<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1"><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,<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br><br></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Reminder: The audio stream for the Council meeting will be located at:<br> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>Please distribute this link to your Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies<br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>Please find the updated GNSO Council Agenda for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">28 October 2010<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; ">at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">20 UTC.</span></strong><b><br></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-28oct10-en.htm" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-28oct10-en.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_28_october_2010">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_28_october_2010</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The updates items are :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p 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 3: Election of Council Chair & Vice Chairs (15 minutes)</span></u></strong><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 4: Whois Studies (15 minutes)</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 7: Planning for Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes)</span></strong></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br>7.1 Overview of plans/schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry)<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf</a><br><br><span class="style1"><b><u>Item 9: Other Business (5 Minutes)</u></b></span><u><br><br></u><span class="style1">9.1<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br><span class="a"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 28 October 2010.</span></strong></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><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"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf</a></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 exce<span class="a">rpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</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; ">Meeting Time 20:00 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><br>13:00 PDT; 15:00 CDT; 16:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 22:00 CET; 24:00 Moscow<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; "><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Friday, 29 October<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Hong Kong; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 Melbourne<br><br>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 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 procedures:<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><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; ">The main issues for this meeting are<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 style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Prioritization<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; ">Election Procedures for Council Chair & Vice Chairs<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; ">Whois Studies<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; ">Voting Procedures when Councilors are absent &/or must abstain<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; ">Disclosure of Interest Procedures<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><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; "><br>1.2 Update any statements 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; ">Note that revised SoI"s were received from:<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 style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/davis-soi-19oct10-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Terry Davis</a><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; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/taylor-soi-21oct10.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">David Taylor</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></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>1.3 Review/amend agenda<br><br>1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09798.html%20%20" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">7 October 2010 meeting minutes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">– Scheduled for approval on 28 October 2010.<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 2: GNSO Project Prioritization (20 minutes)</span></u></strong><br><br>2.1 Refer to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/new-gtld-applicant-support-draft-recommendations-summary-07oct10-en.pdf%20" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">posted project ratings</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">:<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>2.2 Key points made in the 15 July Council meeting (from meeting minutes):<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; "><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>2.3 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 (Liz Gasster)<br>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 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-policy-staff-utilization-28sep10-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-policy-staff-utilization-28sep10-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>• Results of Adobe Connect Poll regarding possible next steps:<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; "><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 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 3: Election of Council Chair & Vice Chairs (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; ">Refer to proposed procedures:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/elections/draft-election-procedures-2010.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/elections/draft-election-procedures-2010.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; ">3.1 Brief overview of procedures (Chuck Gomes)<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; ">3.2 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; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">3.3 Edits?<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; ">3.4 Any objections to using the procedures for this election cycle?<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; ">3.5 Should we consider referring the election procedures to the OSC & GCOT for further review with the goal of starting the chair election process earlier to increase the chances of the chair being elected before the vice chairs?<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 4: Whois Studies (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; ">4.1 Status Report and presentation on Whois Studies (Liz Gasster)<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-whois-studies-oct10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-whois-studies-oct10-en.pdf</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>• Refer to redline version of Proxy/Privacy Reveal study (Study 4) RFP at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29sep10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29sep10-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>4.2 Staff analysis of Study #3 -- WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse (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; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf</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; ">4.3 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; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">4.4 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; "><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 5: Voting Procedures when Councilors are absent &/or must abstain (25 minutes)</span></u></strong><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><span class="a">5.1 Overview (Ken Bour, Staff; Ray Fassett, GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) Chair)</span><br><br><span class="a">5.2 Discussion</span><br><br><span class="a">5.3 Report from Operations Steering Committee/ GNSO Council Operations Work Team (OSC/GCOT) (Philip Sheppard, OSC Chair; Ray Fassett)</span><br><br><span class="a">5.4 Next steps?</span><br><b><u><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 6: Disclosure of Interest Procedures (15 minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br><br><span class="a">6.1 Report fro</span>m OSC/GCOT (Philip Sheppard, Ray Fassett)<br><br>6.2 Discussion<br><br>6.3 Next steps?<br><b><u><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 7: Planning for Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br><br>7.1 Overview of plans/schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry)<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>7.2 Next steps?<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 8: Status of Continued Action Items (10 Minutes)</span></u></strong><br><br>8.1 Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes)<br><b><br></b>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; "><br>• 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 (Rob Hoggarth)<br>• Question raised regarding GNSO Operating Procedures: Should the concerns about the newly approved disclosure of interest requirements be dealt with by the OSC & GCOT or by the standing committee?<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 Progress of House/SG 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 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="style1"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 9: Other Business (5 Minutes)</span></u></b></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br></span></u><span class="style1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">9.1<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br><span class="a"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="style11" 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="style11" 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) 20:00UTC</span><br><span class="a">________________________________________</span><br><span class="a">California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 13:00<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span class="a">Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 15:00</span><br><span class="a">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 16:00</span><br><span class="a">Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00</span><br><span class="a">Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 17:00</span><br><span class="a">Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 21:00</span><br><span class="a">Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00</span><br><span class="a">Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00</span><br><span class="a">Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 00:00 next day</span><br><span class="a">Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day</span><br><span class="a">Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day</span><br><span class="a">Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day</span><br><span class="a">Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day</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><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></span></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>