December 2010 - council - lists.icann.org

First steps towards prioritization
by Stéphane Van Gelder Dec. 30, 2010

Dec. 30, 2010

Councillors, During our Cartagena wrap-up meeting, the Council requested that the Chairs take a stab at prioritizing our ongoing projects. The Council Leaders have been working on this since then with a view to first of all identifying those projects that have either been ongoing for the longest time or do not seem to be very active. Our first review has made it clear that the Travel DT is no longer active and Olga, the Chair of the group, does not object to it being closed for now (and reopened at a later date if required). Closing the Travel DT is therefore the first executive decision we are making. It will be removed from the Pending Projects list. If anyone objects, please say so by COB Tuesday Jan 4. Next is the VI WG. The Council passed a resolution in Cartagena to end the WG. I am asking Staff to remove it from the PP list as of now. Next is the Geo Regions WG. Olga is also Chair of this group and reports that there is still ongoing activity. I have therefore asked Staff to update the PP list with Olga's report and to keep this WG on the active list. Last project on this initial review is the Fast Flux WG. This has seen no Council action since 2009. In order to close this completely, the best course of action seems to be to transfer what remains to the RAP group. I am therefore making a motion in this regard. Please find the motion attached and reprinted below. A second would be appreciated. Once this initial effort at prioritization is concluded, the Council Leaders will then look at trying to rank the remaining active projects and we will come back to the Council with some proposals then. Thanks, Stéphane The motion: Motion on the implementation of the Fast Flux recommendations that were adopted by the GNSO Council on 3 September 2009 Whereas the Fast Flux PDP Working Group submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council on 13 August 2009; Whereas the Fast Flux PDP Working Group did not make recommendations for new consensus policy, or changes to existing policy, but did develop several other recommendations that were adopted by the Council on 3 September 2009 (see http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-03sep09.htm) Whereas the GNSO Council intended to create a drafting team to develop a plan with a set of priorities and schedule to address the adopted recommendations for review and consideration by the GNSO Council; Whereas due to workload and other priorities such a drafting team was never created; Whereas the Council tasked the Council leadership at the wrap up meeting at the ICANN meeting in Cartagena to put forward proposals to suggest which projects should be continued and discontinued; Whereas the Council leadership has reviewed the Fast Flux Recommendations that were adopted by the GNSO Council, also in light of the recent recommendations made by the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group; Whereas the Council leadership has recommended the approach outlined below to the GNSO Council for consideration as an acceptable way of implementing the adopted recommendations and therewith closing the project; RESOLVED, The Council accepts the approach identified below for the adopted recommendations (see http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-03sep09.htm) and instructs the ICANN Staff to implement these recommendations as set forth below: a) Adopted recommendation #1: To encourage ongoing discussions within the community regarding the development of best practices and / or Internet industry solutions to identify and mitigate the illicit uses of Fast Flux · Proposed implementation: Integrate this recommendation into the Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendation on Malicious Use of Domain Names Recommendation #1 recommending the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the illicit use of domain names. b) Adopted recommendation #2: The Registration Abuse Policy Working Group (RAPWG) should examine whether existing policy may empower Registries and Registrars, including consideration for adequate indemnification, to mitigate illicit uses of Fast Flux; · Implementation completed as it was addressed by the RAP WG in its final report (see http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf) c) Adopted recommendation #3: To encourage interested stakeholders and subject matter experts to analyze the feasibility of a Fast Flux Data Reporting System to collect data on the prevalence of illicit use, as a tool to inform future discussions; · Proposed Implementation: ICANN staff is requested to organize a workshop at an ICANN meeting in 2011 (e.g. Include it as a topic of the DNS Abuse Forum) to discuss this issue in further detail with the ICANN Community. ICANN Staff is expected to report back to the GNSO Council on the outcome of the workshop and any possible follow up / next steps that result from such a meeting. d) Adopted recommendation #4: To encourage staff to examine the role that ICANN can play as a “best practices facilitator" within the community; · Proposed Implementation: Integrate this recommendation into the RAP WG Recommendation on “Meta Issue: Collection and Dissemination of Best Practices” which recommends that the “GNSO, and the larger ICANN community in general, create and support structured, funded mechanisms for the collection and maintenance of best practices.” e) Adopted recommendation #5: To consider the inclusion of other stakeholders from both within and outside the ICANN community for any future Fast Flux policy development efforts; · Proposed Implementation: Ensure that any invitations for above proposed workshop and any other activities that result from any of the activities related to the fast flux recommendations are circulated as wide as possible. f) Adopted recommendation #6: To ensure that successor PDPs on this subject, if any, address the charter definition issues identified in the Fast Flux Final Report. · Proposed Implementation: No action needed at this point, but should be included if any future PDPs are initiated on this subject. g) Adopted recommendation #6: To form a Drafting Team to work with support staff on developing a plan with set of priorities and schedule that can be reviewed and considered by the new Council as part of its work in developing the Council Policy Plan and Priorities for 2010. · Proposed Implementation: The Council deems this work to be completed in conjunction with the above-proposed implementation proposals. RESOLVED FURTHER The Council now considers the work of the Fast Flux WG complete. As such, the "Fast Flux Council Follow-up" action item is deemed closed and will be deleted from the Pending Project List.

