Dear Council Members, Ahead of the complete minutes please find the resolutions that were passed at the GNSO Council meeting on 8 January 2009. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Motion 1 ========= The GNSO Council confirmed the election of Avri Doria, 24 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 1 person did not vote, as the GNSO Council chair for the period 1 February 2009 for the period until the newly structured GNSO Council is seated and a new chair is elected. Passed by voice vote with one abstention from Avri Doria. Motion 2 ========= Motion on gTLD Implementation Proposed by Chuck Gomes, seconded by Tony Harris Whereas: Implementation Guideline E states, "The application submission date will be at least four months after the issue of the Request for Proposal and ICANN will promote the opening of the application round." (See Final Report, Part A, Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains, dated 8 August 2007 at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm#_Toc43... ) The intent of the GNSO with regard to Guideline E was to attempt to ensure that all potential applicants, including those that have not been active in recent ICANN activities regarding the introduction of new gTLDs, would be informed of the process and have reasonable time to prepare a proposal if they so desire. The minimum 4-month period for promoting the opening of the application round is commonly referred to as the 'Communications Period'. It appears evident that a second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP) will be posted at some time after the end of the two 45-day public comment periods related to the initial version of the Guidebook (in English and other languages). Resolve: The GNSO Council changes Implementation Guideline E to the following: Best efforts will be made to ensure that the second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment at least 14 days before the first international meeting of 2009, to be held in Mexico from March 1 to March 6. ICANN will initiate the Communications Period at the same time that the second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment. The opening of the initial application round will occur no earlier than four (4) months after the start of the Communications Period and no earlier than 30 days after the posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP). As applicable, promotions for the opening of the initial application round will include: Announcement about the public comment period following the posting of the second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP) * Information about the steps that will follow the comment period including approval and posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP) * Estimates of when the initial application round will begin. 19 Votes in favour: Philip Sheppard, Zahid Jamil, Ute Decker, Tony Holmes, Tony Harris, Greg Ruth, William Drake, Carlos Souza, Terry Davis, Avri Doria, Olga Cavalli (one vote each) Stéphane van Gelder, Jordi Iprraguirre, Edmon Chung, Chuck Gomes (two votes each) 1 Vote against: Kristina Rosette (one vote) 3 Abstentions: Tim Ruiz (two votes) Mike Rodenbaugh (one vote) Absent: Adrian Kinderis, Cyril Chua, Mary Wong. Motion 3 ========= Aniticipated GNSO and ccNSO implementation of processes to introduce IDN TLDs in 2009 Proposed by Chuck Gomes, seconded by Adrian Kinderis with friendly amendments from Mike Rodenbaugh and Edmon Chung Whereas both the GNSO and ccNSO are anticipating implementation of processes to introduce IDN TLDs in 2009, Resolve 1) the GNSO Council strongly believes that neither the New gTLD or ccTLD fast track process should result in IDN TLDs in the root before the other unless both the GNSO and ccNSO so agree, and 2) fast track IDN ccTLDs should not be entered into the root if they do not have an enforceable commitment to do the following: i) follow security and stability requirements such as those contained in gTLD Registry contracts, IDN Guidelines and IDN standards; ii) pay ICANN fees sufficient to ensure that IDN ccTLDs are fully self-funding and are not cross-subsidized by other ICANN activities. 18 Votes in favour: Philip Sheppard, Mike Rodenbaugh, Zahid Jamil, Ute Decker, William Drake, Carlos Souza, Avri Doria, Olga Cavalli (one vote each) Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder, Chuck Gomes, Edmon Chung, Jordi Iparraguirre (two votes each) 5 Votes against: Kristina Rosette, Tony Holmes, Tony Harris, Greg Ruth, Terry Davis. Absent: Adrian Kinderis, Mary Wong, Cyril Chua. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org