March 2011 - council - lists.icann.org

Motion to accept the SOI revisions
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 28, 2011

March 28, 2011

Councillors, I would like to make the following motion to accept the SOI language revisions we worked on a while back, and have them incorporated into the GNSO's Ops Procs. These have been put out for public comment and no comments have been received. A second would be appreciated. Thanks, Stéphane

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Motion and Document deadline - Wednesday 30 March for GNSO Council meeting on 7 April 2011
by Glen de Saint Géry March 24, 2011

March 24, 2011

Dear Council Members, Reminder, that as required in the GNSO Operating Procedures, motions and reports for consideration in the GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 7 April 2011 are due not later than 8 days in advance of that meeting, that is, Wednesday, 30 March 2011. Please see the calendar page for due dates for the rest of the year: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/ Please note that the pending project list will be updated before the meeting and posted at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf Please let me know if you have any questions. 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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RE: [council] RE: Call for Council Volunteers to Assist in UDRP Issues
by Tim Ruiz March 20, 2011

March 20, 2011

Not volunteering straight out, not really an expert on this. But the group should feel free to call on me if they need someone to do some grunt work. Tim > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [council] RE: Call for Council Volunteers to Assist in UDRP > Issues > From: "Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman(a)neustar.us> > Date: Fri, March 18, 2011 1:32 pm > To: Glen de Saint GÃ©ry<Glen(a)icann.org>, > "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > > I would like to volunteer as well. > > Jeffrey J. Neuman > Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you have received this e-mail message in error and any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and delete the original message. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:05 AM > To: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Subject: [council] Call for Council Volunteers to Assist in UDRP Issues > > > Dear Council Members, > > As discussed in the GNSO Open Council meeting on Wednesday, we are looking of a few councilors to volunteer to provide guidance to Staff in defining the scope of the Issue Report request regarding the UDRP, and in organizing a webinar to be conducted to solicit input from experts and the community on the UDRP. > > If you would like to participate in this effort, please contact me at <secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> and Margie will follow up with you separately. > > 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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Call for Council Volunteers to Assist in UDRP Issues
by Glen de Saint Géry March 18, 2011

March 18, 2011

Dear Council Members, As discussed in the GNSO Open Council meeting on Wednesday, we are looking of a few councilors to volunteer to provide guidance to Staff in defining the scope of the Issue Report request regarding the UDRP, and in organizing a webinar to be conducted to solicit input from experts and the community on the UDRP. If you would like to participate in this effort, please contact me at <secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> and Margie will follow up with you separately. 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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GNSO Council resolutions 16 March 2011
by Glen de Saint Géry March 18, 2011

March 18, 2011

Dear All, The following resolution carried unanimously at the open GNSO Council meeting in San Francisco on 16 March 2011. Motion to Adopt the GNSO Working Group Guidelines WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework (see GNSO Council Improvement Implementation Plan; (http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implemen…) for implementing the various GNSO Improvements identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2008 (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182) (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm) WHEREAS, that framework included the formation, in January 2009, of two Steering Committees, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements; WHEREAS, the PPSC established two work teams, including the Working Group Work Team (WG WT), which was chartered to develop a new GNSO Working Group Model that improves inclusiveness, improves effectiveness, and improves efficiency; WHEREAS, the WG WT completed its deliberations and forwarded the GNSO Working Group Guidelines to the PPSC on 1 November 2010; WHEREAS, the PPSC reviewed and approved the GNSO Working Group Guidelines on 20 December 2010 http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10de… and forwarded the report to the GNSO Council on 1 January 2011; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council initiated a 21-day public comment period (see http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-wg-guidelines) on the proposed GNSO Working Guidelines and has requested the PPSC to review the comments received and make any changes it deems appropriate; WHEREAS, the PPSC has made changes it deemed appropriate following review of the public comments and has submitted this updated version include link to the GNSO Council for its consideration; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED that the GNSO Council adopts the GNSO Working Group Guidelines as proposed by the PPSC include link and instructs ICANN staff to incorporate the GNSO Working Group Guidelines into a new version of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP), which becomes effective immediately upon adoption. RESOLVED, that each Working Group formed after the date of this resolution shall utilize the GNSO Working Group Guidelines. RESOLVED, to the extent practical and feasible, each existing Working Group shall incorporate these Working Group Guidelines into their activities. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council hereby expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the WG-WT and PPSC for their dedication, commitment, and thoughtful recommendations. Please let me know if you have any questions. 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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RE: [council] Call for Council Volunteers to Assist in UDRP Issues
by john＠crediblecontext.com March 18, 2011

