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REMINDER: Motion deadline TUESDAY, 26 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC- Electronic Ballot 6-9 August 2016
by Glen de Saint Géry July 25, 2016

July 25, 2016

Dear Councillors, Reminder motion deadline TUESDAY, 26 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC) of the commencement of the voting period on 6 August 2016. Please note that the GNSO Council at its meeting on 21 July 2016 agreed that a special GNSO Council meeting on Tuesday, 9 August 2016 to confirm the members and liaisons of the Customer Service Committee will not be needed. Instead there will be an email ballot on two motions: confirming the Customer Service Committee Slate of members and liaisons and the GAC Communique response. The email ballot will run for four days, 6th 7th 8th and 9th August 2016. Separate instructions will be forthcoming on the email ballot. The motions for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance (i.e. TUESDAY, 26 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC) of the commencement of the voting period on 6 August 2016. These dates will be posted on the GNSO Calendar page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar 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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REMINDER (Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team)
by Mary Wong July 25, 2016

July 25, 2016

Hello and thanks to Amr for his question and reminder that the closing date for volunteers to send in their names was set to be Friday 22 July. As such, Councilors for those Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies that have not yet formally submitted names of volunteers are kindly requested to do so at their earliest convenience. FYI, as of today (21 July), staff has only received the names of five volunteers from the NCSG. Please note also that, in accordance with the resolution that established this Drafting Team, volunteers should be those who “can demonstrate reasonable knowledge of or experience with the process of revising the ICANN Bylaws or GNSO Operating Procedures.” In addition, the resolution provides that “the Drafting Team shall reflect the current composition of the GNSO and as such, the GNSO Council may review the number of volunteers identified by the GNSO Council members.” Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org Telephone: +1-603-5744889 From: <owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Amr Elsadr <aelsadr(a)egyptig.org> Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 19:50 To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel(a)godaddy.com> Cc: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team Hi, This wasn’t very clear to me, so yes…, it does help greatly. Thanks James. Amr On Jul 22, 2016, at 1:37 AM, James M. Bladel <jbladel(a)godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com>> wrote: Hi Amr- In fact, yes, I believe we were expecting the vetting of criteria/capabilities to be done by the SGs and Cs. Or, to turn the question around, I don’t believe it was anticipated that the Council would question or veto the selected member of any SG or C due to concerns. Hope this helps. J. From: <owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of Amr Elsadr <aelsadr(a)egyptig.org<mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org>> Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 18:36 To: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team Hi, We just ended our monthly call, and I had a question on the AOB agenda item number 9.2 concerning “Update on status of progress on the Drafting Team that is to identify new and additional rights and responsibilities for the GNSO under the revised ICANN Bylaws”: In the below email, there are some qualifications described for potential volunteers to this group. I was wondering who is meant to determine whether these qualifications are met in volunteers. Is the GNSO Council meant to do this, or are the SGs/Cs supposed to do this prior to submitting names? I didn’t think the second scenario was the case, as the application process seems to be simply notifying a councillor of the desire to join the group, who would be expected, in turn, to communicated this to the GNSO secretariat. As James mentioned on the call, the deadline for applications to join this group is tomorrow. Thanks. Amr On Jul 8, 2016, at 5:58 PM, Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org<mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org>> wrote: Dear GNSO Councilors, Please see the following Call for Volunteers. Kind regards, Nathalie -- Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Recommendations to Implement the GNSO’s New Roles and Obligations Under the Revised ICANN Bylaws In Brief Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO’s new roles and obligations under the post-transition ICANN Bylaws. What This Team Will Do The Drafting Team will work with ICANN staff to fully identify all the new or additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO has under the post-transition Bylaws, including but not limited to participation of the GNSO within the Empowered Community, and to develop new or modified structures and procedures (as necessary) to fully implement these new or additional rights and responsibilities. The Drafting Team shall provide the GNSO Council with an implementation plan, which will have the consensus of the Drafting Team, including any recommendations for needed further changes to ICANN Bylaws and/or GNSO Operating Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation in ICANN activities under the revised ICANN Bylaws, not later than 30 September 2016. As part of the process of its consideration of the implementation plan, intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote, the Council may further request that the Drafting Team work with ICANN staff to develop new, or propose modifications to existing, procedures and structures to implement the revised Bylaws for the GNSO. Any such new, or proposed modifications to existing procedures and structures to implement the revised Bylaws for the GNSO are also intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote. How to Join Volunteers for the Drafting Team will be identified by GNSO Council members. Volunteers should express interests and can demonstrate reasonable knowledge of or experience with the process of revising the ICANN Bylaws or GNSO Operating Procedures. The Drafting Team shall reflect the current composition of the GNSO and as such, the GNSO Council may review the number of volunteers identified by the GNSO Council members. GNSO Councilors are requested to identify volunteers by email to gnso-sec(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-sec@icann.org> by 22 July 2016. Next steps As noted above, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated to the GNSO Council and that the volunteers should be identified by GNSO Council members. It is anticipated that the Drafting Team will convene online for the first time in early August 2016. Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Drafting Team’s work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks. Further information and Preparation For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are encouraged to review the table at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14…. Background On 27 May 2016 the ICANN Board adopted a set of new ICANN Bylaws, as revised on 26 May 2016, that aim to reflect changes needed to implement the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal and such adoption is contingent on the proposed transition away of remaining United States Government oversight of ICANN. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is aware that changes that may need to be made to the GNSO’s current Operating Procedures and related mechanisms and to the ICANN Bylaws in order to give effect to new roles and obligations of the GNSO under the new Bylaws, such as those in this table (http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14…) including but not limited to the GNSO’s participation in the Empowered Community. Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO’s new roles and obligations under the revised ICANN Bylaws.

