Thanks Marika. All, the Council currently does not have a procedure in place to handle items as part of a consent agenda. I'd like to propose such a simplified consent procedure to the Council. What I have in mind is something very similar to what the Board does, where an initial agenda item would be a consent agenda. I would propose that we apply the simplest threshold to such items which would be a majority of each house. That they be considered only once (i.e. if not approved then simply rejected). That there be no possibility of a deferral (like we have with motions). And that if anyone objects to an item being on the consent agenda, that Councillors can say so and the item is then simply moved to the main agenda. The idea being that consent agenda items are supposed to be simple and straightforward. I have drafted the agenda for our next meeting with this in mind, implementing the following changes: - moving the Pending Project List item into the admin item 1, as I think this still needs to be looked at by the Council at every meeting. - I have left the standard item 2 in there, but this now becomes a consent agenda item. Is there any objection to this? Stéphane Le 3 févr. 2012 à 09:07, Marika Konings a écrit :

Dear All,

Per the new GNSO Policy Development Process, the GNSO Council needs to approve the Recommendations Report to the Board (which has replaced the Council Report to the Board in the old PDP) before it is submitted to the ICANN Board for its consideration. Following the adoption of IRTP Part B Recommendation #9 part 2 and the ICANN Staff proposal, we have prepared the attached Recommendations Report for your consideration. Please note that this report does not contain any new information, but aims to provide an overview of all the relevant information in order for the Board to take an informed decision. As the new PDP does not prescribe how such a Recommendations Report should be structured, we would also like to take this opportunity to ask your input on the elements the Recommendations Report should contain so this can be turned into a template which can be used for future Recommendations Reports. For your information, you will find the relevant section of the PDP Manual relating to the Recommendations Report below.

With best regards,

Marika

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From the PDP Manual 13. Preparation of the Board Report If the PDP Recommendations contained in the Final Report are approved by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council may designate a person or group responsible for drafting a Recommendations Report to the Board. If feasible, the Recommendations Report to the Board should be submitted to the Board in time for consideration at the next GNSO Council meeting following adoption of the Final Report. Staff should inform the GNSO Council from time to time of the format requested by the Board. These GNSO Council Reports supplement any Staff Reports that may highlight any legal, implementability, financial, and other operational concerns related to the PDP recommendations contained in the Final Report. In order to enhance ICANN’s accountability and transparency, Staff is encouraged to publish its Staff Reports with minimal redactions wherever possible, without jeopardizing information that may be protected under attorney/client or other legal privileges. <Recommendations Report - IRTP Part B Rec #9 part 2 - 3 February 2012.doc>