> GNSO Council Public Meeting – Cartagena > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_8_december_2010 > > 8 December 2010, 14:00 COT (19:00 UTC) > > Reference to ICANN Schedule > http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15379 > > Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in Cartagena, 8 December 2010. > > Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for the latest updates on the GNSO Council Workspace at > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_8_december_2010 > > As can be seen below, in addition to the Open Microphone at the end of the agenda, as possible throughout the meeting time will be allowed for audience participation. > > Meeting Times > > Coordinated Universal Time:19:00 UTC - see below for local times > (11:00 Los Angeles,14:00 Cartagena 14:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels > > 9 December 2010 > 00:00 Karachi, 04:00 Tokyo, 06:00 Melbourne > > 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. > > Audiocast: > English > Chat Room: > http://cartagena39.icann.org/chat/getsemani > Remote Participation - High Bandwidth > Audiocast: > English > Virtual Meeting Room > http://icann.adobeconnect.com/ctg39-getsemani > 1. Administrative Matters > > a. Roll call of Council members, noting alternates and proxies (Glen) > b. Polling for Disclosures of Interest > > i. 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. > > ii. 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.” > > iii. The main issues for this meeting are: > > • GNSO Project Decision Making > • Elections of Council Chair & Vice Chairs > • New gTLD Applicant Guidebook > • Joint New gTLD Applicant Support Recommendations > • Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement > • Joint IDN Working Group Recommendations re. New Top Level Domains > • Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies > • Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter > • Whois & Internationalized Registration Data > • GNSO Improvements > > b. Update any statements of interest > c. Review/amend agenda > d. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: > > i. 18 November 2010 meeting minutes: > http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10104.html > ii. Scheduled for approval on 3 December 2010 > > > 2. GNSO Project Decision Making > > a. Overview of weekend working session (Chuck Gomes?) > b. Audience input > c. Next steps > > > 3. Elections of Council Chair & Vice Chairs > > a. Results of vice chair elections by houses (Glen de Saint Géry) > b. Chair election > > i. Results (Glen de Saint Géry) > ii. Next round of voting (if needed) > iii. Next steps > > c. Seating of new chair (if possible)? > > d. Assignment of Nominating Committee Appointees (NCAs) > > i. Non-Contracted Party House: Olga Cavalli > ii. Contracted Party House: Andrei Kolesnikov > iii. Non-voting position: Carlos Dionisio Aguirre > > e. Election procedures > > i. Comments from Councilors > ii. Status of OSC review of procedures > > • Need to define the chair and vice chair terms in the GNSO Operating Procedures > > iii. Audience input > > 4. New gTLD Applicant Guidebook > > a. Joint Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG) > > i. Refer to JAS WG recommendations: > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11nov10-en.htm > > ii. Refer to Motion to Extend the WG as amended and deferred in the 18 November Council meeting: > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions > > iii. Reading of the motion (Rafik Dammak) > > iv. Discussion > > • Council > • Audience > > v. Vote (Note that absentee voting will not be allowed. > > b. Vertical Integration Policy Development Working Group (VI PDP WG) > > i. Refer to VI PDP WG Interim Report: > http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-interim-report-phase-i-09nov10-en.pdf > > ii. Refer to motion deferred from 18 November Council meeting: > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions > > • Reading of the motion (Stéphane Van Gelder) > • Discussion > > - Council > - Audience > > • Vote (Note that absentee voting does not apply.) > > c. Other New gTLD issues? > > 5. Joint IDN Working Group (JIG) Recommendations re. New Top Level Domains > > a. Refer to JIG working space: > http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jiwg.htm > > b. JIG WG Status Report (Edmon Chung) > http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-draft-final-report-22nov10-en.pdf > > c. Next steps > d. Discussion > > • Council > • Audience > > 6. Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement > > a. Refer to public comment site posted on 22 November with comments due by 21 January: Proposed Changes to Enhance ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Evaluation Process at > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22nov10-en.htm. > > b. Overview (Margie Milam) > http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/final-report-raa-improvements-28oct10-en.pdf > > i. Weekend GNSO working session > ii. Current status > iii. Next steps > > c. Discussion > > • Council > • Audience > > > 7. Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) > > a. Refer to Letter from the RAP Implementation Drafting Team (IDT): > http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf > > b. Thanks to the RAP IDT members and co-chairs Mikey O’Connor & Greg Aaron. > c. Brief overview of weekend GNSO working session (Marika?) > d. Discussion questions > > i. How and when should the GNSO handle RAP IDT recommendations that: > > • Had unanimous consensus? > • Were identified as low hanging fruit? > • Did not have unanimous consensus? > > ii. Should we develop an overall action plan in response to the RAP IDT proposed approach? > > e. Discussion > > • Council > • Audience > > f. Next steps? > > 8. Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter > > a. Refer to draft charter: (insert link) > b. Overview of draft charter (Julie Hedland) > c. Refer to motion: > https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions > > i. Reading of the motion (TBD) > ii. Discussion > > • Council > • Audience > > iii. Vote (Note that absentee voting does not apply.) > > d. Next steps > > 9. Whois & Internationalized Registration Data > > a. Whois Studies > > i. Status Report (Liz Gasster) > ii. Council Discussion > > b. Internationalized Registration Data Working Group > > > i. Refer to WG work space: > https://st.icann.org/int-reg-data-wg/index.cgi?internationalized_registration_data_working_group > > ii. Status Report (Edmon Chung or Julie Headland) > iii. Council Discussion > > c. Audience Input > > 10. GNSO Improvements > > a. Operations Steering Committee Report (Philip Sheppard?) > b. Policy Process Steering Committee Report (Jeff Neuman) > c. Staff Report (Rob Hoggarth) > > i. Constituency & Stakeholder Group Charters > ii. GNSO Website > iii. Other? > > d. Discussion > > • Council > • Audience > > 11. Recognition & thanks for outgoing Councilors > > a. Non-Contracted Party House > > i. Commercial Stakeholder Group > > • Mike Rodenbaugh (Commercial Business Users Constituency) > > b. Contracted Party House > > i. Nominating Committee Appointee > > > > • Terry Davis > > > ii. Registries Stakeholder Group > > • Edmon Chung > • Caroline Greer > • Chuck Gomes > > 12. Recognition & thanks for ICANN Staff support in 2010 > > a. Administrative Support > > • Glen de Saint Géry > • Gisella Gruber-White > > b. Direct GNSO Policy Support > > • David Olive > • Liz Gasster > • Rob Hoggarth > • Marika Konings > • Karla Valente > • Julie Hedland > • Margie Milam > • Ken Bour > > c. Dozens of other staff members from the ICANN executive team to liaisons to other SO and AC support personnel have also provided support to the GNSO. > > 13. Welcome to New Councilors > > a. Non-Contracted Party House > > ii. Commercial Stakeholder Group > > • John Berard (Commercial Business Users Constituency) > > b. Contracted Party House > > iii. Nominating Committee Appointee > > • Carlos Dionisio Aguirre > > iv. Registries Stakeholder Group > > • Ching Chiao > • Jeff Neuman > • TBD > > 14. Other Business > > 15. Open Microphone > > 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 19:00 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 11:00 > Cartagena, Columbia (COT) UTC-5+0DST 14:00 > New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 14:00 > Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3+0DST 16:00 > Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil (BRST) UTC-2+1DST 17:00 > Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 19:00 > London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 19:00 > Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 > Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 > Karachi, Pakistan (PKT) UTC+5+0DST 00:00 next day > Hong Kong, China (HKT) UTC+8+0DST 03:00 next day > Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9+0DST 04:00 next day > Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 06:00 next day > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > 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]