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ENC: [council] GNSO Council resolutions 13 January
by Jaime Wagner - PowerSelf Jan. 16, 2011

Jan. 16, 2011

fyi Jaime Wagner jaime(a)powerself.com.br Direto (51) 3219-5955 Cel (51) 8126-0916 Geral (51) 3233-3551 DDG: 0800-703-6366 <http://www.powerself.com.br/> www.powerself.com.br De: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Em nome de Glen de Saint Géry Enviada em: sexta-feira, 14 de janeiro de 2011 13:40 Para: GNSO Council Assunto: [council] GNSO Council resolutions 13 January Dear All, Before the official minutes, the following motions were passed by the GNSO Council at its meeting on Thursday, 13 January 2011. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen Joint SO/AC Working group on support for new gTLD applicants (JAS) Motion Whereas: The GNSO Council and ALAC established the Joint SO/AC Working group on support for new gTLD applicants in April of 2010; and The Working Group has completed the work as defined in its initial charter and published a Milestone report on 10 November 2010 covering those chartered items and including a list of further work items that it recommended further work on; and In recognition of the ICANN Board's resolution 2010.12.10 which reiterated its 2010.10.28.21 in response to an Interim report from the JAS WG, which states: the Board encourages the JAS WG and other stakeholders to continue their work on the matter, and in particular, provide specific guidelines on the implementation of their recommendations such as determining the criteria for eligibility for support. Resolved: 1. The charter of the Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group is extended to include the following limited objectives: a) Propose criteria for financial need and a method of demonstrating that need. Financial need has been established as the primary criterion for support. The group should seek out expert advice in this area, especially given the comparative economic conditions and the cross-cultural aspects of this requirement. b) Propose mechanisms for determining whether an application for special consideration should be granted and what sort of help should be offered; c) Propose methods for applicants to seek out assistance from registry service providers. d) Propose methods for applicants to seek out assistance from other top-level domain consultants, translators, and technicians, in the application for, and administration of, a new top-level domain e) Design mechanisms to encourage the build out of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in small or underserved languages. 2. The Working group is asked to present a schedule for the work that allows for completion in time for the opening of the application round, currently scheduled for Q2 2011, in any event no delays for the new gTLD program should result from the working groups work. 3. The Working group shall report its results and present a final report directly to the GNSO Council and the ALAC for discussion and adoption, as appropriate, according to their own rules and procedures. 4. All communication to the ICANN Board regarding the work of this Working Group shall be through the respective SO/AC unless expressly approved by the respective SO/AC. Motion to Approve the Recommendations in the Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. "WHEREAS, a motion to approve the recommendations in the final report on proposals for improvement to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement has been submitted and seconded; (8 December motions https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions) WHEREAS, that motion called for the GNSO Council to accept the final report to approve the form of the Registrant Rights andResponsibilities Charter as described in Annex D of the final report, to recommend that staff commence the consultation process withRegistrars to finalize the Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Charter for posting on the Web sites of Registrars as specified in Section 3.15 of the RAA, and to recommend that staff adopt the process specified as Process A in the final report, to develop a new form of RAA with respect to the high and medium priority topics described in the final report; WHEREAS, some GNSO Councillors have expressed the view that further work is necessary on the portion of that motion relating to the process specified as Process A in the final report to develop a new form of RAA; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council does not wish for such work to delay progress on the Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Charter referenced above; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the motion to approve the recommendations in the final report on proposals for improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement be amended as set out below: WHEREAS, on 4 March, 2009, the GNSO Council approved the form of the 2009 registrar accreditation agreement (RAA) developed as a result of a consultative process initiated by ICANN; WHEREAS, in addition to approving the 2009 RAA, on 4 March 2009 the GNSO Council convened a joint drafting team with members of theAt-Large community to conduct further work related to improvements to the RAA. Specifically, to draft a charter identifying Registrant Rights and Responsibilities; WHEREAS, on 18 October 2010 the joint GNSO/ALAC RAA drafting team published its final report describing specific recommendations and proposals for improvements to the RAA; (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18o ct10-en.pdf) WHEREAS, the GNSO Council has reviewed the final report and desires to approve some of the recommendations and proposals contained therein; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the GNSO Council appreciates the effort of the joint GNSO/ALAC RAA drafting team in developing the recommendations and proposals delineated in the final report for improvements to the RAA; (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18o ct10-en.pdf) RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council hereby accepts the final responsibilities charters as described in Annex D of the final report; RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council recommends that the staff commence the consultation process with registrars in the RAA to finalize the registrant rights and responsibilities charter for posting on the Web sites on specified in Section 3.15 of the RAA. Motion on the implementation of the Fast Flux recommendations that were adopted by the GNSO Council on 3 September 2009 Whereas the Fast Flux PDP Working Group submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council on 13 August 2009; Whereas the Fast Flux PDP Working Group did not make recommendations for new consensus policy, or changes to existing policy, but did develop