Hi Robin, Thanks for the information , it is my hope and prayer the audiocast works as promised. Best Regards George Ing George Asare Sakyi Managing Director Mont Royal Technologie Tel: 0203001647 email: [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 3:53:36 PM Subject: Link to listen to audiocast & Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 26 August 2010 Please note the link to the : >GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org/gnso/ >Please distribute this link and the agenda to all your stakeholder >group/constituency members > >Please find the updated Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 26 August 2010. > >The agenda is posted at: >http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-26aug10-en.htm >and the agenda on the Wiki has the latest updates >https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_26_august_2010 > >the motions are posted on page: >https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?26_august_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: >13:00 PDT; 15:00 CDT; 16:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 22:00 CET; >24:00 Moscow > >Friday, 27 August >01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Hong Kong; 05:00 Tokyo, 06:00 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/gnso/ >Item 1: Administrative matters (15 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 Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or >discussion” in this meeting. >• The main issues for this meeting are: >o New voting procedures >o Whois studies >o GNSO Endorsements for the AoC SSR & Whois Policies RTs >o Vertical Integration (VI) PDP WG >o Community WG regarding the GAC requested community working group on new gTLD >Recommendation 6 (i.e., morality & public order) >1.2 Update any statements of interest >1.3 Review/amend agenda > >1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO >Operating Procedures: >• 5 August 2010 meeting – Scheduled for Approval on 26 August 2010. > >http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09519.html > >Item 2: Overview of New Procedures Related to Voting (5 minutes) > >2.1 Refer to: >• GNSO Operating Procedures >http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf >• Cheat sheet for new voting procedures > >Visual Procedures Map covering abstentions, absences, and vacancies >http://gnso.icann.org/council/visual-procedures-map-en.htm >Abstention Notification Form to be completed by an officer of the abstaining >Councilor's appointing organization (Stakeholder Group or Constituency, as >appropriate) >http://gnso.icann.org/council/abstention-notification-form-en.htm > >2.2 Opportunity for SGs, Constituencies and the Council to schedule an overview >session with Ken Bour > >2.3 Discussion > >Item 3: Whois Studies (20 minutes) > >3.1 Refer to: >• Whois Studies Report: >http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf >• RFP for Proxy/Abuse Study: >http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-18may10-en.htm >• Liz Gasster's summary chart of the studies: >http://gnso.icann.org/whois/whois-studies-chart-30jul10-en.pdf >• Brief overview of the study choices presented by Lisa Phifer on 15 July: >http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-whois-report-23jun10-en.pdf > > >3.2 Highlights of Report for Whois Study # 3 (Liz Gasster) > >3.3 Motion to proceed with Study # 1 >• Refer to motion: >https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?26_august_motions >• Discussion >• Vote >(Note that absentee voting will not be allowed for this but new procedures may >apply.) >3.4 Continuing discussion of how to proceed in selecting studies >3.5 Next steps? >Item 4: GNSO Endorsements for the AoC SSR & Whois Policies RTs (20 minutes) > >4.1 Refer to: >• GNSO AoC Reviews site: http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/ >• GNSO SSR RT site: http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm >• GNSO Whois RT site: http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/whois-policies-en.htm >4.2 SG primary & alternate endorsements: > CSG NCSG RrSG RySG >SSR Primary Jeff Brueggeman David Cake (Australia) Rick Wilhelm Ken Silva >SSR Alternate(s) George Asare Sakyi >Whois Primary Susan Kawaguchi Kim G. Von Arx James Bladel Kathy Kleiman >Whois Alternate(s) Kim G. von Arx >4.3 Summary of Geographic & Gender Diversity for SG Primary Endorsements: > SSR RT Whois RT ># from Africa 0 0 ># from Asia/Pacific 1 0 ># from Europe 0 1 ># from Latin America & Caribbean 0 0 ># from North America 3 3 ># Male 4 2 ># Female 0 2 >4.4 Possible Candidates to Improve Diversity: > SSR RT Whois RT >Africa George Asare Sakyi None >Asia/Pacific N/A None >Europe None N/A >Latin America & Caribbean None None >North America N/A N/A >Male N/A N/A ># Female None N/A > >Note the ccNSO endorsements: > >SSR RT: Ondrej Filip from Europe, Rodney Joffe from North America and Simon >McCalla from Europe (for two seats) > >Whois RT: Emily Taylor from Europe (for one seat) >4.5 Should the GNSO add one or two candidates to improve diversity of either RT >slate? >• Discussion >• Next steps? [e.g., motion(s) for consideration on 8 September] >• Note: GNSO endorsement slate is due to Selectors not later than 12 September > >Item 5: Vertical Integration (VI) PDP WG (20 Minutes) > >5.1 Refer to Revised Initial Report from the WG >http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/revised-vi-initial-report-18aug10-en.pdf > > >5.2 Overview of the report (Margie Milam) >• Discussion >• Next steps? >• Deadline for submission of report to the Board for their retreat: 13 September >5.3 Refer to motion (if any): >https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?26_august_motions >• Discussion >• Vote >• Follow-up actions >Item 6: GAC requested community working group on new gTLD Recommendation 6 (15 >Minutes) > >6.1 Refer to draft terms of reference (ToR): >http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-new-gtld-recommendation-6-wg-tor-18aug10-en.pdf > > >6.2 Discussion > >6.3 Any suggested changes to the draft ToR > >6.4 Any objections to the ToR? >Item 7: Ongoing Action Items (10 Minutes) > >7.1 Next Steps for Prioritization of GNSO Projects (Chuck Gomes) > >7.2 Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendations Action Plan (Marika Konings) > >7.3 Suggested improvements for GNSO Public Council meetings * (Wendy Seltzer) >* Target date for completion of work and submission of input to Stéphane & Glen >for schedule planning: 15 September. >7.4 Suggestions for GNSO Council interaction with the Board * (Stéphane Van >Gelder) >* Target date for completion of work and submission of input to Stéphane & Glen >for schedule planning: 15 September. >7.5 Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes) >• Note that the ccNSO identified the following as members of this group: > >Jay Daley, .nz >Chris Disspain, .au, ccNSO Chair >Luis Diego Espinoza, .cr >Ondrej Filip. .cz >Hiro Hotta, .jp >Hansang Lee, .kr >Jörg Schweiger, .de >Tan Yaling, .cn > >7.6 Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation (Glen de >Saint Géry) > >7.7 Council meeting dates for November, December & January (Glen de Saint Géry) > >Item 8: Other Business (5 Minutes) >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 March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere >________________________________________ >Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC >________________________________________ >California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 13:00 >Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 15:00 >New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 16:00 >Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00 >Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 17:00 >Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 21:00 >Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00 >Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00 >Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 00:00 next day >Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day >Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day >Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day >Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 06:00 next day >________________________________________ >The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00 local time >(with exceptions) >________________________________________ >For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/ >Please let me know if you have any questions. >Thank you. > >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]