Dear All,
Ahead of the official Council minutes, the
following resolution was passed at the Council meeting on Thursday, 18 February
2010.
Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO
Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC Accountability and Transparency RT as
amended.
WHEREAS, in furtherance of ICANN’s
responsibilities under the Affirmation of Commitments, applicants are being
sought to volunteer to serve on the review team for Accountability and
Transparency <link to
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm >;
WHEREAS, the Accountability and Transparency
review team will include members endorsed by the GNSO in its efforts;
WHEREAS, the GNSO Council desires to adopt a
one-time process to provide endorsements for applicants to serve on the first
Accountability and Transparency review;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:
RESOLVED, that the Endorsement Process
described in the attached document
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endorsement-nominees-process-proposal-10feb10-en.pdf
is hereby approved;
RESOLVED FURTHER, that each Stakeholder Group
and the GNSO Council Nominating Committee appointees should immediately commence
their selection processes in accordance with the Endorsement Process;
RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to
post and distribute the Endorsement Process as widely as possible to all GNSO
related groups in an effort to inform qualified applicants of the important
work of the Accountability and Transparency review team;
RESOLVED FURTHER, the Council shall form an
Evaluation Team made up of one Councilor from each SG plus one Nominating
Committee Appointee in its meeting on 18 February to assess the responses and
report to the Council list not later than 10 March or 14 March;
RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to
schedule a Special Council Teleconference call on 15, 16 or 17 March at a time
that maximizes Councilor participation for the purpose of finalizing GNSO
endorsements;
RESOLVED FURTHER, the Affirmation of
Commitments Review Drafting Team is requested to continue its work to develop a
longer-term process for Council consideration in April.
The motion passed by a roll call vote.
18 Votes in favour
6 votes in favour Contracted Parties House
Chuck Gomes, Edmon Chung, Caroline Greer,
Stéphane van Gelder, Tim Ruiz, Adrian Kinderis.
Absent: Terry Davis NCA
12 votes in favour Non Contracted Parties House
Zahid Jamil, Jaime Wagner, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben,
Kristina Rosette, David Taylor, Rafik Dammak, Rosemary Sinclair, Debra Hughes,
Mary Wong, Wendy Seltzer, Bill Drake, and Olga Cavalli.
One abstention Mike Rodenbaugh- reason to
be provided
An evaluation team was formed consisting
of:
Adrian Kinderis - Registrar Stakeholder
Group
Caroline Greer – gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben – Commercial Stakeholder
Group
Bill Drake – Non Commercial Stakeholder
Group
Olga Cavalli – NCA
Margie Milam – Policy Staff support
Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org