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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: April 4, 2013 8:27:58 PM PDT
> To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Updated proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council
> Public Meeting in Beijing 10 April 2013
>
> Dear Councillors,
> Please find the updated proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public
> Meeting in Beijing 10 April 2013 at 15:15 local time (07:15 UTC).
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+10
> +April+2013
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-10apr13-en.htm
> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
> Procedures approved 13 September 2012 for the GNSO Council and
> updated.
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-13sep12-
> 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 Times 07:15 UTC
> http://tinyurl.com/cu3adns
> Coordinated Universal Time 07:15 UTC
> 00:15 Los Angeles; 03:15 Washington; 08:15 London; 09:15 Paris;
> 19:15 Wellington
> 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.
> 15:15 - 18:30 Council Public Forum
> Presentations by Stakeholder Groups and Constituency Leaders (50
> minutes)
> Registries Stakeholder Group – Keith Drazek
> Registrars Stakeholder Group – Matt Serlin
> Non Commercial Stakeholder Group – Robin Gross
> Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency – Alain Berranger
> Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) – Bill Drake
> Commercial and Business Users Constituency (BC) – Elisa Cooper
> Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) – Kristina Rosette
> Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) –
> Tony Holmes
> Break (10 minutes)
> Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
> 1.1 Roll Call
> 1.2 Statement of interest updates
> 1.3 Review/amend agenda
> 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting
> per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
> Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 14 March 2013 approved on
> 30 March 2013.
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-14mar13-en.htm
> 1.5. GNSO Projects List http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-
> list.pdf
> Review main changes.
> Comments and/or questions.
> Item 2: Opening Remarks from Chair (10 minutes)
> Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics
> Include brief review of Projects List and Action List
> Item 3: Consent agenda ([0] minutes)
> TBC.
> Item 4: MOTION - Initiation of a Policy Development Process (PDP)
> on the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information (10
> minutes)
> A Final Issue Report translation and transliteration of contact
> information was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21 March 2013 (see
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/library).
> The Final Issue Report recommends that the GNSO Council should
> initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP) limited to the issues
> discussed in this report but delay the next steps in the PDP until
> the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services completes its
> recommendations, in May 2013 with a possible extension, in order to
> ensure that the resulting policy recommendations would be
> consistent with any new model or approaches to contact data that
> may result from the Expert Working Group's deliberations;
> As recommended by the WHOIS Policy Review Team the Final Issue
> Report also recommends that ICANN should commission a study on the
> commercial feasibility of translation or transliteration systems
> for internationalized contact data, which is expected to help
> inform the PDP Working Group in its deliberations;
> ICANN's General Counsel has confirmed that the topic is properly
> within the scope of the ICANN policy process and within the scope
> of the GNSO.
> Link to motion
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10
> +April+2013
> 4.1 Reading of the motion ().
> 4.2 Discussion of motion.
> 4.3 Vote.
> Item 5: MOTION - The Trademark Clearing House "Strawman
> Solution" (10 minutes)
> Link to motion
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10
> +April+2013
> 5.1 Reading of the motion (Maria Farrell).
> 5.2 Discussion of motion.
> 5.3 Vote.
> Item 6: MOTION – Policy Concerns Regarding the Registrar
> Accreditation Agreement (10 minutes)
> Link to motion
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10
> +April+2013
> 6.1 Reading of the motion (Wendy Seltzer).
> 6.2 Discussion of motion.
> 6.3 Vote.
> Item 7: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Preliminary Issue Report on
> Uniformity of Reporting (20 minutes)
> At its October meeting last year the GNSO Council requested an
> Issue Report on the current state of uniformity in the mechanisms
> to initiate, track, and analyse policy-violation reports. ICANN
> Staff is also explicitly requested to provide its recommendation(s)
> on how this issue can be further addressed outside of a PDP if
> recommendations in relation to this issue do not require consensus
> policies to implement.
>
> This Report is designated as "preliminary" to allow for community
> input and dialogue prior to the publication of the Final Issue Report.
>
> The Preliminary Issue Report will be updated to reflect community
> feedback submitted through this forum. A Final Issue Report will
> then be presented to the GNSO Council for its consideration.
>
> 7.1 Presentation of the Report (Marika Konings).
> 7.2 Discussion of the Report and next steps.
> Item 8: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Policy vs. Implementation (15 minutes)
> Recent issues highlight an ongoing broader issue regarding the
> boundary between policy development and implementation work as well
> as the effective integration of policy development and integration
> work from the outset.
> In addition, the Council is increasingly asked to consider issues
> for policy guidance and may well need to look at the evolution of
> its own work and processes to accommodate this type of request.
> ICANN Staff published a paper intended to facilitate further
> community discussions on this topic. Discussions on the Council
> mailing list and at subsequent meetings indicate that this is an
> area of fundamental interest to the Council.
> Following further community discussion in Beijing the Council is to
> discuss the current position and to consider next steps from a GNSO
> Council perspective.
> 8.1 Discussion
> 8.2 Next steps
>
> Item 9: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Template to request an Issues Report
> (10 minutes)
> One outcome from the Operations and Organisation meeting that GNSO
> Council Leadership held with ICANN staff in Amsterdam earlier this
> year, was to develop an online template to complete the request for
> an Issue Report.
> The objective of this tool is to encourage requestors to gather as
> much information as possible and engage in early discussions with
> others prior to submitting a request for an Issue Report. The
> intended outcome is that by encouraging completion of all the
> information requested in the template, it will be possible to
> identify what information may still be needed and encourage
> collaboration between different interested parties at an early stage.
> The template (https://community.icann.org/x/GQllAg) can be
> completed by either by following the instructions or by downloading
> the word template from the same page. Once completed, Council
> members will be able to either create a PDF and submit that
> together with a motion to the Council mailing list, or insert the
> relevant wiki link in the motion. Please note that this template is
> tailored to requests for Issue Reports as defined in the PDP Manual.
>
> The template is still in draft form and the Council is to discuss
> its usefulness, consider accepting it for future issue reports and
> consider also where similar templates could be used elsewhere.
> 9.1 – Discussion
> 9.2 – Next steps
> Item 10: Any Other Business (5 minutes)
> Item 11: Open Microphone
> 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:
> a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more
> than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.
> b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as
> described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than
> one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one
> House.
> c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of
> GNSO Supermajority.
> d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an
> affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more
> than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.
> e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires
> an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.
> f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team
> Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve
> an amendment to the Charter through a simple majority vote of each
> House.
> g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of
> a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for
> significant cause, upon a motion that passes with a GNSO
> Supermajority Vote in favor of termination.
> h. 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.
> i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires
> an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,
> j. 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.
> k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final
> Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be
> modified or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority
> vote.
> l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the
> Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one
> House and a majority of the other House."
> Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4)
> 4.4.1 Applicability
> Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of
> Council motions or measures.
> a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);
> b. Approve a PDP recommendation;
> c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or
> ICANN Bylaws;
> d. Fill a Council position open for election.
> 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within
> the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the
> meeting's adjournment. 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 calendar days, provided such amendment is
> verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.
> 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate
> absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide
> reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee
> ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-
> based interface, or other technologies as may become available.
> 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements.
> (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is
> initiated.)
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