Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: October 11, 2012 8:16:09 AM PDT > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Proposed Agendas GNSO Working Sessions 13,14 > Oct. & GNSO Council Public Meeting in Toronto 17 Oct. 2012 > > > Dear All, > > Schedules and agendas can be found on the general Wiki pages: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/ICANN > +Meetings+in+Toronto > > More specifically for the GNSO working sessions on Saturday 13 and > Sunday 14 October 2012: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Working > +Session+Toronto+Saturday+13+October+2012 > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Working > +SessionToronto+Sunday+14+October+2012 > > Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Public Meeting in Toronto 17 > October 2012 > http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-17oct12-en.htm > Reference to ICANN Schedule > http://toronto45.icann.org/node/34347 > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+17 > +October+2012 > > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > 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. > 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. Please be aware that audience > opportunities to comment will depend on available time. > This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating > Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and > updated. > http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-13sep12- > 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 Times 19:00 UTC > http://tinyurl.com/9v4qpbr > Coordinated Universal Time 19:00 UTC: > 12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington DC; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris/ > Prague; > 04:00 Tokyo; 08:00 Wellington next day) > > Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members who > cannot physically attend the meeting. Councilors should notify the > GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. > > 15:00- 16:00 GNSO Council Public Forum > > Presentations by Stakeholder Groups and Constituency Leaders (60 > minutes) > Registries Stakeholder Group – David Maher > Registrars Stakeholder Group – Matt Serlin > Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) – Robin Gross > Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency – Alain Berranger. > Commercial and Business Users Constituency (BC) – Marilyn Cade > Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) –Steve Metalitz > Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) – > Tony Holmes > > Break > Item 1: Administrative matters (5 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: > Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 13 September 2012 > approved on 9 October 2012. > 1.5. GNSO Pending Projects List > http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf > Review main changes. > Comments and/or questions. > Item 2: Consent agenda > No consent agenda items. > Item 3: Consumer Trust (10 minutes) > The GNSO's Consumer Choice, Trust, and Competition WG has produced > an advice letter for consideration by ICANN Supporting > Organisations and Advisory Committees. > The GNSO Council is now asked to consider approval of this letter. > Refer to motion 1: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > 3.1 Reading of the motion (John Berard). > 3.2 Discussion & open microphone > 3.3 Nest steps (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house). > Item 4: RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Contracts to Address > Registration Abuse (10 minutes) > The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) recommended > that an Issue Report evaluate whether a minimum baseline of > registration abuse provisions should be created for ICANN > agreements. The Final Issue Report, which was submitted to the GNSO > Council on 21 September 2012, recommends the initiation of a PDP > (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/registration-abuse/uofc-final- > issue-report-20sep12-en.pdf). > The Council must now consider a motion to initiate a PDP. > > Refer to motion 2: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > > 4.1 Reading of the motion (Zahid Jamil). > 4.2 Discussion & open microphone > 4.3 Vote (PDP threshold: 1/3rd of each house, or 2/3 of one house). > Item 5: RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Reporting (10 minutes) > The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) recommended > that the GNSO and the larger ICANN community in general, create and > support uniform reporting processes. Following further discussion > on this issue, Mikey O'Connor submitted a thoughts paper to the > GNSO Council which was presented to the Council at its September > 13, 2012 meeting http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/rap/comments-rap- > uniformity-of-reporting-30jul12-en.pdf. A motion has now been > submitted requesting an Issue Report on the current state of > uniformity in the mechanisms to initiate, track, and analyze policy- > violation reports. This issue report should consider the issues > highlighted in the RAPWG Final Report, the ICANN Compliance > Department Report on this issue and the thought paper and is > expected to recommend next steps. > > Refer to motion 3: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > > 5.1 Reading of the motion (John Berard) > 5.2 Discussion & open microphone > 5.3 Vote (Issue report threshold: 25% of each house, or majority of > one house). > Item 6: Protection of IOC/RC names at the second level (10 minutes) > On September 13, 2012, the ICANN Board published an approved > resolution (http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/ > resolutions-new-gtld-13sep12-en.htm) asking the GNSO conclude > ongoing policy work on the issue of second-level protections for > the IOC and RC names by January 31, 2013. > This is an update item to allow the IOC/RC DT to brief the Council > on its ongoing work and whether it expects to be able to meet the > Board's deadline, so that should this not be the case, the GNSO > Council can take any action it sees fit. > 6.1 Update from DT Chair (Jeff Neuman) > 6.2 Discussion & open microphone > Item 7: Policy Development Process (PDP) on International > Governmental Organizations (IGO) names (10 minutes) > Pursuant to its 12 April 2012 motion, the GNSO Council requested an > Issue