several other recommendations that were adopted by the Council on 3 September 2009 (seehttp://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-03sep09.htm) Whereas the GNSO Council intended to create a drafting team to develop a plan with a set of priorities and schedule to address the adopted recommendations for review and consideration by the GNSO Council; Whereas due to workload and other priorities such a drafting team was never created; Whereas the Council tasked the Council leadership at the wrap up meeting at the ICANN meeting in Cartagena to put forward proposals to suggest which projects should be continued and discontinued; Whereas the Council leadership has reviewed the Fast Flux Recommendations that were adopted by the GNSO Council, also in light of the recent recommendations made by the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group; Whereas the Council leadership has recommended the approach outlined below to the GNSO Council for consideration as an acceptable way of implementing the adopted recommendations and therewith closing the project; RESOLVED, The Council accepts the approach identified below for the adopted recommendations (see http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-03sep09.htm) and instructs the ICANN Staff to implement these recommendations as set forth below: a) Adopted recommendation Fast-Flux Working Group (FFWG) #1: To encourage ongoing discussions within the community regarding the development of best practices and / or Internet industry solutions to identify and mitigate the illicit uses of Fast Flux Proposed implementation: This recommendation is encompassed by the Registration Abuse Policies WG (RAPWG) Malicious Use of Domain Names Recommendation #1 which recommends the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the illicit use of domain names. b) Adopted FFWG recommendation #2: The Registration Abuse Policy Working Group (RAPWG) should examine whether existing policy may empower Registries and Registrars, including consideration for adequate indemnification, to mitigate illicit uses of Fast Flux; Implementation completed as it was addressed by the RAP WG in its final report (see http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf) c) Adopted FFWG recommendation #3: To encourage interested stakeholders and subject matter experts to analyze the feasibility of a Fast Flux Data Reporting System to collect data on the prevalence of illicit use, as a tool to inform future discussions; · The RAPWG Final Report and the Fast-Flux Working Group Final Report indicated that fast-flux is generally a domain use issue and not a domain registration issue, and as such falls outside the purview of the GNSO and ICANN. Therefore no further action is recommended*. d) Adopted recommendation #4: To encourage staff to examine the role that ICANN can play as a best practices facilitator" within the community; Proposed Implementation: Integrate this recommendation into the RAP WG Recommendation on Meta Issue: Collection and Dissemination of Best Practices which recommends that the GNSO, and the larger ICANN community in general, create and support structured, funded mechanisms for the collection and maintenance of best practices. e) Adopted FFWG recommendation 5: To consider the inclusion of other stakeholders from both within and outside the ICANN community for any future Fast Flux policy development efforts; Proposed Implementation: It is assumed that if the Registration Abuse Policies WGs (RAPWG) Malicious Use of Domain Names Recommendation #1 is adopted by the Council, that the subsequent effort will be open to participation by stakeholders from both within and outside the ICANN community. f) Adopted FFWG recommendation #6: To ensure that successor PDPs on this subject, if any, address the charter definition issues identified in the Fast Flux Final Report. Proposed Implementation: No action needed at this point, but should be included if any future PDPs are initiated on this subject. g) Adopted FFWG recommendation #6: To form a Drafting Team to work with support staff on developing a plan with set of priorities and schedule that can be reviewed and considered by the new Council as part of its work in developing the Council Policy Plan and Priorities for 2010. Proposed Implementation: The Council deems this work to be completed in conjunction with the above-proposed implementation proposals. RESOLVED FURTHER The Council now considers the work of the Fast Flux WG complete. As such, the "Fast Flux Council Follow-up" action item is deemed closed and will be deleted from the Pending Project List. Motion to Acknowledge the Receipt of the GNSO Working Group Guidelines and Initiate a Public Comment Period WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework (see GNSO Council Improvement Implementation Plan; (http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implemen tation-plan-16oct08.pdf) for implementing the various GNSO Improvements identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2008 (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182) (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm) WHEREAS, that framework included the formation, in January 2009, of two Steering Committees, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements; WHEREAS, the PPSC established two work teams, including the Working Group Work Team (WG WT), which was chartered to develop a new GNSO Working Group Model that improves inclusiveness, improves effectiveness, and improves efficiency; WHEREAS, the WG WT completed its deliberations and forwarded the GNSO Working Group Guidelines to the PPSC on 1 November 2010; WHEREAS, the PPSC reviewed and approved the GNSO Working Group Guidelines on 20 December 2010 http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10dec 10-en.pdf and forwarded the report to the GNSO Council on 1 January 2011 ; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED that the GNSO Council acknowledges receipt of the GNSO Working Group Guidelines as delivered by the PPSC and directs ICANN Staff to commence a twenty-one (21) day public comment period on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines. RESOLVED FURTHER that the GNSO Council shall take action on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines as soon as possible after the end of the public comment period. RESOLVED FURTHER that the GNSO Council recommends that a concise summary of the WG Guidelines be drafted by ICANN Staff, following approval of the GNSO Working Guidelines by the GNSO Council, in order to serve as a primer to the full document for potential WG members. The summary should be approved by the PPSC before being submitted to the GNSO Council. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Brief notes of ISPCP call held 13 Jan 2011
by Tonyarholmes＠btinternet.com Jan. 14, 2011

