preliminary notes from 30 Sept. board meeting online

[Robin Gross]

Some info on what ICANN has planned for Internet users is finally out
- the 30 Sept. Board meeting notes finally published:
   http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-30sep09.htm

Staff plans for the board to approve the so-called consumer
constituency soon.
b) Status on Charters of New Constituencies ... The Board received an
update from Staff on the continued work with the Proposed
Constituencies with petitions pending, as directed by the Board on 30
July 2009. Staff reports that at least one of the petitions is ready
for Board action in the near future.

Finally we hear some news as to what staff/board have planned for a
NCSG Executive Committee.  They intend for the 3 board-appointed reps
to serve on the NCSG Executive Committee and also to create new
constituencies.  We've been wondering what the board/staff had
planned for the Exec. Cmte.  They haven't answered my emails asking
about the Exec. Cmte, but I guess these public minutes give us a clue
how they plan to marginalize non-commercial users further.

[...]

B 1.  From the Structural Improvements Committee - Appointment of
three NCSG GNSO Council Members

The Board discussed the process followed by the SIC in recommending
the appointment of the three NCSG GNSO Council Members, including the
evaluation of inputs with the Non-Commercial Users Constituency and
considerations of geographic diversity.

The Board then took the following action:

Whereas, the Board approved the creation of four new GNSO Stakeholder
Group charters, and ICANN Bylaws amendments, to implement the Board's
GNSO Improvements Report and seat the new GNSO Council at the 2009
ICANN annual meeting in Seoul, Korea;

Whereas, the Board-approved transitional charter for the Non-
Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) grants the Board responsibility
to appoint three (3) GNSO Councilors of the six (6) Councilors
reserved for the NCSG to provide time and support for creating a
globally diverse and representative NCSG;

Whereas, ICANN solicited and received statements of interest from
candidates from diverse backgrounds and geographic regions interested
in serving on the GNSO Council and expanding non-commercial
participation and diversity in the GNSO;

Whereas, the Board's Structural Improvements Committee has carefully
evaluated the expertise and qualifications of each of these
candidates and has recommended three appointees for Board approval;

Whereas, the Board acknowledges that the NCSG Transitional Charter
calls for geographic diversity, to the maximum extent possible, in
the selection of NCSG Councilors and the Board has taken this
requirement into account in selecting these candidates;

Whereas, that upon Board approval, each of these appointees shall
serve as a GNSO Councilor from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group,
and shall be expected to provide leadership and guidance within the
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group and encourage the creation of broad,
diverse and representative new constituencies advancing global non-
commercial interests, including in such areas as consumer interests,
research and academia, registrants, and philanthropic interests;

Resolved (2009.09.30.09), that the Board appoints the following
candidates to serve as GNSO Councilors for a term of two years:
Rosemary Sinclair, Debra Hughes, and Mohamed Rafik Dammak.

Resolved further (2009.09.30.10), that upon Board approval, and if
the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group establishes an Executive
Committee under the NCSG transition charter, these appointees will
serve as members of the NCSG Executive Committee, if they so choose,
during their term as GNSO Councilors;

Resolved further (2009.09.30.11), that the Board has reviewed and
acknowledges the GNSO Restructure Implementation Plan developed by
the GNSO and [expected to be] approved by the GNSO at its 24
September 2009 Council meeting;

Resolved further (2009.09.30.12), that pursuant to Article XX,
Section 5(4) of the Bylaws, and the proposed GNSO Restructure
Implementation Plan, the Structural Improvements Committee recommends
that the effective date of the transition to the new GNSO Council
shall be Wednesday, 28 October, 2009;

Resolved further (2009.09.30.13), that ICANN Staff is instructed to
take all actions necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the
intent of these resolutions in order to facilitate the seating of the
new GNSO Council on 28 October 2009.

All Board members in attendance unanimously approved of this resolution.

[...]






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