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GALA - PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE
by Marilyn Cade Oct. 26, 2011

Oct. 26, 2011

thanks to Ayesha and Bene: news you can use! has now been moved to the Meridien Poolside. It's back on the web site: http://dakar42.icann.org/node/27643

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RE: [bc-gnso] BC constituency report to GNSO Council at Dakar Meeting 26th October 2011
by lynn＠goodsecurityconsulting.com Oct. 26, 2011

Oct. 26, 2011

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BC constituency report to GNSO Council at Dakar Meeting 26th October 2011
by Chris Chaplow Oct. 26, 2011

Oct. 26, 2011

BC constituency report to GNSO Council at Dakar Meeting 26th October 2011 MARILYN CADE>>> <first few words missing from this capture> IT IS A TREMENDOUS WORKLOAD AND WE HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THE WORK YOU DO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN MY REMARKS WITH THAT Aon ND HOW IMPORTANT WE DO THINK THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL IS. MY COMMENTS WILL BE FOCUSED NOT ON WHAT WE DO ON CONSTITUENCY DAY OR ON gTLD POLICY. WE WILL LEAVE THAT TO OUR VERY ABLE COUNCILLORS. AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR AGENDA OR YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE DO, WE TRANSCRIBE OUR CALLS AND OUR MEETINGS. WE ALSO DO MINUTES OF OUR MEETINGS, AND THEY ARE POSTED ON THE PUBLIC ARCHIVE ON OUR WEB SITE WWW.BIZ -- CONST.ORG, AND YES, I KNOW, I HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING I HOPE YOU HAD ALL FIND USEFUL. THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY LAUNCHED ITS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IN TIME FOR DAKAR. IT IS SOMETHING WE DEVELOPED OURSELVES. IT COST US ROUGHLY A THOUSAND EUROS, AND THAT INCLUDES PRINTING 500 GLOSSY COPIES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT DEVELOPING COLLATERAL IS VERY EXPENSIVE. WE DID THIS OURSELVES. WE WROTE IT OURSELVES. WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OUR MEMBERS. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PHOTOS AND THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL WE HOPE MAKES IT LOOK SPHWOOD GOOD, AND WE WOULD WELCOME SHARING WITH YOU THE PROCESS WE USED SHULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN UNDERTAKING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SHEET, THE SINGLE SHEET THAT I HANDED OUT, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VICE CHAIR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS, CHRIS CHAPLOW, AND OUR PART-TIME SECRETARIAT, (SAYING NAME), AND AFTER I TELL YOU WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID, DO NOT TRY TO POACH THEM. THE INSIDE OF THE BROCHURE AND THE SHEET I GAVE YOU IS A CODE SHEET TO UNDERSTAND WHO THE CURRENT -- THE NEW LEADERSHIP IS OF THE GNSO COUNCIL, THE SGs AND THE CONSTITUENCIES, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SUPPORT STEPHANE'S VERBAL EXPLANATION OF THE BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH. WE WERE INSPIRED TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE OF EXPLAINING, ON THE BACK OF COCKTAIL NAPKINS, HOW THE COUNCIL, THE SG, AND THE CONSTITUENCIES FIT TOGETHER. SO WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND THIS HELPFUL. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE IN A SINGLE PAGE PDF THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND USE IT. WE WILL KEEP IT UPDATED AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE FULL BROCHURE AS WELL. THE SECOND THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MENTION IS THAT IN CARTAGENA, A FEW OF THE CHAIRS OF THE SGs AND THE CONSTITUENCIES GATHERED FOR BREAKFAST INFORMALLY. WE HAD FOUR PARTICIPANTS AND TWO REGRETS, AND AT THIS MEETING, THE CHAIRS OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND THE CONSTITUENCIES JOINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL AND THE TWO VICE CHAIRS HAD AN INFORMAL AD HOC NO-HOST BREAKFAST, THAT MEANS WE ALL BOUGHT OUR OWN, AND DID NOT TALK ABOUT gTLD POLICY, BECAUSE MY VIEW IS THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND WE TALKED P ABOUT THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM CHALLENGES. I THINK EVERYONE ENJOYED IT, FOUND IT A WORTHWHILE THING TO DO AND AS TIME PERMITS, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE B.C., LED BY JOHN BERARD, ONE OF OUR COUNCILLORS, WAS THAT PERHAPS THIS SEGMENT WOULD TURN TO MORE INTERACTION WITH THE PARTICIPANTS, BOTH REMOTELY AND ALSO IN THE ROOM AROUND gTLD POLICY TOPICS. I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT NEXT TIME, IF YOU BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY LAUNCHED ITS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IN TIME FOR DAKAR. IT IS SOMETHING WE DEVELOPED OURSELVES. IT COST US ROUGHLY A THOUSAND EUROS, AND THAT INCLUDES PRINTING 500 GLOSSY COPIES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT DEVELOPING COLLATERAL IS VERY EXPENSIVE. WE DID THIS OURSELVES. WE WROTE IT OURSELVES. WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OUR MEMBERS. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PHOTOS AND THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL WE HOPE MAKES IT LOOK SPHWOOD GOOD, AND WE WOULD WELCOME SHARING WITH YOU THE PROCESS WE USED SHULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN UNDERTAKING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SHEET, THE SINGLE SHEET THAT I HANDED OUT, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VICE CHAIR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS, CHRIS CHAPLOW, AND OUR PART-TIME SECRETARIAT, (SAYING NAME), AND AFTER I TELL YOU WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID, DO NOT TRY TO POACH THEM. THE INSIDE OF THE BROCHURE AND THE SHEET I GAVE YOU IS A CODE SHEET TO UNDERSTAND WHO THE CURRENT -- THE NEW LEADERSHIP IS OF THE GNSO COUNCIL, THE SGs AND THE CONSTITUENCIES, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SUPPORT STEPHANE'S VERBAL EXPLANATION OF THE BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH. WE WERE INSPIRED TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE OF EXPLAINING, ON THE BACK OF COCKTAIL NAPKINS, HOW THE COUNCIL, THE SG, AND THE CONSTITUENCIES FIT TOGETHER. SO WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND THIS HELPFUL. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE IN A SINGLE PAGE PDF THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND USE IT. WE WILL KEEP IT UPDATED AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE FULL BROCHURE AS WELL. THE SECOND THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MENTION IS THAT IN CARTAGENA, A FEW OF THE CHAIRS OF THE SGs AND THE CONSTITUENCIES GATHERED FOR BREAKFAST INFORMALLY. WE HAD FOUR PARTICIPANTS AND TWO REGRETS, AND AT THIS MEETING, THE CHAIRS OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND THE CONSTITUENCIES JOINED BY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL AND THE TWO VICE CHAIRS HAD AN INFORMAL AD HOC NO-HOST BREAKFAST, THAT MEANS WE ALL BOUGHT OUR OWN, AND DID NOT TALK ABOUT gTLD POLICY, BECAUSE MY VIEW IS THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND WE TALKED P ABOUT THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM CHALLENGES. I THINK EVERYONE ENJOYED IT, FOUND IT A WORTHWHILE THING TO DO AND AS TIME PERMITS, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE B.C., LED BY JOHN BERARD, ONE OF OUR COUNCILLORS, WAS THAT PERHAPS THIS SEGMENT WOULD TURN TO MORE INTERACTION WITH THE PARTICIPANTS, BOTH REMOTELY AND ALSO IN THE ROOM AROUND gTLD POLICY TOPICS. I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT NEXT TIME, IF YOU ALL AGREE THAT IF YOU WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND MAYBE HAVE A SORT OF A LIST OF TOPICS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON AHEAD OF TIME, THEY COULD PREPARE FOR THAT, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ALSO FACTOR INTO THAT TALKING TO GLEN AND THE STAFF ABOUT SLIGHTLY CHANGING YOUR ROOM SETUP. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO HOW TO ORGANIZE IT. YOU HAVE EXPERT STAFF TO DO THAT. BUT OF COURSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE REMOTE PARTICIPATION, IT DOES TAKE SOME PREPLANNING. AND SO I JUST MENTION THAT SO YOU COULD ADDRESS IT IN TIME FOR THE COSTA RICA MEETING PLANNING. THANK YOU.

