Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 17 December 2009. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-17dec09-en.htm Wiki reference : https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_17_december_2009 Proposed motions: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?17_december_motions This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 28 October 2009 for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times (07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 02:00 Melbourne next day) Chair: Chuck Gomes; Vice Chairs: Olga Cavalli & Stéphane Van Gelder Note: This meeting will be recorded. Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins. Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members. Item1: Administrative matters 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: . 8 October meeting - Approved on 28 November 2009 . 28 October meeting - Approved on 27 November 2009 . 23 November meeting - Approved on 08 December 2009 Item 2: Motion to approve GNSO Improvements Recommendations for a Constituency/Stakeholder Group Toolkit of Services 2.1 Refer to the recommendations document at: http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/tool-kit-services-recommendations-for-gnso-18oc... 2.2 Discussion of recommendations 2.3 See the motion at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?17_december_motions 2.4 Vote Item 3: Special Trademark Issues (STI) Review Team 3.1 Update - David Maher, STI Review Group Chair 3.2 Refer to the 7 December STI Report at (Insert link to STI Report) (not yet available) 3.3 Council action? Item 4: Action on Issues Report regarding vertical separation of Registries and Registrars 4.1 Refer to Issues Report on Vertical Integration http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf 4.2 Overview of Issues Report (Margie Milam) 4.3 Discussion 4.3 See possible motion(s) at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?17_december_motions Note: If a motion is acted on to initiate a PDP, absentee voting will be allowed. Item 5: Prioritization of GNSO work 5.1 Status Report (Olga Cavalli) 5.2 Council action? 5.3 Next steps? Item 6: Status updates 6.1 Board update (Denise Michel) 6.2 New gTLD Implementation Process Update (Kurt Pritz) 6.3 Items of interest to the GNSO from the ccNSO (Olga Cavalli/Han Chuan Lee) 6.4 Other? 6.5 Questions/comments on written status updates sent in advance by leaders of Working Groups, Work Teams, staff projects, etc.? Item 7: AOB Item 8: The updated GNSO Project Status List (formerly Pending Action Item List) is at: http://gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf. 8.1 Questions/comments? 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: a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House; b. 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; c. 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"); d. 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; e. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and f. 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: a. Initiate a policy development process; b. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board; c. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws; d. 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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