Jan. 14, 2011

Brief notes from the ISPCP conference call held on 13th January 2011 The call was held as preparation for the GNSO council meeting scheduled for the same day. 1. Joint Applicant support WG An original motion carried forward from the last meeting, proposed by Rafik Danmak was still on the table, proposing a charter extension in response to the ICANN Board resolution supporting applicants and calling for completion of a list of further work items. A counter motion opposing this extension had been tabled by Jeff Neuman, following which Wolf- Ulrich Knoben has attempted to find a compromise. However Wolf's proposal for a 'friendly amendment' has not been accepted by Geoff, therefore this will be voted on during the meeting. The ISPCP line will be to support Wolf-Ulrich's proposal, but if this fails the ISPs will offer support for Jeff Neumans proposal. 2. Registrar Accreditation Agreement A motion has been tabled to accept the report, but the Registrar's are unable to accept the proposal that requires the involvement of a third party in signing any agreement between ICANN and Registrars. The ISPs support this approach in principle but have issues over who the third party would be and how such an arrangement would be implemented. A final approach remains dependent upon the resolution of those concerns. 3. Status of Stakeholder Group and Constituency statements on Recommendation 6 The main issue concerns the ability of the Board to initiate further dialogue directly with the WG as this has the potential to short circuit the discussion and responsibility for this work with relevant Support Organizations. Working Group reports will all be submitted to relevant Support Organizations for ratification. The ISPCP view is that any WG report must not be filtered by the GNSO or any other S.O, although they are all entitled to either endorse or reject the outcome. Such a position must not inhibit any required further dialogue between the Board and any Constituency/part of the community. 4. Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation A briefing on this issue will be provided by Bruce Tonkin during the meeting. No voting is anticipated on this issue. Pending the outcome of this session ISPCP councilors will be seeking representative to engage in this work going forward. 5. Board Response to reconsideration requests This item is for discussion only, with no additional action required from ISP Councilors at this stage. 6. Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and new Standing Committee. This item will consider actions required to take this work forward. The ISPCP will support the proposal to establish a new standing committee to oversee the implementation of the recommendations. The next ISPCP call will take place on Wednesday 26th January from 16.00 to 17.00 UTC with the following items included on the agenda; - Issue for the next GNSO meeting - ISPCP Charter - Arrangements for San Francisco - ISPCP website

