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>http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-09jun11-en.htmhttps://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>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>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:
?<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg11461.html>
19 May 2011 Council minutes ? will be approveed on 6 June 2011.
Item 2: Pending Projects ? CCartagena 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 ? Reec6 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<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/tor-whois-registrant-identification-studies-23oct09-en.pdf>
"registrant identification" 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 ffor GNSO meeting with the Board
? Suggested topics foor GNSO meeting with the ccNSO
? Suggested topics forr 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
(â??PDPâ??) 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 (â??GNSO Supermajorityâ??);
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
â??a two-thirds vote of the councilâ??
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
(<http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-07apr11-en.pdf>GNSO
Operating Procedures 4.4)
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 meetingâ??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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