Re: [council] GNSO COuncil agenda 10 May 2012 at 15:00 UTC

[Thomas Rickert <rickert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to have both matters on the agenda. 

Thomas


Am 04.05.2012 um 09:57 schrieb Stéphane Van Gelder:

> Thanks Bill.
> 
> Fridays was the gist of my question to Council yesterday, i.e. is this an 
> onlist discussion or one we want to allocate some actual teleconference time 
> to? Happy to do either. So far, there's only been one request to put this on 
> the call agenda (Jeff).
> 
> On Icann academy, same situation really. I am happy to add an agenda item if 
> others feel there is something to discuss.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> 
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Directeur Général / General manager
> INDOM Group NBT France
> ----------------
> Head of Domain Operations
> Group NBT
> 
> Le 4 mai 2012 à 09:07, William Drake a écrit :
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Just wondering—did we want to talk briefly about either Fridays or ICANN 
>> Academy?  If We have views on either to share probably it'd be better to do 
>> so sooner than later, no?
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> On May 4, 2012, at 12:54 AM, Glen de Saint Géry wrote:
>> 
>>>  
>>> Dear All,
>>>  
>>> Please find the  Draft Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting – 10 May 2012 at 
>>> 15:00 UTC.
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-10may12-en.htm
>>>  
>>> Thank you.
>>> Kind regards,
>>>  
>>> Glen
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Please consult the Wiki agenda for the latest updates:
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+10+May+2012
>>> 
>>> The motions before Council are posted on page:
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10+May+2012
>>> 
>>> Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 10 May 2012
>>> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating 
>>> Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and updated.
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-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 Times 15:00 UTC
>>> Coordinated Universal Time 15:00 UTC
>>> 08:00 Los Angeles; 11:00 Washington; 16:00 London; 17:00 Paris; 00:00 Tokyo
>>> 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 Statement of interest updates
>>> 1.3 Review/amend agenda
>>> 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the 
>>> GNSO Operating Procedures:
>>> Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 12 April 2012
>>> To be approved on 30 April 
>>> 2012.http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12945.html
>>> 1.5. GNSO Pending Projects List
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
>>> Review main changes.
>>> Comments and/or questions.
>>> Item 2: Consent agenda (5 minutes)
>>> A consent agenda item is being added as a standard agenda item to provide 
>>> for a simplified process to obtain Council approval on specific tasks.
>>> Item 3: Best practices for addressing abusive registrations (10 minutes)
>>> Following the recommendation of the Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) 
>>> Working Group, the GNSO Council requested a discussion paper on the 
>>> creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries 
>>> address the abusive registrations of domain names.
>>> The discussion paper recommended the creation of two Working Groups, one to 
>>> establish the framework for best practices and one to propose candidate 
>>> best practices to address the abusive registration of domain names.
>>> The Council must now consider a motion to set up a drafting team to create 
>>> the charter for these groups.
>>> Refer to motion 
>>> 1[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10+May+2012
>>> ]
>>> 3.2   Reading of the motion (Zahid Jamil)
>>> 3.3   Discussion
>>> 3.3   Vote
>>> Item 4: Update on the new PDP (10 minutes)
>>>  
>>> In December 2011, the ICANN Board adopted, on the recommendation of the 
>>> GNSO Council, the revised GNSO Policy Development Process. This session is 
>>> to introduce the revised GNSO PDP and explain its new features in detail.
>>> Introduction to Revised Policy Development Process (PDP)
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/intro-revised-gnso-pdp-14mar12-en.pdf
>>> 4.1 Update (Marika Konings)
>>> 4.2 Discussion
>>>  
>>> Item 5: International Olympics Committee /Red Cross Names Drafting Team 
>>> (IOC/RC DT) (10 minutes)
>>> At its March 26 meeting, the GNSO Council approved the IOC/RC DT's 
>>> recommendations (see resolution passed by the Council here 
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#20120326-1).
>>> On April 10, 2012, the Board established the New gTLD Program Committee and 
>>> granted it all of the powers of the Board to exercise Board-level authority 
>>> for any and all issues that may arise relating to the New gTLD Program. The 
>>> Committee met on 10 April 2012 and resolved not to update the New gTLD 
>>> Applicant Guidebook at this time (see 
>>> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-new-gtld-10apr12-en.htm).
>>> In the light of this Board decision, this discussion item aims to determine 
>>> whether the Council should disband the IOC/RC DT or whether fresh 
>>> instructions should be given to the DT.
>>> 5.1 DT Update from Staff (X Y).
>>> 5.2 Discussion
>>> 5.3 Next Steps
>>> Item 6: Update on the Joint Supporting Organisations/Advisory Committee on 
>>> New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group( JAS WG) (10 minutes)
>>>  
>>> This item aims to provide the Council with a status update on the JAS WG so 
>>> that next steps for the group can be determined.
>>> 6.1 WG update from Staff (Kurt Pritz)
>>> 6.2 Discussion
>>> 6.3 Next steps
>>> Item 7: Synthesis of WHOIS Service Requirements - The WHOIS Access 
>>> recommendation (10 minutes)
>>> The WHOIS access recommendation was considered as part of the consent 
>>> agenda at the Council's 16 February 2012 meeting.
>>> At that meeting, the ISP constituency requested that the proposal to end 
>>> this work be removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the 
>>> GNSO's main agenda. A further suggestion was suggested that 
>>> constituency/stakeholder members work with Staff to identify a path forward 
>>> and that the topic be further discussed at the Costa Rica meetings.
>>> This agenda item is to determine what next steps, if any, should be planned 
>>> for this project item.
>>> 7.1 Update from Staff (X Y)
>>> 7.2 Discussion
>>> 7.3 Next steps
>>>  
>>> Item 8: Update on the Internationalised Registration Data WG (10 minutes)
>>> The IRD submitted its final report to the GNSO Council and SSAC on March 3, 
>>> 2012 for review and approval.
>>> However, SSAC has recommend some substantial changes and more work may now 
>>> be needed by the IRD before its final report can be considered.
>>> This agenda item is to provide an update on these latest developments in 
>>> the IRD WG's work to the Council.
>>> 8.1 WG update from Staff (Steve Cheng)
>>> 8.2 Discussion
>>> 
>>> Item 9:  Any Other Business (5 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:
>>> a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 
>>> one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.
>>> b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described 
>>> in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of 
>>> each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.
>>> c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of GNSO 
>>> Supermajority.
>>> d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an 
>>> affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than 
>>> two-thirds (2/3) of one House.
>>> e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an 
>>> affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.
>>> f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team Charter 
>>> approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve an amendment to 
>>> the Charter through a simple majority vote of each House.
>>> g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of a Final 
>>> Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for significant cause, 
>>> upon a motion that passes with a GNSO Supermajority Vote in favor of 
>>> termination.
>>> h. 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.
>>> i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an 
>>> affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,
>>> j. 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.
>>> k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final Approval by 
>>> the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be modified or amended 
>>> by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority vote.
>>> l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the Council 
>>> members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one House and a 
>>> majority of the other House."
>>> 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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>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Glen de Saint Géry
>>> GNSO Secretariat
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>>> http://gnso.icann.org
>>>  
>> 
> 

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