to the Board that it failed to meet the Board
established deadline of 24 January
        *       Inform the Board that the GNSO:

                *       Is awaiting information from the ALAC.
                *       Is willing in cooperation with noncommercial
users to identify noncommercial user representatives, especially
individual users, who would be willing to work with the ALAC and
At-Large community to develop a recommendation.
                *       Will promptly consider next steps and respond to
the Board as quickly as possible after requested information is received
from the ALAC as well any recommendation that may be developed by the
ALAC and At-Large community.

Attachment: GNSO Restructure Motion re Individual Users in the GNSO.doc
Description: GNSO Restructure Motion re Individual Users in the GNSO.doc