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Updated GNSO Council agenda for 13 January
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 13 January 2011. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-13jan11-en.htm Wiki agenda: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_13_january_2011 Motions https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-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 20:00 UTC See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times: 12:00 PST; 14:00 CST; 15:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 21:00 CET; 23:00 Moscow Friday,14 January 2011 01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Beijing; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 Melbourne Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes) 1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest * Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding "any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party's judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion" in this meeting. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: "Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue." The main issues for this meeting are * Election Procedures for Council Chair & Vice Chairs * Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation 1.2 Update any statements of interest Note that a revised SoI was received from: * Stéphane van Gelder<http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/vangelder-soi-15dec10-en.htm> 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: * 8 December 2010<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10372.html> - Scheduled for approval on 7 January 2011. Item 2: Joint Applicant Support Working Group (15 minutes) Refer to motion deferred from previous meeting https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions Action item from previous meeting: It was suggested that a group of volunteers, not necessarily Councillors, work on the motion and deal with the issues and submit a revised motion eight days in advance of the next Council meeting. * Jeff Neuman * Wolf-Ulrich Knoben * Tim Ruiz * Avri Doria * Ken Stubbs * Eric Brunner-Williams * Andrew Mack * Richard Tindal 2.1: Report from volunteer group (given by group leader). 2.2: Discussion 2.3: Vote (note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion) Item 3: Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (15 minutes) Refer to motion deferred from previous meeting https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions 3.1 Reading of the motion (Kristina Rosette) 3.2 Discussion 3.3 Vote (note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion) Item 4: Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies (10 minutes) Refer to letter from RAP team http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf 4.1 Discussion 4.2 Next steps? Item 5: Status of Stakeholder Group and Constituency statements on Recommendation 6 (15 minutes) Refer to motion passed in previous meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clause: the Council recommends that each Stakeholder Group and constituency provide feedback as soon as possible to the Council, on the CWG recommendations. 5.1 Discussion and feedback from Stakeholder Groups and constituencies 5.2 Next steps? Item 6: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (20 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 6.1 Briefing from Bruce Tonkin 6.2 Set up drafting team to provide requested advice * Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead * Debbie Hugues Hughes has volunteered to participate * Other volunteers 6.3 Discussion 6.4 Next steps? Item 7: Board Response to reconsideration request 10-2 (.jobs reconsideration request) (20 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#8 7.1 Update from Staff on briefing paper (Liz Gasster) 7.2 Discussion 7.3 Next steps? Item 8: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and new Standing Committee (15 Minutes) Refer to motion passed in previous meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clauses. RESOLVED, The Council extends the terms of the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy Process Steering Committee and their respective work teams as necessary through the ICANN public meeting in June 2011. RESOLVED, the Council acknowledges and thanks the OSC, the PPSC and the five community work teams for their hard work; and directs each steering committee and applicable work team chair to identify for the Council any remaining targets and benchmarks for their respective work by no later than 19 January 2011, including expected deadlines for final delivery. RESOLVED FURTHER, a drafting team shall be established no later than 19 January 2011, to draft a charter for a Standing Committee to track and coordinate implementation of those OSC, PPSC and work team recommendations already approved by the Council and adopted, as recommended by the Communications and Coordination Work Team in its final report of 9 April 2010 8.1 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, OSC (Philip Sheppard) 8.2 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, PPSC (Jeff Neuman) 8.3 Establish DT for new Standing Committee * Volunteers? * DT Chair? Item 9: Other Business (10 Minutes) 9.1 Status of Vice Chair elections in the Non Contracted Party House. 9.2 OSC Recommendation for Revisions to Section 5 Statements of Interest of the GNSO Operating Procedures * Update (Philip Sheppard) * Next steps? 9.3 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating Procedures * Bill Drake has volunteered to lead * Update * Next steps 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 (Council Operating Procedures 4.4) Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot: 1. Initiate a policy development process; 2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board; 3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws; 4. Fill a position open for election. The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that, 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 days. There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated. ________________________________________ Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ________________________________________ Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC ________________________________________ California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 12:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+0DST 14:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 15:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+1DST 18:00 London (GMT) UTC+0DST 20:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 23:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day ________________________________________ The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Draft minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting 8 December 2010
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

