Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Meeting

10 September 2013

 

1) Apologies

 

2) Minutes and Actions


Minutes:  http://ccnso.icann.org/node/40999

Actions:


Action 86-01:

The Secretariat to send a final reminder to the Olivier-Crepin Leblond regarding the possible ccNSO-ALAC liaison group, and copy the ccNSO Chair in the message.

Action 86-02:

The Secretariat to, immediately following this ICANN meeting, send a call for volunteers to the Quorum Study Group in order to appoint the members at its next meeting.

Action 86-03:

Young-Eum Lee to share a summary of thoughts and concerns of the GNSO regarding the JIG recommendations at the next Council telephone conference.

 Action 86-04:

The Secretariat to inform the Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group and chair of the GNSO about the appointment of Young-Eum Lee as the new co-chair for the JIG.

Action 86-05:

The Secretariat to send out a call for volunteers to draft a statement to the report from the Geographic Regions Working Group.

Action 86-06:

The Secretariat to send out a call for volunteers for a ccNSO liaison to the GNSO.

Action 86-07:

Becky Burr to provide a written report on the email list on recent GNSO activities.


3) Updates

 

3.1    Chair Update

3.2    Vice-Chair Update

3.3    Councillors Update

3.4    Regional Organisations Update

3.5    Staff Update

 

4) Update Work Plan 


Will be posted separately

 

5) Council Election 2014


Proposed timeline COUNCIL elections:


14 October – call for nominations & secondments

 4 November – closure of nomination period

11 November -  Acceptance of Nominations by candidates, announcement of list of nominees.

19 November – Public Q&A of candidates

29 November – if needed: call for vote + posting of ballots

13 December – closing of voting

16 December – announcement of results*

20 December – last day election report


*If ties:


13 January – call for vote + posting of ballots

27 January – closing of voting

28 January – announcement of results

31 January – last day election report

 

6) Board Member Selection 2014  (Seat 11)

 

Proposed timeline BOARD Elections:


14 October – call for nominations & secondments

  4 November – closure of nomination period

11 November – Acceptance of Nominations by candidates, announcement of list of nominees.

19 November – Public Q&A of candidate(s)

29 November – if needed: call for vote + posting of ballots

13 December – closing of voting

16 December – announcement of results*

20 December – last day election report


*If ties:


13 January – call for vote + posting of ballots

27 January – closing of voting

28 January - announcement of results

31 January – last day election report


7) JIG: Proposed letter to Board/Staff

 

Will be posted separately


8) Appointment Triage Committee Member

 

9) Working Group and Other Updates

 

9.1   SOP Working Group (Roelof Meijer)

9.2   Framework of Interpretation Working Group (Keith Davidson)

9.3   Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG) (Yound Eum Lee)

9.4   Finance Working Group Update (Byron Holland)

9.5   Meetings Programme Working Group (Katrina Sataki)  

- Started drafting agenda for the Buenos Aires meeting

During the first call more active involvement of Regional organisations and other changes were discussed

9.6   Study Group on Use Country Names (Young Eum Lee)

9.7  Elections Process Review Working Group (Katrina Sataki)

- The WG will resume its work in the end of September with an updated report on the current status with the ballot system provided by ICANN

 9.8    Quorum Rule Working Group (Katrina Sataki)

- Call for Volunteers announced


Other Updates:

 

9.9 ICANN Outreach Programme (Sokol Haxhiu)

9.10 ICANN Academy (Hong Xue)

 

10) Liaison Updates

 

10.1    GNSO Liaison (Patrick Myles) 


See attachment 1


10.2    ALAC Liaison (Ron Sherwood)

 

See attachment 2 and 3


11) Date of Next Meetings

 

 9 October 2013 12.00 UTC

20 November 2013 16.00 local Buenos Aires time (19.00 UTC)

10 December 2013, 12.00 UTC

 

12) AOB