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[council] Reminder: Revised draft agenda GNSO Council Meeting 5 September 2013 at 15:00 UTC
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- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Thread-topic: Reminder: Revised draft agenda GNSO Council Meeting 5 September 2013 at 15:00 UTC
Dear Councillors,
Please find the revised proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on
Thursday, 5 September 2013 at 15:00 UTC.
The revisions include:
· adding proposed time slots for each item
· re-arranging the order of the items
· addition of Item 7: DISCUSSION - Policy issues surrounding string
confusion (15 mins)
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures
approved 13 September 2012 for the GNSO Council and updated.
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-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<http://tinyurl.com/bojlrbx>
http://tinyurl.com/mdmrnk9
Coordinated Universal Time 15:00 UTC
08:00 Los Angeles; 11:00 Washington; 16:00 London; 17:00 Paris; 03:00
Wellington next day
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 audio cast
http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
Item 1: Administrative matters (10 mins)
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:
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 17 July
2013<http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-17jul13-en.htm> posted
as approved on 19 August 2013
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 1 August
2013<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg14942.html> to be
approved on 6 September 2013
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)
Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics
Include review of Projects
List<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf> and Action
List<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>.
Comments or questions arising.
Item 3: Consent agenda (5 mins)
3.1 - Locking of a Domain Name subject to UDRP Proceedings
GNSO Council approval of Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board
3.2 - Policy & Implementation Working Group
GNSO Council approval of co-chairs J.Scott Evans (BC) and Chuck Gomes
(RySG)
Item 4: DRAFT MOTION - To approve Whois Survey Working Group (WSWG) (10 mins)
This report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/wswg-final-21aug13-en.pdf> is
published in response to a request by the GNSO Council for a report and
analysis on a survey about possible technical requirements of a future WHOIS
Service. The objective for the Working Group is to develop a set of proposed
recommendations around the measurement of support of proposed technical
requirements. After consideration of community input on a draft survey and the
implementation of the Lime Survey software within the ICANN IT infrastructure,
the survey was made available to the community in September 2012. ICANN staff
compiled and consolidated the survey results and the WSWG completed the WSWG
Final Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/wswg-final-21aug13-en.pdf>
for delivery to the GNSO Council. Here the Council will review a draft motion
in preparation for voting to approve the report it at the next meeting.
4.1 - Review the draft motion
Motion to approve Whois Survey Working Group (WSWG) Final Report and
Recommendations:
WHEREAS,
1. On 07 May 2009, the GNSO Council resolved that Policy Staff, with the
assistance of technical staff and GNSO Council members as required, should
collect and organize a comprehensive set of requirements for the Whois service
policy tools;
2. On 29 July 2010, Staff published the Inventory of Whois Service
Requirements - Final Report;
3. In July 2011, volunteers drafted a proposed charter for a Whois Survey
"Working Group", preferring the term "Working Group" to "Drafting Team" in this
case; http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf;
4. On 30 May 2012, the WSWG published a draft of the Whois Service
Requirements Survey for public comment,
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-whois-requirements-survey-30may12-en.htm;
5. On 13 September 2012, the WSWG released the final Whois Service
Requirements Survey to solicit input from community members on the possible
technical requirements of a future Whois system,
http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13sep12-en.htm;
6. On 13 September 2012, ICANN staff compiled and consolidated the survey
results and the WSWG completed the WSWG Final Report,
(http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/wswg-final-21aug13-en.pdf)
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
1. That the GNSO Council thanks the Whois Survey Working Group (WSWG) and
ICANN staff for their efforts in conducting the survey and compiling survey
results of possible technical requirements of a future Whois system;
2. The GNSO Council further approves the recommendations, as defined in the
Final Report (http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/wswg-final-21aug13-en.pdf),
to send the survey results to other applicable efforts regarding Whois and
Domain Name Registration Data for their consideration.
4.2 - Discussion
4.3 - Next steps
Item 5: INPUT & DISCUSSION - Prospective improvements to the Policy Development
Process (15 mins)
The Council is committed to ongoing enhancements to the methods of working of
the Council and the work initiated and managed by the Council. The PDP process
is a cornerstone of policy making within the GNSO and, as such, the work of the
Council. The PDP outcomes and associated processes are the subject of focus
and attention both within the GNSO and the broader ICANN Community. In this
agenda item we will discuss a paper prepared by ICANN
staff<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-22aug13-en.pdf> on
potential improvements to the PDP process and consider the appropriate next
steps.