Dear Councilors, Attached please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting held on 8 December 2010. Please let me know if you would like any changes to be made. If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting on 7 January 2010 on page: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index-2011.htm Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Joint Applicant Support working group motion
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 28, 2010

Dec. 28, 2010

Dear All, During the GNSO Council meeting on 8 December 2010, the proposed motion and amendment for the Joint new gTLD Applicant Support working group (JAS WG) charter extension in response to ICANN Board resolution about supporting applicants and for completing a list of further work items was deferred. It was suggested that a group of volunteers work on the motion and deal with the issues as a way forward. Volunteers: Jeff Neuman, Tim Ruiz, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, Avri Doria. Please let me know, not later than 28 December 2010, whether you would be interested in joining this group. Thank you. kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] FW: Joint Applicant Support working group motion
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 23, 2010

Dec. 23, 2010

-----Original Message----- Forwarded From: Avri Doria Hi, Given my currently stressful relations with at least one of the other members of the team, I am not certain that I am the best one to represent either the NCSG or the JAS WG in this discussion at the current time. I am trying to find another representative from the NCSG. I would also hope that the new chairs of the JAS WG (Rafik and Carlton) would be included in this discussion group. Thanks a. Please feel free to pass this on to the council if it is appropriate. On 22 Dec 2010, at 19:12, Glen de Saint Géry wrote: > > > Dear All, > > During the GNSO Council meeting on 8 December 2010, the proposed motion and amendment for the Joint new gTLD Applicant Support working group (JAS WG) charter extension in response to ICANN Board resolution about supporting applicants and for completing a list of further work items was deferred. > > It was suggested that a group of volunteers work on the motion and deal with the issues as a way forward. > Volunteers: Jeff Neuman, Tim Ruiz, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, Avri Doria. > > Please let me know, not later than 28 December 2010, whether you would be interested in joining this group. > > Thank you. > kind regards, > > Glen > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > >

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Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 13 January 2011.
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 22, 2010

