Thanks, Glen, for the notice of the upcoming Council call with the
agenda.
However, I have a question that I would invite Olof to respond to. And,
perhaps Bruce...
As I recall, regarding the work plan for new gTLD policy, there was a
motion approved by Council, which agreed that there would be a work plan
developed by staff -- for agreement by council -- of a modified time frame
for the gTLD policy development process. Our discussion included, as I recall,
recognition that the review of Council acknowledged that the present PDP time
process is often not realistic and that council should develop and gain
agreement of the modification for the work plan, rather than simply ignore the
timeframes.
We have to take into account in our work plan that we have to address interactions
with the GAC Subcommittee on the GNSO, and I believe that the Council invited
the liaison of that committee to work with us toward a conference call
discussion between now and Wellington, and toward a face to face interaction in
our two day policy development session, if I recall the Council's last conf. call
session and the specific discussion on this topic.
However, I don't think that Olof has yet had a chance to deliver that
modified work plan to council for discussion, and it should be on our agenda as
an item. Item 3 seems to ignore that previous discussion and assignment by Council,
and that is probably an omission.
I propose that the agenda just be expanded to add the discussion of the
need to develop and agree a revised work plan.
Best regards,
Marilyn Cade
Draft Agenda for Council meeting Monday 6 February 2006
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-6feb06.shtml
Item 1: Approval of minutes
- GNSO Council teleconference minutes 17 January 2006
Item 2: Issues Report on policy issues raised in the proposed com
agreement
- consider the issues report (due 1 Feb 2006)
- decide whether to initiate the PDP
(see "Initiation of PDP" in section 3, Annex A, of the ICANN
bylaws)
"3. Initiation of PDP
The Council shall initiate the PDP as follows:
a. Issue Raised by the Board. If the Board directs the Council to
initiate the PDP, then the Council shall meet and do so within fifteen
(15) calendar days after receipt of the Issue Report, with no
intermediate vote of the Council.
b. Issue Raised by Other than by the Board. If a policy issue is
presented to the Council for consideration via an Issue Report, then
the
Council shall meet within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of
such Report to vote on whether to initiate the PDP. Such meeting may be
convened in any manner deemed appropriate by the Council, including in
person, via conference call or via electronic mail.
c. Vote of the Council. A vote of more than 33% of the Council members
present in favor of initiating the PDP will suffice to initiate the
PDP;
unless the Staff Recommendation stated that the issue is not properly
within the scope of the ICANN policy process or the GNSO, in which case
a Supermajority Vote of the Council members present in favor of
initiating the PDP will be required to initiate the PDP."
Item 3: Initial Report on new gTLDs
- consider cosnsitutency statements and public comments (due 31 Jan
2006)
- discuss content of Initial Report (due on 15 Feb 2006)
(see section 8 (c), Annex A, of the ICANN bylaws)
"c. The Staff Manager will take all Constituency Statements,
Public
Comment Statements, and other information and compile (and post on the
Comment Site) an Initial Report within fifty (50) calendar days after
initiation of the PDP. Thereafter, the PDP shall follow the provisions
of Item 9 below in creating a Final Report."
Item 4: Next meeting - 21 Feb 2006
- Consider holding a two day physical meeting around 21 Feb 2006 in
above
- note the Final Report on new gTLDs is due on 15 March 2006
(see section 9 (c), Annex A, of the ICANN bylaws)
"9. Public Comments to the Task
c. The Staff Manager shall prepare the Final Report and submit it to
the
Council chair within ten (10) calendar days after the end of the public
comment period."
Item 5: Statements of Interest
Item 6: Any other business