Dear Councillors, Please find the GNSO Council agenda for the meeting on Thursday, 7 January 2010 in plain text below and posted on the website at: http://gnso.icann.org/ http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-07jan10-en.htm and on the Wiki at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_7_january_2010 Please note that all motions should be sent to the Council list not later than Wednesday, 30 December 2009 to be considered at the Council meeting on 7 January 2010. Motions will thereafter be posted on the Wiki for easy reference. Please review the updated GNSO Project Status List http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf which has been posted at http://gnso.icann.org/ under the heading: GNSO Project Status List And inserted into the agenda, as well as the written status updates at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-07jan10-en.htm GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda - 7 January 2010 This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC - (see below for the full list and http://www.timeanddate.com for other times) (10:00 HAST, 12:00 PST, 15:00 EST, 21:00 CET; 04:00 Hong Kong, 07:00 Melbourne Friday) Chair: Chuck Gomes; Vice Chairs: Olga Cavalli & Stéphane Van Gelder Note: This meeting will be recorded. Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins. 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. 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 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 D.C.? 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 Cavalli) 3.2 Next steps? Item 4: The IDN Implementation Working Team Final Report 4.1 Refer to report at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/idn-implementation-working-team-rep... 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: AGP Limits Policy - Implementation Report 5.1 Refer to http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agp-limits-policy-report-14dec09-en.pdf 5.2 Discussion 5.3 Action items? 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: AOB 7.1 Staff update on plans to ensure safety and security in Nairobi 7.2 Other? 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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Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org