Dear Councillors, Ahead of the official Council minutes, the following resolutions were passed by the GNSO Council at its open meeting in Brussels on 23 June 2010. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen GNSO COUNCIL RESOLUTION (Re: Work Prioritization) as amended Made by: Olga cavalli Seconded by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, at its 21 April 2010 meeting, adopted a resolution and timeline 21 april motions> to conduct its first Work Prioritization effort according to a set of procedures (proposed Chapter 6 and ANNEX) http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/wpmg-section-6-and-annex-09apr10-en.pdf> recommended by the Work Prioritization Model Drafting Team (WPM-DT); WHEREAS, the adopted timeline outlined four major process steps the first three of which have been completed as follows: 1) Step 1: ICANN Policy Staff prepared and delivered to the GNSO Council a recommended Work Prioritization Project List (v1.0), including a Cover Letter, on 30 April 2010 Council approved on 20 May 2010 http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/>]. 2) Step 2: Eighteen Councilors and one Liaison (19 total) submitted individual Value Ratings for all 15 Eligible Projects (approved in Step 1) on or before 9 June (deadline extended from 7 June), which were then successfully processed and aggregated by Staff for input to Step 3; 3) Step 3: The GNSO Council held a Work Prioritization group discussion session on 19 June 2010 in Brussels and successfully finalized a set of Value Ratings for 14 Eligible Projects (Note: the IDNF project was determined by the Council to be "Ineligible"); NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council approves the GNSO Work Prioritization Value Ratings finalized in its group discussion session held on 19 June 2010 and directs Staff to publish those Value Ratings on the GNSO website according to Step 4 of the adopted timeline. Motion carried with one abstention COUNCIL RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO CCT FINAL CONSOLIDATED REPORT carried over from 10 June 2010 (as amended by Alan Greenberg) Made by: Chuck Gomes Seconded by: Olga Cavalli WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, at its 21 May 2010 meeting, accepted the deliverable of the Communications and Coordination Work Team (CCT) as its final set of recommendations; WHEREAS, a twenty-one (21) day Public Comment Forum http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23apr10-en.htm completed between 23 April 2010 and 16 May 2010 and a Staff Summary and Analysis http://forum.icann.org/lists/cct-recommendations/msg00004.html has been prepared; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council agreed to take action on the CCT's recommendations as soon as possible after the end of the public comment period; NOW, BE IT THEREFORE: RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council approves the Final Consolidated Report http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/cct-consolidated-report-final-09apr10-en.pdf of the CCT, replacing the second sentence section 5.8 with "The CCT recommends that Working Group charters be drafted with careful attention to the issues and/or questions that should be considered and the goals/objectives desired to be accomplished in addition to desired timeframes.", and directs Staff to begin work on implementation. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council accepts the CCT's specific recommendation to convene a standing committee whose role will be to monitor, coordinate, and manage the continuing implementation of the various recommendations emanating from the chartered GNSO Improvements Work Teams; Motion passes unanimously by voice vote. MOTION Referring to the GNSO Council Operations Procedures Work Team (GCOT) and the Constituency Stakeholder Group Work Team (CSG) Recommendations Made by: Chuck Gomes Seconded by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework for implementing the various GNSO Improvements http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2008; WHEREAS, that framework included the formation, in January 2009, of two Steering Committees, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements; WHEREAS, the OSC established three work teams, including the GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team and the Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT), https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team which were chartered to focus on specific operational areas addressed in the BGC Report recommendations; http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report-03feb... WHEREAS, the GCOT has completed and submitted certain documents that it recommends be incorporated into the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) as follows: * Section 2.1-Council Member Term Limits http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-term-limits-24may10-en... * Section 2.4-Board Seat Elections http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-board-seat-elections-2... * Section 3.8-Absences and Vacancies http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-absences-vacancies-11j... * Chapter 4.0-Voting http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-voting-11jun10-en.pdf * Chapter 5.0-Statements and Disclosures of Interest http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-soi-doi-11jun10-en.pdf o Note that two sections, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3, are not approved pending further Staff action to be determined. These sections are footnoted in the document as "inactive" until subsequently approved by the OSC and Council. WHEREAS, the CSG-WT has completed and submitted the following document that it recommends be approved for implementation within the GNSO: * Recommended Common Operating Principles and Participation Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies; and Recommendations on a GNSO Database of Community Members http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en.pdf WHEREAS, the OSC has approved the above referenced GCOT amendments to the GOP and the CSG-WT recommendations and has forwarded these documents (via embedded links) to the GNSO Council on or before 15 June 2010; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council accepts these deliverables submitted by the Work Teams and approved by the OSC and directs Staff to post these aforementioned documents for twenty-one (21) days in the ICANN Public Comment Forum. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council shall take formal action on these documents, including potential modification, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the public comment period. Motion passed by voice vote. 2 abstentions: Kristina Rosette, David Taylor MOTION TO APPROVE AOC ENDORSMENT PROCESS: (Original motion carried over from 10 June) Made by: Bill Drake Seconded by: Caroline Greer Whereas, in furtherance of ICANN¹s responsibilities under the Affirmation of Commitment (AOC), the GNSO Council formed a drafting team to develop a process to endorse volunteers to serve on the each of the AOC review teams; Whereas, the AOC Review Requirements Drafting team (AOC-RR Drafting Team) has proposed a process to facilitate such GNSO Council endorsements; Whereas, the GNSO Council desires to adopt the AOC-RR Drafting Team proposed process for all future AOC review team selections; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: Resolved, that the GNSO Council hereby approves the Endorsement Process described in the attached document http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/gnso-endorsement-of-aoc-nominees-process-0 1jun10-en.pdf; Resolved further, that the GNSO Council should implement the Endorsement Process for all future AOC review team selections, including the ³WHOIS Policy² and the ³Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS² Review Teams; and RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is requested 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 ³WHOIS Policy² and ³Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS² review teams. Motion passed with roll call vote: Contracted Party House: Unanimously in favour. Non Contracted Party House: 8 votes in favour 8 Votes in favour: Wendy Seltzer, Rosemary Sinclair, Olga Cavalli, Bill Drake, Zahid Jamil, Mary Wong, Rafik Dammak, Debbie Hughes 5 Votes against: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, David Taylor, Mike Rodenbaugh, Jaime Wagner, Kristina Rosette MOTION ON ENHANCING THE TRANSPARENCY OF GNSO COUNCIL MEETINGS Made by: Bill Drake Seconded by: Olga Cavalli WHEREAS the Affirmation of Commitments mandates that ICANN processes be made as transparent as possible; WHEREAS the GNSO Council seeks to promote broad community awareness of and engagement in GNSO activities; WHEREAS the GNSO Council is a management team whose elected members represent their respective Stakeholder Groups in a manner determined by those Stakeholder Groups; WHEREAS this representation function would be enhanced if Stakeholder Group members were able to listen in real time to Council meetings; and WHEREAS it would be impractical to open the GNSO Council meeting teleconference facility to Stakeholder Group members; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED that beginning in July 2010, all GNSO Council teleconference meetings will be audiocast (in addition to being recorded) so that members of the community can listen in real time. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org