RE: [council] Results of absentee ballot on motion to commence a PDP on Vertical Integration, Thursday 28 January 2010

["Terry L Davis, P.E." <tdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glen

It appears that my vote against this although recorded in the count doesn't
show on the list.

??

Take care
Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:57 PM
To: Council GNSO
Subject: [council] Results of absentee ballot on motion to commence a PDP on
Vertical Integration, Thursday 28 January 2010


Dear Councillors,

Please find the results of the motion to commence a  Policy Development
Process on Vertical Integration proposed by Mike Rodenbaugh and seconded by
Debra Hughes with amendments

Whereas, on 24 September 2009, the GNSO Council requested ICANN Staff to
prepare an Issues Report on the topic of vertical integration between
registries and registrars;

Whereas, on 11 December 2009, the Issues Report on vertical integration
between registries and registrars was delivered to the GNSO Council;

Whereas, the Issues Report includes recommendations that the GNSO Council
delay the initiation of a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the issue for
a period of 1-2 years;

Whereas, notwithstanding the recommendations in the Issues Report, the GNSO
Council has decided to initiate a PDP on vertical integration between
registries and registrars; and

Whereas, the GNSO Council has decided against initiating a Task Force as
defined in the ICANN Bylaws;

Now therefore, be it:

RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council has reviewed the recommendations contained
in the Issues Report, and nonetheless approves the initiation of a PDP on
the topic of vertical integration between registries and registrars;

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the PDP shall evaluate which policy recommendations,
if any,  should be developed on the topic of vertical integration between
registrars and registries affecting both new gTLDs and existing gTLDs, as
may be possible under existing contracts and as allowed under the ICANN
Bylaws;

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council shall convene a Working Group to
fulfill the requirements of the PDP, including a review of ICANN Staff's
prior work with respect to vertical integration, and develop recommendations
accordingly; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Working Group shall deliver its Final Report to
the GNSO Council no later than sixteen weeks from the date of this
resolution.

The motion carried by a roll call vote 

Contracted Party House - 7 votes against the motion
Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder Registrar Stakeholder Group; Chuck Gomes,
Edmon Chung, Caroline Greer
One absentee ballot against - Registrar Stakeholder Group: Adrian Kinderis 

Non Contracted Party House -11 Votes in favour
                           -2 votes against

Votes in favour:
Zahid Jamil, Mike Rodenbaugh (CBUC); Kristina Rosette, David Taylor (IPC);
Rafik Dammak, William Drake, Mary Wong, Rosemary Sinclair, Debra Hughes,
Wendy Seltzer (NCSG).
Votes against: Jaime Wagner, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (ISPCP)
One absentee ballot in favour - Olga Cavalli; Nominating Committee Appointee
(NCA)

The motion to commence a  Policy Development Process on Vertical Integration
carried.


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