Dear All, Ahead of the official Council minutes, the following motion was unanimously passed by the Council today. A Resolution to approve the GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) and the Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT) Deliverables (29 July 2010) WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, at its 23 June 2010 meeting in Brussels, accepted a set of deliverables submitted by 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 ; WHEREAS, a twenty-one (21) day Public Comment Forum http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gcot-csg-recommendations completed between 28 June 2010 and 18 July 2010 and a Staff Summary and Analysis http://forum.icann.org/lists/gcot-csg-recommendations/msg00001.html has been published; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council agreed to take action on the these deliverables as soon as possible after the end of the public comment period; and WHEREAS, there were no public comments submitted that would amend any of the GCOT or CSG-WT recommendations. NOW, BE IT THEREFORE: RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council approves the following set of five GCOT deliverables, without further modification: o Section 2.1-Council Member Term Limits http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-term-limits-24may10-en... o Section 2.4-Board Seat Elections http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-board-seat-elections-2... o Section 3.8-Absences and Vacancies http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-absences-vacancies-11j... o Chapter 4.0-Voting http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-voting-11jun10-en.pdf o Chapter 5.0-Statements and Disclosures of Interest http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-soi-doi-11jun10-en.pdf 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. RESOLVED FURTHER, that Staff has incorporated the above Sections and Chapters into a new version of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) < http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-draft-05aug10-en.pdf>, which becomes effective immediately upon adoption; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council approves the following CSG-WT deliverable http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en.pdf, which is organized into two sections as follows: o Sections 2.1 & 2.2: Recommended Common Operating Principles and Participation Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, which Staff has incorporated into a new Chapter 7.0 in the above-referenced GNSO Operating Procedures; and o Section 2.3: Recommendations on a GNSO Database of Community Members. RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council directs Staff to provide Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above to GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies for use in amending their charters, as appropriate; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council hereby expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the GCOT and CSG Work Teams for their dedication, commitment, and thoughtful recommendations. 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