Dear Councillors,
In preparation for the GNSO Council Meeting
on Thursday/Friday 7/8 January 2010 please find the agenda below.
Please review the
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Status updates http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm
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GNSO Project Status List at:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
Please note that two items have been added for
discussion under Any Other Business
7.2.1 Draft
Proposal for Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
7.3 Joint Meeting with the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) in Nairobi
The call details will be resent in a
separate email.
Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Thank you and a very Happy New Year!
Glen
GNSO Council Agenda 7 January 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-07jan10-en.htm
Wiki version:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_7_january_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.
Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC
(see below and http://www.timeanddate.com for
other times)
(12:00 PST, 15:00 EST, 10:00 HAST, 21:00 CET;
04:00 Hong Kong, 07:00 Melbourne Friday)
Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to
Council members. Councilors should notify Glen in advance if a dial out call is
needed.
Item 1: Administrative matters
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:
• 17 December meeting – Approved
on 31 December 2009
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-17dec09-en.htm
Item 2: Issues Report regarding vertical
separation of Registries and Registrars
2.1 Refer to Issues Report on Vertical
Integration:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf
2.2 Overview of Issues Report (Margie Milam)
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/issues-report-summary-17dec09-en.pdf
2.3 Discussion
2.4 Information about the ICANN Consultation
on New gTLD Registry Agreement on 7 January 2010 in Washington D.C.?
(Margie/Kurt)
2.5 Next steps
2.5.1 Action regarding decision on whether or
not to initiate a PDP – 28 Jan meeting?
Item 3: Prioritization of GNSO work
3.1 Status Report (Olga)
3.2 Next steps?
Item 4: The Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)
Implementation Working Team Final Report
4.1 Refer to report at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-implementation-working-team-report-final-03dec09-en.pdf
4.2 Brief overview of report (Bart Boswinkel)
4.3 Action item: The working team report
recommends that the GNSO & ccNSO do policy work with regard to the following
two issues related to single-character IDN top level names:
1) selection of scripts for which single
character IDN TLDs should be allowed;
2) method for allocation of single character
IDN TLDs.
4.3.1 Discussion
4.3.2 Volunteers for working with ccNSO volunteers
to develop a draft charter?
Item 5: Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits
Policy - Implementation Report
5.1 Refer to
http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agp-limits-policy-report-14dec09-en.pdf
5.1.1 Staff Presentation – Craig Schwartz
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-gnso-agp-slides-07jan10-en.pdf
5.2 Action Items
5.3 Discussion
Item 6: Status updates
6.1 Items of interest to the GNSO from the
ccNSO (Olga Cavalli/Han Chuan Lee)
6.2 Other?
6.3 Questions/comments on written status
updates sent in advance by leaders of Working Groups, Work Teams, staff
projects, etc.?
Status updates
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm
Item 7: Any Other Business (AOB)
7.1 Staff update on plans to ensure safety and
security in Nairobi
7.2.1 Draft Proposal for Affirmation of
Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf
published at:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26dec09-en.htm
7.2.1.1 Brief review of the proposal
7.2.1.2 Should the Council submit comments on
behalf of the GNSO? If so, develop plan.
Public Comments:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#affrev
7.2.1.3 How should GNSO volunteers be
identified as nominees for each of the four review teams? (Next steps?)
7.3 Joint Meeting with the Government Advisory
Committee (GAC) in Nairobi
7.3.1 Discussion re. GAC proposed topics:
1) New gTLD policy implementation, including Expression
of Interest (EoI);
2) Affirmation of Commitments (AoC).
7.3.2 Other possible topics to propose to the
GAC?
7.3.3 Discussion re. how we should prepare for
the joint GAC/GNSO session.
Item 8: The updated GNSO Project Status
List (formerly Pending Action Item List) is at:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
8.1 Questions/comments?
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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GNSO Secretariat
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http://gnso.icann.org