5.1 - Input on GNSO PDP Improvements (Marika Konings)
5.2 - Discussion
5.3 - Next steps
Item 6: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - A PDP for relevant policies on issues not dealt
with during the course of developing the 2013 RAA (10 mins)
ICANN staff is working on a paper to summarise the outcomes of the 2013
Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) negotiations in order to set the scene
for subsequent, relevant policy development work to be managed by the Council.
This will be an ICANN Board initiated PDP. Here the Council will receive an
update from staff and confirm the intended course of action.
6.1 Staff update (Margie Milam / Mary Wong)
6.2 Discussion
6.3 Next steps
Item 7: DISCUSSION - Policy issues surrounding string confusion (15 mins)
Here the Council will discuss issues associated with the string confusion
decisions that have been made recently e.g. relating to plural and singular
versions of the same term and the contradictory decisions on identical strings.
Noting that, in a recent interview with ICANN's Generic Domain Name Division
President (Akram Attalah), he intimated that if there were conflicting
decisions, it would be for the GNSO community to assist on this issue. Here
the GNSO Council will receive an update on the issue, including reference to
previous relevant GNSO advice and then discuss any potential future activity to
be initiated by the Council.
7.1 Update & context (Jeff Neumann)
7.2 Discussion
7.3 Next steps
Item 8: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Metrics and Reporting Working Group (10 mins)
Despite the unanimous support for this resolution, only six volunteers (3 GNSO,
3 ALAC) have signed up for this effort to date, which is not considered
sufficiently representative to kick off the Drafting Team (DT). At the ICANN
meeting in Durban, ICANN staff was tasked with looking into and proposing
alternative ways forward. Apart from renewing the call for volunteers or
delaying this effort, the GNSO Council could consider, as this is a non-PDP WG,
to explore an alternative approach not necessarily requiring the formation of a
DT or WG. Here the Council will review and discuss the alternatives and
consider the next steps.
8.1 Staff update (Berry Cobb)
8.2 Discussion
8.3 Next steps
Item 9: DISCUSSION - Role and scope of the Standing Committee on GNSO
Improvements Implementation (15 mins)
Here the Council will review input received at the ICANN meeting in Durban as
well as any subsequent information and confirm the intended course of action.
9.1 - Status update (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)
9.2 - Discussion
9.3 - Next steps
Item 10: DISCUSSION - GAC Engagement / Working with the Board Global Relations
Committee (BGRC) WG (10 mins)
Here the Council will discuss activity to date and confirm the intended course
of action going forward.
10.1 - Status update (Jonathan Robinson)
10.2 - Discussion
10.3 - Next steps
Item 11: DISCUSSION - Forthcoming review of the GNSO (15 mins)
As part of a periodic review process that is built into the ICANN model, board
initiated reviews of the GNSO and the GNSO Council as an integral part of the
GNSO are expected. In order to be effectively prepared for these reviews, it
was proposed in Beijing that a group be formed to understand the issues and
begin to take appropriate next steps. One key suggestion from Beijing was that
any group (such as the Council) being reviewed undertakes a form of
self-review. The intended course of action may have been impacted by the
recently announced proposal to delay any Board initiated review activity. Here
the Council will discuss and potentially confirm the intended course of action
of initiating a non-PDP WG.
11.1 - Current status (Rob Hogarth)
11.2 - Discussion
11.3 - Next steps
Item 12: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for Buenos Aires (10 mins)
Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the ICANN
Meeting in Buenos Aires will take planning. GNSO Council Vice Chair,
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben has again volunteered to lead this and will be working with
the Council and staff on this effort.
Here the Council has the opportunity to feed into plans and provide input based
on past experience. Included in this item will be the opportunity to shape the
approach to and substance of the Council's proposed meetings with other groups
in such as the CCNSO, the GAC and the ICANN board.
12.1 - Update (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)
12.2 - Discussion
12.3 - Next steps
Item 13: Any Other Business (5 mins)
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<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA>): 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<http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-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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GNSO Secretariat
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