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For your review - latest version of GNSO Review of GAC Communique
by Marika Konings July 23, 2016

July 23, 2016

Dear All, As discussed during today’s meeting, please find attached the latest version of the GNSO Review of the GAC Communique. On page 7 you will find the addition suggested by James in bold. Please review this document and share any comments and/or edits you may have by Wednesday 27 July at the latest. Thanks, Marika Marika Konings Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings(a)icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-…>.

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Electronic Ballot 6-9 August 2016
by Glen de Saint Géry July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

Dear Councillors, Please note that the GNSO Council at its meeting on 21 July 2016 agreed that a special GNSO Council meeting on Tuesday, 9 August 2016 to confirm the members and liaisons of the Customer Service Committee will not be needed. Instead there will be an email ballot on two motions: confirming the Customer Service Committee Slate of members and liaisons and the GAC Communique response. The email ballot will run for four days, 6th 7th 8th and 9th August 2016. Separate instructions will be forthcoming on the email ballot. The motions for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance (i.e. TUESDAY, 26 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC) of the commencement of the voting period on 6 August 2016. These dates will be posted on the GNSO Calendar page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar 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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Final GNSO Review WG Charter
by Marika Konings July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

Dear All, Following yesterday’s GNSO Council meeting, please find attached the finalized GNSO Review WG Charter which has been updated to reflect the choice for option 1 in relation to the SCI (‘Upon completion of these tasks, and as noted above, any new requests will revert to the GNSO Review Working Group for consideration. Following the completion of these two tasks, the SCI will be disbanded as its work will have been superseded by the GNSO Review Working Group.’) as well as the clarification that any proposed recommendations that concern the GNSO Operating Procedures and/or ICANN Bylaws require full consensus of the WG (‘In the case of recommended changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures and/or ICANN Bylaws, only recommendations that have achieved full consensus of the WG shall be forwarded to the GNSO Council. All other recommendations shall be forwarded if they achieve either consensus or full consensus of the WG.’). Unless there are any further concerns, staff will now proceed with the call for volunteers for the GNSO Review Working Group as well as notify the SCI concerning the Council’s decision. Best regards, Marika Marika Konings Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings(a)icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-…>.

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MP3 recording and chat transcript GNSO Council 21 July 2016
by Glen de Saint Géry July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

Dear All, Please find the MP3 recording of the GNSO Council teleconference held on Thursday, 21 July 2016 at: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-21jul16-en.mp3 as well as the Adobe chat transcript at : http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-21jul16-en.pdf both on page http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#jul Thank you. Happy listening and reading! 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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Council meeting of 21 July, comment on Agenda item 7
by Heather Forrest July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

Dear Council colleagues, I would like to make a comment in relation to Item 7 (WHOIS conflicts with national laws) on our agenda today. I had to drop from the AC room so was not able to raise my hand, and in the interests of time we moved very swiftly on to Item 8 before I interrupted via the bridge. I would like to express disappointment at the fact that we didn't manage to separate the two issues of entire policy/IAG proposal re trigger in our discussion today. As our agenda was drafted, our discussion today should have dealt purely with the matter of the IAG's proposed modification to the procedure, which I understand do not affect the underlying policy. If this fact (that they do not affect the underlying policy) is a reason for rejecting the proposal, then that needs to be stated explicitly to stay within our agenda. While I appreciate that we set the timeline here (ie, we are not subject to an outside timeline constraint), the fact of the matter is that the IAG was formed, it conducted its work, developed a Final Report, and communicated that Final Report to Council. As is how we do things, now it falls on us to consider the proposal in that Final Report and reach some decision on it. I suggest in our September meeting that we put the Final Report with its proposal on our agenda for determination. We debate it, reach a conclusion as to its conformity with the underlying policy if this is appropriate, and conclude this matter. If there is a desire to review/revise the substantive policy, this needs to be done through the appropriate processes as per the Bylaws. Otherwise, we undermine the IAG specifically and the way GNSO policy is made more generally. I make these comments without intending any particular outcome as regards the IAG's proposal, but rather out of concern for preserving our working methods from disintegration, both from without and from within. Thank you for considering this comment, albeit delayed. Many thanks and best wishes, Heather

