[bc-gnso] GNSO Council meeting Agenda 24 February 2011

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear BC members:
Please note the following information regarding the GNSO Council's agenda for 
24 Feb 2011.
The BC will hold a pre Council discussion, as announced by Chris Chaplow, on 17 
February, 2011, which will address these topics and other priority 
issues/topics. 
Chris will post the agenda for the BC members call.  At present, we are 
expecting to have a 30 minute discussion on a topic of high priority to BC 
members; then a 40+ minutes on the Council agenda, and a 10 minute update on 
the GAC/Board meetingin Brussels, and 5 minutes on the agenda for the S.F. 
meeting. 
On the  DSSA-WG, several BC members have volunteered. The list shown on this 
email is not inclusive of all BC volunteers.
Marilyn CadeBC Chair

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Council meeting Agenda 24 February 2011



FYIAgenda for GNSO Council Meeting 24 February 2011.
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-24feb11-en.htmPlease consult the 
Wiki page for the latest updates:
Wiki link:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_24_february_2011

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.pdfFor 
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 Time 
15:00 UTC

Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times
(07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 

Friday 25 February
00:00 Tokyo; 02:00 Melbourne 

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 audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3uItem 1: 
Administrative matters (10 minutes)1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling 
for Disclosures of Interest • 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.
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.”The main issues for 
this meeting are: GNSO Project Decision Making GNSO Improvements Registration 
Abuse PoliciesDNS Security and Stability WhoisCross Community Working Groups 
New gTLD Applicant Guidebook
1.2 Update any statements of interest

1.3 Review/amend agenda

1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO 
Operating Procedures:
• 3 February 2011 Council minutes – Approved on 22 February 2011.

Item 2: Pending Projects – Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B PDP Working 
Group (IRTP Part B) (15 minutes)

Update on Working Group's progress. Working Group (WG) was started on April 16, 
2009. WG is chaired by Michele Neylon.
Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list 
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf.2.1: Update on WG – 
Michele Neylon, WG Chair.

2.2: Discussion

2.3: Next steps

Item 3: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) (20 Minutes)

3.1 Approval of amended Council procedures - 5.10 statements of interestRefer 
to motion
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_february_motions (motion 
1)DiscussionVote
3.2 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating 
ProceduresBill Drake has volunteered to lead Update (Bill Drake)DiscussionNext 
steps
3.3 Proposed GNSO Working Group GuidelinesSee resolution 13 Jan meeting
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101 See public comments received 
(http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/) as well as summary & 
analysis provided by staffDiscuss next steps - in light of comments received, 
should GNSO Working 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?
Item 4 : Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and 
Innovation (10 minutes)

Refer to Board resolution: 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6Rosemary Sinclair 
has volunteered to lead.

4.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair

4.2 Discussion4.3 Next steps?

Item 5: WHOIS studies (20 minutes)

A new WHOIS studies report has been posted <insert link>.
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").

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.

5.1 Update on WHOIS studies (Liz Gasster) 5.2 Discussion Item 6: Joint DNS 
security and stability analysis working group (DSSA-WG) (10 minutes)

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).

Refer to DSSA-WG draft charter 
http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf

Current GNSO volunteers:
• Zahid Jamil (CBUC) 
• Scott McCormick (CBUC)
• Mikey O'Connor (CBUC)
• George Asare-Sakyi (NCSG)
• Rafik Dammak (NCSG)
• Matt Serlin - (MarkMonitor, RrSG))
• Rick Wilhelm (Networksolutions RrSG)
• Greg Aaron (Afilias, RySG)
• Keith Drazek (Verisign, RySG)

6.1 Update from WG (Julie Hedlund) 6.2 Discussion

6.3 Selection of GNSO co-chair for the WG.

Item 7: Discussion on Community Working Groups (15 minutes)

Several Community Working Groups (CWG) have been started recently. How should 
the GNSO approach such groups?
Current CWG in which the GNSO is involved are:

7.1 Discussion.

Item 8: Follow-up on RAP recommendations (10 minutes) 

Refer to motion passed during 3 February meeting 
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201102

More specifically, Resolve clause 1:
RESOLVED #1, the GNSO Council instructs ICANN Policy Staff to forward the two 
issues identified by the RAP IDT as having low resource 
requirements, WHOIS 
Access recommendation #2 and Fake Renewal Notices recommendation #1, to ICANN 
Compliance Staff for resolution. ICANN
 Compliance Staff is requested to 
provide the GNSO Council with its feedback on the two recommendations and 
proposed implementation in a timely manner.

8.1 Feedback from ICANN Compliance Staff.

8.2 Discussion

RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of 
the UDRP.

8.3 Staff update, expected delivery date for Issues Report (XXX).

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.

8.4 Staff update, expected delivery date for Discussion Paper (XXX)

Item 9: Any Other Business (10 Minutes)9.1 Update from Staff on goals, expected 
outcomes and organization of GAC/Board February meeting in Brussels (Staff).

9.2 Status of San Francisco planning (Olga Cavalli).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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any questions.Thank you.Kind regards,Glen  Glen de Saint GéryGNSO 
Secretariatgnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.orghttp://gnso.icann.org