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Is anyone trying to join the ISPCP call now?
by Tonyarholmes＠btinternet.com Jan. 13, 2011

Jan. 13, 2011

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Call details & Adobe Connect for GNSO Council meeting Thursday 13 January 2011 at 20:00 UTC
by KnobenW＠telekom.de Jan. 11, 2011

Jan. 11, 2011

FYI Dear Councillors, Please find the dial-in numbers for the GNSO Council call on Thursday, 13 January 2011 at 20:00 UTC. Please notify your constituency and stakeholder group members that the meeting will be audio cast GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u <http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u> Meeting Time 20:00 UTC 12:00 PST; 14:00 CST; 15:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 21:00 CET; 23:00 Moscow Friday,14 January 2011 01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Beijing; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 Melbourne Other times may be found at: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Scheduled call for today?
by Jaime Wagner - PowerSelf Jan. 7, 2011

Jan. 7, 2011

Dear Tony and all, I had scheduled a cal for today 1600 UTC. Will it happen? Jaime Wagner <mailto:jaime@powerself.com.br> jaime(a)powerself.com.br Direto (51) 3219-5955 Cel (51) 8126-0916 Geral (51) 3233-3551 DDG: 0800-703-6366 <http://www.powerself.com.br/> www.powerself.com.br

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ENC: [liaison6c] Updated GNSO Council agenda for 13 January
by Jaime Wagner - PowerSelf Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

