GNSO Council Agenda 28 January 2010.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-28jan10-en.htm
Wiki Reference:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_28_january_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 11:00 UTC
See the following and
http://www.timeanddate.com for other times:
03:00 PST; 05:00 CST; 06:00 EST; 08:00 Buenos
Aires; 09:00 Brazil; 12:00 CET; 14:00 Moscow; 16:00 Pakistan; 19:00 Hong Kong;
20:00 Tokyo; 22:00 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.
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:
• 7 January meeting – Approved on
22 January 2010
Item 2: Decision regarding initiation of
a PDP about vertical separation of Registries and Registrars (30 minutes)
2.1 Refer to Issues
Report on Vertical Integration:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf
2.2 Summary of and
rationale for Issues Report recommendations (Margie Milam)
2.3 Discussion
2.4 Motions
See motion on the Wiki
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?28_january_2010_motions
Note: Absentee voting will be allowed.
Item 3: Prioritization of GNSO work (5
minutes)
3.1 Status Report
(Olga Cavalli)
3.2 Next steps?
Item 4: Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group
(JIG) Update (10 minutes)
4.1 GNSO JIG
membership update (Glen de St. Géry)
4.2 Working Group
status report (Edmon Chung)
4.3 Approval of new
GNSO JIG members
Item 5: Affirmation of Commitments (AoC)
Review Team Draft Proposal (20 minutes)
5.1 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
5.2 Refer to the
proposed GNSO Council Comments ( link tbp)
5.2.1 Overview
(Bill Drake)
5.2.2 Discussion
5.2.3 Motion See
motion on the Wiki
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?28_january_2010_motions
5.3 How should GNSO
volunteers be identified as nominees for each of the four review teams?
5.3.1 Preliminary
thoughts from the working team (Bill Drake)
5.3.2 Discussion
5.3.3 Next steps?
Item 6: Nairobi Meeting Planning (15
minutes)
6.1 Staff update on
safety and security (Denise Michel)
6.2 Meeting plan
(Stéphane van Gelder)
6.2.1 Refer to
draft schedule (insert link)
6.2.2 Topics for
joint meeting with the GAC:
1) New gTLD policy
implementation, including Expression of Interests;
2) Affirmation of
Commitments (AoC).
6.2.2.1 Should we
prepare discussion points and/or questions from the GNSO?
6.2.2.2 Drafting
team to prepare for joint GNSO/GAC meeting?
Item 7: Status updates (10 minutes)
7.1
Questions/comments on written status updates sent in advance by leaders of
Working Groups, Work Teams, staff projects, etc.?
Status updates
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-28jan10-en.htm
Item 8: Any Other Business (10 minutes)
Item 9: The updated GNSO Project Status
List (10 minutes)
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
9.1
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.
(03:00 Los Angeles, 06:00 Washington DC, 11:00
London, 12:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne)
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