There is no dial in number for Egypt. Should I call another number instead? Amr Elsadr M.D. Chief Operating Officer Tele-Med International http://www.telemedint.net Tel: +2(023)534-6098 Fax: +2(023)534-6029 -----Original Message----- From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Avri Doria Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:23 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Corrections NCSG Policy Meeting at 1700 UTC today. Please find hereafter the conference call details for the NCSG call on Tuesday 16 November at 17:00 UTC (duration 120 minutes) On 15 Nov 2010, at 18:49, Avri Doria wrote: > Reminder that we have an open NCSG Policy Discussion meeting on 16 November 2010 (15:00 UTC) > > Details: > > http://ncdnhc.org/events/ncsg-open-policy-meeting-16 > > Draft Agenda: > > - Report of elections > - GSNO Agenda review > - WG/WT review > - Other? > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: 15 November 2010 17:40:44 GMT+01:00 >> To: GNSO Council <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [council] Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 18 November 2010 at 11:00 UTC >> >> Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 18 November 2010. >> >> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_18_november_2010 >> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-18nov10-en.htm >> >> 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 11:00 UTC >> >> Coordinated Universal Time:11:00 UTC - see below for local times >> (03:00 Los Angeles, 06:00 Washington DC, 11:00 London, 12:00 Brussels, 22:00 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:8000/gnso.m3u >> >> Item 1: Administrative matters (10 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. >> Here is the definition provided in the procedures: >> >> “Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.” >> >> The main issues for this meeting are >> >> • GNSO Project Decision Making >> • Status of Council Chair Nominations and NCA Assignments >> • Disclosure of Interest Procedures motion >> • Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement >> • New gTLD Applicant Guidebook >> • RySG endorsements for AoC SSR RT replacement >> >> 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: >> • 28 October 2010 meeting minutes >> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09873.html >> – Scheduled for approval on 15 November 2010. >> >> Item 2: Election of Council Chair & Vice Chairs (20 minutes) >> >> Refer to procedures approved on 28 October: >> >> http://gnso.icann.org/elections/election-procedures-2010.htm >> >> 2.1 Chair Nominees >> >> • Non-contracted Party House: Olga Cavalli >> Candidate Statement >> • Contracted Party House: Stéphane van Gelder >> Candidate Statement >> • Questions for Olga? >> • Questions for Stéphane? >> 2.2 NCA Assignments? >> >> • Non-contracted Party House: (TBD) >> • Contracted Party House: (TBD) >> 2.3 Status of OSC/GCOT review of the election process (Julie Hedlund) >> >> >> >> Item 3: GNSO Project Prioritisation (10 minutes) >> >> 3.1 Considering the prioritization discussions we had on 28 October and prior to that, is the following a possible way forward: Rather than spending more time prioritizing GNSO projects, develop criteria for making decisions on a case by case basis? >> >> • Discussion >> • Other alternatives? >> • Volunteers? >> 3.2 Next steps? >> >> Item 4: Disclosure of Interest Procedures (10 minutes) >> >> 4.1 Refer to revised procedures: >> http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-operating-procedures-revisions-15oct10-en. pdf >> >> 4.2 Refer to motion: >> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?18_november_motions >> >> 4.3 Discussion >> >> 4.4 Vote (Note that absentee voting is not allowed for this motion.) >> >> Item 5: Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (20 minutes) >> >> 5.1 Refer to final report: >> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oc t01-en.pdf >> >> 5.2 Overview of report (Margie Milam) >> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/final-report-raa-improvements-28oct10-e n.pdf >> >> 5.3 Discussion >> >> 5.4 Next steps? >> >> Item 6: Planning for Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes) >> >> 6.1 Changes to schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry) >> >> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf >> >> 6.2 Topic(s) for Joint meetings with the GAC & ccNSO >> >> • Refer to discussion paper titled “ Proposed discussion of Cross-SO/AC policy development work ”: >> http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-cross-so-ac-policy-discussion-28oct10-en. pdf >> • Overview of paper (Liz Gasster) >> • Status of topic for GAC & ccNSO joint meetings (Chuck Gomes) >> • Discussion? >> 6.3 Other agendas >> >> Item 7: New gTLD Applicant Guidebook (30 minutes) >> >> 7.1 Joint Applicant Support WG (Rafik Dammak) >> >> • Refer to JAS WG recommendations: >> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11nov10-en.htm >> • Brief overview of recommendations (Rafik Dammak) >> • Refer to Motion to Extend the WG: >> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?18_november_motions >> • Discussion >> Vote (Note that absentee voting does not apply) >> 7.2 VI PDP WG Interim Report >> >> • Refer to Report: >> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-interim-report-phase-i- 09nov10-en.pdf >> • Brief overview of report ( Margie Milam) >> • Refer to motion: >> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?18_november_motions >> • Discussion >> • Exception to Eight day requirement >> • Vote (Note that absentee voting is not allowed for this motion.) >> 7.3 Refer to latest version of the guidebook: >> >> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-12nov10-en.pdf >> >> 7.4 Highlights (Kurt Pritz) >> >> 7.5 Discussion >> >> 7.6 Action Items? >> >> Item 8: Other Business (5 Minutes) >> >> 8.1 AoC SSR RT Resignation by Ken Silva >> >> • The RySG endorsed two candidates to replace Ken: >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm >> • Rodney Joffe >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/application-joffe-cv-14jul10-en.pdf >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/application-joffe-motivation-letter-14jul1 0-en.pdf >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/application-joffe-additional-ccnso-require ments-14jul10-en.pdf >> • Ramses Martinez >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/application-martinez-bio-04nov10-en.pdf >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/application-martinez-cv-04nov10-en.pdf >> http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/application-martinez-soi-11nov10-en.pdf >> • Discussion >> • Note that the GNSO procedures do not require approval by the Council. >> • Any objections to sending the two candidates names to the Selectors? >> 8.2 Personnel announcement >> >> 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 October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 11:00 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+0DST 03:00 >> New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+0DST 06:00 >> Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 08:00 >> Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-2+1DST 09:00 >> London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 11:00 >> Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 12:00 >> Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 12:00 >> Barcelona, Spain (CET) UTC+1+0DST 12:00 >> Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 16:00 >> Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 19:00 >> Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 20:00 >> Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 22:00 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com >> >> Glen de Saint Géry >> GNSO Secretariat >> [log in to unmask] >> http://gnso.icann.org >> >> >