I second this motion. Debra Y. Hughes l Senior Counsel American Red Cross Office of the General Counsel 2025 E Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Phone: (202) 303-5356 Fax: (202) 303-0143 HughesDeb@usa.redcross.org <mailto:HughesDeb@usa.redcross.org> ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Olga Cavalli Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:01 AM To: GNSO Council Subject: [council] New version of the motion Hi, this is a new version of the motion I submitted yesterday for GNSO consideration. This version has all links included and a better redaction, although the content and purpose of the motion is exactly the same. Regards Olga GNSO COUNCIL RESOLUTION: APPROVAL OF GCOT AND CSG-WT DELIVERABLES WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, at its 23 June 2010 meeting in Brussels, accepted a set of deliverables submitted by the GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) <https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team> and the Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT) <https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team> ; WHEREAS, a twenty-one (21) day Public Comment Forum <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gcot-csg-recommendations> completed between 28 June 2010 and 18 July 2010 and a Staff Summary and Analysis <http://forum.icann.org/lists/gcot-csg-recommendations/msg00001.html> has been published; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council agreed to take action on the these deliverables as soon as possible after the end of the public comment period; and WHEREAS, there were no public comments submitted that would amend any of the GCOT or CSG-WT recommendations. NOW, BE IT THEREFORE: RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council approves the following set of five GCOT deliverables, without further modification: o Section 2.1-Council Member Term Limits <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-term-limits-24may 10-en.pdf> o Section 2.4-Board Seat Elections <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-board-seat-electi ons-24may10-en.pdf> o Section 3.8-Absences and Vacancies <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-absences-vacancie s-11jun10-en.pdf> o Chapter 4.0-Voting <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-voting-11jun10-en .pdf> o Chapter 5.0-Statements and Disclosures of Interest <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-soi-doi-11jun10-e n.pdf> [Note that two sections, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3, are not approved pending further Staff action to be determined. These sections are footnoted in the document as "inactive" until subsequently approved by the OSC and Council]. RESOLVED FURTHER, that Staff has incorporated the above Sections and Chapters into a new version of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) < http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-draft-05aug10-en.pdf>, which becomes effective immediately upon adoption; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council approves the following CSG-WT deliverable <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en. pdf>, which is organized into two sections as follows: o Sections 2.1 & 2.2: Recommended Common Operating Principles and Participation Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, which Staff has incorporated into a new Chapter 7.0 in the above-referenced GNSO Operating Procedures; and o Section 2.3: Recommendations on a GNSO Database of Community Members. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council directs Staff to provide Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above to GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies for use in amending their charters, as appropriate; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council hereby expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the GCOT and CSG Work Teams for their dedication, commitment, and thoughtful recommendations.