Dec. 22, 2010

Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 13 January 2011. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-13jan11-en.htm The agenda on the Wiki can be found at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_13_january_2011 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-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 20:00 UTC See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times: 12:00 PST; 14:00 CST; 15:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 21:00 CET; 23:00 Moscow Friday,14 January 2011 01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Beijing; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 Melbourne Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes) 1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest * Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding "any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party's judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion" in this meeting. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: "Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue." The main issues for this meeting are * Election Procedures for Council Chair & Vice Chairs * Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation 1.2 Update any statements of interest Note that a revised SoI was received from: * Stéphane van Gelder http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10362.html 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: * 8 December 2010 - Scheduled for approval on 8 January 2011. Item 2: Elections of Chair and Vice Chair (10 minutes) 2.1 Status of Vice Chair elections in the Non Contracted Party House. 2.2 Chair election procedures. * Status of OSC's review of the procedures for election the Council Chair (Margie). * Next Steps Item 3: Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (15 minutes) Refer to motion deferred from previous meeting https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions 3.1 Reading of the motion (Kristina Rosette) 3.2 Discussion 3.3 Vote (note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion) Item 4: Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies (15 minutes) Refer to letter from RAP team http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf 4.1 Discussion 4.2 Next steps? Item 5: Status of Stakeholder Group and Constituency statements on Recommendation 6 (15 minutes) Refer to motion passed in previous meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clause: the Council recommends that each Stakeholder Group and constituency provide feedback as soon as possible to the Council, on the CWG recommendations. 5.1 Discussion and feedback from Stakeholder Groups and constituencies 5.2 Next steps? Item 6: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (20 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 6.1 Briefing from Bruce Tonkin 6.2 Set up drafting team to provide requested advice * Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead * Debbie Hugues Hughes has volunteered to participate * Other volunteers 6.3 Discussion 6.4 Next steps? Item 7: Board Response to reconsideration request 10-2 (.jobs reconsideration request) (20 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#8 7.1 Update from Staff on briefing paper (Liz Gasster) 7.2 Discussion 7.3 Next steps? Item 8: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and new Standing Committee (15 Minutes) Refer to motion passed in previous meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clauses. RESOLVED, The Council extends the terms of the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy Process Steering Committee and their respective work teams as necessary through the ICANN public meeting in June 2011. RESOLVED, the Council acknowledges and thanks the OSC, the PPSC and the five community work teams for their hard work; and directs each steering committee and applicable work team chair to identify for the Council any remaining targets and benchmarks for their respective work by no later than 19 January 2011, including expected deadlines for final delivery. RESOLVED FURTHER, a drafting team shall be established no later than 19 January 2011, to draft a charter for a Standing Committee to track and coordinate implementation of those OSC, PPSC and work team recommendations already approved by the Council and adopted, as recommended by the Communications and Coordination Work Team in its final report of 9 April 2010 8.1 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, OSC (Philip Sheppard) 8.2 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, PPSC (Jeff Neuman) 8.3 Establish DT for new Standing Committee * Volunteers? * DT Chair? Item 9: Other Business (10 Minutes) 9.1 OSC Recommendation for Revisions to Section 5 Statements of Interest of the GNSO Operating Procedures * Update (Philip Sheppard) * Next steps? 9.2 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating Procedures * Bill Drake has volunteer to lead * Update * Next steps? 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 (Council Operating Procedures 4.4) Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot: 1. Initiate a policy development process; 2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board; 3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws; 4. Fill a position open for election. The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that, 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 days. There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated. ________________________________________ Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ________________________________________ Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC ________________________________________ California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 12:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+0DST 14:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 15:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+1DST 18:00 London (GMT) UTC+0DST 20:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 23:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day ________________________________________ The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: [council] Update to Statement of Interest
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 22, 2010

Dec. 22, 2010

Resend, because the docx file is difficult to open Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: mercredi 15 décembre 2010 21:55 To: GNSO Council Subject: [council] Update to Statement of Interest Please note my update statement of interest as attached (copied below for convenience). Glen, please post this updated SOI on the GNSO website. Thanks, Stéphane Stéphane van Gelder - Registrar Stakeholder Group I am the General Manager of INDOM, an ICANN-accredited registrar. INDOM is a member of the Registrar Stakeholder Group. INDOM is part of GroupNBT, Europe's leading specialist domain name management company and one of the UK's largest providers of website hosting services. I do not own GroupNBT shares. I am not an employee or shareholder of any other member of the Registrar Stakeholder Group or of any other of ICANN's Stakeholder Groups or Constituencies. I am not an employee or shareholder of any gTLD or ccTLD registries. I was born in, and live, in the European region as defined by ICANN. I am not, nor have ever been, in possession of any gTLD Registry sensitive information.

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Extension of Public Comment Period on New gTLD Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and Economic Study Phase II Report
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 20, 2010

Dec. 20, 2010

Extension of Public Comment Period on New gTLD Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and Economic Study Phase II Report http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17dec10-en.htm 17 December 2010 Taking into account public comment and decisions made during ICANN’s Cartagena meeting, the public comment period for the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and supporting documentation have been extended to 15 January 2011 (1200 UTC). Below are the links to comment fora for the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook: English - http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm العربية - http://www.icann.org/ar/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-ar.htm 中文 (简体) - http://www.icann.org/zh/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-zh.htm Français - http://www.icann.org/fr/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-fr.htm Русский - http://www.icann.org/ru/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-ru.htm Español - http://www.icann.org/es/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-es.htm Additionally, the Economic Study Phase II Report is extended to 15 January 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm How to Participate The Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook is available here in its entirety, as well as in its six individual modules. You can either comment on the overall guidebook or comment per module, by area of interest. A red-lined, annotated version of the documents is provided to show what changes were made in progressing from Draft Applicant Guidebook, Version 4 to the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook. As the materials become available in additional languages there will be an opportunity to comment. You may also view the Summaries & Analyses<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-analysis-en.htm> from recently closed public fora. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Apply Now for ICANN's Leadership Positions
by Glen de Saint Géry Dec. 20, 2010