March 18, 2011

Glen, As the call is for volunteers only among Councilors, I so do. Berard > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [council] Call for Council Volunteers to Assist in UDRP > Issues > From: Glen de Saint GÃ�Â©ry<Glen(a)icann.org> > Date: Fri, March 18, 2011 11:05 am > To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > > Dear Council Members, > > As discussed in the GNSO Open Council meeting on Wednesday, we are looking of a few councilors to volunteer to provide guidance to Staff in defining the scope of the Issue Report request regarding the UDRP, and in organizing a webinar to be conducted to solicit input from experts and the community on the UDRP. > > If you would like to participate in this effort, please contact me at <secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> and Margie will follow up with you separately. > > Thank you very much. > Kind regards, > > Glen > > Glen de Saint GÃ©ry > GNSO Secretariat > gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org

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Council input in budget process
by Liz Gasster March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

All, At the wrap up session, several asked about the deadline for input into the Fiscal Year 2012 budget. Here is the announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2012 . The deadline is 4 April. Thanks, Liz

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Main points from our Council wrap-up
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Here's a quick list of the main discussions points from today. Once again, thanks for some great discussions during this wrap-up which as usual has proved extremely useful. Again, great to have spent a week working with you guys. See you all soon. My heartfelt thanks to Mary and Jeff for their support. Sorry I had to leave early. Stéphane Agenda for Singapore. Mary has volunteered to work on this. Thanks to Olga for working on the SFO agenda. New weekend session to work through the motions. Worked well here, support for continuing this. Social dinner. Make it more casual in terms of venue, not too expensive. Very valuable to have that informal time together. Prioritization. Informal discussion on what the priorities are for the Council. Workload for councillors. The environment itself is very challenging to learn and to work in. Is an executive summary a good idea? Open Council meeting. Don't schedule against other GNSO activities. The afternoon format is much better than the morning format. Newcomers. Helping people to understand what the Council is doing. Currently it's very hard for people to understand what's happening. We need to find some way to make the Council's work more accessible. Staff run a policy update webinar prior to a meeting that might help. Is a 2-page primer useful? We used to have those before... Weekend sessions. The time was used efficiently w/o the usual repeat of presentations that we normally have, so that may explain why the sessions seemed so useful this time. So let's keep the presentations during the weekend sessions streamlined. Presentations. Make copies of the presentation available before the meetings. Guidance. Website updates could help to find documents more easily. Having a brief handout in the room where our sessions are happening to help people know where to find the resource documents they need to better understand our work. Meeting schedule. Officially make the meeting start on the weekend on the main schedule. Staff and resource issues. Do we understand what staff being designated to the GNSO means? Is the staff assigned to the GNSO being captured by other groups? Should the Council submit a budget request for new policy staff? If so, will someone take the lead on Council budget requests? Deadline is April 4 so very tight.

