[council] MOTION RE. GCOT & CSG RECOMMENDATIONS
As one of the Councilors on the OSC, I am hereby making the motion pasted below and attached regarding the OSC GCOT & CSG recommendations. A second is welcome. Chuck MOTION RE. GCOT & CSG RECOMMENDATIONS WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-impl ementation-plan-16oct08.pdf> for implementing the various GNSO Improvements <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm> identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2008; WHEREAS, that framework included the formation, in January 2009, of two Steering Committees, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements; WHEREAS, the OSC established three work teams, including the GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) <https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team> and the Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT) <https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team> , which were chartered to focus on specific operational areas addressed in the BGC Report <http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report- 03feb08.pdf> recommendations; WHEREAS, the GCOT has completed and submitted certain documents that it recommends be incorporated into the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) as follows: * Section 2.1-Council Member Term Limits <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-term-limits-24may 10-en.pdf> * Section 2.4-Board Seat Elections <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-board-seat-electi ons-24may10-en.pdf> * Section 3.8-Absences and Vacancies <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-absences-vacancie s-11jun10-en.pdf> * Chapter 4.0-Voting <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-voting-11jun10-en .pdf> * Chapter 5.0-Statements and Disclosures of Interest <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-soi-doi-11jun10-e n.pdf> o Note that two sections, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3, are not approved pending further Staff action to be determined. These sections are footnoted in the document as "inactive" until subsequently approved by the OSC and Council. WHEREAS, the CSG-WT has completed and submitted the following document that it recommends be approved for implementation within the GNSO: * Recommended Common Operating Principles and Participation Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies; and <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en. pdf> Recommendations on a GNSO Database of Community Members <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en. pdf> WHEREAS, the OSC has approved the above referenced GCOT amendments to the GOP and the CSG-WT recommendations and has forwarded these documents (via embedded links) to the GNSO Council on or before 15 June 2010; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council accepts these deliverables submitted by the Work Teams and approved by the OSC and directs Staff to post these aforementioned documents for twenty-one (21) days in the ICANN Public Comment Forum. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council shall take formal action on these documents, including potential modification, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the public comment period. <<MOTION REGARDING GCOT AND CSG RECOMMENDATIONS 15 JUN 2010.docx>> Attachment:
MOTION REGARDING GCOT AND CSG RECOMMENDATIONS 15 JUN 2010.docx
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