Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 17 November 2011:
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council.http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-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.
Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC
( 12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington DC; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris;
18 November 2011
05:00 Tokyo; 09:00 Auckland
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
1.2 Statement of interest updates
1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (5 minutes)
Standard agenda item looking at changes made to the GNSO's Pending Projects list since the previous meeting.
Refer to Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
2.1 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder)
• GNSO activities: 9 (Outreach Task Force DT and Fake Renewal Notices DT added).
• Other activities: 11(RAP, request to ICANN Compliance complete – Uniformity of Contract IR and Meta Issue, Uniformity of Reporting added)
• Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (no change).
• Outstanding recommendations: 2 (no change).
Item 3: Outreach Task Force Charter (15 minutes)
As part of the GNSO improvements, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC)'s Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team worked on a set of recommendations on a global outreach program
A motion is being made to approve the resulting Outreach Task Force's charter.
This motion is deferred from the Dakar GNSO Council meeting.
Refer to motion 1 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011
3.1 Reading of the Motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
3.2 Discussion
3.3 Vote
Item 4: UDRP (25 minutes)
Following the drafting of an Issue Report on a possible review of the UDRP, a motion is before the Council to initiate a PDP on this topic and that a drafting team be formed to write a charter for the working group.
Refer to motion 2
[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011|display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011]
4.1 Reading of the motion (Mary Wong)
4.2 Discussion
4.3 Vote
If the Council does not approve the above motion, a second motion on this issue has been made and will be examined by the Council.
Refer to motion 3
[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011|display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011]
4.4 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)
4.5 Discussion
4.6 Vote
Item 5: Open Council Meeting Drafting Team (10 minutes)
Following the Singapore meeting, a GNSO Drafting Team (DT) was formed to work on possible enhancements to the format of the GNSO Council's Open Meetings.
An update was provided to the Council on the DT's work during our Dakar Open Council Meeting. As some DT members have since left the Council, this discussion item is an opportunity for the Council to decide how to take this work forward.
5.1 Update from DT (John Berard ?)
5.2 Discussion
5.3 Next steps
Item 6: Dakar Board resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments RAA (15 minutes)
At its meeting in Dakar, the Board approved a resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments (RAA
6.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam)
6.2 Discussion
Item 7: Best Practices to address abusive domain registrations (15 minutes)
On 3 February 2011, the GNSO Council resolved to request a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report.
The discussion paper was submitted to the Council on 28 September
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/discussion-paper-rap-best-practices-28sep11-en.pdf
During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, there were questions on whether a WG should be created as a result of the discussion paper and if so a DT would need to create the charter. Another question asked was should the paper be put out for public comment instead?
7.1 Update from Staff (?)
7.2 Discussion
7.3 Next steps
Item 8: Cross-TLD registration scam and domain kiting (20 minutes)
Following the Council's request, SSAC has responded that it does not see any additional work it can do on this at this timehttp://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-chair-to-faltstrom-10oct11-en.pdf
During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, it was suggested that Council reps go back to their respective groups and think about possible next steps and what to do with data once it is available? It was also asked whether Staff look at how the ccTLDs address this issue?
This discussion item aims at seeing if this issue should be closed or if work should continue.
8.1 Update from Staff (?)
8.2 Discussion
8.3 Next steps
Item 9. Any Other Business (5 minutes)