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Discussion points for the wrap-up
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Some ideas for general discussions points for the wrap-up tomorrow. Comments and any other suggestions welcome. - Summary of weekend sessions in SFO. Anything we should do differently for Singapore. Any sessions we should maintain. Do we like the new "thrash out the motions beforehand" session? Do we want to keep Saturday free and have our social dinner on the Sunday again? - Follow-up on RAP recommendations. Volunteers for a small group of Councillors to take this forward? - Consumer trust. Getting a sense from the Council on what we should do next. - Whois requirements report. Next steps? Stéphane

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Outreach
by Olga Cavalli March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Hi, As I just mentioned, the Constituency and Stakeholder Working Team as part of the GNSO restructuring process produced a document about : "Recommendations to Develop a Global Outreach Program to Broaden Participation in the GNSO,"<http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/global-outreach-recommendations-21jan11-en.pdf> Document is now for public comment (until Apr 10th) and you can review it and enhance it with different ideas that has been shared during our conversations. This is the link to the public comment space and the document: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-outreach Best regards Olga

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GNSO presentation to Board, Friday
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Councillors, Please find attached the presentation I have prepared for the Board meeting on Friday. As I have to leave SFO today, Jeff has kindly agreed to give the presentation on my behalf tomorrow. Thanks Jeff for doing that. Enjoyed working with you all this week. Safe travels home and see you all in Singapore. Stéphane

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RE: [council] Discussion points for the wrap-up
by john＠crediblecontext.com March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Membership on territories & countries, too Berard > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [council] Discussion points for the wrap-up > From: StÃ©phane Van Gelder<stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> > Date: Wed, March 16, 2011 4:39 pm > To: GNSO Council <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > > Some ideas for general discussions points for the wrap-up tomorrow. Comments and any other suggestions welcome. > > - Summary of weekend sessions in SFO. Anything we should do differently for Singapore. Any sessions we should maintain. Do we like the new "thrash out the motions beforehand" session? Do we want to keep Saturday free and have our social dinner on the Sunday again? > > - Follow-up on RAP recommendations. Volunteers for a small group of Councillors to take this forward? > > - Consumer trust. Getting a sense from the Council on what we should do next. > > - Whois requirements report. Next steps? > > Stéphane

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GNSO Wrap-Up Lunch in Tower Salon A 12:00 - 14:00
by Glen de Saint Géry March 17, 2011

March 17, 2011

Dear Councillors, The GNSO Wrap-Up Session will be in Tower Salon A from 12:00 noon to 14:00 with lunch served as usual. https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_17_march See you all there. 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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Contracted Party statement re RAA vote
by Neuman, Jeff March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Please find a copy of the Contracted Parties' Statement on RAA.

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Tomorrow's Public Council Meeting Agenda Prioritisation
by Zahid Jamil March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Would it be possible to have those Agenda items that involve Motions to be passed to be taken up as a priority ie. for them to be dealt with earlier in the meeting. Best regards, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 35680760 / 35685276 / 35655025 Fax: +92 21 35655026 www.jamilandjamil.com <http://www.jamilandjamil.com/> Notice / Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and its contents are being communicated only for the intended recipients . If you are not the intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete it from your system. The contents above may contain/are the intellectual property of Jamil & Jamil, Barristers-at-Law, and constitute privileged information protected by attorney client privilege. The reproduction, publication, use, amendment, modification of any kind whatsoever of any part or parts (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means whether or not transiently or incidentally or some other use of this communication) without prior written permission and consent of Jamil & Jamil is prohibited.

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GNSO web page
by Mary.Wong＠law.unh.edu March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Is anyone else getting a "website undergoing maintenance" message when trying to get on http://gnso.icann.org? Not a good sign for our Public Meeting later today, especially if the community want to access our site and get some sense of acronyms, documents, op procedures, etc. :( Mary W S Wong Professor of Law Chair, Graduate IP Programs Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAWTwo White StreetConcord, NH 03301USAEmail: mary.wong(a)law.unh.eduPhone: 1-603-513-5143Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.phpSelected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584

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FW: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#41]
by Glen de Saint Géry March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

