GNSO Council Public Meeting - Cartagena 8 December 2010, 14:00 COT (19:00 UTC)

Robin Gross robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG
Mon Nov 29 20:08:54 CET 2010


> GNSO Council Public Meeting – Cartagena
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_8_december_2010
> 
> 8 December 2010, 14:00 COT (19:00 UTC)
> 
> Reference to ICANN Schedule
> http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15379
> 
> Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in Cartagena, 8 December 2010.
> 
> Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for the latest updates on the GNSO Council Workspace at 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_8_december_2010
> 
> As can be seen below, in addition to the Open Microphone at the end of the agenda, as possible throughout the meeting time will be allowed for audience participation.
> 
> Meeting Times 
> 
> Coordinated Universal Time:19:00 UTC - see below for local times
> (11:00 Los Angeles,14:00 Cartagena 14:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels
> 
> 9 December 2010 
> 00:00 Karachi, 04:00 Tokyo, 06:00 Melbourne 
> 
> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.
> http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf
> 
> For convenience:
> 
> An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
> An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. 
> 
> Audiocast: 
> English
> Chat Room:
> http://cartagena39.icann.org/chat/getsemani
> Remote Participation - High Bandwidth
> Audiocast: 
> English
> Virtual Meeting Room
> http://icann.adobeconnect.com/ctg39-getsemani
> 1. Administrative Matters
> 
> a. Roll call of Council members, noting alternates and proxies (Glen)
> b. Polling for Disclosures of Interest
> 
> i. 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.
> 
> ii. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: “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.”
> 
> iii. The main issues for this meeting are:
> 
> • GNSO Project Decision Making
> • Elections of Council Chair & Vice Chairs
> • New gTLD Applicant Guidebook
> • Joint New gTLD Applicant Support Recommendations
> • Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
> • Joint IDN Working Group Recommendations re. New Top Level Domains
> • Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies
> • Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter
> • Whois & Internationalized Registration Data
> • GNSO Improvements
> 
> b. Update any statements of interest
> c. Review/amend agenda
> d. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
> 
> i. 18 November 2010 meeting minutes: 
> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10104.html 
> ii. Scheduled for approval on 3 December 2010
> 
> 
> 2. GNSO Project Decision Making
> 
> a. Overview of weekend working session (Chuck Gomes?)
> b. Audience input
> c. Next steps
> 
> 
> 3. Elections of Council Chair & Vice Chairs
> 
> a. Results of vice chair elections by houses (Glen de Saint Géry)
> b. Chair election
> 
> i. Results (Glen de Saint Géry)
> ii. Next round of voting (if needed)
> iii. Next steps
> 
> c. Seating of new chair (if possible)?
> 
> d. Assignment of Nominating Committee Appointees (NCAs)
> 
> i. Non-Contracted Party House: Olga Cavalli
> ii. Contracted Party House: Andrei Kolesnikov
> iii. Non-voting position: Carlos Dionisio Aguirre
> 
> e. Election procedures
> 
> i. Comments from Councilors
> ii. Status of OSC review of procedures
> 
> • Need to define the chair and vice chair terms in the GNSO Operating Procedures
> 
> iii. Audience input
> 
> 4. New gTLD Applicant Guidebook
> 
> a. Joint Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG)
> 
> i. Refer to JAS WG recommendations:
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11nov10-en.htm
> 
> ii. Refer to Motion to Extend the WG as amended and deferred in the 18 November Council meeting: 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions 
> 
> iii. Reading of the motion (Rafik Dammak)
> 
> iv. Discussion
> 
> • Council
> • Audience
> 
> v. Vote (Note that absentee voting will not be allowed.
> 
> b. Vertical Integration Policy Development Working Group (VI PDP WG)
> 
> i. Refer to VI PDP WG Interim Report:
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-interim-report-phase-i-09nov10-en.pdf
> 
> ii. Refer to motion deferred from 18 November Council meeting: 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions
> 
> • Reading of the motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
> • Discussion
> 
> - Council
> - Audience
> 
> • Vote (Note that absentee voting does not apply.)
> 
> c. Other New gTLD issues?
> 
> 5. Joint IDN Working Group (JIG) Recommendations re. New Top Level Domains
> 
> a. Refer to JIG working space: 
> http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jiwg.htm 
> 
> b. JIG WG Status Report (Edmon Chung)
> http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-draft-final-report-22nov10-en.pdf 
> 
> c. Next steps
> d. Discussion
> 
> • Council
> • Audience
> 
> 6. Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
> 
> a. Refer to public comment site posted on 22 November with comments due by 21 January: Proposed Changes to Enhance ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Evaluation Process at
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-22nov10-en.htm.
