> Please note that the GNSO Council Meeting Audio Streaming link has > changed: > http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u > Please distribute this link to all the members of the community so > that they can listen to the GNSO Council Meeting on Thursday, 26 > August 2010 at 20:00 UTC. > This will be the link for all GNSO meetings going forward. > > Please find the updated Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 26 August > 2010. > > 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. > > 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]