Report on the protection of names and acronyms of certain > international organizations including, International Governmental > Organizations (IGOs) and Non- > Governmental Organizations such as the Red Cross/Red Crescent > Movement (RCRC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The > Final Issue Report, which was submitted to the GNSO Council on 1 > October 2012, recommends the initiation of a PDP (see http:// > gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue- > report-01oct12-en.pdf ) > The Council must now consider a motion to initiate a PDP. > > Refer to motion 4: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > 7.1 Update from Staff (Brian Peck) > 7.2 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman) > 7.3 Discussion & open microphone > 7.4 Vote (PDP threshold: 1/3rd of each house, or 2/3 of one house). > Item 8: Thick Whois PDP WG Charter (10 minutes) > > The Thick Whois DT has finalised a charter for the WG which will be > formed as part of the PDP initiated on this issue by the GNSO Council. > > The Council must now approve the charter. > > Refer to motion 5: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > > 8.1 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman) > 8.2 Discussion & open microphone > 8.3 Vote (PDP threshold: 1/3rd of each house, or 2/3 of one house). > 8.4 If motion carries, selection of Council Liaison to WG. > Item 9: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part C (IRTP Part C) > Working Group (WG) (10 minutes) > > IRTP is an ongoing 5-part PDP. Current work is on the 3rd part, > part C. The WG is now presenting its Final Report for approval by > the GNSO Council. > > Refer to motion 6: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > > 9.1 Reading of the motion (X Y) > 9.2 Discussion & open microphone > 9.3 Vote (Approval of consensus policy PDP threshold: Supermajority > (2/3 of each house, or ¾ of one house and a majority of the other)). > Item 10: Internationalized Registration Data WG (10 minutes) > > Having received the IRD WG's final report, the GNSO and SSAC have > submitted it to the Board via a joint letter. There is now > discussion of initiating an issue report as a follow-up to the IRD > WG's final report. > The Council must consider whether to request such an issue report. > > Refer to motion 7: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17 > +October+2012 > > 10.1 Reading of the motion (X Y) > 10.2 Discussion & open microphone > 10.3 Vote (Issue report threshold: 25% of each house, or majority > of one house). > Item 11: WHOIS Proxy/Privacy Reveal & Relay Feasibility Survey > Report (10 minutes) > This survey evaluated the feasibility of conducting a future in- > depth study into communication Relay and identity Reveal requests > sent for gTLD domain names registered using Proxy and Privacy > services. The Interisle Consulting Group has completed this survey > and initial results have been reported, and explored in a community > webinar held on 13 August. This item is an overview of the final > report to be published in mid-September, and an examination of > possible next steps for the GNSO Council to consider. > 11.1 Update from Staff (Barbara Roseman) > 11.2 Discussion & open microphone > 11.3 Next step > Item 12: Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) (10 minutes) > On September 18, 2012, Kurt Pritz wrote to the GNSO Council Chair > to inform the Council of ongoing discussions on the implementation > of the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system. > It is being suggested that some of the implementation solutions may > not match the work of the Special Trademark Issues (STI) group and > that increased involvement by the GNSO may be helpful at this stage. > This is a discussion item. > 12.1 Update from Staff (Kurt Pritz) > 12.2 Discussion & open microphone > Item 13: Whois Review Team Final Report (10 minutes) > > The GNSO Council has put together a team to work on a response to a > request from the Board to comment the WHOIS RT Final Report > recommendations. However, this group was unable to agree on a > response and it was suggested that the Council might instead > respond with a list of individual constituency and SG opinions. > > At its September 13 meeting, the Council agreed to ask Staff to > compile this list <link to Staff list>. The Council must now agree > on next steps. > > 13.1 Update from the group (Brian Winterfeldt) > 13.2 Discussion & open microphone > 13.3 Next steps > Item 14: Thanks to outgoing Councilors (5 minutes) > Stéphane van Gelder, Mary Wong, Rafik Dammak, Bill Drake, Carlos > Aguirre > Item 15. Any Other Business (5 minutes) > BREAK > 18:00 - 18:30 New Council convenes > Item 1. Seating of the New Council > 1.1 Roll call > 1.2 Statements of interest > Item 2 Vote for GNSO Council chair > Two nominations were received for this position, Jonathan Robinson > and Thomas Rickert. The GNSO Council held a question & answer > session over the weekend with Dr.Robinson and Mr Rickert. > Vote by secret Ballot. > > GNSO Operating Procedures > http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-13sep12- > en.pdf > > 2.2 Officer Elections: Chair and Vice-Chairs > The GNSO Council shall select the GNSO Chair and two Vice-Chairs as > follows: > a. The GNSO Chair shall be elected by a 60 percent vote of each house. > > b. Each house will be allowed to nominate one candidate for GNSO > Council Chair. > Each house is responsible for determining how to nominate its > candidate. A > candidate for GNSO Council Chair does not need to be a member of a > house, but > must be a member of the GNSO Council. Should a Chair be elected > from outside of > the houses that Chair will be a non-voting Chair. > i. All ballots will include the “none of the above” option. In > the event that a 60 > percent vote of each house selects the “none of the above” > option, each house > will commence a new nomination period of not longer than 15 days. An > election for the new nominees will be scheduled for no sooner than > 30 days > after the unsuccessful vote. > > ii. In the case of a tie for the most votes between the two > candidates, or between a candidate and “none of above,” a second > election will be held no sooner than 30 days. The candidates shall > remain the same for this second election. In the case this second > election also results in a tie, each