FYI: Begin forwarded message: > From: "[log in to unmask]" > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: March 28, 2008 1:16:52 PM PDT > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] GNSO Council resolutions passed on 27 March 2008 > > > [To: iaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] > > Dear All, > > FYI > > Ahead of the complete minutes, please find the motions that were > passed by the GNSO Council at the teleconference on Thursday, 27 > March, 2008. > > Kind regards, > Glen > ...................................................................... > ......... > Motion 1 > ========= > > The GNSO Council resolved to confirm the election results of Rita > Rodin > in ICANN Board seat number 14. > > The motion passed unanimously by voice vote. > > Motion 2 > ========= > > Whereas: > On 31 October 2007 the Council passed a motion to “. . . initiate the > following sequential actions: > 1) Council shall provide additional definition regarding the potential > data gathering and study requirements > 2) staff shall provide the Council with rough cost estimates for > various > components of data gathering and studies no later than February > 15th, 2008; > 3) the Council will decide what data gathering and studies would be > pursued; and > 4) staff will perform the resulting data gathering and studies and > report the results back to the Council” (resolution 20071031-3) > > On 6 December 2007 the Council initiated the formation of a group of > volunteers to develop a proposed “format to solicit what studies > should > be undertaken”. > > On 20 December 2007 the Council reviewed and discussed the WHOIS > template developed by the group and approved it with one additional > column under potential sources of data, asking proposers to comment on > the challenges of sourcing that data. > > From 8 January through 15 February 2008 a public comment period was > held soliciting suggestions from the community for specific topics of > study on WHOIS that community stakeholders recommend be conducted. > A report titled ‘Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies of > WHOIS’ and dated 25 February 2008 summarized the study suggestions and > comments received during the public comment period > (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion- > report-25feb08.pdf > > ) > Resolved to form a group of volunteers to: > 1. Review and discuss the ‘Report on Public Suggestions on Further > Studies of WHOIS’ > > 2. Develop a proposed list, if any, of recommended studies for which > ICANN staff will be asked to provide cost estimates to the Council > > 3. Deliver the list of recommendations with supporting rationale not > later than 24 April 2008. > > Passed Unanimously > > Motion 3 > ========= > > Whereas > > Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting > by the > current ICANN by-laws, > http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm > Council requests the Board to adopt the following change to the bylaws > drafted by the ICANN general council's office to permit absentee > voting > in certain specific circumstances. > > Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8 > > c. Absentee voting. Members that are absent from a meeting at the time > of a vote on whether to initiate a PDP, forward a policy > recommendation > to the Board, or fill a position open for election may vote by > absentee > ballot. 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 after 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. > > Passed Unanimously > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]