FYI Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org From: ICANN [mailto:no-reply@wufoo.com] Sent: mercredi 16 mars 2011 07:44 To: gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org Subject: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#41] Name of Officer: * Avri Doria Officer Email Address: * avri(a)acm.org<mailto:avri@acm.org> Date Prepared: * Wednesday, March 16, 2011 GNSO Organization: * Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Officer Position or Title: * Chair, Executive Committee Voting Remedy: * Proxy Reason(s) for or condition(s) leading to the remedy: * Rosemary Sinclair cannot attend, neither in person nor remotely, the meeting on 16 March. Specific subject(s)/measure(s)/motion(s)/action(s) of the Council for which the remedy is being exercised: * For any and all votes to be taken in the Council meeting to be held on 16 March 2011. Date upon which the remedy will expire or terminate: [Note: may not exceed 3 months initially; may be renewed by sending an email with explanation to GNSO Secretariat] * Friday, March 18, 2011 I affirm that a voting position has been established on the matter(s) at issue pursuant to provisions contained in our Charter or Bylaws. * Yes Our GNSO Councilor has been instructed on how to vote on the matter(s). * Yes Please identify the GNSO Councilor who will serve as the voting proxy: * Mary Wong

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Updated GNSO Council agenda and documents Wednesday 16 March 2011 at 13:30 PST
by Glen de Saint Géry March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Dear All, In preparation for the Council meeting on Wednesday 16 March at 13:30 PST please find the updated agenda copied below and on the website at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-16mar11-en.htm and on the Wiki at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_16_march_2011 The updated pending projects list can be found at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf The minutes of the last meeting are posted at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-24feb11-en.htm The motions before Council are found at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions GNSO Council Public Meeting - San Francisco Silicon Valley 16 March 2011, Reference to ICANN Schedule http://svsf40.icann.org/node/22187 Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in San Francisco, Silicon Valley 16 March 2011. Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for the latest updates on the GNSO Council Workspace at As can be seen below, in addition to the Open Microphone at the end of the agenda, as possible throughout the meeting time will be allowed for audience participation. Please be aware that audience opportunities to comment will depend on available time. Meeting Times Coordinated Universal Time:20:30 UTC - see below for local times (13:30 San Francisco, 16:30 Washington DC, 20:30 London, 21:30 Brussels 17 March 2011 01:30 Karachi, 05:30 Tokyo, 07:30 Melbourne 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. (Insert links to meeting audio-cast and Adobe connect as applicable.) 1. Administrative Matters (10 minutes) a. Roll call of Council members, noting alternates and proxies (Glen) b. Polling for Disclosures of Interest i. 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. ii. 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." iii. The main issues for this meeting are: * GNSO Project Decision Making * New gTLD Applicant Guidebook * Joint New gTLD Applicant Support Recommendations * Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies * Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter * Whois & Internationalized Registration Data * GNSO Improvements b. Update any statements of interest · Andrei Kolesnikov http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/kolesnikov-soi-30sep09.htm · Ching Chiao c. Review/amend agenda d. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: .24 February 2011 meeting minutes: approved on 11 March 2011 http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-24feb11-en.htm<file:///\\meetings\minutes-council-24feb11-en.htm> Item 2: WHOIS studies (25 minutes) 2.1 Discussion of WHOIS Service Requirements Report The Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-… Staff presentations http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-draft-final-… Overview of Report (Liz Gasster, Steve Sheng) Discussion * Council * Audience 2.2 Two motions have been made on this topic. Motion 2 will only be considered for a vote by Council at this meeting if Motion 1 fails. Refer to Motion 1 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 2.3 Discussion * Council * Audience 2.4 Vote Refer to Motion 2 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 2.5 Discussion * Council * Audience 2.6 Vote Item 3: PPSC Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines (25minutes) PPSC Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-wg-guidelines-clean-08mar11-en.pdf * Refer to: resolution 13 Jan meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101 * See public comments received (http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/) as well as summary & analysis provided by staff * Refer to Council discussion during Feb 24 meeting. PPSC Chair has relayed comments received on the report back to the PPSC with a goal of finalizing the report so the Council can vote to approve it in San Francisco. Refer to motion 3 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 3.1 Summary of GNSO Working Group Guidelines (Marika Konings) 3. 