On behalf of the OSC, I am submitting the following motion for approval of the OSC Charter by the Council in its 8 January 2009 meeting. I welcome a second, any friendly amendments and questions. Chuck Gomes Motion to Approve the OSC Charter 30 December 2008 Whereas: * The GNSO Council reviewed and accepted the new GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-impl ementation-plan-16oct08.pdf> [PDF, 96K] developed by the Planning Team at its 16 October meeting. * That Plan called for the creation of an Operations Steering Committee (OSC) to oversee efforts to enhance the GNSO's structure, constituencies, and communications. * The OSC was formed and held five teleconference meetings and conducted various online discussions as of 30 December 2008. * The OSC reviewed and modified the draft OSC Charter prepared by the GNSO Improvements Planning Team and recommends that the Council approve the revised draft Charter dated 22 Dec 08 and contained at the committee's wiki site at https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?operations_steering_committee_o sc <https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?operations_steering_committee_ osc> . Resolve: * The GNSO Council approves the OSC Charter and directs the OSC to proceed in fulfilling the terms of that Charter.