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AW: [council] Updated Council agenda 21 July 2011 at 11:00 UTC


Thanks for the agenda,
 

1.      
        is it of interest to resume - under AOB - the election timeline 
discussion and to decide whether the SCI should come up with a revised process 
proposal for future elections?
2.      
        Unforseeably I've got a business task which necessitates me leaving the 
call tomorrow from around 11:30 to 12:15 UTC. My apologies for that.

 

Kind regards
Wolf-Ulrich 


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        Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Im Auftrag von Glen de Saint Géry
        Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Juli 2011 23:59
        An: Council GNSO
        Betreff: [council] Updated Council agenda 21 July 2011 at 11:00 UTC
        
        

        Dear Councillors,

         

        Please find the updated Council agenda for 21 July, 2011 at 11:00 UTC.

        The main updates that have been made are moving all the agenda items 
requiring a vote to the beginning of the agenda and placing the IRTP B 
recommendation #3 as a separate item.

         

        The Wiki agenda, (which has the latest updates) is posted at

        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+21+July+2011

         

        The motions before Council are posted on the Wiki at:

        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011 
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011> 
        
        Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 21 July 2011.
        http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-21jul11-en.htm
        
        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 11:00 UTC
        
        Coordinated Universal Time:11:00 UTC - see below for local times
        (04:00 Los Angeles, 07:00 Washington DC, 12:00 London, 13:00 Brussels, 
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.
        
        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 

        Rosemary Sinclair
        http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/sinclair-soi-22jun11.htm

        
        
        1.3 Review/amend agenda
        
        1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per 
the GNSO Operating Procedures:
        • 22 June 2011 Council minutes – approved on 6 July 2011.
        http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-22jun11-en.htm
        
        Item 2: Update to Pending Projects List – Inter-Registrar Transfer 
Policy Part B Working Group (5 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 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting 
(Stéphane Van Gelder)

        
        
        • GNSO activities: 10 (9 – Open Council Meeting DT added).
        • Other activities: 9 (7 – GNSO toolkit of services removed, IRTP B rec 
8, IRTP B rec 9 and IRTP C issues report added).
        • Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (7 – no change).
        • Outstanding recommendations: 2 (1 – IRTP B remaining recs added).

        Item 3: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group - 
recommendation # 3 (10 minutes) 
        
        Refer to Motion 1 to address IRTP Part B recommendation #3
        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011 
        
        3.1 Reading of the motion (Tim Ruiz)
        
        3.2 Discussion
        
        3.3 Vote 
        
        Item 4: Joint ccNSO-GNSO Internationalized Domain Names Working Group 
(JIG) (10 minutes)
        
        Action item from the Singapore ICANN meeting: the JIG's current charter 
does not allow it to continue working, yet the JIG reported to the GNSO Council 
in Singapore that it still has some work to do.
        
        A motion is being submitted to extend the JIG's charter 
        
        Refer to motion 2 
        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011

        4.1 Reading of the motion (Rafik Dammak)

        4.2 Discussion

        4.3 Vote

        Item 5: Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) (15 minutes)

        The group has sent its Final Report for the GNSO Council's 
consideration on June 14, 2011 
        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+June+2011
        
        A motion has been made to approve this report.
        
        Refer to motion 3 

        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011

        5.1 Reading of the motion (Tim Ruiz)

        5. 2 Discussion

        5. 3 Vote

        Item 6: Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) (10 minutes)

        The group has put its proposed Final Report out for public comment 
        http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf
        <http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf> 
        A public comment period closed on July 9.
        Summary of public comments 
        
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/report-comments-pdp-final-report-11jul11-en.pdf
        
        A motion has been made for the Council to consider this report.
        
        Refer to motion 4 

        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011

        6.1 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)

        6.2 Discussion

        6.3 Vote

        Item 7: Registration abuse (RAP) (15 minutes)

        Following recent discussions on the matter, the Council is being asked 
to consider a motion to address the remaining recommendations of the RAP WG.
        This motion is being presented for discussion only at this meeting, in 
order to give the Council and its SGs sufficient time to properly assess it. 
        
        Refer to motion 5
        
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011

        7.1 Update from Staff and reading of potential motion 

        7.2 Discussion 

        Item 8: Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS) (15 minutes)
        
        As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board 
passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which 
contained the following excerpt (Resolved 4.d):
        
        The review of additional community feedback, advice from ALAC, and 
recommendations from the GNSO following their receipt of a Final Report from 
the JAS Working Group (requested in time to allow staff to develop an 
implementation plan for the Board’s consideration at its October 2011 meeting 
in Dakar, Senegal), with the goal of having a sustainable applicant support 
system in place before the opening of the application window.
        
        At its Singapore wrap-up meeting, the GNSO Council identified the 
following timeline if the Board request is to be answered in time: For the 
Board to approve the JAS implementation plan in Dakar on October 28, the Staff 
must publish all documents for the Dakar meeting 15 business days before Dakar, 
so October 7. So that means the Council must approve the JAS Final Report at 
its September 8 meeting.
        
        This discussion item aims at identifying how these objectives can best 
be met.

        Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs: 
        http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm

        8.1 Discussion

        8.2 Possibility of a special meeting of the Council in August (first 
week of the month) on the JAS final report. 

        Item 9: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes)
        
        As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board 
passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which 
contained the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):
        
        Incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red 
Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application 
round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global public 
interest.
        
        As an action item, the GNSO therefore needs to look at providing the 
requested advice or at least consider whether it wants to provide advice and if 
so, how should these entities' names be handled at the second level in new 
gTLDs?

        Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs: 
        http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm

        9.1 Discussion

        9.2 Next steps

        Item 10: Interaction with ccNSO (10 minutes)

        Action item from the Singapore ICANN meeting: the ccNSO and the GNSO 
agreed to try and work together more closely on some projects of common 
interest. Two were discussed: the work the ccNSO is currently doing on ICANN's 
strategic plan and budget, and the work the GNSO is currently doing on CWGs.
        This is a discussion item to ascertain how to push these two 
initiatives forward.

        10.1 Discussion

        10.2 Next steps

        Item 11. Any Other Business (5 minutes) 
        
        11.1 Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation Working Group 
(Rosemary Sinclair)

        Discussion of motion to approve a charter for a Joint Community Working 
Group to be made at the next Council meeting to respond to the Board's 
Cartagena request for advice from the GNSO, GAC, ALAC and CCNSO.

        
        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)

        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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          Please let me know if you have any questions.

        Thank you.
        Kind regards,

        Glen

         

        Glen de Saint Géry

        GNSO Secretariat

        gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

        http://gnso.icann.org

         

         



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