[council] GNSO Council Agenda 7 January 2010

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



Please find the GNSO Council agenda for the meeting on Thursday, 7 January 2010 
in plain text below and posted on the website at:

http://gnso.icann.org/



http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-07jan10-en.htm


and on the Wiki at:



https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_7_january_2010

Please note that all motions should be sent to the Council list not later than 
Wednesday, 30 December 2009 to be considered at the Council meeting on 7 
January 2010. Motions will thereafter be posted on the Wiki for easy reference.



Please review the updated GNSO Project Status List

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf



which has been posted at

http://gnso.icann.org/

under the heading: GNSO Project Status List



And inserted into the agenda, as well as the written status updates at:

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm





GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda - 7 January 2010

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



Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC - (see below for the full list and 
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(10:00 HAST, 12:00 PST, 15:00 EST, 21:00 CET; 04:00 Hong Kong, 07:00 Melbourne 
Friday)



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 will be sent individually to Council members.

Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is 
needed.



Item 1: 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:



*17 December meeting - Approved on 31 December 2009


Item 2: Issues Report regarding vertical separation of Registries and Registrars



2.1 Refer to Issues Report on Vertical Integration:

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf



2.2 Overview of Issues Report (Margie Milam)

http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/issues-report-summary-17dec09-en.pdf



2.3 Discussion



2.4 Information about the ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement on 
7 January 2010 in D.C.?



2.5 Next steps



2.5.1 Action regarding decision on whether or not to initiate a PDP - 28 Jan 
meeting?



Item 3: Prioritization of GNSO work



3.1 Status Report (Olga Cavalli)



3.2 Next steps?



Item 4: The IDN Implementation Working Team Final Report



4.1 Refer to report at

http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-implementation-working-team-report-final-03dec09-en.pdf



4.2 Brief overview of report (Bart Boswinkel)



4.3 Action item: The working team report recommends that the GNSO & ccNSO do 
policy work with regard to the following two issues related to single-character 
IDN top level names:



1.selection of scripts for which single character IDN TLDs should be allowed;

2.method for allocation of single character IDN TLDs.

4.3.1 Discussion



4.3.2 Volunteers for working with ccNSO volunteers to develop a draft charter?



Item 5: AGP Limits Policy - Implementation Report



5.1 Refer to 
http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agp-limits-policy-report-14dec09-en.pdf



5.2 Discussion



5.3 Action items?



Item 6: Status updates



6.1 Items of interest to the GNSO from the ccNSO (Olga Cavalli/Han Chuan Lee)



6.2 Other?



6.3 Questions/comments on written status updates sent in advance by leaders of 
Working Groups, Work Teams, staff projects, etc.?

Status updates: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm



Item 7: AOB



7.1 Staff update on plans to ensure safety and security in Nairobi



7.2 Other?



Item 8: The updated GNSO Project Status List (formerly Pending Action Item 
List) is at:

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf



8.1 Questions/comments?



Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)



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)



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.



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Please let me know if you have any questions.

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!



Glen



Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org