2 Discussion * Council Audience 3.3 Vote Item 4: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (30 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead. A proposed response has been drafted to send to the Board. 4.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair and analysis of proposed response. 4. 2 Discussion * Council * Audience 4. 3 Next steps? Is there consensus on sending the response to the Board as proposed and drafted? Item 5: Follow-up on RAP recommendations (30 minutes) See next step suggestions from previous meetings: * Provide an outline of topics to be addressed in the UDRP Issues paper and the discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report. * Seek input or comments from the Council during the GNSO weekend working sessions. 5.1 Update from Liz Gasster 5. 2 Discussion * Council * Audience 5.3 Next steps Item 6: Joint DNS security and stability analysis working group (DSSA-WG) (25 minutes) At their meetings during the ICANN Brussels meeting ALAC, the ccNSO, the GNSO, the GAC and the NRO acknowledged the need for a better understanding of the security and stability of the global DNS. To this end these SOs and ACs agreed to establish a joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group (DSSA-WG). Refer to DSSA-WG draft charter http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf ccNSO has agreed to a maximum of 12 volunteers from the GNSO. Current GNSO volunteers: * Zahid Jamil- (CBUC) * Scott McCormick - (CBUC) * Mikey O'Connor - (CBUC) * Adam Palmer- (CBUC Symantec) * George Asare-Sakyi - (NCSG) * Rafik Dammak - (NCSG) * Matt Serlin - (MarkMonitor, RrSG) * Rick Wilhelm (Networksolutions RrSG) * Greg Aaron- (Afilias, RySG) * Keith Drazek- (Verisign, RySG) * Don Blumenthal - (PIR, RySG) * Mike Rodenbaugh - (IPC) * Chris Wright - (RrSG) * Forest Rosen - (RrSG) * Rossella Mattioli - (NCSG) 6.1 Finalise list of volunteers 6. 2 Selection of GNSO co-chair for the WG. Item 7: Study Group on Use of Names of Countries and Territories (15 minutes) The call for volunteers for this group has now closed. The ccNSO has agreed to a maximum of 8 volunteers from the GNSO. Current GNSO volunteers: Carlos Aguirre - GNSO Nominationg Committee Appointee George Asare-Sakyi - NCSG Ilya Bazlyankov - RrSG Olga Cavalli - GNSO Nominationg Committee Appointee Ching Chiao - RySG - Liaison for GNSO Council Avri Doria - NCSG Jothan Frakes - Volker Greimann - RrSG Tony Harris- ISPCP Garth Miller - Krista Papac - RrSG Alexei Sozonov - RrSG 7.1 Update from Liz Gasster 7.2 Discussion * Council * Audience 7.3 Select 8 volunteers to be put forward to ccNSO. Item 8: Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) (30 minutes) Two motions have been made on this topic. Motion 5 will only be considered for a vote by Council at this meeting if motion 4 fails. Refer to Motion 4 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 8.1 Discussion * Council * Audience 8.2 Vote Refer to Motion 5 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 8.3 Discussion * Council * Audience 8.4 Vote Item 9: Pending Projects - GNSO Toolkit of services (25 minutes) Update on this work. The "toolkit" refers to a list of basic services approved by the GNSO Council 17 Dec 2009 that will be made available to eligible GNSO organizations. Implementation proposals have been discussed and feedback requested by Feb 15, 2011. Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf. 9. 1 Update on work, indication of proposed next steps - Rob Hoggarth, ICANN Staff 9. 2 Discussion * Council * Audience 9. 3 Next steps Item 10. Other Business (5 minutes) Item 11. Open Microphone (30 minutes) 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) UTC 20:30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 13:30 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 16:30 Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3+0DST 17:30 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil (BRST) UTC-2+1DST 17:30 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 20:30 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:30 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:30 Karachi, Pakistan (PKT) UTC+5+0DST 01:30 next day Hong Kong, China (HKT) UTC+8+0DST 04:30 next day Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9+0DST 05:30 next day Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:30 next day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com 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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Regarding ICANN complaince staff
by Bruce Tonkin March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

