[council] GNSO Council Resolutions 23 November 2009

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Ahead of the Council minutes, the following resolutions were passed unanimously 
during the Council meeting on Monday, 23 November 2009.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen


1. Motion To Approve Clarifying Edits to GNSO Operating Procedures
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Motion by: Chuck Gomes
Seconded by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben

Whereas the GNSO Council approved its new GNSO Operating Procedures during its 
28 October 2009 meeting in Seoul;

Whereas the GNSO Council Operations Work Team Chair advised Council members in 
Seoul of the need to incorporate a number of clarifying edits to the procedures 
that were not included in the final draft of the procedures adopted by the 
Council;

Whereas the edits are intended to simply clarify the original procedural 
language recommended by the Work Team;

Whereas the Work Team has been directed by the Council to continue its work on 
a second phase of substantive Council procedural recommendations including a 
further examination of the provisions for voting abstentions;

RESOLVED, the Council accepts the clarifying edits forwarded by the Work Team
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-operating-procedures-redline-12nov09-en.pdf

and looks forward to the subsequent substantive procedural recommendations to 
be developed by the Work Team. Staff is directed to share the edited procedures 
with the Board and post both clean
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-operating-procedures-clean-12nov09-en.pdf
and red-lined versions
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-operating-procedures-redline-12nov09-en.pdf
of the procedures on the GNSO Web Page. (see http://gnso.icann.org/)



2. Motion to adopt a rotation system for Council meeting times
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Motion by: Stéphane Van Gelder
Seconded by: Chuck Gomes

Whereas the GNSO Council is a body comprised of 22 members who reside in all 
regions of the globe.

Whereas the GNSO Council has regular teleconference meetings which require all 
members who are available to connect at the same time.

Whereas the geographic diversity of the Council members makes it impossible to 
set a teleconference time that is during normal working hours for all involved.

Whereas at its October 29, 2009 meeting, the Council discussed the issue of 
teleconference times.

Whereas Edmon Chung, Han Chuan Lee and Adrian Kinderis all volunteered to work 
on proposals for meeting times, and Stéphane Van Gelder volunteered to chair 
the group.

Whereas the group proposed four different time options 
(http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/time-options-council-meetings-02-04nov09-en.pdf)
 and suggested that a rotation be introduced between the 3 most convenient time 
options.

Whereas further discussion within the Council made it clear that there was 
preference for a rotation to be introduced between options 2, 3 and 4.

RESOLVED:

The GNSO Council will rotate its teleconference meeting times between UTC 
11:00, UTC 15:00 and UTC 20:00, starting with the November 23, 2009 meeting 
scheduled at 11:00 UTC.

3. The Council approved the proposed dates for a 12-month Council meeting 
schedule as required in the new Council Operating Procedures.
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/proposed-gnso-council-meetings-dates-2009-2010-23nov09-en.pdf

These dates are posted on the GNO Calendar 
http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html


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