Dear All, Ahead of the official GNSO Council minutes, the following resolutions were passed at the Council meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday, 10 March 2010. 1. Motion to Approve Vertical Integration (VI) Charter: Made by: Stéphane van Gelder Seconded by: Mary Wong Whereas, on 28 January 2010, the GNSO Council approved a policy development process (PDP) on the topic of vertical integration between registries and registrars; Whereas, the GNSO Council created a drafting team for the purposes of drafting a charter to fulfill the requirements of the PDP; and, Whereas the drafting team completed its work and presented its charter proposal to the GNSO Council on Friday Feb 26, 2010. Whereas, the GNSO Council has reviewed the proposed charter to guide the working group in its PDP activities; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: Resolved, that the GNSO Council approves the following charter: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objectives-10... Resolved further, that the GNSO Council appoints Stephane van Gelder to be the GNSO Council Liaison to the Vertical Integration Working group (VI WG). Resolved further, that the GNSO Council directs that a working group be formed to perform the work of the VI WG, and that the VI WG shall initiate its activities within 14 days after the approval of this motion. Until such time as the WG can select a chair and that chair can be confirmed by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council Liaison shall act as interim chair. Resolved further, that the WG is directed to develop a version of objective 5 and to recommend it to the Council within three weeks for either (a) Council approval of the WG-recommended Objective 5 or (b) Council vote on which version of Objective 5 (as reflected in the draft Charter of March 10, 2010) should apply. Resolution passed unanimously by voice vote of all Council members present. Rosemary Sinclair, Adrian Kinderis and Terry Davis absent. 2. Resolution for the extension of the Operating Steering Committee (OSC)- Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) Motion 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 identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors (see - GNSO Council Improvements Implementation Plan) http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implement...; Whereas that framework included the formation of two Steering Committees - the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy Process Steering Committee - to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams designed to develop specific recommendations to implement specific aspects of the improvements; Whereas the Council intended the charters of the committees (and their attendant work teams) to be temporary and not to extend beyond the 2009 annual ICANN meeting without specific action by the Council; Whereas the Council extended the terms of those committees until the Nairobi ICANN meeting ("the end of ICANN's first general meeting in 2010") to allow the GNSO community implementation recommendations work to continue (see - 24 sept motions); Whereas the Council acknowledges the hard work of those work teams and notes that those committees and their teams are diligently continuing their work; RESOLVED, The Council extends the terms of the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy Process Steering Committee and their respective work teams as necessary through the end of the 2010 ICANN annual meeting. The Council directs each work team chair by the end of the Brussels ICANN meeting to identify the specific targets and benchmarks for completing their work and to be prepared to conclude their work as soon as possible but not later than the 2010 ICANN annual meeting. The specific expectations, targets and benchmarks for each team should be shared with the appropriate Steering Committee Chair and the Council by 15 April 2010. Resolution passed unanimously by voice vote of all Council members present. Rosemary Sinclair, Adrian Kinderis and Terry Davis absent. 3. Board Seat #13 Election Resolution Made by: Chuck Gomes Seconded by: Stephane van Gelder Whereas, the ICANN Bylaws specify that the GNSO has the right to select two individuals to serve on the ICANN Board, commonly referred to as Board Seats 13 and 14; Whereas, under the Bylaws, the Contracted Parties House of the GNSO Council selects the individual to fill Board Seat 13, and the Non-Contracted Parties House selects the individual to fill Board Seat 14; Whereas, on 28 January 2010, the GNSO Council approved the process proposed by the Contracted Party House to select a representative to fill Board Seat 13 for the 2010 election, and amended its Operating Procedures to include that process (see - http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-28jan10-en.htm); Whereas the Contracted Parties House of the GNSO Council has utilized that process to select Bruce Tonkin to serve as the Board member for Seat 13; RESOLVED, The GNSO Council acknowledges the selection of Bruce Tonkin by the Contracted Parties House to fill ICANN Board Seat 13 and directs the GNSO Secretariat to make the necessary notifications to the Board and the community. Resolution passed unanimously by roll call vote and 3 absentee ballots. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org