Hi Robin, Thanks, I am enjoying the conference live!! Regards Ing George Asare Sakyi Managing Director Mont Royal Technologies Tel: 0203001647 email: [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thu, August 26, 2010 9:08:52 PM Subject: Fwd: Note: REVISED link to Audio Cast & Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 26 August 2010 All are invited to listen to GNSO Council call happening now. Link below to listen to audio stream. Begin forwarded message: From: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> >Date: August 25, 2010 9:01:26 AM PDT >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Note: REVISED link to Audio Cast & Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 26 >August 2010 > > >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] > > > 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]