[council] Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 17 December 2009.

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 17 December 2009.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-17dec09-en.htm

Wiki reference :
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_17_december_2009

Proposed motions:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?17_december_motions

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures 
approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO Council 

Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times
(07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 02:00 
Melbourne next day)

Chair: Chuck Gomes; Vice Chairs: Olga Cavalli & Stéphane Van Gelder
Note: This meeting will be recorded.

Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins.
Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members.

Item1: Administrative matters

1.1. Roll call of Council members

1.2. Update any statements of interest

1.3. Review/amend agenda

1.4. Note the status of minutes for the following Council meetings per the new 
Council Operating Procedures:

. 8 October meeting - Approved on 28 November 2009
. 28 October meeting - Approved on 27 November 2009
. 23 November meeting - Approved on 08 December 2009

Item 2: Motion to approve GNSO Improvements Recommendations for a 
Constituency/Stakeholder Group Toolkit of Services

2.1 Refer to the recommendations document at:
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/tool-kit-services-recommendations-for-gnso-18oct09-en.pdf

2.2 Discussion of recommendations
2.3 See the motion at:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?17_december_motions

2.4 Vote

Item 3: Special Trademark Issues (STI) Review Team

3.1 Update - David Maher, STI Review Group Chair

3.2 Refer to the 7 December STI Report at (Insert link to STI Report) (not yet 
available)

3.3 Council action?

Item 4: Action on Issues Report regarding vertical separation of Registries and 
Registrars

4.1 Refer to Issues Report on Vertical Integration
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf

4.2 Overview of Issues Report (Margie Milam)

4.3 Discussion

4.3 See possible motion(s) at:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?17_december_motions
Note: If a motion is acted on to initiate a PDP, absentee voting will be 
allowed.

Item 5: Prioritization of GNSO work

5.1 Status Report (Olga Cavalli)
5.2 Council action?
5.3 Next steps?

Item 6: Status updates
6.1 Board update (Denise Michel)
6.2 New gTLD Implementation Process Update (Kurt Pritz)
6.3 Items of interest to the GNSO from the ccNSO (Olga Cavalli/Han Chuan Lee)
6.4 Other?
6.5 Questions/comments on written status updates sent in advance by leaders of 
Working Groups, Work Teams, staff projects, etc.?

Item 7: AOB

Item 8: The updated GNSO Project Status List (formerly Pending Action Item 
List) is at:
http://gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf.

8.1 Questions/comments?

Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)
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9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO 
Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or 
other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting 
thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:
a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote 
of each House or majority of one House;
b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in 
Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more 
than 66% of one House;
c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 
75% of one House and a majority of the other House ("GNSO Supermajority");
d. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an 
affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO 
Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups 
supports the Recommendation;
e. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an 
affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
f. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting 
Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that "a two-thirds vote of 
the council" demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority 
vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting 
party affected by such contract provision.

Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)
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Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following 
items may vote by absentee ballot:
a. Initiate a policy development process;
b. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
c. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
d. Fill a position open for election.
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. There must be a 
quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.
(07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 02:00 
Melbourne next day)
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org