[council] GNSO Council agenda 9 June 2011 at 20:00 UTC

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



Please find the Agenda for the GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 9 June  2011 
at 20:00 UTC.



http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-09jun11-en.htm

https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+9+June+2011



The motions are posted on page:

https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+June+2011

Please note that the latest updates are always found on the Wiki Agenda.
Please let me know if you have any questions.



Thank you.

Kind regards,



Glen

Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 9 June 2011.

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures 
approved 7 April 2011 for the GNSO Council.
http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-08apr11-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

Coordinated Universal Time:20:00 UTC - see below for local times
(13:00 Los Angeles, 16:00 Washington DC, 21:00 London, 22:00 Brussels,

Friday 20 May
05:00 Tokyo; 06:00 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

1.2 Updated statement of interest

1.3 Review/amend agenda

1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO 
Operating Procedures:
• 19 May 2011 Council 
minutes<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg11461.html> – 
will be approved on 6 June 2011.
Item 2: Pending Projects – Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, 
Competition and Innovation (10 minutes)

Standard agenda item to update the Council on the GNSO's Pending Projects.

Refer to Pending Projects list
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf

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

Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead.
2.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair.

2. 2 Discussion
2. 3 Next steps?
2.4 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van 
Gelder)

 *   GNSO activities: 8 (9 – PPSC WG WT removed).
 *   Other activities: 9 (10 – Work Prioritization removed).
 *   Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (8 – Rec6 removed).
 *   Outstanding recommendations: 1 (1).
Item 3: Whois Registrant Identification Study (15 minutes)
In 2009, the Council asked for research on the possibility of carrying out a 
set of selected studies on Whois.
One of the studies suggested by ICANN Staff is the "registrant 
identification"<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/tor-whois-registrant-identification-studies-23oct09-en.pdf>
 study.

Refer to motion 1.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+June+2011.

3.1 Reading of the motion (Jonathan Robinson)

3.2 Discussion

3.3 Vote

Item 4: Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS) (20 minutes)
Second "milestone motion" was sent to the Council by the JAS group on May 8. 
Refer to motion made following receipt of that report <insert link>.
The motion was deferred at the request of the Registry StakeholderGroup at the 
May 19, 2011 GNSO Council meeting.

Refer to motion 2.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+June+2011

4.1 Reading of the motion (Rafik Dammak)

4.2 Discussion

4.3 Vote

Item 5: Community Working Groups (15 minutes)

Refer to May 19 meeting action items:
In response to the action item on Community Working Groups on the GNSO Council 
agenda http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-19may11-en.htm, a group of 
people volunteered to work on this topic. Jonathan Robinson agreed to take the 
lead in stimulating discussions in view of presenting a report from the 
drafting team at the Singapore meetings.

5.1 Update from Drafting Team (Jonathan Robinson).

5.2 Discussion

5.3 Next steps

Item 6: GNSO improvements, PPSC Policy Development Process Work Team (15 
minutes)
As part of the Policy Process Steering Committee's work, the PDP-WT seeks to 
improve the GNSO's process for policy development.
The WT is presenting its final report for Council consideration.
Final Report of the Policy Development Process Work Team
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf

Refer to motion 3.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+June+2011

6.1 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)

6.2 Discussion

6.3 Vote

Item 7: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group (10 minutes)
The WG published its final report for public comment in February 2011 and the 
public comment period closed on March 31.
After having considered the comments received and modified its report 
accordingly, the WG is now presenting its final report for Council consideration
Final Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy - Part B Policy Development 
Process
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/irtp-b-final-report-30may11-en.pdf

7.1 Update from Staff (Marika Konings)

7.2 Refer to motion 4.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+June+2011

Reading of motion: Tim Ruiz

7.2 Discussion

7.3 Vote

7.4 Next steps

Item 8: Singapore meeting preparation (10 minutes)
This discussion item aims to help Mary Wong and Glen de St Gery finalise the 
GNSO's agenda for the Singapore meeting, and allow any Councillors to raise 
issues or ask questions on this proposed agenda <insert link to proposed 
agenda>.

8.1 Update from Mary Wong.

8.2 Discussion

• suggested topics for GNSO meeting with the Board
• Suggested topics for GNSO meeting with the ccNSO
• Suggested topics for GNSO meeting with the GAC

8.3 Next steps

Item 9. Any Other Business (5 minutes)

9.1 Key votes or discussion topics where briefing papers would be desired.
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 (GNSO Operating Procedures 
4.4<http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-07apr11-en.pdf>)

4.4.1 Applicability
Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council 
motions or measures.
a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);
b. Approve a PDP recommendation;
c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;
d. Fill a Council position open for election.

4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced 
time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting‟s adjournment. 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 calendar days, provided 
such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.

4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes 
according to these procedures and will provide reasonable means for 
transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by 
telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become 
available.
4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a 
quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.)
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Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

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