From: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-15mar11-en.pdf ICANN Bolsters Its Contractual Compliance Team with Two New Hires The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that two seasoned professionals have been hired to bolster its contractual compliance team. Maguy Serad, an experienced technology and business manager, has been named Senior Director of Contractual compliance. Ms. Serad has more than two decades of experience in compliance, technology, program management and global business operations. She has most recently served in senior manager positions in the Information Systems Department and Value UP and Synergy Departments of Nissan North America, Inc. "Maguy's strong skills in compliance and global business management are exactly what we need to strengthen and lead ICANN's contractual compliance team," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's President and Chief Executive Officer. While at Nissan, Ms. Serad became a certified Black Belt Six-Sigma expert, who has led multiple strategic organization projects and cross-functional teams in support of Nissan's strategic objectives. She also established a Service Management Governance Organization to govern a multi-supplier outsourced environment. Maguy is fluent in English, French and Arabic and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. She was born in Liberia and is a citizen of Lebanon. She will begin her role on April 4th. Contractual Compliance Manager/Auditor Also joining the contractual compliance team is Carlos Alvarez, an accomplished intellectual property attorney, who has been named ICANN's Contractual Compliance Manager/Auditor. Before joining ICANN on February 28, Alvarez practiced law in Colombia and the United States for over 10 years. He graduated from the Colombian Universidad de los Andes Law School. Alvarez was an attorney with the law firm Espinosa & Asociados Abogados in Colombia for many years, where he led teams and coordinated audit activities over 4,500 companies regarding software piracy. He has worked with and trained law enforcement operatives in software antipiracy and cybercrime legal issues, and created a High Tech and Computer Law division within the Espinosa & Asociados. Alvarez is a former representative for Colombia of both the Counter Pedophilia Investigative Unit and is a member of the Electronic Commerce Subcommittee of the International Chamber of Commerce in Bogota. His articles on terrorism and piracy, digital evidence, cybercrime, information security, and other major issues have been published in Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and Spain; he has given lectures before many audiences, including the Interpol South America Cyber Crime Working Group, Peruvian Interpol, and Colombia's main law enforcement agencies and military forces. Carlos, a citizen of Colombia, is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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Tomorrow's Open Council meeting, latest updates
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Councillors, As the schedule for this ICANN meeting seems to be in constant flux, I thought it might be useful for you to have a reminder of where and when for tomorrow. The meeting will start at 1:30pm, in Tower Salon A, which is the room we were in all weekend. Lunch will be provided in the same room at 1pm. Please note this lunch is for Council members only. As you know, the doors to the main ballroom will open at 5pm for Clinton's speech there. As such, it may be that we will lose all of our audience at that point, and that Councillors may also wish to go to the ballroom. As the last 30 minutes of our meeting are scheduled for the open mic, we may decide to end the meeting early if that suits everyone. Please let either Glen or myself know if you need any more information. See you tomorrow. Stéphane

