Dear Councillors,
In preparation for the Council meeting on Thursday, 15
July 2010 at 11:00 UTC please find the updated agenda.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-15jul10-en.htm
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_for_gnso_council_meeting_15_july_2010
(Last minute updates are always indicated on the Wiki
agenda)
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:
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An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is
provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
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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 11:00 UTC
See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other
times:
04:00
PDT; 06:00 CDT; 07:00 EDT; 08:00 Buenos Aires; 08:00 Brazil; 13:00 CEST; 15:00
Moscow; 16:00 Pakistan; 19:00 Hong Kong; 20:00 Tokyo, 21:00 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.
Please click on the link
to join the GNSO Council Adobe Connect room
http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/gnsocouncil/
Please enter as a 'guest'.
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:
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23 June Meeting – Scheduled for approval on 15 July 2010
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09165.html
Item
2: Prioritization of GNSO work (15 Minutes)
2.1 Refer
to posted project ratings:
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf
2.2 Discussion
2.3
Evaluation of the prioritization process
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Lessons learned?
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Areas for improvement?
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How do we use the ratings?
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Questions raised by the DT (Ken Bour)
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Suggestions for next steps?
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Item
3: GNSO Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Team (RT) Endorsements for
Preserving security, stability and resiliency of the DNS (SSR) & Whois
Policies (15 minutes)
http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/
3.1 Key
dates in the endorsement process
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GNSO slate of endorsements is due not later than the end of August
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Next Council meetings: 5 August & 26 August
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Initial Council action on Stakeholder Group (SG) endorsements
needs to occur on 5 August to allow for any needed follow-up action on 26
August 2010.
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SG endorsements & any alternates are needed by 28 July 2010.
3.2
Review of the GNSO process (Margie Milam)
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Questions?
3.3
Discussion
Item
4: Whois Studies (15 minutes)
4.1 Refer
to:
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Whois Studies Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf
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RFP for Proxy/Abuse Study:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-18may10-en.htm
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Liz Gasster's summary chart of the studies:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-chart-08jun10-en.pdf
4.2 Brief overview of the
study choices (Lisa Phifer)
http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-whois-report-23jun10-en.pdf
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Discussion
4.3
Motion to proceed with Study # 1
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Refer to motion
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?15_july_motions
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Discussion
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Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this.)
4.4
Discussion of how to proceed in selecting studies
4.5 Next
steps?
Item
5: Vertical Integration (VI) PDP WG (20 Minutes)
5.1
Progress report (Margie Milam)
5.2
Discussion
5.3 Next
steps?
5.4
Timeline?
Item
6: Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report (20 Minutes)
6.1 Refer to Final Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf
6.2 Registration Abuse
Policies Working Group Final Report presentation in Brussels June 2010
http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-rap-report-20jun10-en.pdf
6.3 Summary of
Recommendations (Marika Konings):
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-final-report-conclusion-recommendations-13jul10-en.pdf
6.4
Council questions
6.5 Plan
for evaluating & acting on the recommendations?
Item
7: Resolution on New gTLD String Similarity Evaluation (15 minutes)
7.1 Refer
to:
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Public comments:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/string-similarity-amendment/
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Public comment summary & analysis: (insert URL)
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Update to Module 2: String Requirements 30 May 2009
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-string-requirements-30may09-en.pdf
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Draft Applicant Guidebook, v4 Module 2
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-evaluation-procedures-clean-28may10-en.pdf
7.2
Summary/analysis of public comments (?)
7.3 Motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?15_july_motions
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Reading of the motion (Edmon)
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Discussion
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Vote
(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion.)
Item
8: Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (5 minutes)
8.1 GNSO
Volunteers:
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Terry Davis (NCA)
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Rafik Dammak (NCSG)
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Greg Aaron (RySG, Afilias)
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Kathy Kleiman (RySG, PIR)
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Keith Drazek (RySG, VeriSign)
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Mike Rodenbaugh (CSG, CBUC)
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Zahid Jamil (CSG, CBUC)
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Rodney Joffe (RySG, NeuStar
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Jaime Wagner (CSG, ISCPC)
8.2
Status report (Chuck Gomes)
Item
9: Audio-casting of Council meetings (5 minutes)
9.1
Report on costs & methods (Marika Konings or Rob Hoggarth)
9.2
Implementation status (Marika Konings or Rob Hoggarth)
Item
10: Other Business (5 minutes)
10.1
Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvement implementation
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Note: As part of the motion to approve implementation of the OSC
CCT recommendations, the Council resolved 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.
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Any suggestions regarding how to do this?
10.2
Update on Councilor and Council Officer Elections Processes
ˇ
Refer to Councilor
Term Expiration Report for December 2010 sent by Glen
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/councilor-term-expiration-report-12jul10-en.pdf
10.3 Note: Going
forward regular WG/WT/DT status updates will be provided in the GNSO Project
Status List; a link can be found at the GNSO
Home page.
http://gnso.icann.org/
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) 11:00UTC
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California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 04:00
Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 06:00
New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 07:00
Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 08:00
Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 08:00
Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+1DST 12:00
Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 13:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 13:00
Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+1DST 15:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 16:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 19:00
Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 20:00
Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+0DST 21:00
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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
http://gnso.icann.org