Dear Councillors,
In preparation for the GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday, 8 September, at 15:00
UTC please find the updated agenda.
The motions before Council are on the Wiki at:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_september_motions
Please note there will be no audio cast due to technical difficulties.
Two Items have been added under Any Other Business
Item 9:
Other Business (5 Minutes)
9.1
Thanks to Staff for the revised format of the Pending GNSO Projects List; see
the link at:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
9.2 Charter Correction for JAS WG (SO/AC gTLD Applicant Support)
Agenda for
GNSO Council Meeting 8 September 2010.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-08sep10-en.htm
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_8_september_2010
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 15:00 UTC
See the
following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times:
08:00 PDT; 10:00 CDT; 11:00 EST; 12:00 Buenos Aires; 12:00 Brazil; 17:00 CET;
19:00 Moscow, 20:00 Karachi, 23:00 Hong Kong, 00:00
Thursday, 9 September
00:00 Tokyo, 01:00 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.
Item
1: Administrative matters (15 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 proecedures:
“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:
o GNSO Endorsements for the AoC SSR & Whois Policies RTs
o Whois studies
o Vertical Integration (VI) PDP WG
1.2 Update
any statements of interest
1.3
Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO
Operating Procedures:
• 26 August 2010 meeting – Scheduled for Approval on 16 September 2010.
Item
2: GNSO Endorsements for the AoC SSR & Whois Policies RTs (10 minutes)
2.1 Refer to:
• GNSO AoC
Reviews site: http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/
• GNSO SSR RT site: http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm
• GNSO Whois RT site: http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/whois-policies-en.htm
2.2 SG primary &
alternate endorsements:
|
|
CSG |
NCSG |
RrSG |
RySG |
|
SSR
Primary |
Jeff
Brueggeman |
David
Cake (Australia) |
Rick
Wilhelm |
Ken
Silva |
|
SSR
Alternate(s) |
|
George
Asare Sakyi |
|
|
|
Whois
Primary |
Susan
Kawaguchi |
Kim
G. Von Arx |
James
Bladel |
Kathy
Kleiman |
|
Whois
Alternate(s) |
|
|
|
|
2.3
Summary of Geographic & Gender Diversity for SG Primary Endorsements:
|
|
SSR
RT |
Whois
RT |
|
#
from Africa |
0 |
0 |
|
#
from Asia/Pacific |
1 |
0 |
|
#
from Europe |
0 |
1 |
|
#
from Latin America & Caribbean |
0 |
0 |
|
#
from North America |
3 |
3 |
|
#
Male |
4 |
2 |
|
#
Female |
0 |
2 |
2.4
Possible Candidates to Improve Diversity:
|
|
SSR
RT |
Whois
RT |
|
Africa
|
George
Asare Sakyi |
None |
|
Asia/Pacific
|
N/A |
None |
|
Europe
|
None |
N/A |
|
Latin
America & Caribbean |
None |
None |
|
North
America |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Number
Male |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Number
Female |
None |
N/A |
Note the ccNSO endorsements:
SSR RT: Ondrej Filip from Europe, Rodney Joffe from North
America and Simon McCalla from Europe (for two seats)
Whois RT: Emily Taylor from Europe (for one seat)
2.5 Should
the GNSO add one or two candidates to improve diversity of either RT slate?
• Motion
to approve the GNSO SSR RT slate including adding George Asare Sakyi
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8 September Motions
• Discussion
• Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this but new procedures may
apply.)
Note: GNSO endorsement slate is due to Selectors not later than 12 September
2010.
Item
3: Whois Studies (15 minutes)
3.1 Refer to:
• Whois
Studies Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf
• RFP for Proxy/Abuse Study:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-18may10-en.htm
• Liz Gasster's summary chart of the studies:
http://gnso.icann.org/whois/whois-studies-chart-30jul10-en.pdf
• Brief overview of the study choices presented by Lisa Phifer on 15 July:
http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-whois-report-23jun10-en.pdf
3.2 Motion
to proceed with Study # 1
• Refer to
motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8 September Motions
• Discussion
• Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this but new procedures may
apply.)
Item
4: Vertical Integration (VI) PDP WG (15 Minutes)
4.1 Refer to Revised Initial Report from the WG
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/revised-vi-initial-report-18aug10-en.pdf
4.2 Deadline for submission of report to the Board for their retreat: 13
September 2010.
4.3 Refer
to motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8 September Motions
• Discussion
• Vote
(Note that
absentee voting will not be allowed for this but new procedures may apply.)
Item
5: Suggested Improvements for GNSO Public Council meetings (15 minutes)
5.1 Proposed recommendations (Wendy Seltzer)
5.2 Discussion
Note: Target date for completion of work and submission of input to Stéphane
& Glen for schedule planning: 15 September
5.3 Next steps?
Item 6: Suggestions for
GNSO Council Interaction with the Board (15 Minutes)
6.1 Proposed recommendations (Stéphane Van Gelder)
• The Sunday dinner is a good socializing event.
• Another
session with the Board should be held during the ICANN meeting week.
- This
should be scheduled before the Sunday dinner, perhaps as a 1-hour session on
Sunday at 4pm.
- The
dinner should happen off-site, but somewhere close to the venue, at 6pm, on the
first Sunday of the ICANN meeting week.
- A
structured agenda is required to make the 4 pm session work, and to ensure
broad attendance. This should be worked on by the GNSO Council through advance
planning and liaising with the relevant entities.
• Unless
anyone objects, this group should be disbanded after our Sept 8 meeting and
Glen may close the group's email list.
6.2
Discussion
Note:
Target date for completion of work and submission of input to Stéphane &
Glen for schedule planning: 15 September
6.3 Next steps?
Item
7: New gTLD Recommendation 6 Community WG (20 minutes)
7.1 Refer to motion to approve Rec6 CWG ToR: (insert link)
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8 September Motions
•
Discussion
• Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this but new procedures may
apply.)
7.2 Brief progress report including possible recommendations (Margie Milam)
7.3 Discussion of possible recommendations
7.4 Preliminary GNSO Council comments?
Item
8: Status of Continued Action Items (10 Minutes)
8.1 Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendations Action Plan
(Marika Konings)
8.2
Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes)
8.3
Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation (Glen de Saint
Géry)
8.4 Prioritization of GNSO Projects (Chuck Gomes)
Item 9: Other Business
(5 Minutes)
9.1 Thanks to Staff
for the revised format of the Pending GNSO Projects List; see the link at:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
on page
http://gnso.icann.org/
9.2
Charter Correction for JAS WG (SO/AC gTLD Applicant Support)
The GNSO
Council voted for the motion "20100520-3" which includes links redirected
to the version of the Working Group Charter containing only 4 objectives (in
GNSO page http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-jas-wg-charter-12may10-en.htm)
while the correct version of the charter contains 5 objectives (see Wiki:
https://st.icann.org/so-ac-new-gtld-wg/index.cgi?so_ac_new_gtld_applicant_support_working_group)
and the GNSO website link:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/jas/draft-jas-charter-24may10-en.pdf
The missing objective, number 5 which is on the Wiki page and on the website:
Objective 5: To identify conditions and mechanisms required to minimize the
risk of inappropriate access to support.
is not in
the Council Resolutions link
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201005
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 March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN
hemisphere
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Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 15:00UTC
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California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 08:00
Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 10:00
New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 11:00
Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00
Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+1DST 16:00
Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+1DST 19:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00
Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+0DST 01:00 next day
________________________________________
The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00
local time (with exceptions)
Glen
de Saint Géry
GNSO
Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org