Dec. 20, 2010

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17dec10-en.htm Apply Now for ICANN's Leadership Positions Apply Now to Join the ICANN Board, the Councils of GNSO and ccNSO, and the ALAC 17 December 2010 ICANN's Nominating Committee (Nom Com) invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role. Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2010 Nom Com for the following positions: * Two members of the Board of Directors of ICANN * Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America/Caribbean regions) * Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) * One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) The Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee tasked with selecting a majority of the members of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN's structure. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit, non-profit corporation dedicated to: preserving the operational security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and supporting the development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. Individuals selected by Nom Com will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet's intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective. Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public service contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an essential global resource. Considering the broad public interest, those selected will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet's critically important societal functions. Current Board members who have been selected by the Nominating Committee include: Cherine Chalaby, Bertrand de la Chapelle, Steve Crocker, Erika Mann, Gonzalo Navarro, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, and Katim Touray. Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted through an on-line application form at (http://forms.icann.org/nomcom/soi.php) or by contacting nomcom2011(a)icann.org. More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org. Applications will be considered in confidence and should be received by 4 April 2010 for full consideration. Selections will be announced in early September 2011. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in October 2011. Candidate recommendations are encouraged and can be submitted through an on-line form at (http://forms.icann.org/nomcom/suggestcandidate.php) and questions or comments may also be submitted to nomcom2011(a)icann.org. Background: The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the ICANN Board, Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. Nominating Committee members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws. Nominating Committee members contribute understanding of the broad interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them. The challenge for the Nominating Committee is to integrate these perspectives and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting Organizations and other ICANN entities, individual Nominating Committee members are not accountable to their appointing constituencies. Members are accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for compliance with the rules and procedures established by the Nominating Committee. Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses incurred in the course of duty will be reimbursed. Fluency in English is a requirement for all positions. These positions may involve significant international travel, including personal presence at periodic ICANN meetings, as well as regular telephone and Internet communications. Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the United States, India, France, Egypt, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, Kenya and Colombia. Meetings during 2011 are scheduled for San Francisco, CA in the United States of America; Asia/Australia/Pacific and Africa. The diverse locations facilitate participation across the world's Internet community; an aspect of growing importance as ICANN's recently signed Affirmation of Commitments emphasizes ICANN's accountability to the community. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FY12 Ops Plan Budget Development information - update and reminder!
by Liz Gasster Dec. 20, 2010

Dec. 20, 2010

All, Attached is a resend of a briefing presentation on the FY12 Operations Plan Budget Development process. While there will also be time in February - March to comment on the process, I would like to remind you that there is a deadline of the end of January for budget requests. There is a form in this deck that has been created for that purpose. As I mentioned in my previous email, I think it is very important for the GNSO Council (in addition to Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies) to consider whether you have budget recommendations or priorities to submit. Examples of requests to consider might be: 1) to assure that funding for Whois studies is available next year 2) for any incremental policy-development-related expenses, such as costs to retain an independent expert or for a face-to-face meeting of a working group, etc... Staff is happy to assist in preparing the request forms for any recommendations the Council may have. Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can be helpful in any way. Thanks, Liz From: Liz Gasster Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 11:19 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: FY12 Ops Plan Budget Development information All, As referenced in today's GNSO wrap up session, attached is a presentation from ICANN on the process for community input to developing the Fiscal Year 2012 budget. ICANN staff gave this presentation to the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies during the Cartagena meeting, and so I also want to make sure that the Council is aware of the details and the deadline of the end of January for input. We suggest that the Council consider whether there is input that the Council might want to provide related to GNSO policy work in addition to the needs and requests of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like additional information. Thanks, Liz

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