> 
> b. Overview (Margie Milam)
> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/final-report-raa-improvements-28oct10-en.pdf
> 
> i. Weekend GNSO working session
> ii. Current status
> iii. Next steps
> 
> c. Discussion
> 
> • Council
> • Audience
> 
> 
> 7. Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies (RAP)
> 
> a. Refer to Letter from the RAP Implementation Drafting Team (IDT): 
> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf 
> 
> b. Thanks to the RAP IDT members and co-chairs Mikey O’Connor & Greg Aaron.
> c. Brief overview of weekend GNSO working session (Marika?)
> d. Discussion questions
> 
> i. How and when should the GNSO handle RAP IDT recommendations that:
> 
> • Had unanimous consensus?
> • Were identified as low hanging fruit?
> • Did not have unanimous consensus?
> 
> ii. Should we develop an overall action plan in response to the RAP IDT proposed approach?
> 
> e. Discussion
> 
> • Council
> • Audience
> 
> f. Next steps?
> 
> 8. Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter
> 
> a. Refer to draft charter: (insert link)
> b. Overview of draft charter (Julie Hedland)
> c. Refer to motion: 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?8_december_motions
> 
> i. Reading of the motion (TBD)
> ii. Discussion
> 
> • Council
> • Audience
> 
> iii. Vote (Note that absentee voting does not apply.)
> 
> d. Next steps
> 
> 9. Whois & Internationalized Registration Data
> 
> a. Whois Studies
> 
> i. Status Report (Liz Gasster)
> ii. Council Discussion
> 
> b. Internationalized Registration Data Working Group
> 
> 
> i. Refer to WG work space: 
> https://st.icann.org/int-reg-data-wg/index.cgi?internationalized_registration_data_working_group 
> 
> ii. Status Report (Edmon Chung or Julie Headland)
> iii. Council Discussion
> 
> c. Audience Input
> 
> 10. GNSO Improvements
> 
> a. Operations Steering Committee Report (Philip Sheppard?)
> b. Policy Process Steering Committee Report (Jeff Neuman)
> c. Staff Report (Rob Hoggarth)
> 
> i. Constituency & Stakeholder Group Charters
> ii. GNSO Website
> iii. Other?
> 
> d. Discussion
> 
> • Council
> • Audience
> 
> 11. Recognition & thanks for outgoing Councilors
> 
> a. Non-Contracted Party House
> 
> i. Commercial Stakeholder Group
> 
> • Mike Rodenbaugh (Commercial Business Users Constituency)
> 
> b. Contracted Party House
> 
> i. Nominating Committee Appointee
> 
>  
> 
> • Terry Davis
> 
> 
> ii. Registries Stakeholder Group
> 
> • Edmon Chung
> • Caroline Greer
> • Chuck Gomes
> 
> 12. Recognition & thanks for ICANN Staff support in 2010
> 
> a. Administrative Support
> 
> • Glen de Saint Géry
> • Gisella Gruber-White
> 
> b. Direct GNSO Policy Support
> 
> • David Olive
> • Liz Gasster
> • Rob Hoggarth
> • Marika Konings
> • Karla Valente
> • Julie Hedland
> • Margie Milam
> • Ken Bour
> 
> c. Dozens of other staff members from the ICANN executive team to liaisons to other SO and AC support personnel have also provided support to the GNSO.
> 
> 13. Welcome to New Councilors
> 
> a. Non-Contracted Party House
> 
> ii. Commercial Stakeholder Group
> 
> • John Berard (Commercial Business Users Constituency)
> 
> b. Contracted Party House
> 
> iii. Nominating Committee Appointee
> 
> • Carlos Dionisio Aguirre
> 
> iv. Registries Stakeholder Group
> 
> • Ching Chiao
> • Jeff Neuman
> • TBD
> 
> 14. Other Business
> 
> 15. Open Microphone
> 
> Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)
> 
> 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:
> 1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House;
> 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;
> 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”);
> 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;
> 5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
> 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.
> 
> Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)
> 
> Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot:
> 1. Initiate a policy development process;
> 2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
> 3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
> 4. Fill a position open for election.
> 
> 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.
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> Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere 
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> Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 19:00 
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> California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 11:00 
> Cartagena, Columbia (COT) UTC-5+0DST 14:00 
> New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 14:00
> Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3+0DST 16:00 
> Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil (BRST) UTC-2+1DST 17:00
> Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 19:00 
> London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 19:00 
> Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 
> Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 
> Karachi, Pakistan (PKT) UTC+5+0DST 00:00 next day
> Hong Kong, China (HKT) UTC+8+0DST 03:00 next day
> Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9+0DST 04:00 next day
> Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 06:00 next day 
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