This will be a very difficult as I may be engaged at the IGF however will
try to join. Otherwise kindly take this as an apology in advance ;)

Cheers!

sent from Google nexus 4
kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 27 Aug 2014 16:15, "Rafik Dammak" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Please book in your calendar  for the  *Tuesday 2nd September 2014 at
> 16:00 UTC *for the monthly NCSG conference call .
> Acknowledging that several members and councillors will be attending IGF
> in Istanbul, this call will focus mainly on GNSO council matters and will
> be shorter than usual.
>
> Everybody is encouraged to attend. We usually cover:
> - the GNSO council call agenda (planned for 4th September) and discussing
> its items . Councillors and NCSG members involved in related WG will give
> more insight about the motions
> - Updates about ongoing policies: updates from working groups, statements
> , open public comments and discussing how NCSG should act.
> - Any other relevant item e.g. NCSG election
>
> *Why it is important to join?*
>
> it is good opportunity, happening monthly, to catch-up with the ongoing
> policies and finding opportunities to volunteer for some tasks. For
> newcomers to get snapshot of activities within NCSG , GNSO and ICANN, and
>  also interacting with GNSO councillors .
>
> *We have this initial draft agenda below, please send me any other
> suggestion for item you would like to add:*
>
> *I.    Roll-call *
>
> *II.   4th September GNSO Meeting Preparations*
>       See below:
>  A.  GNSO councillors will attend the call and brief to the membership
> about the GNSO call agenda items.
>  B.  Discussion Items
>
> *III.   Quick Update on ICANN policies*
> ** Working Groups / Panels/ Expert groups e.g. (non exhaustive list)* IANA
> transition Coordination Group, Proxy and Privacy accreditation,  Expert
> Working Group, GNSO review working party etc
> ** Open Comment Periods *
>   See:  http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment
>
> *IV.  AOB*
>  A. Reminder about the election: vote starting in 1st September
>  B. NCSG and members activities at IGF : NCSG workshop
> http://igf2014.sched.org/event/a187b6ef1a88c028f718559353a3758f#.U_30nIC1Zck
>
> looking forward to interact with our members next week.
> If you need dial-out or you don't find your country listed below, please
> send me email off-list
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rafik
>
> *GNSO council Draft Agenda*
>
> 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/op-procedures-13jun13-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 15:00 UTC*:
> *http://tinyurl.com/k5lubtm <http://tinyurl.com/k5lubtm>*
>
> Coordinated Universal Time 15:00 UTC
> 08:00 Los Angeles; 11:00 Washington; 16:00 London; 17:00 Brussels; 23:00
> Perth
>
> Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councillors
> 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
>
> *Item 1: Administrative matters (5 mins)*
>
> 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:
>
> Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 25 June 2014
> <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16567.html>,and 24
> July 2014
> <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16568.html> will
> be posted as approved on 3 September 2014
>
> *Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)*
>
> Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics
>
> Include review of Projects List
> <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf> and Action List
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>.
>
> Comments or questions arising.
>
>
> *Item 3: Consent agenda (5 mins)*
>
> 3.1 - Uniformity of Reporting and the ICANN Contractual Compliance
> three-year plan.
>
> A *MOTION
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+04+September+2014>*
>  to :
>
> 1.     Thank ICANN Contractual Compliance for its presentation of their
> three-year plan and continued collaboration with the GNSO in future policy
> development efforts
>
> AND
>
>
> 2.     Consider the issues identified in the Uniformity of Reporting
> Final Issue Report to have been addressed and to consider the issue closed.
>
> 3.2 - The Council confirms the Co-Chairs for the Working Group on Curative
> Rights Protections for IGO/INGOs (IGO-INGO-CRP), namely Philip Corwin and
> Petter Rindforth.
