Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 20 May 2010 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_20_may_2010 http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-20may10-en.htm 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-09oc... 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 15:00 UTC See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times: 08:00 PDT; 10:00 CDT; 11:00 EDT; 12:00 Buenos Aires; 12:00 Brazil; 16:00 Ireland; 17:00 CET; 19:00 Moscow; 20:00 Pakistan; 23:00 Hong Kong; 00:00 Tokyo, 01:00 Friday 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. Please click on the link to join the GNSO Council Adobe Connect room*http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/gnsocouncil/* Please enter as a 'guest'. 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 previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: * 21 April 2010 meeting - Approved 5 May 2010 http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-21apr10-en.htm Item 2: Prioritization GNSO work (15 Minutes) 2.1 Refer to TIMELINE FOR FIRST WORK PRIORITIZATION EFFORT http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/cover-letter-work-prioritization-projec... 2.2 Refer to Staff Recommended Projects List GNSO Work Prioritization Project List http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/work-prioritization-project-list-30apr10-en.pdf 2.3 Motion: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?20_may_motions 2.4 Discussion 2.5 Vote (Note that absentee voting will not be allowed on this motion.) Item 3: GNSO AoC DT Endorsement Process (25 minutes) 3.1 Overview of AoC Endorsement Process (Bill Drake) 3.2 GNSO input requested from Janis Karklins: * Size and composition of the Review Teams 'Security Stability and Resilience of the DNS' and 'Whois policy' * Draft text of call for volunteers representing SO/ACs for the Affirmation reviews 'Security Stability and Resilience of the DNS' and 'Whois policy' * Recommendations from the GNSO AoC Review DT (Bill Drake) * Discussion 3.32 GNSO Endorsement Procedures * GNSO AoC Review DT Recommendations (Bill Drake) * Discussion * Motion? 3.43 Next steps? Item 4: IDNG DT Recommendation re. New gTLD Process (15 minutes) 4.1 Report (Edmon Chung) 4.2 Motion: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?20_may_motions4.3 Discussion 4.4 Vote Item 5: Schedule and Agendas for GNSO Brussels Meetings (15 minutes) 5.1 Note that meeting schedule and agendas must be posted not later than 29 May. 5.2 Overview (Stephane Van Gelder & Glen de Saint Gery) 5.3 Discussion 5.4 Possible Joint SO/AC meeting re. RAA WG (Monday afternoon?) Item 6: AGP Policy questions (10 minutes)* 6.1 Discussion of questions raised by Craig Schwartz in the 21 April Council meeting * Should the Council consider modifying the AGP Limits Policy to no longer require semi-annual updates? * Should the Council consider modifying the AGP Limits Policy by defining the terms "extraordinary circumstances" or "reoccur regularly? For example: o Should instances of consumer fraud automatically be a legitimate use of AGP deletes? o If a registrar proactively takes down (i.e., deletes) domains that are known to propagate a fraudulent activity such as phishing, should the registrar bear the cost if the deletions cause the registrar to exceed the threshold defined in the Policy? 6.2 Next steps? Item 7: Whois Studies (15 minutes) * 7.1 Refer to: * Whois Studies Report: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.... * ICANN's FY11 Draft Operating Plan and Budget: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2011 "In accordance with ICANN's bylaws, a draft FY11 Operating Plan and Budget will be posted by 17 May 2010 for community feedback." (Note: Public comment period is open.) 7.2 Note the amount in the Draft Budget for Whois Studies: $ 400,000 7.3 Draft Terms of Reference for WHOIS Proxy/Privacy Services "abuse" study 76.3.1 Refer to: http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/whois-proxy-abuse-studies-28apr10-en.pdf 7.3.2 Brief overview (Liz Gasster) 7.3.3 Discussion 7.4 Discussion of how to proceed in selecting studies 7.5 Next steps? 76.6 Comments regarding the Draft Operating Plan & Budget from constituencies, SGs & individual GNSO participants are encouraged. Item 8: Other Business (5 minutes) 8.1 Note: It is planned to consider GNSO Improvements OSC recommendations from the CCT and the GCOT in our next meeting on 10 June. Item 9: Status updates (5 minutes) 9.1 Refer to WG/WT/DT status updates: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/notes-council-20may10-en.htm 9.2 Questions/comments on written status updates sent in advance by leaders of Working Groups, Work Teams, staff projects, etc.? Status updates: Item 10: The updated GNSO Project Status List (5 minutes) 10.1 Refer to Pending Projects List: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf 10.1 Questions/comments? **Note: Agenda items 6 (Whois Studies) & 7 (AGP Policy questions) may need to be delayed in whole or in part if earlier items require more time than what is allotted. Items 2 (Prioritization of GNSO work), 3 (GNSO AoC DT Endorsement Process), 4 (IDNG DT Recommendation re. New gTLD Process) & 5 (Schedule and Agendas for GNSO Brussels Meetings) all require action in this meeting and as such could take more time than what is allocated.* 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: 1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House; 2. 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; 3. 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"); 4. 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; 5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and 6. 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: 1. Initiate a policy development process; 2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board; 3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws; 4. 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. ________________________________________ Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ________________________________________ Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 15:00UTC ________________________________________ California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 08:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 10:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 11:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00 Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+1DST 16:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+1DST 19:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00 Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00 Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+0DST 01:00 next day ________________________________________ The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) 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<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org