March 2011 - council - lists.icann.org

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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