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REVIEW: Draft minutes of the GNSO Public Council meeting 30 June 2016
by Glen de Saint Géry July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

Dear Councillors, Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 30 June 2016 for your review. If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the GNSO Rules of Procedure <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf> section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on 1 August 2016. Thank you very much. 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<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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Call for Volunteers for GNSO Drafting Team
by Nathalie Peregrine July 21, 2016

July 21, 2016

Dear GNSO Councilors, Please see the following Call for Volunteers. Kind regards, Nathalie -- Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team to Further Develop Recommendations to Implement the GNSO's New Roles and Obligations Under the Revised ICANN Bylaws In Brief Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO's new roles and obligations under the post-transition ICANN Bylaws. What This Team Will Do The Drafting Team will work with ICANN staff to fully identify all the new or additional rights and responsibilities that the GNSO has under the post-transition Bylaws, including but not limited to participation of the GNSO within the Empowered Community, and to develop new or modified structures and procedures (as necessary) to fully implement these new or additional rights and responsibilities. The Drafting Team shall provide the GNSO Council with an implementation plan, which will have the consensus of the Drafting Team, including any recommendations for needed further changes to ICANN Bylaws and/or GNSO Operating Procedures to enable effective GNSO participation in ICANN activities under the revised ICANN Bylaws, not later than 30 September 2016. As part of the process of its consideration of the implementation plan, intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote, the Council may further request that the Drafting Team work with ICANN staff to develop new, or propose modifications to existing, procedures and structures to implement the revised Bylaws for the GNSO. Any such new, or proposed modifications to existing procedures and structures to implement the revised Bylaws for the GNSO are also intended to be approved by a GNSO supermajority vote. How to Join Volunteers for the Drafting Team will be identified by GNSO Council members. Volunteers should express interests and can demonstrate reasonable knowledge of or experience with the process of revising the ICANN Bylaws or GNSO Operating Procedures. The Drafting Team shall reflect the current composition of the GNSO and as such, the GNSO Council may review the number of volunteers identified by the GNSO Council members. GNSO Councilors are requested to identify volunteers by email to gnso-sec(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-sec@icann.org> by 22 July 2016. Next steps As noted above, the GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated to the GNSO Council and that the volunteers should be identified by GNSO Council members. It is anticipated that the Drafting Team will convene online for the first time in early August 2016. Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Drafting Team's work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks. Further information and Preparation For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are encouraged to review the table at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14…. Background On 27 May 2016 the ICANN Board adopted a set of new ICANN Bylaws, as revised on 26 May 2016, that aim to reflect changes needed to implement the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal and such adoption is contingent on the proposed transition away of remaining United States Government oversight of ICANN. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is aware that changes that may need to be made to the GNSO's current Operating Procedures and related mechanisms and to the ICANN Bylaws in order to give effect to new roles and obligations of the GNSO under the new Bylaws, such as those in this table (http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/revised-bylaws-notes-comments-procedures-14…) including but not limited to the GNSO's participation in the Empowered Community. Per the motion adopted on 30 June 2016, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a Drafting Team to further develop recommendations to implement the GNSO's new roles and obligations under the revised ICANN Bylaws.

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TR: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#210]
by Glen de Saint Géry July 21, 2016

July 21, 2016

FYI De : ICANN [mailto:no-reply@wufoo.com] Envoyé : jeudi 21 juillet 2016 22:47 À : gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org; council(a)gnso.icann.org Objet : GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#210] Name of Officer: * Graeme Bunton Officer Email Address: * gbunton(a)tucows.com<mailto:gbunton@tucows.com> Date Prepared: * Thursday, July 21, 2016 GNSO Organization: * Registries Stakeholder Group Officer Position or Title: * Chair Voting Remedy: * Proxy Reason(s) for or condition(s) leading to the remedy: * After some discussion, it turns out that our best option is to give a proxy vote to Volker Greimann, as at the request of the RrSG ExCom he can serve on the GNSO until our election process is complete. As such, the proxy previously given to James Bladel should instead be given to Volker Greimann, and please extend my apologies to all of those confused by this muddling. The other proxy, given to Donna Austin for Jenn Gore's old seat still stands. Specific subject(s)/measure(s)/motion(s)/action(s) of the Council for which the remedy is being exercised: * Volker Greimann should act as a proxy for any/all council votes. 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] * Monday, August 1, 2016 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: * Volker Greimann

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