[council] Proposed GNSO Public Council Meeting Agenda - Nairobi - Wednesday 10 March 2010

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Proposed GNSO Public Council Meeting Agenda - Nairobi - Wednesday 10 March 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-10mar10-en.htm

Wiki agenda
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_10_march_2010

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures 
approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO Council.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/operating-procedures-revised-draft-clean-09oct09-en.pdf

For convenience:
* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in 
Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
* An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting 
procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.

Meeting Time 08:00 Local time in Nairobi - 05:00 UTC.

See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com for other times:
21:00 PST (Tuesday 9 March); 23:00 CST (Tuesday 9 March); 00:00 EST; 02:00 
Buenos Aires; 02:00 Brazil; 06:00 CET; 08:00 Moscow; 10:00 Pakistan; 13:00 Hong 
Kong; 14:00 Tokyo; 16:00 Melbourne.
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.

Note: The opportunity for community comments will be provided at selected 
points throughout the meeting.

Please click on the link to join the GNSO Council Adobe Connect room
http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/gnsocouncil/
Please enter as a 'guest'.

Note : A 30 minute break is planned. It will be inserted at a convenient point 
in the agenda. Efforts will be made to have the break at a time that will 
correspond as closely as possible to the scheduled meeting break.

Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)


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:
* 18 February meeting - Approved on 1 March 2010.

Item 2: Vertical Integration PDP (20 minutes)

2.1 Refer to proposed charter for Vertical Integration Policy Development 
Policy (PDP) Working Group (WG):
(insert URL when available)

2.2 Brief overview of the proposed charter (Margie Milam)

2.3 Motion:
See: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions

2.4 Council Discussion

2.5 Community Comments

2.6 Vote

2.7 Next Steps

2.7.1 Formation of Working Group

2.7.2 Selection of Council Liaison

2.7.3 Other?

Item 3: GNSO Improvements (30 minutes)

3.1 Progress Reports

3.1.1 Policy Process Steering Committee Estimated Completion Dates for Policy 
Development Process (PDP) work team (WT) and Working Group Model (WT) (Marika 
Konings)

3.1.2 Operations Steering Committee Estimated Completion Dates for GNSO Council 
Operations WT, Constituency/Stakeholder Group WT and Communications & 
Coordination WT (Julie Hedlund)

3.2 Renewal of Steering Committee Charters

3.2.1 Motion:
See: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions

3.2.2 Council Discussion

3.2.3 Vote

3.3 Review of GNSO Working Group Guidelines

3.3.1 Refer to GNSO Working Group Guidelines
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05feb09-en.pdf
Version 5 February 2010 at
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05feb10-en.htm

3.3.2 Brief overview of GNSO Working Group Guidelines (Marika Konings)

3.4 Council Discussion & Community Comments

Item 4: Board Seat 13 Election Confirmation (15 minutes)

4.1 Summary of the Contracted Party House Election Process & Outcome (CPH 
Councilor TBD)
4.2 Motion:
See: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions

4.3 Council Discussion

4.4 Community Comments

4.5. Vote
Note: Absentee voting will be allowed

Item 5: New gTLD Implementation Issues (30 minutes)

5.1 Expressions of Interest

5.1.1 Refer to
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm

Latest Draft Model:
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/eoi-model-18dec09-en.pdf

Public Comment:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-eoi-model/

Summary of Comments/Analysis
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/summary-analysis-eoi-15feb10-en.pdf

5.1.2 Council Discussion

5.1.3 Community Comments

5.2 Other New gTLD Implementation Issues?

BREAK

Item 6: GNSO endorsements of Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Team 
volunteers (20 minutes)

6.1 Refer to the Draft Proposal for Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review 
Teams
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf

6.2 Refer to motion approved on 18 February 2010,
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201002

the action plan
The Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) drafting team (DT) Action Plan for 
Development of GNSO Endorsement of Review Team (RT) Volunteers
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endorsement-volunteers-action-plan-10feb10-en.pdf

and process for GNSO endorsements of AoC Review Team volunteers at:
The Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the Affirmation of 
Commitments Accountability and Transparency(A&T RT) Review Team
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endnominees-process-proposal-10feb10-en.pdf

6.2.1 List of AoC A&T RT volunteers seeking GNSO endorsement:
http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/
(Margie Milam)

6.2.2 Update from Evaluation Team (Margie Milam or Evaluation Team lead)

6.2.3 GNSO Council and Community Comments

Item 7: Registration Abuse Policy (RAP) WG Draft Report (30 Minutes)

7.1 Refer to:
Registration Abuse Policies Public Comment Period at
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#rap-initial-report

Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap-wg-initial-report-12feb10-en.pdf

7.2 Overview of WG recommendations (Marika Konings)

7.3 Council & Community Discussion

Item 8: Whois Studies (30 minutes)

8.1 Whois Studies Update (Liz Gasster)

8.2 Council Discussion

8.3 Community Discussion

Item 9: Prioritization of GNSO work (20 minutes)

9.1 Status Report (Olga Cavalli)

9.2 Next steps?

9.3 Council Discussion

9.4 Community Discussion

Item 10: Open Microphone (30 minutes)

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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Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 16:00
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org