[council] ccNSO Council meeting report

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

All,
 
The ccNSO Council meeting today (4 a.m. Pacific!) covered issues related to 
Internet Governance and cross-community working groups as well as an 
operational discussion that bears on the GNSO Council.  Here is a recap;
 
1.  As you might imagine, the members of the ccNSO are quite focused on the 
global debate over Internet governance.  In order to keep the cc's involved and 
up-to-date, the Council has appointed four liaisons to the four on-going 
Internet governance initiatives. 
 
+ Byron Holland (.ca and chair of the ccNSO Council) is the liaison to the 
Strategy Panel on Internet Governance.  He noted that there will be three 
meetings of the Panel prior to the Brazil chatauqua.  He described it as 
"loosely organized" and not yet fully formed in advance of the first meeting 
next week in London. 

  
+ Carolina Aguerre, general manager of LACTLD is the liaison to the group 
focused on supportinbg ICANN's role in that Brazil meeting. 

  
+ Keith Davidson of .nz is the liaison to cross-community working group that 
sprang up as a surprise in Buenos Aires. 

  
+ Mathieu Credou of Afnic is the link to /1net. 

 Note that the ccNSO has created an Internet governance mailing list.
 
2.  The ccNSO Council work on the use of country names as TLDs presents the 
possibility of a cross-community working group.  It is the Council's intention 
to distribute to other ASs and SOs a strawman of the work such a ccwg would 
undertake.  The goal is to empanel the working group by the time of the ICANN 
meeting in Singapore.  
 
3.  The Council is considering a change in its quorum and voting rules.  They 
live in a much more homogenous world than do we and so are looking at making a 
successful vote a majority of those who cast them, without regard to why 
someone would abstain. 
 
4.  As the GNSO Council liaison to the ccNSO Council, I have already suggested, 
because we meet at the same times during the three international meetings, that 
someone just off the Council be asked to fill the role.  This brings up a 
question of funding.  I think the position should be funded and a specific set 
of responsibilities attached.  I am just making this up as I go along. 
 
That is it for this report.
 
Cheers,
 
Berard