[council] Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 13 January 2011.

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 13 January 2011.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-13jan11-en.htm

The agenda on the Wiki can be found at:

https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_13_january_2011
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures 
approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.
http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-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 20:00 UTC

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

12:00 PST; 14:00 CST; 15:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 21:00 CET; 
23:00 Moscow

Friday,14 January 2011
01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Beijing; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 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.

GNSO Council meeting audiocast

http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u

Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)

1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest

* Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll 
Councilors regarding "any direct or indirect interests that may affect a 
Relevant Party's judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or 
discussion" in this meeting.
Here is the definition provided in the procedures:

"Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A 
written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests 
that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. 
non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and 
may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a 
specific issue."

The main issues for this meeting are

 *   Election Procedures for Council Chair & Vice Chairs
 *   Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation

1.2 Update any statements of interest

Note that a revised SoI was received from:

 *   Stéphane van Gelder
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10362.html

1.3 Review/amend agenda

1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO 
Operating Procedures:
* 8 December 2010 - Scheduled for approval on 8 January 2011.

Item 2: Elections of Chair and Vice Chair (10 minutes)

2.1 Status of Vice Chair elections in the Non Contracted Party House.

2.2 Chair election procedures.

* Status of OSC's review of the procedures for election the Council Chair 
(Margie).
* Next Steps

Item 3: Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar 
Accreditation Agreement (15 minutes)

Refer to motion deferred from previous meeting

https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions

3.1 Reading of the motion (Kristina Rosette)

3.2 Discussion

3.3 Vote (note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion)

Item 4: Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies (15 minutes)

Refer to letter from RAP team
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf

4.1 Discussion

4.2 Next steps?

Item 5: Status of Stakeholder Group and Constituency statements on 
Recommendation 6 (15 minutes)

Refer to motion passed in previous meeting
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012

Especially resolve clause: the Council recommends that each Stakeholder Group 
and constituency provide feedback as soon as possible to the Council, on the 
CWG recommendations.

5.1 Discussion and feedback from Stakeholder Groups and constituencies

5.2 Next steps?

Item 6: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and 
Innovation (20 minutes)

Refer to Board resolution:
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6

6.1 Briefing from Bruce Tonkin

6.2 Set up drafting team to provide requested advice

* Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead
* Debbie Hugues Hughes has volunteered to participate
* Other volunteers




6.3 Discussion

6.4 Next steps?

Item 7: Board Response to reconsideration request 10-2 (.jobs reconsideration 
request) (20 minutes)

Refer to Board resolution:
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#8

7.1 Update from Staff on briefing paper (Liz Gasster)

7.2 Discussion

7.3 Next steps?

Item 8: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering 
Committee (PPSC) and new Standing Committee (15 Minutes)

Refer to motion passed in previous meeting
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012

Especially resolve clauses.
RESOLVED, The Council extends the terms of the Operations Steering Committee 
and the Policy Process Steering Committee and their respective work teams as 
necessary through the ICANN public meeting in June 2011.

RESOLVED, the Council acknowledges and thanks the OSC, the PPSC and the five 
community work teams for their hard work; and directs each steering committee 
and applicable work team chair to identify for the Council any remaining 
targets and benchmarks for their respective work by no later than 19 January 
2011, including expected deadlines for final delivery.

RESOLVED FURTHER, a drafting team shall be established no later than 19 January 
2011, to draft a charter for a Standing Committee to track and coordinate 
implementation of those OSC, PPSC and work team recommendations already 
approved by the Council and adopted, as recommended by the Communications and 
Coordination Work Team in its final report of 9 April 2010

8.1 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, OSC (Philip Sheppard)

8.2 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, PPSC (Jeff Neuman)

8.3 Establish DT for new Standing Committee

* Volunteers?
* DT Chair?

Item 9: Other Business (10 Minutes)

9.1 OSC Recommendation for Revisions to Section 5 Statements of Interest of the 
GNSO Operating Procedures

* Update (Philip Sheppard)
* Next steps?


9.2 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating Procedures

* Bill Drake has volunteer to lead
* Update
* Next steps?

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 October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere
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Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC
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Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 23:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day
Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day
Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day
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The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with 
exceptions)

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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