Hello Everyone,

Please book in your calendar  for the  *Tuesday 22 July 2014 at 15:00 UTC *
for 2 hours monthly conference call .

Everybody is encouraged to attend. We usually cover:
- the GNSO council call agenda (planned for 24th July) and discussing its
items . Councillors and NCSG members involved in related WG will give more
insight about the motions
- Updates about ongoing policies: updates from working groups, statements ,
open public comments and discussing how NCSG should act.
- Any other relevant item e.g. planning for London meeting

*Why it is important to join?*

 it is good opportunity, happening monthly, to catch-up with the
ongoing policies and finding opportunities to volunteer for some tasks. For
newcomers to get snapshot of activities within NCSG , GNSO and ICANN, and
 also interacting with GNSO councillors .

*We have this initial draft agenda below, please send me any other
suggestion for item you would like to add:*

*I.    Roll-call *

 *II.   24th July GNSO Meeting Preparations*
      See below:
 A.  GNSO councillors will attend the call and brief to the membership
about the GNSO call agenda items.
 B.  Discussion Items

*III.   Update on ICANN policies*
** Working Groups / Panels/ Expert groups e.g. (non exhaustive list)* IANA
transition Coordination Group, Proxy and Privacy accreditation,  Expert
Working Group, GNSO review working party etc
** Open Comment Periods *
  See:  http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment
A. WHOIS Requirements and National Law Conflicts
*IV.  AOB*
 A. Any follow-up of  ICANN meeting 50 London
 B. Reminder about the election: check-in process

looking forward to interact with our members next week.
If you need dial-out or you don't find your country listed below, please
send me email off-list

Best Regards,

Rafik

*GNSO council Draft Agenda*

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
Procedures approved 13 September 2012 for the GNSO Council and updated.
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-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 11:00 UTC*:
*http://tinyurl.com/lwky9he <http://tinyurl.com/lwky9he>*

Coordinated Universal Time 11:00 UTC
04:00 Los Angeles; 07:00 Washington; 12:00 London; 13:00 Brussels; 19:00
Perth

Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councillors
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 (5 mins)*

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:

Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 25 June 2014, posted as approved on
XXXX 2014

*Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (15 mins)*

Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics

Include review of Projects List
<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf> and Action List
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>.

Comments or questions arising.

*Item 3: Consent agenda (0 mins)*

*Item 4: MOTION – **A proposed modification of the GNSO’s consensus
recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers **(20
mins)*

On 10 November 2013 the PDP Working Group (IGO-INGO PDP WG) delivered itsFinal
Report <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf> to
the GNSO Council that included twenty-five consensus recommendations of the
WG. On 20 November 2013 the GNSO Council unanimously adopted
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2> all twenty-five
consensus recommendations of the IGO-INGO PDP WG and forwarded them to the
ICANN Board in January 2014 with a recommendation for their adoption.

On 30 April 2014 the Board resolved
<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-04-30-en> to
adopt those of the GNSO’s recommendations that are not inconsistent with
GAC advice, and to facilitate dialogue between the affected parties in
order to reconcile the remaining differences, as further detailed in Annex A
<https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-a-30apr14-en.pdf>
 and Annex B
<https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-b-30apr14-en.pdf>
of
the Board’s resolution. The GNSO’s recommendations and GAC advice are
largely consistent except in relation to the duration and mechanism of
protection for IGO acronyms and the full names and acronyms of 189 Red
Cross national societies and the international Red Cross and Red Crescent
movement, for which the GNSO had recommended
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2> a 90-day period
of protection by way of a claim notification service utilising the
Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH).

On 16 June 2014 the NGPC sent
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-robinson-16jun14-en.pdf> a
letter to the GNSO Council requesting that the GNSO consider modifying its
recommendations relating to the duration and mechanism of protection for
IGO acronyms and national society names of the Red Cross. This modification
to be in accordance with and as envisaged by Section 16 of the GNSO’s PDP
Manual <http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf>.

4.1 – Present the *motion
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+25+June+2014>*
(Thomas
Rickert / Mary Wong)
4.2 – Discussion
4.3 – Vote (Threshold; One third of each house or two thirds of one house)

*Item 5: Update – On the Uniformity of Reporting Final Issue Report
Resolution (20 mins)*

Here the Council will receive an update, regarding an approved resolution
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20130516-1> as a result
of theFinal
Issue Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf> on
Uniformity of Reporting (a recommendation from RAPWG).