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URGENT: cancellation of meeting today of BC -- REVISED DECISION/APOLOGIES TO BENE AND CHRIS/PHILIP AND MARTINaTH
by Marilyn Cade Oct. 26, 2011

Oct. 26, 2011

urgent change: MARTIN/PHILIP: with apologies, I am going to ask that I move your presentation to our next members call [Nov 11 probably]. The two rescheduled workshops have 'eaten' members availability. I do offer apologies for making this last minute cancellation. [and to Bene and Chris, who were with me this a.m. finalizing adm. work, and whom I asked to remind members of the meeting. On the way, I ran into a few members and they were courteous to advise me that they just saw the change, and would like to be at the workshops. It is an accident of scheduling that happened I gather yesterday or late the day before and was not 'noticed' unfortunately, so we didn't have the input yesterday to take this into account. Things move so quickly around here! It has felt like an excessively dynamic agenda this time. Trademark Clearing house has also eaten Phil Corwin's availability. Thanks, Phil, for your courtesy in letting us know. With apologies to all, I am thinking that I'll show up in the room, explain the situation, and make the executive decision that we can't be in two places at one time, after all. So, please participate in either the Trademark Clearing House or Consumer Choice workshops, and come to the GNSO Council. You have my brief talking pointsseparately for your review. It is unusual for the Chair to speak at the Council, and I am not encouraging that, as you will see. John asked for something else, and he and Zahid can continue to work toward support forJohn's proposal for more interaction with the participants. Thanks, John, for that great suggestion. with apologies for the change so late [and apologies to Bene for my overruling your efficient notice without warning. For members, Bene is not working today, as we don't fund her beyond a couple of hours on Wednesdays, so come to me if you have questions that I can help with, or ask Chris. and join me in thanking Bene for her great help to all of us in her time here. Marilyn CadeBC Chair > From: sdelbianco(a)netchoice.org > To: bc-secretariat(a)icann.org > CC: meetings(a)bizconst.org; jarkko.ruuska(a)nokia.com; zahid(a)dndrc.com; john(a)crediblecontext.com > Subject: Re: Reminder of BC meeting today > Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:19:40 +0000 > > It's an accident of scheduling, but the Consumer Metrics workshop is today at the same time. I am on the panel and was actually hoping for BC members to be there and support our recommended definitions and measurements. > > Will catch up with you afterwards so I can help with prep for the public forum. > > Steve > > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 11:05 AM, "Benedetta Rossi" <bc-secretariat(a)icann.org> wrote: > > > Dear BC Members, > > > > I just wanted to remind you of the BC working session scheduled for today at 1pm UTC until 1:40pm UTC to prepare for the public forum. This meeting was scheduled before the ICANN schedule changed, so apologies for meeting overlaps at this time. The meeting will be held in ZIGUINCHOR. > > > > I would also like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to members since I am now leaving the Meridien Hotel, and wanted to remind you that I will not be online for queries for the rest of the week. It was great to see you all here! > > > > See you in Costa Rica! > > > > -- > > Kind Regards, > > > > Benedetta Rossi > > BC Secretariat > > www.bizconst.org > > bc-secretariat(a)icann.org > >

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CORRECT Agenda GNSO Council agenda 26 October 2011
by Marilyn Cade Oct. 26, 2011

