Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: March 11, 2010 1:30:57 PM PST > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] GNSO Council Resolutions 10 March 2010 > > > Dear All, > > Ahead of the official GNSO Council minutes, the following > resolutions were passed at the Council meeting in Nairobi on > Wednesday, 10 March 2010. > > > 1. Motion to Approve Vertical Integration (VI) Charter: > Made by: Stéphane van Gelder > Seconded by: Mary Wong > > Whereas, on 28 January 2010, the GNSO Council approved a policy > development process (PDP) on the topic of vertical integration > between registries and registrars; > > Whereas, the GNSO Council created a drafting team for the purposes > of drafting a charter to fulfill the requirements of the PDP; and, > > Whereas the drafting team completed its work and presented its > charter proposal to the GNSO Council on Friday Feb 26, 2010. > > Whereas, the GNSO Council has reviewed the proposed charter to > guide the working group in its PDP activities; > > NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: > Resolved, that the GNSO Council approves the following charter: > > http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered- > objectives-10mar10-en.pdf > > Resolved further, that the GNSO Council appoints Stephane van > Gelder to be the GNSO Council Liaison to the Vertical Integration > Working group (VI WG). > > Resolved further, that the GNSO Council directs that a working > group be formed to perform the work of the VI WG, and that the VI > WG shall initiate its activities within 14 days after the approval > of this motion. Until such time as the WG can select a chair and > that chair can be confirmed by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council > Liaison shall act as interim chair. > > Resolved further, that the WG is directed to develop a version of > objective 5 and to recommend it to the Council within three weeks > for either (a) Council approval of the WG-recommended Objective 5 > or (b) > Council vote on which version of Objective 5 (as reflected in the > draft Charter of March 10, 2010) should apply. > > Resolution passed unanimously by voice vote of all Council members > present. > Rosemary Sinclair, Adrian Kinderis and Terry Davis absent. > > > 2. Resolution for the extension of the Operating Steering > Committee (OSC)- Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) > > Motion made by: Chuck Gomes > Seconded by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben > > Whereas in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework > for implementing the various GNSO Improvements identified and > approved by the ICANN Board of Directors (see - GNSO Council > Improvements Implementation Plan) > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements- > implementation-plan-16oct08.pdf; > > Whereas that framework included the formation of two Steering > Committees - the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy > Process Steering Committee - to charter and coordinate the efforts > of five community work teams designed to develop specific > recommendations to implement specific aspects of the improvements; > > Whereas the Council intended the charters of the committees (and > their attendant work teams) to be temporary and not to extend > beyond the 2009 annual ICANN meeting without specific action by the > Council; > > Whereas the Council extended the terms of those committees until > the Nairobi ICANN meeting ("the end of ICANN's first general > meeting in 2010") to allow the GNSO community implementation > recommendations work to continue (see - 24 sept motions); > > Whereas the Council acknowledges the hard work of those work teams > and notes that those committees and their teams are diligently > continuing their work; > > 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 end of the 2010 > ICANN annual meeting. The Council directs each work team chair by > the end of the Brussels ICANN meeting to identify the specific > targets and benchmarks for completing their work and to be prepared > to conclude their work as soon as possible but not later than the > 2010 ICANN annual meeting. The specific expectations, targets and > benchmarks for each team should be shared with the appropriate > Steering Committee Chair and the Council by 15 April 2010. > > Resolution passed unanimously by voice vote of all Council members > present. > Rosemary Sinclair, Adrian Kinderis and Terry Davis absent. > > > 3. Board Seat #13 Election Resolution > Made by: Chuck Gomes > Seconded by: Stephane van Gelder > > Whereas, the ICANN Bylaws specify that the GNSO has the right to > select two individuals to serve on the ICANN Board, commonly > referred to as Board Seats 13 and 14; > > Whereas, under the Bylaws, the Contracted Parties House of the GNSO > Council selects the individual to fill Board Seat 13, and the Non- > Contracted Parties House selects the individual to fill Board Seat 14; > > Whereas, on 28 January 2010, the GNSO Council approved the process > proposed by the Contracted Party House to select a representative > to fill Board Seat 13 for the 2010 election, and amended its > Operating Procedures to include that process (see - http:// > gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-28jan10-en.htm); > > Whereas the Contracted Parties House of the GNSO Council has > utilized that process to select Bruce Tonkin to serve as the Board > member for Seat 13; > > RESOLVED, The GNSO Council acknowledges the selection of Bruce > Tonkin by the Contracted Parties House to fill ICANN Board Seat 13 > and directs the GNSO Secretariat to make the necessary > notifications to the Board and the community. > > Resolution passed unanimously by roll call vote and 3 absentee > ballots. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > Thank you. > Kind regards, > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > 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]