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[council] Proposed GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 12:00 UTC.
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- Subject: [council] Proposed GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 12:00 UTC.
- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:09:50 +0000
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- Thread-topic: Proposed GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 12:00 UTC.
Dear Councillors,
Please find the proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Teleconference on
Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 12:00 UTC.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+29+January+2015
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
Procedures<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13nov14-en.pdf>
approved and updated on 13 November 2014.
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 12:00 UTC:
http://tinyurl.com/lsupjfs
Coordinated Universal Time 12:00 UTC
04:00 Los Angeles; 07:00 Washington; 12:00 London; 13:00 Brussels; 20:00 Perth
GNSO Council meeting audio cast
To join the event click on the link:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
Councillors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is
needed.
Item 1: Administrative matters (5 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 11 December 2014 will be posted as approved
on xxxxx 2015 and the minutes of the 15 January 2015 Council meeting will be
posted as approved on XXXX 2015
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 (0 mins)
Item 4: UPDATE - Cross Community Working Group to develop a transition
proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions (30 mins)
The CWG<https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg> has been chartered to develop a
proposal on Naming Related Functions for the IANA Stewardship Transition
Proposal and has been meeting for 2 hours every week since its creation with a
goal of delivering a final proposal by the end of January 2015. The January
2015 target date is driven by the request for proposals from the IANA
Stewardship Transition Coordination
Group<https://www.icann.org/stewardship/coordination-group> (ICG). It is by now
clear that the January target date will not be met and that a new target needs
to be agreed.
A number of sub-groups were formed to progress work on the different elements
of the ICG Request for Proposals and a face-to-face meeting was run in
mid-November 2014. A draft proposal was published for community comment on 1
December 2014 and the public comment period has since closed. An intensive work
weekend followed on 10 & 11 January 2015 which attempted to systematically
review inputs from the public comment.
Given the deadlines and associated intensity of the work of the CWG as well as
the need for the GNSO as a chartering organisation to approve the proposal, it
is relevant for the Council, and through it the GNSO, to receive a full update
and to have the opportunity to discuss the work of the CWG. This item will
provide an update, create the opportunity for discussion and empahsise the need
for the GNSO to be informed about the work of this important group.
4.1 - Update (Jonathan Robinson)
4.2 - Discussion
4.3 - Next steps
Item 5: Update: Planning for ICANN meeting in Singapore - key direction &
themes (10 mins)
5.1 Update - Volker Greimann
5.2 Open issues / Discussion
5.3 Actions arising
Item 6: 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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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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