Oct. 26, 2011

Dear BC members [finalizing also my proposed topics with Execom and members simultaneously. I would like to advise the Members of how I will handle the brief appearance as chair in the opening. It is my view that the Constituency does not report to Council on its work,and that the Councilors own the updates on the topics before the Council. I will do the following:Thank the Councilors/Council for this brief opportunity.1) say the above nicely. 2) announce that the BC has taken the opportunity of Dakar to preview our newest member service -- a quarterly newletter that we design and publish ourselves that is a part of our own outreach and participation directed both toward awareness about the BC and toward recruitment of further business members. I will say that contrary to some questions we have received, it was very affordable, with 500 hundred printed copies costing us about 1000 euros in total, including printing, and hand carrying in our luggage. We provide that information to say that we would welcome sharing our approach with any constituency who wants to talk to the team, which is led by our V.Chair, Chris Chaplow, and supported by our part time secretariat.3) hand out the insert, and way that we hope that this is a resource for all, and is our effort to contribute to our own and other's understanding of the complex, but important to understand management, participation, and leadership within the Council, and within the SGS/Constituenies. 4) note that the chairs of the SGs.Constituencies, joined by the Chair of Council and the V.chairs had an informal, non hosted breakfast and talked about the general topic of external risks and threats toward ICANN's role, e.g. in the IG area. It was a productive non policy discussion and I believe all enjoyed it. 5) updates on BC discussions related to the work of the Council will be provided, as is it appropriate to your meeting, by our Councilors. I will say one thing: It is my view that what the BC councilors had proposed was a mechanism to make the interaction between the 'sitting' Council and the audience of participants, both remote and on site. I will leave it to John Berard to discuss that further within the Council's further discussion.thank you for your time. I look forward to the discussions and deliberations among Councilors on today's agenda and topics. Marilyn From: Glen(a)icann.org To: liaison6c(a)gnso.icann.org Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:07:59 -0700 Subject: [liaison6c] CORRECT Agenda GNSO Council agenda 26 October 2011 Dear All, Please find the agenda for the GNSO Council Public meeting Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 14:00 UTC http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-26oct11-en.htmhttps://communi… Agenda for GNSO Council Public Meeting in Dakar 26 October 2011. This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-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 14:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time: 14:00 UTC - see below for local times (07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 14:00 Dakar, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 23:00 Tokyo) Thursday 27 October 01:00 Melbourne Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members who will be absent. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. Refer to: http://dakar42.icann.org/node/26967 14:00- 15:00 GNSO Council Public Forum. Presentations by Stakeholder and Constituency Group Leaders.Registries Stakeholder Group - David Maher Registrars Stakeholder Group - Mason Cole Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) – Konstantinos Komaitis· Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC).– Debbie HughesCommercial and Business Users Constituency (BC) – Marilyn CadeIntellectual Property Constituency (IPC) – Paul McGradyInternet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) – Tony HolmesBreak 15:20Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes) 1.1 Roll Call 1.2 Updated statements of interest Kristina RosetteRafik Dammak 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: • 6 October 2011 minutes –approved on 24 October 2011. Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (10 minutes) - Standard agenda item looking at changes made to the GNSO's Pending Projects list since the previous meeting. - 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: 6(10 – PEDNR, PDP-WT, OSC, GCOT, CSG removed; IRTP- C added) • Other activities: 10 (9 –Thick Whois added) • Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (7 –RAA Removed; RC-IOC added). • Outstanding recommendations: 2 (2– no change). 