[council] Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 15 July 2010 at 11:00 UTC

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



In preparation for the Council meeting on Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 11:00 UTC 
please find the updated agenda.



Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 15 July 2010

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-15jul10-en.htm



https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_for_gnso_council_meeting_15_july_2010

(Last minute updates are always indicated on the Wiki agenda)



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 11:00 UTC

See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times:

04:00 PDT; 06:00 CDT; 07:00 EDT; 08:00 Buenos Aires; 08:00 Brazil; 13:00 CEST; 
15:00 Moscow; 16:00 Pakistan; 19:00 Hong Kong; 20:00 Tokyo, 21:00 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.

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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 previous Council meeting per the GNSO 
Operating Procedures:
·         23 June Meeting - Scheduled for approval on 15 July 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09165.html


Item 2: Prioritization of GNSO work (15 Minutes)

2.1 Refer to posted project ratings:

http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf

2.2 Discussion

2.3 Evaluation of the prioritization process
·         Lessons learned?
·         Areas for improvement?
·         How do we use the ratings?
·         Questions raised by the DT (Ken Bour)
·         Suggestions for next steps?
·

Item 3: GNSO Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Team (RT) Endorsements for 
Preserving security, stability and resiliency of the DNS (SSR) & Whois Policies 
(15 minutes)

http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/


3.1 Key dates in the endorsement process
·         GNSO slate of endorsements is due not later than the end of August
·         Next Council meetings: 5 August & 26 August
·         Initial Council action on Stakeholder Group (SG) endorsements needs 
to occur on 5 August to allow for any needed follow-up action on 26 August 2010.
·         SG endorsements & any alternates are needed by 28 July 2010.


3.2 Review of the GNSO process (Margie Milam)
·         Questions?


3.3 Discussion

Item 4: Whois Studies (15 minutes)

4.1 Refer to:
·         Whois Studies Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf
·         RFP for Proxy/Abuse Study:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-18may10-en.htm
·         Liz Gasster's summary chart of the studies:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-chart-08jun10-en.pdf


4.2 Brief overview of the study choices (Lisa Phifer)
http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-whois-report-23jun10-en.pdf

·         Discussion


4.3 Motion to proceed with Study # 1
·         Refer to motion
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?15_july_motions
·         Discussion
·         Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this.)


4.4 Discussion of how to proceed in selecting studies

4.5 Next steps?

Item 5: Vertical Integration (VI) PDP WG (20 Minutes)

5.1 Progress report (Margie Milam)

5.2 Discussion

5.3 Next steps?

5.4 Timeline?

Item 6: Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report (20 Minutes)

6.1 Refer to Final Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf


6.2 Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report presentation in 
Brussels June 2010
http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-rap-report-20jun10-en.pdf


6.3 Summary of Recommendations (Marika Konings):
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-final-report-conclusion-recommendations-13jul10-en.pdf


6.4 Council questions

6.5 Plan for evaluating & acting on the recommendations?

Item 7: Resolution on New gTLD String Similarity Evaluation (15 minutes)

7.1 Refer to:
·         Public comments:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/string-similarity-amendment/

·         Public comment summary & analysis: (insert URL)

·         Update to Module 2: String Requirements 30 May 2009
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-string-requirements-30may09-en.pdf

·         Draft Applicant Guidebook, v4 Module 2
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-evaluation-procedures-clean-28may10-en.pdf


7.2 Summary/analysis of public comments (?)

7.3 Motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?15_july_motions

·         Reading of the motion (Edmon)
·         Discussion
·         Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion.)


Item 8: Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (5 minutes)

8.1 GNSO Volunteers:
·         Terry Davis (NCA)
·         Rafik Dammak (NCSG)
·         Greg Aaron (RySG, Afilias)
·         Kathy Kleiman (RySG, PIR)
·         Keith Drazek (RySG, VeriSign)
·         Mike Rodenbaugh (CSG, CBUC)
·         Zahid Jamil (CSG, CBUC)
·         Rodney Joffe (RySG, NeuStar
·         Jaime Wagner (CSG, ISCPC)

8.2 Status report (Chuck Gomes)

Item 9: Audio-casting of Council meetings (5 minutes)

9.1 Report on costs & methods (Marika Konings or Rob Hoggarth)

9.2 Implementation status (Marika Konings or Rob Hoggarth)

Item 10: Other Business (5 minutes)

10.1 Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvement implementation
·         Note: As part of the motion to approve implementation of the OSC CCT 
recommendations, the Council resolved to convene a standing committee whose 
role will be to monitor, coordinate, and manage the continuing implementation 
of the various recommendations emanating from the chartered GNSO Improvements 
Work Teams.
·         Any suggestions regarding how to do this?


10.2 Update on Councilor and Council Officer Elections Processes
·         Refer to Councilor Term Expiration Report for December 
2010<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/councilor-term-expiration-report-12jul10-en.pdf>
 sent by Glen

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/councilor-term-expiration-report-12jul10-en.pdf



10.3 Note: Going forward regular WG/WT/DT status updates will be provided in 
the GNSO Project Status List; a link can be found at the GNSO Home 
page<http://gnso.icann.org/>.
http://gnso.icann.org/



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:
1.    Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% 
vote of each House or majority of one House;
2.    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;
3.    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");
4.    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;
5.    Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an 
affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
6.    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:
1.    Initiate a policy development process;
2.    Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
3.    Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
4.    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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Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere
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Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 11:00UTC
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California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 04:00
Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 06:00
New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 07:00
Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 08:00
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 08:00
Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+1DST 12:00
Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 13:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 13:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+1DST 15:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 16:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 19:00
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 20:00
Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+0DST 21:00
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The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00 local time 
(with exceptions)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.
Kind regards,



Glen



Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

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