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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial">FYI:</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial"> <b>GNSO Council meeting audiocast</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><b>http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</b></a></font></p><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 21, 2010 3:18:33 PM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[liaison6c] Proposed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 7 October 2010.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div class="WordSection1"><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please distribute to the Stakeholder Group and Constituency members!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please find the proposed GNSO Council Agenda for the meeting on Thursday, 7 October at 15:00 UTC below and also posted at:<b><br></b><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-07oct10-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-07oct10-en.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_7_october_2010">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_7_october_2010</a><br><br><span class="a">This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.</span><br><span class="a">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For convenience:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<br>* An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Meeting Time 15:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">See the following and <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com">http://www.timeanddate.com</a>/ for other times:<br>08:00 PDT; 10:00 CDT; 11:00 EST; 12:00 Buenos Aires; 12:00 Brazil; 17:00 CET; 19:00 Moscow, 20:00 Karachi, 23:00 Hong Kong,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><u>Friday, 8 October<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></u><br>00:00 Tokyo, 01:00 Melbourne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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.<br><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Council meeting audiocast</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 1: Administrative matters (15 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• 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.<br>Here is the definition provided in the proecedures:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">“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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The main issues for this meeting are:<br>New gTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Recommendation 6 Community WG Report to the Board<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Excerpt from Draft Final Report -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> New gTLD Applicant Support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Comments regarding both of the above<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Prioritization<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>1.2 Update any statements of interest<br><br>1.3 Review/amend agenda<br><br>1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>• 8 September 2010 meeting (insert link) – Scheduled for Approval on 30 September 2010.<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 2: Suggested Improvements for GNSO Public Council meetings (10 minutes)</span></u></strong><br><br>2.1 Proposed recommendations (Wendy Seltzer)<br><br>2 .2 Discussion<br><u><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 3: New gTLD Recommendation 6 Community WG (25 minutes)</span></strong></u><br><br>3.1 Summary of Report (Margie Milam)<br><br>3.2 Discussion<br><br>3.3 GNSO Comments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Summary of comments on Council list to date (Margie Milam)<br>• Additional comments<br>• Should we submit comments from the Council or from individual SGs/Constituencies?<br>• Next steps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>o Possible Council action on 28 October (if needed)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>3.4 Special thanks to the Rec6 CWG and to Margie & Marika for their incredible support.<br><b><u><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 4: Excerpt from Draft Final Report -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS) WG (15 minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br><br>4.1 Brief Summary of Report (Rafik Dammak)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>4.2 Discussion<br><br>4.3 GNSO Comments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>• Should we submit comments from the Council or from individual SGs/Constituencies?<br>• Next steps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>o Possible Council action on 28 October (if needed)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>4.4 Special thanks to the JAS WG members<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 5: GNSO Prioritization (20 minutes)</span></u></strong><br><br>5.1 Refer to posted project ratings:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>5.2 Key points made in the 15 July Council meeting (from meeting minutes):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>• “. . . not a useful exercise, not much was learnt, should not proceed further with the prioritization exercise.”<br>• “. . . spending more time on the exercise will not accomplish useful results.”<br>• “It was a difficult exercise, policy matters were not prioritized and the core issue, management of the workload, still has not been resolved.”<br>• “The exercise was intended as a first step and not intended to solve the workload management; other steps are needed. The exercise contributed an important degree of common awareness and dissent to the group.”<br>• “The prioritization process could be improved with further input from the Councilors and stakeholder groups.”<br>• “The exercise is important and informative from a staff perspective and the Council needs to look at a two-step process going forward: step one - form a small team to improve the process used to date drawing on input received; step two - develop a process to manage the workload with input from staff of the resources being used to support each of the working groups, which will reflect both staff and community efforts.”<br>• “Support was expressed for continuing the prioritization work, but linking it to the overall ICANN Staff and Community workload and to the Budget process.”<br>• “The question of available resources should be looked at in context. The Vertical Integration working group as an example of one that would not normally have commenced with all the work before Council, yet it did and the community resources were available.”<br>• “Some believe that work should be prioritized but the methodology chosen is not the most appropriate or efficient.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>5.3 Next Steps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Staff Utilization Analysis targeted for 26 August meeting (Liz Gasster)<br>• Results of Adobe Connect Poll regarding possible next steps:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>o Option 1: Spend no more time on prioritization - 5 votes (33%)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>o Option 2: Develop a plan for using the results to manage the workload in the near term - 2 votes (13%)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>o Option 3: Form a drafting team with the task of developing a new process - 0 votes (0%)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>o Option 4: Form a drafting team with the task of improving the process - 1 vote (7%)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>o Option 5: Other? (including combinations of options 2, 3, and or 4) - 7 votes (47%)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Discussion?<br>• Action Items<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 6: Selections for the AoC SSR & Whois Policies RTs (10 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br>6.1 Refer to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• GNSO AoC Reviews site: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/">http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/</a><br>• GNSO SSR RT site: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/dns-ssr-en.htm</a><br>• GNSO Whois RT site: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/whois-policies-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/aoc-reviews/whois-policies-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>6.2 Selections by Rod Beckstrom & Heather Dryden<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" width="751" style="width: 563.25pt; "><tbody><tr><td width="117" style="width: 87.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td width="150" style="width: 112.5pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">CSG<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td width="150" style="width: 112.5pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">NCSG<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td width="150" style="width: 112.5pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">RrSG<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td width="150" style="width: 112.5pt; padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">RySG<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">SSR Primary<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Jeff Brueggeman<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">David Cake (Australia)<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Rick Wilhelm<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Ken Silva<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Whois Primary<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Susan Kawaguchi<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Kim G. Von Arx<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">James Bladel<o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Kathy Kleiman<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">(Insert link to announcement)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">6.3 Discussion?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 7: Report from Board Retreat? (10 Minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br>7.1 Refer to (insert link if any)<br><br>7.2 Action items?<br><b><u><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 8: Status of Continued Action Items (10 Minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br><br>8.1 Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes)<br><br>8.2 Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation (Glen de Saint Géry)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Volunteers to date: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (ISCPC), Tatyana Khramtsova (RrSG), Ray Fassett (RySG), Avri Doria (NCSG), Rudi Vansnick (NCSG), Philip Sheppard (CBUC)<br>• Feedback from Steering Committees (Liz Gasster)<br>• Next steps? Charter?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>8.3 High Level Progress of House/Stakeholder Group Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Councilors<br>• Chair & Vice Chair Nominations<br>• NCA Assignments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">8.4 Whois Studies<br><br>• Status report for Whois Studies 3 & 4 (Liz Gasster)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 9: Other Business (5 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="style1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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:<br>1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House;<br>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;<br>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”);<br>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;<br>5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and<br>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="style1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot:<br>1. Initiate a policy development process;<br>2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;<br>3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;<br>4. Fill a position open for election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><span class="a">________________________________________</span><br><span class="a">Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere</span><br><span class="a">________________________________________</span><br><span class="a">Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 15:00UTC</span><br><span class="a">________________________________________</span><br><span class="a">California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 08:00</span><br><span class="a">Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 10:00</span><br><span class="a">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 11:00</span><br><span class="a">Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00</span><br><span class="a">Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00</span><br><span class="a">Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+1DST 16:00</span><br><span class="a">Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00</span><br><span class="a">Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00</span><br><span class="a">Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+1DST 19:00</span><br><span class="a">Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00</span><br><span class="a">Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00</span><br><span class="a">Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00</span><br><span class="a">Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+0DST 01:00 (Friday)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span class="a">________________________________________</span><br><span class="a">The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="a1" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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