2.2 Open microphone Item 3: Open Council Meeting Drafting Team (15 minutes)Following the Singapore meeting, a GNSO Drafting Team (DT) was formed to work on possible enhancements to the format of the GNSO Council's Open Meetings. Today's meeting is the first since the formation of this DT.As an introduction to the meeting, the DT would like to present some of its suggested enhancements and receive feedback on them.3.1 Update from DT (Adrian Kinderis) 3.2 Discussion 3.3 Next steps 3.4 Open microphoneItem 4: Amendments to RAA (15 minutes)In its ongoing work on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), and more specifically to identify potential amendments to the RAA, the Council is considering a motion to approve an amended process to develop a new form of RAA termed "Process B". Refer to motion 1 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+26+October+… motion was deferred from the October 6, 2011 meeting.4.1 Reading of the motion (Kristina Rosette) 4.2 Discussion 4.3 Vote 4.4 Open microphoneItem 5: Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) (15 minutes)- As part of the GNSO improvements, the PPSC's PDP WT has produced a final report on how the GNSO's policy development process should be handled. - Refer to PDP-WT Final Report. The Report has been put out for public comment and is now being presented to the Council for approval. Refer to motion 2 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+26+October+… motion was deferred from the October 6, 2011 meeting.5.1 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman) 5.2 Discussion 5.3 Vote 5.4 Open microphone Item 6: Outreach Task Force Charter (15 minutes) Refer to motion 3 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+26+October+… 6.1 Reading of the Motion (Olga Cavalli) 6.2 Discussion 6.3 Vote 6.4 Open microphoneItem 7: Cross Community WG Drafting Team (15 minutes)- In order to identify exactly how the GNSO should interact with, or participate in, cross community efforts, a drafting team has been formed and is examining how to best conduct these joint activities.- The GNSO Council approved the team's charter on October 6. Today, the team is delivering its first status report.Link to report http://dakar42.icann.org/meetings/dakar2011/presentation-ccwg-update-26oct1… Update from DT (Jonathan Robinson) 7.2 Discussion 7.3 Next steps 7.4 Open microphone Item 8: Geo regions WG (15 minutes)- The Geo Regions WG is currently drafting its final report and plans to produce it early next year. The GNSO Council will be able to consider the report at that time. A draft document is currently the subject of a public comment forum: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/geo-regions-draft-final-report-30sep… This is a discussion item to update the Council on this work, and also to determine if the current Council representatives to the WG are able to continue in this role. The current reps are Olga Cavalli and Zahid Jamil. Olga will no longer sit on the Council following this Dakar meeting. 8.1 Update from Staff (Rob Hoggarth) 8.2 Discussion 8.3 Rep choices 8.4 Open microphoneItem 9: ASO update (15 minutes)- This will be an update from the ASO to the GNSO Council on current ASO activities and an opportunity for discussion and questions from both SOs on each others' current activities.9.1 Update from ASO (Louis Lee) 9.2 Discussion 9.3 Open microphoneItem 10: Discussion of Final Issue Report on a Possible PDP on the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) (15 minutes)- The GNSO Council discussed the final Issue Report on the UDRP http://gnso.icann.org/issues/udrp/udrp-final-issue-report-03oct11-en.pdf during its weekend working sessions. This is a discussion item about possible next steps in relation to a possible PDP on the UDRP.10.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam)10.2 Discussion10.3 Next steps10.4 Open microphone Item 11: Thanks to outgoing Councilors Item 12. Any Other Business (5 minutes) BREAK 18:00 - 18:30 New Council convenes Item 1. Seating of the New Council1.1 Roll call 1.2 Statements of interest Item 2 Vote for GNSO Council chair One nomination was received for this position, Stéphane van Gelder. The GNSO Council held a question & answer session over the weekend with Mr. van Gelder. Vote by show of hands 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.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March & October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 14:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+1DST 07:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 09:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 10:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 11:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00 Dakar, Senegal UTC 14:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 15:00 Tunis, Tunisia (CET)UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 16:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 16:00 Moscow, Russian Federation UTC+3+1DST 18:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 19:00 Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 22:00 Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 23:00 Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EST) UTC+10+0DST 01:00 next day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com Please let me know if you have any questionsThank you Kind regards,Glen Glen de Saint GéryGNSO Secretariatgnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.orghttp://gnso.icann.org

