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Draft GNSO Council agenda Thursday 8 May 2008 at 12:00UTC
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 1, 2008

May 1, 2008

Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 8 May 2008 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time12:00 UTC - see below for local times (05:00 Los Angeles, 08:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne) Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins. Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members. Item 0: Roll call of Council members Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Review/amend agenda Item 3: Approve GNSO Council minutes of 27 March 2008 and 17 April 2008 (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04962.html http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04999.html Item 4: Update from Denise Michel on Board activities (10 mins) Item 5: Update from Edmon Chung on IDNC (10 mins) Item 6: Front-running discussion (15 mins) Item 7: Fast-Flux vote on motions (20 mins) Philip Sheppard's motion http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04958.html Chuck Gomes alternate motion http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04995.html Item 8: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Review – next steps (20 mins) Chuck Gomes' motion http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04994.html Item 9: Discussion on pending budget measure for domain tasting (10 mins) http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-23jan08.htm THEREFORE, the Board resolves (2008.01.04) to encourage ICANN's budgetary process to include fees for all domains added, including domains added during the AGP, and encourages community discussion involved in developing the ICANN budget, subject to both Board approval and registrar approval of this fee. Item 10: Single character 2 letter domain names (10 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-synthesis-on-sldns-27feb08.pdf Item 11: Status update on Whois proposals (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04998.html Item 12: GNSO Improvements – discussion (15 mins) Item 13: Action Items (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf Item 14: AOB (05:00 Los Angeles, 08:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 12:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PST) UTC-8-0DST 05:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-3+0DST 09:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 13:00 Brussels, Belgium (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Barcelona, Spain (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Oslo, Norway (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Amman, Jordan UTC+2+1DST 15:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 19:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 20:00 Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 20:00 Melbourne, Australia (EST) UTC+10+1DST 22:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2008, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Absentee Voting Modification to ICANN Bylaws Open for Public Comment
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 1, 2008

May 1, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] The Absentee Voting Modification to the ICANN Bylaws is open for public comment from 30 April 2008 to 21 May 2008 The GNSO Council approved a resolution to recommend to the Board a modification of the ICANN bylaws http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf that would permit electronic absentee voting in certain circumstances in order to allow Council members who are absent from Council meetings to vote. Currently, a member of the Council is unable to vote on an issue when absent from the Council meeting at which the vote occurs. The Council found that this not only disenfranchises members from opportunities to vote, but also, disenfranchises the constituencies they represent. In drafting the resolution, the GNSO considered carefully the way in which it operates today, and produced a report entitled, “Draft GNSO Council Request to the Board to enable full enfranchisement of the GNSO Council’s voting responsibilities.” http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/vote-enfranchisement-17jan08.pdf The report examines closely how the Council typically deliberates prior to initiating a vote on policy matters, and concludes that allowing for absentee voting would enhance participation by enfranchising absent voters by providing a means for absent members to vote electronically. The public is invited to comment on this recommendation before consideration by the Board. Please submit comments to: <absentee-voting-2008(a)icann.org> Comments may be viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/absentee-voting-2008/ Thank you. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Domain Tasting Motion open for Public Comment 30 April to 21 May 2008
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 1, 2008

May 1, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] The Public comment period on the Domain Tasting Motion is open for public comments from 30 April 2008 to 21 May 2008. The GNSO Council approved by super majority vote a motion to discourage use of the current “add grace period” (AGP), where domains can be returned within five days without cost, for “domain tasting” purposes. The motion, which is pending for Board action, would prohibit any gTLD operator that has implemented an “add grace period” (AGP) from offering a refund for any domain name deleted during the AGP that exceeds 10% of its net new registrations during that month, or fifty domain names, whichever is greater. An exemption could be granted based on extraordinary circumstances, as detailed in the motion. “Domain Tasting” refers to a situation where an entity registers a domain name and then tests to see if the name has sufficient traffic to provide more income than the annual registration fee (usually through pay-per-click advertising). If the name is profitable, it is kept. If not, the AGP is used to return the domain at no cost to the registrant. Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of domain names registered and returned within the AGP. In October 2007, the GNSO Council launched a policy development process (PDP) on domain tasting and produced an Initial Report http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-initial-report-domain-… for public comment that outlined the possible actions to be taken, and the arguments for and against such actions. Public comments were incorporated into a draft Final Report http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-final-report-domain-tasting-08feb08.… (posted 8 February) for GNSO Council review and action. The public is invited to comment on this motion before final consideration by the Board. Please submit comments to: <dt-motion-21may08(a)icann.org> Comments may be viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/dt-motion-21may08/ Thank you. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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RE: [council] Alternate Fast Flux Motion
by Tim Ruiz May 1, 2008

May 1, 2008

Thanks Chuck. I second this motion. Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [council] Alternate Fast Flux Motion From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes(a)verisign.com> Date: Wed, April 23, 2008 8:57 am To: <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Here is an alternate motion for consideration by the Council regarding the fast flux issue. Comments, questions and suggested amendments are welcome. Chuck

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