Fwd: [liaison6c] Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 15 November 2012
Robin Gross
robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG
Thu Nov 8 18:16:48 CET 2012
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: November 8, 2012 7:06:47 AM PST
> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 15
> November 2012
>
>
> Dear Councillors,
> Please find the draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 15
> November 2012 at 11:00 UTC posted at:
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-15nov12-en.htm
> And on the Wiki (where you will find the latest updates)
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+15
> +November+2012
>
> Motions are posted on page:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15
> +November+2012
> Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 15 November 2012
> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
> Procedures approved 13 September 2012 for the GNSO Council and
> updated.
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-13sep12-
> 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.
> Meeting Times 11:00 UTC
> http://tinyurl.com/8swe78k
> Coordinated Universal Time 11:00 UTC
> 03:00 Los Angeles; 06:00 Washington; 11:00 London; 12:00 Paris;
> 00:00 Wellington
>
> 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.
> GNSO Council meeting audio cast
> http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
> Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
> 1.1 Roll Call
>
> 1.2 Statement of interest updates
> 1.3 Review/amend agenda
> 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting
> per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
> Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 17 October 2012 will be
> approved on 15 November 2012. The minutes of theNew GNSO Council
> meeting 17 October 2012 will be approved on 16 November 2012.
>
> 1.5. GNSO Pending Projects List
> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
> Review main changes.
> Comments and/or questions.
> Item 2: Introductory Remarks from New Chair (10 minutes)
> Item 3: Consent agenda (5 minutes)
> IRTP Part C GNSO Council Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board
> Approval - Following the approval of the IRTP Part C
> Recommendations at the GNSO Council meeting in Toronto, ICANN Staff
> has now prepared the Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board for
> the GNSO Council's approval.
> <include a link to the document>
> Item 4: MOTION - RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Contracts to
> Address Registration Abuse (10 minutes)
> The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) recommended
> that an Issue Report evaluate whether a minimum baseline of
> registration abuse provisions should be created for ICANN
> agreements. The Final Issue Report, which was submitted to the GNSO
> Council on 21 September 2012, recommends the initiation of a PDP
> (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/registration-abuse/uofc-final-
> issue-report-20sep12-en.pdf).
> The Council must now consider a motion to initiate a PDP.
>
> Refer to motion 1:
> http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo
>
> 4.1 Reading of the motion (Jonathan Robinson or Zahid Jamil).
> 4.2 Discussion
> 4.3 Vote (PDP threshold: 1/3rd of each house, or 2/3 of one house).
>
> Item 5: MOTION – Second Level Protections for certain IOC / RCRC
> names in the first round of New GTLDs (10 minutes)
>
> The IOC/RC Drafting Team has forwarded its recommendations that the
> GNSO Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the IOC/RC
> Drafting Team’s recommendations [insert link to recommendation]
> providing for temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names
> at the second level, prior to the delegation of the first round of
> new gTLDs.
>
> The GNSO Council is now asked to consider approval of this.
>
> Refer to motion 2:
> http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo
>
> 5.1 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman).
> 5.2 Discussion
> 5.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).
> Item 6: MOTION: Approval of INGO/INGO Protection PDP WG Charter
> (10 Minutes)
> Pursuant to its 17 October 2012 motion, the GNSO Council initiated
> a PDP and created a Working Group on an expedited basis to evaluate
> the protection of names and acronyms of certain international
> organizations including, International Governmental Organizations
> (IGOs) and Non- Governmental Organizations such as the Red Cross/
> Red Crescent Movement (RCRC) and the International Olympic
> Committee (IOC). The Working Group has developed a charter for this
> PDP {link to proposed charter} and the Council must now consider a
> motion to approve the charter.
>
> Refer to motion 3:
> http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo
>
> 6.1 Reading of the motion (Lanre Ajayi)
> 6.2 Discussion
> 6.3 Vote (PDP threshold: 1/3rd of each house, or 2/3 of one house).
> 6.4 If motion carries, selection of Council Liaison to WG.