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WHOIS pre-survey survey
by martinsutton＠hsbc.com Oct. 25, 2011

Oct. 25, 2011

All, ICANN is taking a survey to gauge interest in the situation surrounding whois privacy. They are looking to do a more formal survey of how well the process works with regards to "relay" and "reveal" requests - in other words, finding out who is actually behind an anonymised whois entry and getting hold of them. They are looking to find out how many people/organisations will participate in the upcoming survey at this point, so this survey only takes a few minutes to fill out. https://www.whois-survey.net Martin C SUTTON Group Risk Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC HGHQ Group Security & Fraud Risk 8 Canada Square,Canary Wharf,London,E14 5HQ,United Kingdom ________________________________________________________________ Phone. +44 (0)20 7991 8074 / 7991 8074 Mobile. +44 (0) 7774556680 Email. martinsutton(a)hsbc.com ________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************ HSBC Holdings plc Registered Office: 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Registered in England number 617987 ************************************************************ ----------------------------------------- SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! This E-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.

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My first post from ICANN Dakar
by Steve DelBianco Oct. 24, 2011

Oct. 24, 2011

my early draft was pretty positive, but I turned more pessimistic after today's GAC – GNSO fiasco. See post here<http://www.circleid.com/posts/a_month_in_africa_charts_the_promise_and_peri…> and below A Month in Africa Charts the Promise and Perils of Internet Governance<http://www.circleid.com/posts/a_month_in_africa_charts_the_promise_and_peri…> * Oct 23, 2011 6:18 PM PDT By Steve DelBianco<http://www.circleid.com/members/3698/> [Steve DelBianco] [http://www.circleid.com/images/uploads/6081.gif]There may be no better illustration of how far we've come in Internet governance, than this: twice in the past 30 days, the global Internet community has gathered in sub-Saharan Africa to plot a path to bring the Internet to its next billion users. Just weeks after wrapping up the sixth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kenya, Internet stakeholders from around the world traveled back to Africa for ICANN's 42nd meeting in Dakar, Senegal. Fifteen years ago, nearly every important decision about the Internet was made in the United States. But in less than thirty days, the African continent will have hosted two of the most important global Internet policy events of the year. In less than a decade, we have witnessed the emergence of something truly unprecedented. The model represented by ICANN and the IGF is the first to put the management of a critical global resource in the hands of the very people who use it. The multi-stakeholder experiment begun in the late 1990s has scored enough successes to become a blueprint for other global initiatives. Successes like ICANN's scheduled expansion of top-level domains, growing crowds at each IGF global meeting, and the spontaneous appearance of regional and national IGFs. As with any progressive change, this revolutionary governance model is not without its critics. Some of us naively hoped that as the multi-stakeholder model racked up successes and built its track record for ensuring the stability and functionality of the Internet, it might rise above reproach. But as I say, that was a naive hope. Attacks on the multi-stakeholder model are coming fast and from multiple quarters. Traditional power brokers in some governments seek to squelch an emerging model that asks them to participate as equals rather than rulers. Two proposals surfaced over those eventful past 30 days: one from Russia, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; and another by India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA). These proposals would consolidate power for global Internet oversight in the hands of state actors, and by extension reduce the role of nongovernmental stakeholders in industry and civil society. The IBSA proposal is particularly insidious. Without mentioning ICANN or the IGF directly, it calls for creating a new body within the United Nations to oversee Internet policy. What the proposal does not say, but what is clearly inferred, is that existing, multi-stakeholder bodies like the IGF and ICANN would either be marginalized and/or subjugated by this new UN entity. If I can offer one observation to my fellow travelers in the multi-stakeholder community, it is this: we've become dangerously complacent about the inevitability of an Internet management model where we have a significant say about policies. In reality, our individual efforts and earnestness are not enough to defend us from those who would replace our model with the top-down tradition favored by governments. If we cannot deliver enforceable policies to maintain security and integrity of the Internet, we will be replaced. At the IGF In Nairobi, I cited<http://www.circleid.com/posts/multi_stakeholder_debate_at_the_igf_lessons_f…> the multi-species cooperation at a watering hole on the African savannah as a lesson for our own multi-stakeholder community to follow. If there's one thing you notice about the apparent calm at the watering hole, it's how the animals are persistently watchful for external threats. Animals that fail to cooperate in collective vigilance and defense endanger themselves and at most a few other unlucky victims in the herd. But when it comes to defending the multi-stakeholder model, a lack of attention and cooperation puts the whole species at permanent risk of extinction.

