Proposed
GNSO Council Agenda 20 May 2010
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_20_may_2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-20may10-en.htm
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.
Meeting Time 15:00 UTC
See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/
for other times:
08:00 PDT; 10:00 CDT; 11:00
EDT; 12:00 Buenos Aires; 12:00 Brazil; 16:00 Ireland; 17:00 CET; 19:00 Moscow;
20:00 Pakistan; 23:00 Hong Kong; 00:00 Tokyo, 01:00 Friday Melbourne
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.
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join the GNSO Council Adobe Connect room*http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/gnsocouncil/*
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Item 1: Administrative matters
(10 minutes)
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 previous Council meeting per the GNSO
Operating Procedures:
• 21 April 2010 meeting – Approved 5 May 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-21apr10-en.htm
Item 2: Prioritization GNSO
work (15 Minutes)
2.1 Refer to TIMELINE FOR
FIRST WORK PRIORITIZATION EFFORT
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/cover-letter-work-prioritization-project-list-30apr10-en.pdf
2.2 Refer to Staff Recommended
Projects List
GNSO Work Prioritization Project List
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/work-prioritization-project-list-30apr10-en.pdf
2.3 Motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?20_may_motions
2.4 Discussion
2.5 Vote
(Note that absentee voting
will not be allowed on this motion.)
Item 3: GNSO AoC DT
Endorsement Process (25 minutes)
3.1 Overview of AoC Endorsement Process (Bill Drake)
3.2 GNSO input requested from
Janis Karklins:
• Size and composition
of the Review Teams ‘Security Stability and Resilience of the DNS’
and ‘Whois policy’
• Draft text of call for
volunteers representing SO/ACs for the Affirmation reviews ‘Security
Stability and Resilience of the DNS’ and ‘Whois policy’
• Recommendations from
the GNSO AoC Review DT (Bill Drake)
• Discussion
3.32 GNSO Endorsement
Procedures
• GNSO AoC Review DT
Recommendations (Bill Drake)
• Discussion
• Motion?
3.43 Next steps?
Item 4: IDNG DT Recommendation
re. New gTLD Process (15 minutes)
4.1 Report (Edmon Chung)
4.2 Motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?20_may_motions4.3
Discussion
4.4 Vote
Item 5: Schedule and Agendas
for GNSO Brussels Meetings (15 minutes)
5.1 Note that meeting schedule
and agendas must be posted not later than 29 May.
5.2 Overview (Stephane Van
Gelder & Glen de Saint Gery)
5.3 Discussion
5.4 Possible Joint SO/AC
meeting re. RAA WG (Monday afternoon?)
Item 6: AGP Policy questions
(10 minutes)*
6.1 Discussion of questions
raised by Craig Schwartz in the 21 April Council meeting
• Should the Council
consider modifying the AGP Limits Policy to no longer require semi-annual
updates?
• Should the Council consider modifying the AGP Limits Policy by defining
the terms “extraordinary circumstances” or “reoccur
regularly? For example:
o Should instances of consumer
fraud automatically be a legitimate use of AGP deletes?
o If a registrar proactively takes down (i.e., deletes) domains that are known
to propagate a fraudulent activity such as phishing, should the registrar bear
the cost if the deletions cause the registrar to exceed the threshold defined
in the Policy?
6.2 Next steps?
Item 7: Whois Studies (15
minutes) *
7.1 Refer to:
• Whois Studies Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf
• ICANN's FY11 Draft
Operating Plan and Budget:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2011
"In accordance with
ICANN’s bylaws, a draft FY11 Operating Plan and Budget will be posted by
17 May 2010 for community feedback."
(Note: Public comment period is open.)
7.2 Note the amount in the
Draft Budget for Whois Studies: $ 400,000
7.3 Draft Terms of Reference
for WHOIS Proxy/Privacy Services "abuse" study
76.3.1 Refer to:
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/whois-proxy-abuse-studies-28apr10-en.pdf
7.3.2 Brief overview (Liz
Gasster)
7.3.3 Discussion
7.4 Discussion of how to
proceed in selecting studies
7.5 Next steps?
76.6 Comments regarding the
Draft Operating Plan & Budget from constituencies, SGs & individual
GNSO participants are encouraged.
Item 8: Other Business (5
minutes)
8.1 Note: It is planned to
consider GNSO Improvements OSC recommendations from the CCT and the GCOT in our
next meeting on 10 June.
Item 9: Status updates (5
minutes)
9.1 Refer to WG/WT/DT status
updates:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-20may10-en.htm
9.2 Questions/comments on
written status updates sent in advance by leaders of Working Groups, Work
Teams, staff projects, etc.?
Status updates:
Item 10: The updated GNSO
Project Status List (5 minutes)
10.1 Refer to Pending Projects
List:
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
10.1 Questions/comments?
**Note: Agenda items 6 (Whois
Studies) & 7 (AGP Policy questions) may need to be delayed in whole or in
part if earlier items require more time than what is allotted. Items 2
(Prioritization of GNSO work), 3 (GNSO AoC DT Endorsement Process), 4 (IDNG DT
Recommendation re. New gTLD Process) & 5 (Schedule and Agendas for GNSO
Brussels Meetings) all require action in this meeting and as such could take
more time than what is allocated.*
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:
1. Create an Issues Report:
requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of
one House;
2. 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;
3. 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”);
4. 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;
5. Approve a PDP
Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a
GNSO Supermajority; and
6. 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:
1. Initiate a policy
development process;
2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
4. 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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Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere
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Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 15:00UTC
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California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 08:00
Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 10:00
New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 11:00
Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00
Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+1DST 16:00
Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+1DST 19:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00
Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+0DST 01:00 next day
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The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00 local time
(with exceptions)
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