[bc-gnso] GNSO Council meeting Agenda 7 April 2011‏

[Benedetta Rossi <secretariat-bc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I am pleased to forward the following information: Agenda for GNSO Council 
Meeting 7 April 2011Details on how to listen into the Council's callWiki agenda 
information with all the latest updates on resolutions, positions, etc. 
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Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat

Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 7 April 
2011.http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-07apr11-en.htmPlease note 
that the Wiki agenda will have the latest updates.Wiki agenda 
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+7+April+2011This 
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 20:00 UTCCoordinated 
Universal Time:20:00 UTC - see below for local times(13:00 Los Angeles, 16:00 
Washington DC, 21:00 London, 22:00 Brussels,Friday 8 April 05:00 Tokyo; 06:00 
Melbourne Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. 
Councilors s!
 hould notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.GNSO 
Council meeting audiocasthttp://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 MakingGNSO ImprovementsRegistration Abuse Polici
esWhoisIDN’s1.2 Update any statements of interestJonathan 
Robinsonhttp://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/robinson-soi-25mar11-en.htm 1.3 
Review/amend agenda1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council 
meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:• 16 March 2011 Council minutes – 
scheduled for approval on 9 April 2011Item 2: Pending Projects – GNSO Toolkit 
of services (15 minutes)Update on this work: the “toolkit” refers to a list of 
basic services approved by the GNSO Council 17 Dec 2009 that will be made 
available to eligible GNSO organizations. Implementation proposals have been 
discussed and feedback requested by Feb 15, 2011.Refer to GNSO Pending Projects 
list:L http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf 2. 1 Update on 
work, indication of proposed next steps – Rob Hoggarth, ICANN Staff2. 2 
Discussion2. 3 Next stepsItem 3: WHOIS studies (20 minutes)Refer to motion 1, 
deferred from previous meeting. 
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/!
 Motions+7+April+20113.1 Discussion3.2 Vote3.3 Update on Whois Requirements 
(Liz Gasster)Item 4: Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) (20 minutes)Refer 
to motion 2 , deferred from previous meeting. 
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+7+April+20114.1 
Discussion 4.2 Vote Item 5: Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation 
(SC-DT) (15 minutes)The GNSO Improvements Standing Committee Drafting Team is 
presenting its charter for the Council approval.Refer to motion 3 
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+7+April+20115.1 
Discussion 5.2 Vote Item 6: Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group Final Report on 
Single Character IDN TLDs (JIG) (15 minutes)The Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working 
Group is tasked with identifying IDN issues of common interest to the ccTLD and 
gTLD communities and proposing methodology to resolve them.It is presenting its 
report on single character IDNs for the Council approval.Refer to: Joint 
ccNSO-GNSO IDN Wor!
 king Group Final Report on Single Character IDN TLDs (JIG) http://gnso
.icann.org/drafts/jig-final-report-30mar11-en.pdf Refer to motion 4 
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+7+April+20116.1 
Discussion 6.2 VoteItem 7: GNSO Working Group Guidelines (10 
minutes)Information 
Item.http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-07apr11-en.pdf. 
Refer to motion 4 from March 16 meeting 
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions and in particular 
the following resolve clauses:RESOLVED that the GNSO Council adopts the GNSO 
Working Group Guidelines as proposed by the PPSC include link and instructs 
ICANN staff to incorporate the GNSO Working Group Guidelines into a new version 
of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP), which becomes effective immediately 
upon adoption.RESOLVED, that each Working Group formed after the date of this 
resolution shall utilize the GNSO Working Group Guidelines.RESOLVED, to the 
extent practical and feasible, each existing Working Group shall incorporate 
these Working Group Gui!
 delines into their activities.RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council hereby 
expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the WG-WT and PPSC for their 
dedication, commitment, and thoughtful recommendations.7.1 Update from Staff on 
when the new version of the Operating Procedures will be ready. (Marika 
Konings) 7.2 Instruct Staff to inform all current GNSO WGs of the adoption of 
the new guidelines so that they can incorporate them (see 3rd resolve clause 
above).7.3 As per resolved further clause above, the Council thanks the WG and 
declares that it is now closed. Instruct Staff to remove the PPSC WG-WT from 
the Pending Projects list.7.4 DiscussionItem 8: Revision to GNSO Council 
Operating Procedures Section 5.0: Statements of Interest (10 minutes)OSC 
Proposed Revision to Section 
5.0:http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-operating-procedures-revisions-23feb11-en.pdfRefer
 to: resolution 24 February 
meeting:https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_february_motionsSee 
public co!
 mments received (http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-5) as we
ll as summary & analysis provided by staffRefer to Council discussion during 
Feb 24 
meeting.http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-03feb11-en.htmRefer to 
motion 
5https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+7+April+20118.1
 Summary of revisions to Section 5.0 (Julie Hedlund)8.2 Discussion8.3 VoteItem 
9. Any Other Business (5 minutes)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 tha!
 n 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; and6. 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 
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