fyi Jaime Wagner jaime(a)powerself.com.br Direto (51) 3219-5955 Cel (51) 8126-0916 Geral (51) 3233-3551 DDG: 0800-703-6366 <http://www.powerself.com.br/> www.powerself.com.br De: owner-liaison6c(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-liaison6c@gnso.icann.org] Em nome de Glen de Saint Géry Enviada em: quarta-feira, 29 de dezembro de 2010 16:40 Para: liaison6c Assunto: [liaison6c] Updated GNSO Council agenda for 13 January Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 13 January 2011. <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-13jan11-en.htm> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-13jan11-en.htm Wiki agenda: <https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_13_january_2011 > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_13_january_2011 Motions https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-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 20:00 UTC See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times: 12:00 PST; 14:00 CST; 15:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 21:00 CET; 23:00 Moscow Friday,14 January 2011 01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Beijing; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 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. GNSO Council meeting audiocast <http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u> http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes) 1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Partys judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion in this meeting. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue. The main issues for this meeting are * Election Procedures for Council Chair & Vice Chairs * Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation 1.2 Update any statements of interest Note that a revised SoI was received from: * Stéphane van Gelder <http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/vangelder-soi-15dec10-en.htm> 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10372.html> 8 December 2010 Scheduled for approval on 7 January 2011. Item 2: Joint Applicant Support Working Group (15 minutes) Refer to motion deferred from previous meeting https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions Action item from previous meeting: It was suggested that a group of volunteers, not necessarily Councillors, work on the motion and deal with the issues and submit a revised motion eight days in advance of the next Council meeting. * Jeff Neuman * Wolf-Ulrich Knoben * Tim Ruiz * Avri Doria * Ken Stubbs * Eric Brunner-Williams * Andrew Mack * Richard Tindal 2.1: Report from volunteer group (given by group leader). 2.2: Discussion 2.3: Vote (note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion) Item 3: Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (15 minutes) Refer to motion deferred from previous meeting https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?13_january_motions 3.1 Reading of the motion (Kristina Rosette) 3.2 Discussion 3.3 Vote (note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this motion) Item 4: Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies (10 minutes) Refer to letter from RAP team http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf 4.1 Discussion 4.2 Next steps? Item 5: Status of Stakeholder Group and Constituency statements on Recommendation 6 (15 minutes) Refer to motion passed in previous meeting <http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012> http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clause: the Council recommends that each Stakeholder Group and constituency provide feedback as soon as possible to the Council, on the CWG recommendations. 5.1 Discussion and feedback from Stakeholder Groups and constituencies 5.2 Next steps? Item 6: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (20 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 6.1 Briefing from Bruce Tonkin 6.2 Set up drafting team to provide requested advice Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead Debbie Hugues Hughes has volunteered to participate Other volunteers 6.3 Discussion 6.4 Next steps? Item 7: Board Response to reconsideration request 10-2 (.jobs reconsideration request) (20 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#8 7.1 Update from Staff on briefing paper (Liz Gasster) 7.2 Discussion 7.3 Next steps? Item 8: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and new Standing Committee (15 Minutes) Refer to motion passed in previous meeting <http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012> http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clauses. 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 ICANN public meeting in June 2011. RESOLVED, the Council acknowledges and thanks the OSC, the PPSC and the five community work teams for their hard work; and directs each steering committee and applicable work team chair to identify for the Council any remaining targets and benchmarks for their respective work by no later than 19 January 2011, including expected deadlines for final delivery. RESOLVED FURTHER, a drafting team shall be established no later than 19 January 2011, to draft a charter for a Standing Committee to track and coordinate implementation of those OSC, PPSC and work team recommendations already approved by the Council and adopted, as recommended by the Communications and Coordination Work Team in its final report of 9 April 2010 8.1 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, OSC (Philip Sheppard) 8.2 Remaining targets and benchmarks, timeline, PPSC (Jeff Neuman) 8.3 Establish DT for new Standing Committee Volunteers? DT Chair? Item 9: Other Business (10 Minutes) 9.1 Status of Vice Chair elections in the Non Contracted Party House. 9.2 OSC Recommendation for Revisions to Section 5 Statements of Interest of the GNSO Operating Procedures Update (Philip Sheppard) Next steps? 9.3 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating Procedures Bill Drake has volunteered to lead Update Next steps 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 October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ________________________________________ Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC ________________________________________ California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 12:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+0DST 14:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 15:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+1DST 18:00 London (GMT) UTC+0DST 20:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 23:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day ________________________________________ The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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BEST WISHES
by Anthony Harris Dec. 24, 2010

Dec. 24, 2010

Dear friends, Whether you are shovelling snow in the Northern winter, or staying indoors with air conditioning in our sultry Southern hemisphere, have a great Christmas, and look forward to more................ ICANN!!!!! in 2011... Hope to see you all in San Fran! Best to you and your families! Tony Harris

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ENC: [council] Feedback from GNSO groups on Rec6 CWG recommendations
by Jaime Wagner - PowerSelf Dec. 22, 2010

Dec. 22, 2010

Dear all, We could include this as a topic o four next call. BTW, do we have a date? Merry Xmas to all. Jaime Wagner jaime(a)powerself.com.br Direto (51) 3219-5955 Cel (51) 8126-0916 Geral (51) 3233-3551 DDG: 0800-703-6366 www.powerself.com.br -----Mensagem original----- De: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Em nome de Stéphane Van Gelder Enviada em: quinta-feira, 16 de dezembro de 2010 11:52 Para: GNSO Council Assunto: [council] Feedback from GNSO groups on Rec6 CWG recommendations Hi all, As a reminder, the Council passed a motion on the Rec6 CWG at the Cartagena meeting and resolved that: "each Stakeholder Group and constituency provide feedback as soon as possible to the Council, on the CWG recommendations". Please make sure your respective groups are aware of this so that feedback can be provided at our next Council meeting, on Jan 13. Thanks, Stéphane

