<html><head><base href="x-msg://125/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><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;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 22, 2011 2:59:32 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[liaison6c] Updated GNSO Council Agenda 24 February 2011</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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; font-size: medium; "><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: 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: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please remind the Stakeholder Group and Constituency members that the GNSO Council meeting is audiocast<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Council meeting audiocast<br><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><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" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 24 February 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-24feb11-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-24feb11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_24_february_2011" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_24_february_2011</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf</a><br>For convenience:<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" 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.<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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></li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Meeting Time 15:00 UTC<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times<br>(07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels,<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Friday 25 February<br>00:00 Tokyo; 02:00 Melbourne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest<br>• 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:<br>“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.”<br>The main issues for this meeting are:<br>• GNSO Project Decision Making<br>• GNSO Improvements<br>• Registration Abuse Policies<br>• DNS Security and Stability<br>• Whois<br>• Cross Community Working Groups<br>• New gTLD Applicant Guidebook<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1.2 Update any statements 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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1.3 Review/amend agenda<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>• 3 February 2011 Council minutes – Approved on 23 February 2011<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10675.html" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10675.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 2: Pending Projects – Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B PDP Working Group (IRTP Part B) (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Update on Working Group's progress. Working Group (WG) was started on April 16, 2009. WG is chaired by Michele Neylon.<br>Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf</a>.<br>2. 1 Update on WG – Marika Konings, ICANN Staff<br>Presentation:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/irtp-b-pdp-wg-24feb11-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/irtp-b-pdp-wg-24feb11-en.pdf</a><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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2. 2 Discussion<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2. 3 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; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 3: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) (15 Minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">3.1 Approval of amended Council procedures - 5.10 statements of interest<br>• Refer to motion<br><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_february_motions" title="1. MOTION RE. REVISION OF SECTION 5.0 STATEMENTS OF INTEREST OF THE GNSO COUNCIL OPERATING PROCEDURES Made by: Stéphane Van Gelder Seconded by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework for implementing the vari" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">24 february motions</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(motion 1)<br>• Discussion<br>• Vote<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">3.2 Approval of Global Outreach Recommendations for public comment<br>refer to Global Outreach Recommendations<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/global-outreach-recommendations-21jan11-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/global-outreach-recommendations-21jan11-en.pdf</a><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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Refer to motion<br><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_february_motions" title="1. MOTION RE. REVISION OF SECTION 5.0 STATEMENTS OF INTEREST OF THE GNSO COUNCIL OPERATING PROCEDURES Made by: Stéphane Van Gelder Seconded by: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework for implementing the vari" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">24 february motions</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(motion 2)<br>• Discussion<br>• Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 4: Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Refer to: resolution 13 Jan meeting<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101</a><br>• See public comments received (<a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/</a>) as well as summary & analysis provided by staff<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Update from PPSC Chair (Jeff Neuman)<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Discuss next steps - in light of comments received, should GNSO Working Group Guidelines be adopted or are further modifications required? If further modifications are required, should these be made by the GNSO Council, or should the comments be referred back to the PPSC for consideration?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 5: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Refer to Board resolution:<br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6</a><br>Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead.<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">5.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">5. 2 Discussion<br><br>5. 3 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; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 6: WHOIS studies (20 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">A new WHOIS studies report has been posted<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-pp-relay-reveal-studies-report-11feb11-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-pp-relay-reveal-studies-report-11feb11-en.pdf</a>.<br>This includes the staff analysis on the last of the 4 WHOIS studies that the Council asked staff to scope for cost and feasibility (this is the study on "Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal").<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Council must now decide which of the remaining 3 studies (Registrant Identification, Proxy and Privacy "abuse" and this Relay and Reveal study) staff should initiate.<br>(see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-chart-11feb11-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-chart-11feb11-en.pdf</a>)<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">6.1 Update on WHOIS studies (Liz Gasster)<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">6. 2 Discussion<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">6.3 Next steps, how to decide which studies to do, a motion?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 7: Joint DNS security and stability analysis working group (DSSA-WG) (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">At their meetings during the ICANN Brussels meeting ALAC, the ccNSO, the GNSO, the GAC and the NRO acknowledged the need for a better understanding of the security and stability of the global DNS. To this end these SOs and ACs agreed to establish a joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group (DSSA-WG).<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Refer to DSSA-WG draft charter<br><a href="http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf</a><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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Current GNSO volunteers:<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">• Zahid Jamil (CBUC)<br>• Scott McCormick (CBUC)<br>• Mikey O'Connor (CBUC)<br>• Adam Palmer(CBUC Symantec)<br>• George Asare-Sakyi (NCSG)<br>• Rafik Dammak (NCSG)<br>• Matt Serlin - (MarkMonitor, RrSG))<br>• Rick Wilhelm (Networksolutions RrSG)<br>• Greg Aaron (Afilias, RySG)<br>• Keith Drazek (Verisign, RySG)<br>• Don Blumenthal (PIR, RySG)<br>• Mike Rodenbaufg (IPC)<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">7.1 Update from WG (Julie Hedlund)<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">7. 2 Discussion<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">7. 3 Selection of GNSO co-chair for the WG.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 8: Discussion on Community Working Groups (15 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Several Community Working Groups (CWG) have been started recently. How should the GNSO approach such groups?<br>Current CWG in which the GNSO is involved 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 lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">ccNSO-GNSO IDN WG (JIG)<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" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">SSAC/GNSO Internationalized Registration Data (IRD WG)<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" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Recommendation 6 Working Group<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" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Geographic Regions Drafting Team<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" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Joint SO/AC applicant support for new gTLDS working group (JAS)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">8.1 Discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 9: Follow-up on RAP recommendations (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Refer to motion passed during 3 February meeting<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201102" target="_blank" title="(external link)" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201102</a><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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">More specifically, Resolve clause 1:<br>RESOLVED #1, the GNSO Council instructs ICANN Policy Staff to forward the two issues identified by the RAP IDT as having low resource<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; ">
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">requirements, WHOIS Access recommendation #2 and Fake Renewal Notices recommendation #1, to ICANN Compliance Staff for resolution. ICANN</span><span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; ">
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Compliance Staff is requested to provide the GNSO Council with its feedback on the two recommendations and proposed implementation in a timely manner.<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">9.1 Feedback from ICANN Compliance Staff. (Marika Konings)<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">9. 2 Discussion<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of the UDRP.<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">9. 3 Staff update, expected delivery date for Issues Report (Liz Gasster).<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">RESOLVED #3, the GNSO Council requests a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report.<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">9. 4 Staff update, expected delivery date for Discussion Paper (Liz Gasster)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 10: Any Other Business (10 Minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">10.1 Update from Staff on goals, expected outcomes and organization of GAC/Board February meeting in Brussels (Staff).<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" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">10. 2 Status of San Francisco planning (Olga Cavalli).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" 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 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="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; "><span lang="EN" 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.<br>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; 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