Proposed GNSO Public Council Meeting Agenda
- Nairobi - Wednesday 10 March 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-10mar10-en.htm
Wiki agenda
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_10_march_2010
This agenda was established according to the
GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO
Council.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/operating-procedures-revised-draft-clean-09oct09-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 08:00 Local time in Nairobi
- 05:00 UTC.
See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com
for other times:
21:00 PST (Tuesday 9 March); 23:00 CST
(Tuesday 9 March); 00:00 EST; 02:00 Buenos Aires; 02:00 Brazil; 06:00 CET;
08:00 Moscow; 10:00 Pakistan; 13:00 Hong Kong; 14:00 Tokyo; 16:00 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.
Note: The opportunity for community
comments will be provided at selected points throughout the meeting.
Please click on the link to join the GNSO
Council Adobe Connect room
http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/gnsocouncil/
Please enter as a 'guest'.
Note : A 30 minute break is planned. It will be inserted at a convenient point in the agenda. Efforts will
be made to have the break at a time that will correspond as closely as possible
to the scheduled meeting break.
Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
1.1
Roll call of Council members
1.2 Update any statements of interest
1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the
following Council meetings per the new Council Operating Procedures:
• 18 February meeting - Approved on 1
March 2010.
Item 2: Vertical Integration PDP (20
minutes)
2.1 Refer to proposed charter for Vertical
Integration Policy Development Policy (PDP) Working Group (WG):
(insert URL when available)
2.2 Brief overview of the proposed charter
(Margie Milam)
2.3 Motion:
See: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions
2.4 Council Discussion
2.5 Community Comments
2.6 Vote
2.7 Next Steps
2.7.1 Formation of Working Group
2.7.2 Selection of Council Liaison
2.7.3 Other?
Item 3: GNSO Improvements (30 minutes)
3.1 Progress Reports
3.1.1 Policy Process Steering Committee
Estimated Completion Dates for Policy Development Process (PDP) work team (WT)
and Working Group Model (WT) (Marika Konings)
3.1.2 Operations Steering Committee
Estimated Completion Dates for GNSO Council Operations WT,
Constituency/Stakeholder Group WT and Communications & Coordination WT (Julie
Hedlund)
3.2 Renewal of Steering Committee Charters
3.2.1 Motion:
See: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions
3.2.2 Council Discussion
3.2.3 Vote
3.3 Review of GNSO Working Group Guidelines
3.3.1 Refer to GNSO Working Group
Guidelines
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05feb09-en.pdf
Version 5 February 2010 at
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05feb10-en.htm
3.3.2 Brief overview of GNSO Working Group
Guidelines (Marika Konings)
3.4 Council Discussion & Community
Comments
Item 4: Board Seat 13 Election
Confirmation (15 minutes)
4.1 Summary of the Contracted Party House
Election Process & Outcome (CPH Councilor TBD)
4.2 Motion:
See: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions
4.3 Council Discussion
4.4 Community Comments
4.5. Vote
Note: Absentee voting will be allowed
Item 5: New gTLD Implementation Issues
(30 minutes)
5.1 Expressions of Interest
5.1.1 Refer to
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm
Latest Draft Model:
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/eoi-model-18dec09-en.pdf
Public Comment:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-eoi-model/
Summary of Comments/Analysis
http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/summary-analysis-eoi-15feb10-en.pdf
5.1.2 Council Discussion
5.1.3 Community Comments
5.2 Other New gTLD Implementation Issues?
BREAK
Item 6: GNSO endorsements of Affirmation
of Commitments (AoC) Review Team volunteers (20 minutes)
6.1 Refer to the Draft Proposal for
Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf
6.2 Refer to motion approved on 18
February 2010,
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201002
the action plan
The Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) drafting
team (DT) Action Plan for Development of GNSO Endorsement of Review Team
(RT) Volunteers
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endorsement-volunteers-action-plan-10feb10-en.pdf
and process for GNSO endorsements of AoC
Review Team volunteers at:
The Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement
of Nominees to the Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and
Transparency(A&T RT) Review Team
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endnominees-process-proposal-10feb10-en.pdf
6.2.1 List of AoC A&T RT volunteers
seeking GNSO endorsement:
http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/
(Margie Milam)
6.2.2 Update from Evaluation Team (Margie
Milam or Evaluation Team lead)
6.2.3 GNSO Council and Community Comments
Item 7: Registration Abuse Policy (RAP) WG
Draft Report (30 Minutes)
7.1 Refer to:
Registration Abuse Policies Public Comment
Period at
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#rap-initial-report
Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap-wg-initial-report-12feb10-en.pdf
7.2 Overview of WG recommendations (Marika
Konings)
7.3 Council & Community Discussion
Item 8: Whois Studies (30 minutes)
8.1 Whois Studies Update (Liz Gasster)
8.2 Council Discussion
8.3 Community Discussion
Item 9: Prioritization of GNSO work (20
minutes)
9.1 Status Report (Olga Cavalli)
9.2 Next steps?
9.3 Council Discussion
9.4 Community Discussion
Item 10: Open Microphone (30 minutes)
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:
a. Create an Issues Report: requires an
affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House;
b. 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;
c. 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”);
d. 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;
e. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO
Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
f. 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:
a. Initiate a policy development process;
b. Forward a policy recommendation to the
Board;
c. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
d. 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.
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Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-2+1DST
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Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 06:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 06:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST
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Nairobi, Kenya UTC+3+0DST 08:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 10:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 13:00
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 14:00
Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST
16:00
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