Dear Council Members, Ahead of the complete minutes, please find the resolutions that were passed by the GNSO Council teleconference on Tuesday 20 November 2007. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen ............................................................................ Resolution 1 Whereas, the Council has previously requested and received both the 15 June 2007 "GNSO Issues Report on Dispute Handling for IGO Names and Abbreviations" http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/igo-names/issues-report-igo-drp-15jun07.pdf and the 28 September 2007 "Staff Report on Draft IGO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure;" http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-igo-drp-report-v2-28sep07.pdf and Whereas, the Council believes that further work on the draft IGO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure is appropriate before voting on whether to initiate a policy development process on this issue; and Whereas, the Intellectual Property Constituency is drafting and expects to distribute not later than 28 November a revised proposed draft dispute resolution procedure, Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Council postpones until its 20 December meeting the vote on whether to initiate a policy development process. Resolution 2 Whereas the issues report on Inter-Registrar Transfers http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/issues-report-transfer-denial-clarifi... has been released and discussed The GNSO council resolves to initiate a PDP to address the issues set forth in the Issues Report by the Staff. Resolution 3 failed Whereas the Council has decided to initiate a PDP on Inter-registrar Transfers, a Task Force will be created according to the By-laws, section 5 of Annex A of the GNSO Policy Development Process. Thus Pursuant to the ICANN Bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#AnnexA-8 8. Procedure if No Task Force is Formed a. If the Council decides not to convene a task force, the Council will request that, within ten (10) calendar days thereafter, each constituency appoint a representative to solicit the constituency's views on the issue. Each such representative shall be asked to submit a Constituency Statement to the Staff Manager within thirty-five (35) calendar days after initiation of the PDP. b. The Council may also pursue other options that it deems appropriate to assist in the PDP, including appointing a particular individual or organization to gather information on the issue or scheduling meetings for deliberation or briefing. All such information shall be submitted to the Staff Manager within thirty-five (35) calendar days after initiation of the PDP. 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. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org