house will commence a new > nomination period of not longer than 15 days. An election for the > new nominees will be rescheduled for no sooner than 30 days after > the unsuccessful vote. > > iii. The leading candidate will be defined as the one with the > highest score. The score is calculated by adding together the > voting percentages attained from each house. The highest percentage > attainable in each house is 100. Thus, the maximum score a > candidate can achieve is 200 as a result of attaining 100 percent > of the votes from the contracted party house and 100 percent from > the non-contracted party house (100 percent + 100 percent = score > of 200). In case neither candidate reaches the 60 percent of each > house threshold, a second ballot will be held between the leading > candidate and “none of the above.” > > iv. In case neither candidate reaches the 60 percent of each house > threshold and the candidates do not tie, a second runoff ballot > will be held between the > leading candidate and “none of the above.” > > v. If the single candidate does not reach the 60 percent of each > house threshold in the runoff ballot, then each house will commence > a new nomination period of not longer than 15 days. An election for > the new nominees will be rescheduled for no sooner than 30 days > after the unsuccessful runoff ballot. > > c. Each house shall select a Council Vice-Chair from within its > respective house. > > d. A Chair may not be a member of the same Stakeholder Group of > either of the Vice-Chairs. > > e. The Chair and Vice-Chairs shall retain their votes (if any) in > their respective houses (if any). > > f. In the event that the GNSO Council has not elected a GNSO > Council Chair by the end of the previous Chair’s term, the Vice- > Chairs will serve as Interim GNSO Co-Chairs until a successful > election can be held. > > g. The Council shall inform the Board and the Community > appropriately and post the > election results on the GNSO website within 2 business days > following each election > and runoff ballot, whether successful or unsuccessful. > Appendix 1 > 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: > > a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more > than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House. > > b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as > described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than > one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one > House. > > c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of > GNSO Supermajority. > > d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an > affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more > than two-thirds (2/3) of one House. > > e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires > an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority. > > f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team > Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve > an amendment to the Charter through a simple majority vote of each > House. > > g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of > a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for > significant cause, upon a motion that passes with a GNSO > Supermajority Vote in favor of termination. > > h. 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. > > i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires > an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority, > > j. 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. > > k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final > Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be > modified or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority > vote. > > l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the > Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one > House and a majority of the other House." > > Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures GNSO Operating Procedures. > 4.1 Applicability > Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of > Council motions or measures. > a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP); > b. Approve a PDP recommendation; > c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or > ICANN Bylaws; > d. Fill a Council position open for election. > > 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within > the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the > meeting‟s adjournment. 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 calendar days, provided such amendment is > verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present. > 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate > absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide > reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee > ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web- > based interface, or other technologies as may become available. > 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. > (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) UTC 19:00 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+1DST 12:00 > Toronto, Canada (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 15:00 > New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 15:00 > Rio de Janiero, Brazil (BRT) UTC-3+0DST 16:00 > Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3+0DST 16:00 > Montevideo, Uruguay (UYT) UTC-3+0DST 17:00 > Edinburgh, Scotland (BST) UTC+1DST 20:00 > London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 20:00 > Abuja,Nigeria (WAT) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 > Tunis, Tunisia (CET) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 > Bonn, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 > Paris, France (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 21:00 > Ramat Hasharon, Israel(IST) UTC+2+0DST 21:00 > Karachi, Pakistan (PKT ) UTC+5+0DST 00:00 > Beijing/Hong Kong, China (HKT ) UTC+8+0DST 03:00 > Perth, Australia (WST) UTC+8+0DST 03:00 – next day > Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9+0DST 04:00 – next day > Wellington, New Zealand (NZDT ) UTC+12+0DST 08:00 – next day > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2012, 2:00 or 3:00 > local time (with exceptions) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com > http://tinyurl.com/9v4qpbr > 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]