>
> *Item 4: MOTION – A proposed modification of the GNSO's consensus
> recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers (20
> mins)*
>
> On 10 November 2013 the PDP Working Group (IGO-INGO PDP WG) delivered itsFinal
> Report <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf> to
> the GNSO Council that included twenty-five consensus recommendations of the
> WG. On 20 November 2013 the GNSO Council unanimously adopted
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2> all twenty-five
> consensus recommendations of the IGO-INGO PDP WG and forwarded them to the
> ICANN Board in January 2014 with a recommendation for their adoption.
>
> On 30 April 2014 the Board resolved
> <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-04-30-en> to
> adopt those of the GNSO's recommendations that are not inconsistent with
> GAC advice, and to facilitate dialogue between the affected parties in
> order to reconcile the remaining differences, as further detailed in Annex
> A
> <https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-a-30apr14-en.pdf>
>  and Annex B
> <https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-b-30apr14-en.pdf> of
> the Board's resolution. The GNSO's recommendations and GAC advice are
> largely consistent except in relation to the duration and mechanism of
> protection for IGO acronyms and the full names and acronyms of 189 Red
> Cross national societies and the international Red Cross and Red Crescent
> movement, for which the GNSO had recommended
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2>a 90-day period
> of protection by way of a claim notification service utilising the
> Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH).
>
> On 16 June 2014 the NGPC sent
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-robinson-16jun14-en.pdf> a
> letter to the GNSO Council requesting that the GNSO consider modifying its
> recommendations relating to the duration and mechanism of protection for
> IGO acronyms and national society names of the Red Cross. This modification
> to be in accordance with and as envisaged by Section 16 of the GNSO's PDP
> Manual <http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf>.
>
> On 24 July 2014, the Chair of the NGPC followed up with a note to the
> Chair of the GNSO Council and offered to provide a written or oral briefing
> to provide greater clarity on the GAC’s advice and expectations with
> respect to protections of IGO-INGO Identifiers. Such briefing will now be
> provided as part of this meeting.
>
> 4.1 – Receive the briefing (Chris Disspain)
> 4.2 – Present the motion
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+04+September+2014> (Thomas
> Rickert / Mary Wong)
> 4.3 – Discussion
> 4.4 – Vote (Threshold: simple majority)
>
> *Item 5: MOTION – To appoint a GNSO liaison to the GAC (10 mins)*
>
> The call for applications
> <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16435.html> for
> the GNSO Liaison to GAC was circulated and a deadline for applications was
> set for the 31 July 2014.
>
>
>
> The three evaluators (GNSO Council Chair and Vice Chairs) carefully and
> thoroughly evaluated each application against the specified criteria.
> Following this process, the application submitted by Mason Cole was
> selected to be put forward to the GNSO Council for the position of GNSO
> Liaison to the GAC.
>
> Here the council will consider motion 5
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+04+September+2014> to
> appoint Mason Cole as the GNSO Liaison to the GAC with immediate effect
> such that he can be well informed and up to speed in order to participate
> effectively as soon as possible and, in particular, at ICANN 51.
>
> Unless terminated earlier according to the processes agreed or extended by
> a new motion of the Council, the term of the Liaison will run for the
> course of the current financial year, FY 2015 (ending 30 June 2015).
>
> 5.1 – Motion
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+04+September+2014> (David
> Cake)
> 5.2 – Discussion
> 5.3 – Vote (simple majority)
>
> *Item 6: MOTION – **Adoption of the charter
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14aug14-en.pdf> for
> a cross community working group to develop a transition proposal for IANA
> stewardship on naming related functions (15 mins)*
>
> Following the distribution of an invitation to participate
> <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en>,
> a drafting team (DT) was formed with participants from the ccNSO, GNSO,
> SSAC and ALAC to develop a charter for a Cross Community Working Group to
> Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions.
>
> A drafting team was formed and has worked efficiently to produce a
> charter. Thecharter
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14aug14-en.pdf> is
> now being sent out to the supporting organisations for support.
>
> Here the Council will take the opportunity to review, discuss and vote on
> the adoption of the Charter.
