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[council] Draft Agenda GNSO Council Public Meeting in Singapore 22 June 2011 at 14:00 local time
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DRAFT Agenda for GNSO Council Public Meeting in Singapore 22 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 06:00 UTC - 14:00 Singapore
Coordinated Universal Time:06:00 UTC - see below for local times
14:00 Singapore 02:00 Washington DC, 07:00 London, 08:00 Brussels,
Tuesday 21 June
(23:00 Los Angeles)
Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members who will be
physically absent. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if
a dial out call is needed.
http://singapore41.icann.org/node/24585
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:
•9 June – will be approved on 22 June 2011.
Item 2: Pending Projects – Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (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
2.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam).
2. 2 Discussion
2. 3 Next steps?
2.4 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van
Gelder)
• GNSO activities: 9 (8 –Policy Process Stering Committee (PPSC) removed,
Synthesis of WHOIS requirements and drafting team on Community Working Groups
(CWGs) added).
• Other activities: 7 (9 – Synthesis of WHOIS requirements moved to "GNSO
activities", GNSO constitutes reconfirmations removed).
• Joint Supporting Organisations/Advisory Committees (SO/AC) Working Groups
(WGs): 7 (7 – no change).
• Outstanding recommendations: 1 (1 – no change).
Item 3: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group (20 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
Refer to motion 1
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+June+2011
3.1 Update from staff (Marika Konings)
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/council-briefing-irtp-b-14jun11-en.pdf
3.2 Reading of the motion (Tim Ruiz)
3.3 Discussion
3.4 Vote
Item 4: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Proxy votes (15 minutes)
The GNSO Council recently identified areas for improvement in the (see
http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf) that would
simplify and clarify the procedures relating to proxy voting. It tasked the
Operations Steering Committee (OSC) with completing a revision to improve the
procedures relating to proxy voting. The OSC submitted to the GNSO Council on
14 June 2011 recommended revisions
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/osc-recommended-revisions-proxy-voting-14jun11-en.pdf
to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures to simplify and clarify the procedures
relating to proxy voting.
Motion 2
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+June+2011
has been submitted for consideration relating to the recommendations from the
OSC.
4.1 Update on OSC activities and recommendations on proxy voting from OSC Chair
(Philip Sheppard).
4.2 Reading of the motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
4.3 Discussion
4.4 Vote
Break 10 Minutes
Item 5: Community Working Groups (20 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).
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/ccwg-icann-framework-14jun11-en.pdf
5.2 Discussion
5.3 Next Steps
Item 6: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and
Innovation (15 minutes)
Refer to Board resolution:
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
6.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair.
6.2 Discussion
6.3 Next steps?
Item 7: Post-Expiry Domain Names Recovery (10 minutes)
The group has sent its Final Report for the GNSO Council's consideration on
June 14, 2011
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf
Presentation of Final Report
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/council-briefing-pednr-14jun11-en.pdf
7.1 Update from chair (Alan Greenberg).
7.2 Discussion
Break 10 Minutes
Item 8: Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Community Working Group
(DSSA) (20 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
8.1 Update from co-chairs (Mikey O'Connor and Jörg Schweiger).
8.2 Discussion
9.2 Discussion
Item 9: GNSO improvements – Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Constituency
and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (10 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
9.1 Update from chair (Olga Cavalli).
9.2 Discussion
Item 10. Any Other Business (5 minutes)
Item 11 Open Microphone (30 minutes)
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
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org
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