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WG: [council] Extension of Public Comment Period on New gTLD Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and Economic Study Phase II Report
by KnobenW＠telekom.de Dec. 21, 2010

Dec. 21, 2010

FYI Wolf-Ulrich ________________________________ Von: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Glen de Saint Géry Gesendet: Montag, 20. Dezember 2010 19:35 An: GNSO Council Betreff: [council] Extension of Public Comment Period on New gTLD Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and Economic Study Phase II Report Extension of Public Comment Period on New gTLD Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and Economic Study Phase II Report http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17dec10-en.htm 17 December 2010 Taking into account public comment and decisions made during ICANN’s Cartagena meeting, the public comment period for the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook and supporting documentation have been extended to 15 January 2011 (1200 UTC). Below are the links to comment fora for the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook: English - http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm العربية\ltrch -\ltrch \ltrch http://www.icann.org/ar/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-ar.htm <http://www.icann.org/ar/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-ar.htm> 中文 (简体) - http://www.icann.org/zh/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-zh.htm Français - http://www.icann.org/fr/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-fr.htm Русский - http://www.icann.org/ru/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-ru.htm Español - http://www.icann.org/es/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-es.htm Additionally, the Economic Study Phase II Report is extended to 15 January 2011: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm How to Participate The Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook is available here in its entirety, as well as in its six individual modules. You can either comment on the overall guidebook or comment per module, by area of interest. A red-lined, annotated version of the documents is provided to show what changes were made in progressing from Draft Applicant Guidebook, Version 4 to the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook. As the materials become available in additional languages there will be an opportunity to comment. You may also view the Summaries & Analyses <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-analysis-en.htm> from recently closed public fora. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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ENC: [council] FY12 Ops Plan Budget Development information - update and reminder!
by Jaime Wagner - PowerSelf Dec. 20, 2010

Dec. 20, 2010

Any comments? Jaime Wagner jaime(a)powerself.com.br Direto (51) 3219-5955 Cel (51) 8126-0916 Geral (51) 3233-3551 DDG: 0800-703-6366 <http://www.powerself.com.br/> www.powerself.com.br De: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Em nome de Liz Gasster Enviada em: sábado, 18 de dezembro de 2010 15:26 Para: council(a)gnso.icann.org Assunto: [council] FY12 Ops Plan Budget Development information - update and reminder! All, Attached is a resend of a briefing presentation on the FY12 Operations Plan Budget Development process. While there will also be time in February March to comment on the process, I would like to remind you that there is a deadline of the end of January for budget requests. There is a form in this deck that has been created for that purpose. As I mentioned in my previous email, I think it is very important for the GNSO Council (in addition to Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies) to consider whether you have budget recommendations or priorities to submit. Examples of requests to consider might be: 1) to assure that funding for Whois studies is available next year 2) for any incremental policy-development-related expenses, such as costs to retain an independent expert or for a face-to-face meeting of a working group, etc... Staff is happy to assist in preparing the request forms for any recommendations the Council may have. Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can be helpful in any way. Thanks, Liz From: Liz Gasster Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 11:19 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: FY12 Ops Plan Budget Development information All, As referenced in todays GNSO wrap up session, attached is a presentation from ICANN on the process for community input to developing the Fiscal Year 2012 budget. ICANN staff gave this presentation to the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies during the Cartagena meeting, and so I also want to make sure that the Council is aware of the details and the deadline of the end of January for input. We suggest that the Council consider whether there is input that the Council might want to provide related to GNSO policy work in addition to the needs and requests of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like additional information. Thanks, Liz

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