>
> 6.1 – Motion
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+04+September+2014> (Avri
> Doria)
> 6.2 – Discussion
> 6.3 – Vote (simple majority)
> 6.4 – Next steps
>
>
> *Item 7: DISCUSSION – The r**eport of the ICANN Board Working Group on
> the Nominating Committee* *(10 mins)*
>
> The Board Working Group on Nominating Committee (BWG‐NomCom) is charged
> with performing the review called for in Recommendation 10 of the
> Nominating Committee Review Finalization Working Group, addressing issues
> of the size and composition of the Nominating Committee, as well as the
> related issues of NomCom’s recruitment and selection functions.
>
>
>
> The Board Working Group on Nominating Committee has recently published its
> report <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bwg-nomcom-2014-08-21-en>.
>
> Here the Council will take the opportunity to discuss the report and
> consider what if any action to take.
>
> 7.1 – Discussion
> 7.2 – Next steps
>
> *Item 8: DISCUSSION – The draft charter from for a **cross community
> working group on internet governance **(10 mins)*
>
> A drafting team was formed and has worked to produce a charter. The
> charter
> <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16549.html> has
> been previously sent out to organisations for discussion and comment,
> including the GNSO Council.
>
> Here the Council will take the opportunity to discuss the charter and
> consider the appropriate next steps.
>
> 8.1 – Discussion
> 8.2 – Next steps
>
> *Item 9: UPDATE – On the work of the GNSO Review Working Party (10 mins)*
>
> As part of a periodic review process that is built into the ICANN model,
> work on the ICANN Board initiated reviews of the GNSO (and the GNSO Council
> and related functions) has commenced. The objective of the Review is to
> examine the organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, including its
> components (GNSO Council, GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and
> Constituencies). The review is to be tightly scoped based on objective and
> quantifiable criteria provided to an independent examiner.
>
> The GNSO Review Working Party has been assembled to:
>
>    - Act as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and the
>    SIC,
>    - Provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment,
>    - Coordinate interviews and objectively supply clarification and
>    responses to the draft findings and recommendations.
>
> The SIC envisages that once a final report is issued and the Board takes
> action on it, as appropriate, the GNSO Review Working Party will also
> coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation Plan and
> champion implementation of improvement activities.
>
> 9.1 – Update (Jennifer Wolfe)
> 9.2 – Discussion
> 9.3 – Next steps
>
> *Item 10: Procedure to elect the GNSO Council Chair (10 mins)*
>
> We have previously used an election procedure. Here we will review a current
> version
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-chair-election-26aug14-en.pdf> of
> the same procedure with a view to approving it for use in the run up to and
> during the course of the 2014 ICANN Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
>
> 10.1 Presentation of procedure
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-chair-election-26aug14-en.pdf> (Jonathan
> Robinson)
> 10.2 Discussion
> 10.3 Call to approve the procedure
>
> *Item 11: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Planning for LA (10 mins)*
>
> Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the
> ICANN Meeting in LA will take planning and preparation work. The Council
> has output from the survey <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMQJY7Z> of
> the ICANN 50 meeting in London.
>
> Here the Council has the opportunity to feed into plans and provide input
> based on past experience.  Included in this item will be the opportunity to
> shape the approach to and substance of the Council's proposed meetings with
> other groups such as the ccNSO, the GAC and the ICANN board.
>
> *Please Note:* The LA Meeting is an ICANN annual meeting and so will
> include the GNSO Council development session on the second Friday i.e. *Friday
> 17 October 2014*. This is a day and evening session focused on the
> successful and productive functioning of the Council for the period Annual
> Meeting 2014 to Annual Meeting 2015.
>
> 11.1 – Update (David Cake & Jonathan Robinson)
> 11.2 – Discussion
> 11.3 – Next steps
>
> *Item 12: Any Other Business (5 mins)*
>
>  *Remote participation for NCSG confcall in Tuesday:*
>
>
>
>
>
> *Please find the AC room and dial in details here:*
>
>
>
> *Adobe Connect room*:
> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/?launcher=false
>
>
>
> *Passcodes/Pin codes:*
>
> Participant passcode: NCSG Policy
>
> *For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the
> conference. *
>
>
>
> *Dial in numbers:*
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