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Fwd: Additional elaboration on remaining GAC Board sessions
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Councillors, FYI and communications to your respective groups. Stéphane Début du message réexpédié : > De : Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> > Date : 16 mars 2011 01:35:07 HNEC > À : Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com>, Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com>, Chris Disspain <ceo(a)auda.org.au>, Mason Cole <masonc(a)snapnames.com>, "David W. Maher" <dmaher(a)pir.org>, "J. Scott Evans" <jscottevans(a)yahoo.com>, Tony Holmes <tony.ar.homes(a)bt.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Avri Doria <avri(a)acm.org>, "Metalitz, Steven" <met(a)msk.com> > Cc : Peter Dengate Thrush <peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org>, Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org>, Barbara Clay <barbara.clay(a)icann.org>, John Jeffrey <jeffrey(a)icann.org> > Objet : Additional elaboration on remaining GAC Board sessions > > All: > > As stated earlier, there is no GAC-Board meeting this afternoon at 4PM. The Board and GAC continue to work separately, continuing its review of the exchange of information as well as consider the recent community inputs and transcripts from the recent the public session. > > The GAC came to the session today with a lot of ideas and the Board is taking time to process them all. This schedule change should not be seen as an indication of disagreement, but rather reflecting the volume of work that is being completed and processed in a short period of time. > > The Board will be available to receive additional comments from the community tomorrow. It is intended to be a session to receive additional comments on the pending issues. Comments that were made during the previous session have already been noted and do not need to be restated. Written statements should be provided for posting and will not need to be read into the record, but will be considered by the Board. > > The sessions are currently scheduled as follows: > > New gTLD Program: Discussion of Issues Identified by Governmental Advisory Committee, Wed 16 Mar 2011 at 09:00AM, Grand Ballroom. The session will be held but may be shortened depending upon comments to allow more time to work on preparation for the Board / GAC discussions. > > The Board/GAC consultation will be open to the public again at Thur 17 March 2011 @ 0900. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Regards, > > Kurt Pritz > ICANN > >

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ICANN compliance dept.
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Councillors, FYI, information about new hires to ICANN's compliance dept. Stéphane http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-15mar11-en.pdf

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Fwd: Public Sessions on Recent Board-GAC consultations - Community Input
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Councillors, Further to Bruce's earlier email, please see below Kurt's announcement. Thanks, Stéphane Début du message réexpédié : > De : Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> > Date : 16 mars 2011 00:17:56 HNEC > À : Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com>, Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com>, Chris Disspain <ceo(a)auda.org.au>, Mason Cole <masonc(a)snapnames.com>, "David W. Maher" <dmaher(a)pir.org>, "J. Scott Evans" <jscottevans(a)yahoo.com>, Tony Holmes <tony.ar.homes(a)bt.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Avri Doria <avri(a)acm.org>, "Metalitz, Steven" <met(a)msk.com> > Cc : Peter Dengate Thrush <peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org>, Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> > Objet : Public Sessions on Recent Board-GAC consultations - Community Input > > All: > > On behalf of Peter Dengate Thrush, please be advised that the remainder of the Board-GAC consultation, set for 4PM this afternoon, is cancelled. Both the board and GAC continue to work issues in separate sessions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused but believe the cancellation is for good purpose. > > The session for tomorrow is still planned - Peter and Heather Dryden will discuss details for it and report back to you. > > Please let me take this opportunity to thank you for the constructive work and participation of the stakeholder groups in yesterday's session. > > > Sincerely, > > Kurt Pritz > ICANN

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GAC/Board consultation with resume on 9am on Thursday
by Bruce Tonkin March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Hello All, Just a quick heads up. The Board/GAC consultation will resume at 9am on Thursday. We will be listening to further GNSO constituency and public input tomorrow, before we finalise our positions. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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FW: [council] GNSO Statement to the ICANN Board
by Glen de Saint Géry March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Dear All, Please note that the GNSO Council statement http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gnso-council-gac-scorecard-stateme… has been posted on page: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence Thank you. Kind regards, Glen -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:53 PM To: Peter Dengate Thrush; Secretary; Heather Dryden Cc: council(a)gnso.icann.org GNSO; Karen Lentz; Kurt Pritz Subject: [council] GNSO Statement to the ICANN Board Heather, Peter, On behalf of the GNSO Council, please find attached the comment I have just read out in the public session. Thanks, Stéphane

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