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SUNDAY meeting Reminder of two SSR related sessions today:
by Marilyn Cade Oct. 23, 2011

Oct. 23, 2011

Remember that the SSR-RT, with Jeff Brueggeman, as the CSG rep, will present today, and that the DSSR, chaired by Mikey O'Connor, [a BC member] and Scott McCormick, as our designated BC rep, will present Sunday afternoon. The dial information to participate remotely will be on the schedule on the ICANN website. If you are in Dakar physically, the sessions are in the Salon Verte, where the GNSO Working sessions/Council have been Sat/Sunday. Important issues to the BC -- I hope you will be able to join our colleagues. And, of course, the BC drinks for members, separately announced will take place after the meetings close. Check email from Secretariat on where to find all of your BC colleagues for a round of drinks. Marilyn Cade,BC Chair

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ATRT Implementation Updates & Monday Forum‏
by Benedetta Rossi Oct. 23, 2011

Oct. 23, 2011

Dear BC Members, The Accountability & Transparency Forum's time and location has changed: *Mon, Oct.24, 10:00-11:15 in the Chapiteau (tent). * Participants will be briefed on how ICANN is implementing the Accountability & Transparency Review Team (ATRT) Recommendations, and will have an opportunity to discuss with the Board and GAC representatives the key deliverables and end-goals. These include: ·Providing better access to, and insight into, Board decisions; ·Improving the process for selecting ICANN Directors; ·Improving access to, and understanding of, the review mechanisms for Board decisions; ·Helping advance the effectiveness of the GAC and its interaction with the Board; and ·Increasing the transparency and accountability of the processes ICANN uses to gain public input and develop policy. Summaries <http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/atrt-implementation-summary-22oct11-…> of ATRT implementation can be found on the Accountability & Transparency webpage <http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/overview-en.htm>. Remote participation <http://dakar42.icann.org/node/26849> is available. The draft forum agenda includes: Draft Agenda 1. Opening Remarks - Steve Crocker 2. Presentation - Implementation Status Overview - ICANN Staff 3. Discussion/Q&A - Board Operations, Composition & Review of Decisions - Bruce Tonkin, Bill Graham, Ray Plzak, Cherine Chalaby 4. Discussion/Q&A - GAC Operations, Engagement, Interaction with Board - Heather Dryden, Manal Ismail 5. Discussion/Q&A - Public Input & Multilingual Access - Mike Silber 6. Discussion/Q&A - Miscellaneous & Measuring Success - Steve Crocker. -- Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat(a)icann.org

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Re: [bc-gnso] Update regarding Dakar Travel
by martinsutton＠hsbc.com Oct. 22, 2011

Oct. 22, 2011

For those of you who may be staying at the Hotel des Almadies, keep your expectations very low to avoid disappointment. For those of you not staying there - good choice. All other hotels are fully booked (I tried them all last night when I arrived). Regards, Mar(should have done my research)tin Martin Sutton Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence Ph: ++44 (0)20 7991 8074 Mob: ++44 (0)777 4556680 Sent from my BlackBerry ********************************* HSBC Holdings plc Registered Office: 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, United Kingdom Registered in England number 617987 ********************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: Benedetta Rossi [bc-secretariat(a)icann.org] Sent: 19/10/2011 15:07 ZE2 To: bc-gnso(a)icann.org Subject: [bc-gnso] Update regarding Dakar Travel Dear BC Members, Just an announcement directed at members who are traveling to Dakar this week: I have just received confirmation from ICANN staff that the complimentary shuttle service operating from the airport is already active, and will be running 24 hours per day. All participants can use this service when they arrive at the airport by following the person who has the ICANN 42 Sign. I have also been informed that a shuttle service to the venue hotel will be available for members who are staying at the Hotel Des Almadies from Saturday at 7am local time, running all day long. Members who are arriving before that will need to take a taxi from the Hotel des Almadies to the Meridien. It is apparently very hot in Dakar, so be prepared! I hope this helps! -- Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat(a)icann.org ----------------------------------------- SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! This E-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.

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