> Item 7: UPDATE - Consumer Trust (10 minutes)
> The GNSO's Consumer Choice, Trust, and Competition WG has worked on
> an Advice Letter for consideration by ICANN Supporting
> Organisations and Advisory Committees. Following withdrawal of the
> motion to approve the Advice Letter, the WG is working on an
> updated Advice Letter.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 7.1 Update from [John Berard]
> 7.2 Discussion
> 7.3 Next steps
>
> Item 8: UPDATE - Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) (10 minutes)
> On September 18, 2012, Kurt Pritz wrote to the GNSO Council Chair
> to inform the Council of ongoing discussions on the implementation
> of the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system.
>
> This was discussed in Toronto and has now been followed up by an
> email update to the Council (November 06, 2012). The Council
> agreed on a course of action in Toronto and the purpose of this
> discussion is to ensure the Council is up-to-date and to consider
> whether or not any other or different course of action is required.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 8.1 Discussion
> 8.2 Next steps (If any).
>
> Item 9: UPDATE - Whois Review Team Final Report Recommendations (10
> min.)
>
> The GNSO Council sent a letter to the Board commenting on the WHOIS
> RT Final Report recommendations, in advance of the Board’s meeting
> on 8 November 2012. Staff will update the Council on the results
> from this Board Meeting, including any resolutions adopted, and any
> next steps with respect to this issue.
>
> 9.1 Update on the Board Meeting (Margie Milam)
> 9.2 Discussion
> 9.3 Next steps
> [Item 10: Defensive Registrations Discussion (10 Minutes)
> Staff has delivered a briefing paper http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/
> 32287 to the GNSO Council on the topic of defensive registrations
> at the second level in response from a request from the New GLTD
> Committee (2012.04.10.NG2). The New GTLD Committee requests the
> GNSO to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations
> at the second level should be undertaken. The Council to discuss
> whether to undertake any additional work on this topic, especially
> in light of the continued discussions in Toronto on this topic.
> 10.1 Update from Staff (Brian Peck)
> 10.2 Discussion
> 10.3 Next Steps
> Item 11: GNSO Council Review and SIC Update (15 minutes)
> In Toronto, the Chair of the SIC provided an overview of a new
> framework for future independent review efforts at ICANN. The GNSO
> was used as a case study to describe the effort because it is the
> first Supporting Organization lined-up in the next review cycle.
> Staff will brief the Council on the set of criteria metrics for
> GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and the work underway
> to develop metrics for the Council and the Working Group Model of
> policy.
> 11.1 Update from Staff (Rob Hogarth)
> 11.2 Discussion
> 11.3 Next Steps
> Item 12: Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT)
> Selection Process and Timeline Discussion (5 minutes)
> There is a pending call for applications to serve on the ATRT 2 as
> independent expert or as volunteer team member in representation of
> an ICANN SO/AC, as reflected in the announcement - http://
> www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm -
> and Call for Applicants - http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/
> atrt/call-for-volunteers-05oct12-en.htm. As part of this process,
> the GNSO Council will be asked to endorse candidates.
> 12.1 Update from Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
> 12.2 Discussion
> 12.3 Next Steps
>
> Item 13: Any Other Business (5 minutes)
> 13.1 Liaison to ccNSO to replace Rafik Dammak
> 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:
> a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more
> than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.
> b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as
> described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than
> one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one
> House.
> c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of
> GNSO Supermajority.
> d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an
> affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more
> than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.
> e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires
> an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.
> f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team
> Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve
> an amendment to the Charter through a simple majority vote of each
> House.
> g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of
> a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for
> significant cause, upon a motion that passes with a GNSO
> Supermajority Vote in favor of termination.
> h. 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.
> i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires
> an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,
> j. 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.
> k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final
> Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be
> modified or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority
> vote.
> l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the
> Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one
> House and a majority of the other House."
> Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4)
> 4.4.1 Applicability
> Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of
> Council motions or measures.
> a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);
> b. Approve a PDP recommendation;
> c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or
> ICANN Bylaws;
> d. Fill a Council position open for election.
> 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within
> the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the
> meeting’s adjournment. 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 calendar days, provided such amendment is
> verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.
> 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate
> absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide
> reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee
> ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-
> based interface, or other technologies as may become available.
> 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements.
> (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is
> initiated.)
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> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>
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