The resolution states, “*The GNSO Council does not initiate a Policy
Development Process at this stage but will review at the completion of the
ICANN Contractual Compliance three-year plan expected for 31 December 2013
whether additional action is required*.”

ICANN’s Contractual Compliance team provided a presentation to the Council
in London and here will present and be in a position to discuss the past
activities and results of the Contractual Compliance three-year plan and
future efforts to evolve the contractual compliance function with regard to
metrics collection and reporting.

The GNSO Council will deliberate whether further attention to this issue is
warranted.

Note: The second resolution launched what is now known as the non-PDP, Data
& Metrics for Policy Making WG
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm> that is currently
executing against its approved charter.

5.1 – Update (Maguy Serad)
5.2 – Discussion
5.3 – Next steps

*Item 6: UPDATE – A c**ross-community working group to develop a transfer
process for the IANA stewardship role** (10 mins)*

An invitation to participate in a drafting team has now been circulated and
sent to all ICANN SO & ACs. Here the Council will take the opportunity, as
manager of the policy development processes of the GNSO, to provide
direction on the formation, development and work of a CWG on the NTIA
transition.

6.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)
6.2 – Discussion
6.3 – Next steps

*Item 7: UPDATE – On the work of the GNSO Review Working Party (10 mins)*

As part of a periodic review process that is built into the ICANN model,
work on the ICANN Board initiated reviews of the GNSO (and the GNSO Council
and related functions) has commenced. The objective of the Review is to
examine the organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, including its
components (GNSO Council, GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and
Constituencies). The review is to be tightly scoped based on objective and
quantifiable criteria provided to an independent examiner. A webinar
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-23apr14-en.htm> to
discuss this has recently taken place.

The GNSO Review Working Party has been assembled to:

   - Act as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and
   the SIC,
   - Provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment,
   - Coordinate interviews and objectively supply clarification and
   responses to the draft findings and recommendations.

The SIC envisages that once a final report is issued and the Board takes
action on it, as appropriate, the GNSO Review Working Party will also
coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation Plan and
champion implementation of improvement activities.

7.1 – Update (Jennifer Wolfe)
7.2 – Discussion
7.3 – Next steps

*Item 8: UPDATE – On the work of the GAC / GNSO Consultation Group (10
mins)*

Here the Council will receive an update, including reactions to the Group’s
work presented during ICANN 50 in London and to discuss any actions being
planned. In particular, the Consultation Group will provide an update on
the overall direction of its work and specifically, remind the Council of
the decision to recruit and appoint a GNSO Liaison to GAC as well as the
selection process for such a liaison.

The call for applications is out and the deadline for applicants is the 31
July 2014. The Consultation Group envisages that a preliminary decision on
the actual appointment will take place as soon as possible. Moreover that
such an appointment will be subject to a motion before the GNSO Council in
September and the appointment will be made immediately thereafter and, in
any event, before ICANN 51.

8.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)
8.2 – Discussion
8.3 – Next steps

*Item 9: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Planning for LA (10 mins)*

Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the ICANN
Meeting in LA will take planning and preparation work. The Council has
output from the survey <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMQJY7Z> of the
ICANN 50 meeting in London. Please complete the survey
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMQJY7Z> if you have not already done so.
GNSO Council Vice Chair, David Cake will work with Jonathan Robinson and
staff on this effort.

Here the Council has the opportunity to feed into plans and provide input
based on past experience.  Included in this item will be the opportunity to
shape the approach to and substance of the Council’s proposed meetings with
other groups such as the ccNSO, the GAC and the ICANN board.

*Please Note:* The LA Meeting is an ICANN annual meeting and so will
include the GNSO Council development session on the second Friday i.e. *Friday
17 October 2014*. This is a day and evening session focused on the
successful and productive functioning of the Council for the period Annual
Meeting 2014 to Annual Meeting 2015.

9.1 – Update (David Cake & Jonathan Robinson)
9.2 – Discussion
9.3 – Next steps

*Item 10:  Any Other Business (5 mins)*


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