Dear All,
Please find the Remote participation details and detailed
agenda for the GNSO Open Council meeting on Wednesday, 10 March in Nairobi.
PLEASE NOTE: The Adobe Connect room is not the same
one that we use for our usual Council meetings. This is the link for the Adobe
Connect Room:
Virtual Meeting Room:
http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/tsavo/
Please call in with the dial-in details that will be sent
in a separate email.
http://nbo.icann.org/node/8887
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 - 08:00 - 12:30
Room: Tsavo A
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Two-Way Audio (Remote Dial-In / Teleconference):
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-10mar10-en.htm
Proposed GNSO Public Council Meeting Agenda - Nairobi
- Wednesday 10 March 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-10mar10-en.htm
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_10_march_2010
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 08:00 Local time in Nairobi- 05:00 UTC.
See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for
other times:
21:00 PST (Tuesday 9 March); 23:00 CST (Tuesday 9 March);
00:00 EST; 02:00 Buenos Aires; 02:00 Brazil; 06:00 CET; 08:00 Moscow; 10:00
Pakistan; 13:00 Hong Kong; 14:00 Tokyo; 16:00 Melbourne.
Note: The opportunity for community comments will be
provided at selected points throughout the meeting.
Note: A 30 minute break is planned. It will be inserted
at a convenient point in the agenda. Efforts will be made to have the break at
a time that will correspond as closely as possible to the scheduled meeting
break.
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 following
Council meetings per the new Council Operating Procedures:
* 18 February meeting - Approved on 1 March 2010.
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg08410.html
Item 2: Vertical Integration PDP (20 minutes)
2.1 Refer to proposed charter for Vertical
Integration Policy Development Policy (PDP) Working Group (WG):
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-wg-chartered-objectives-26feb10-en.pdf
2.2 Brief overview of the proposed charter (Margie
Milam)
2.3 Motion:
See:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions
2.4 Council Discussion
2.5 Community Comments
2.6 Vote
2.7 Next Steps
2.7.1 Formation of Working Group
2.7.2 Selection of Council Liaison
2.7.3 Other?
Item 3: GNSO Improvements (30 minutes)
3.1 Progress Reports
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-10mar10-en.htm
3.1.1 Policy Process Steering Committee Estimated
Completion Dates for Policy Development Process (PDP) work team (WT) and
Working Group Model (WT) (Marika Konings)
3.1.2 Operations Steering Committee Estimated
Completion Dates for GNSO Council Operations WT, Constituency/Stakeholder Group
WT and Communications & Coordination WT (Julie Hedlund)
3.2 Renewal of Steering Committee Charters
3.2.1 Motion:
See:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions
3.2.2 Council Discussion
3.2.3 Vote
3.3 Review of GNSO Working Group Guidelines
3.3.1 Refer to GNSO Working Group Guidelines
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05feb09-en.pdf
Version 5 February 2010 at:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05feb10-en.htm
3.3.2 Brief overview of GNSO Working Group
Guidelines (Marika Konings)
http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/nairobi2010/presentation-rap-wg-10mar10-en.pdf
3.4 Council Discussion & Community Comments
Item 4: Board Seat 13 Election Confirmation (15
minutes)
4.1 Summary of the Contracted Party House Election
Process & Outcome
CPH Councilor - Stephane van Gelder
4.2 Motion:
See:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions
4.3 Council Discussion
4.4 Community Comments
4.5. Vote
Note: Absentee voting will be allowed
Item 5: New gTLD Implementation Issues (30 minutes)
5.1 Expressions of Interest
5.1.1 Refer to
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/related-en.htm
Latest Draft Model:
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/eoi-model-18dec09-en.pdf
Public Comment:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-eoi-model/
Summary of Comments/Analysis
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/summary-analysis-eoi-15feb10-en.pdf
5.1.2 Council Discussion
5.1.3 Community Comments
5.2 Other New gTLD Implementation Issues?
BREAK
Item 6: GNSO endorsements of Affirmation of Commitments
(AoC) Review Team volunteers (20 minutes)
6.1 Refer to the Draft Proposal for Affirmation of
Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf
6.2 Refer to motion approved on 18 February 2010,
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201002
The action plan
The Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) drafting team
(DT) Action Plan for Development of GNSO Endorsement of Review Team (RT)
Volunteers
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endorsement-volunteers-action-plan-10feb10-en.pdf
and process for GNSO endorsements of AoC Review Team
volunteers at:
The Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees
to the Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency(A&T RT)
Review Team
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-endorsement-nominees-process-proposal-10feb10-en.pdf
6.2.1 List of AoC A&T RT volunteers seeking
GNSO endorsement:
http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
6.2.2 Update from Evaluation Team - Wolf-Ulrich
Knoben
6.2.3 GNSO Council and Community Comments
Item 7: Registration Abuse Policy (RAP) WG Draft
Report (30 Minutes)
7.1 Refer to:
Registration Abuse Policies Public Comment Period at
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201003-en.htm#rap-initial-report
Registration Abuse Policies Initial Report
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap-wg-initial-report-12feb10-en.pdf
7.2 Overview of WG recommendations (Greg Aaron)
http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/nairobi2010/presentation-rap-wg-10mar10-en.pdf
7.3 Council & Community Discussion
Item 8: Whois Studies (30 minutes)
8.1 Whois Studies Update (Liz Gasster)
http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/nairobi2010/presentation-update-gnso-requested-whois-studies-06mar10-en.pdf
8.2 Council Discussion
8.3 Community Discussion
Item 9: Prioritization of GNSO work (20 minutes)
9.1 Status Report (Jaime Wagner)
http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/nairobi2010/presentation-wpm-team-update-10mar10-en.pdf
9.2 Next steps?
9.3 Council Discussion
9.4 Community Discussion
Item 10: Open Microphone (30 minutes)
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 October and March, Winter in the
NORTHERN hemisphere
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Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 05:00
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California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 21:00 Tuesday 9 March
Cedar Rapids, USA (CST) UTC-6+0DST 23:00 Tuesday 9 March
New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 00:00
Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 02:00
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-2+1DST 02:00
Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 05:00
Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 06:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 06:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 08:00
Nairobi, Kenya UTC+3+0DST 08:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 10:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 13:00
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 14:00
Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 16:00
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The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2010, 2:00 or
3:00 local time (with exceptions)
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For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/
Thank you.
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat