[gnso-osc-csg] Actions/Summary: 12 February Meeting

[Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Work Team members,

Here are the actions/summary from Friday’s meeting.  Our next meeting will be 
held next Friday, 19 February at 1300 UTC/0500 PST/0800 EST and is scheduled 
for 90 minutes.  Note that the Work Team agreed to revisit the time in a 
discussion at the next meeting.  The actions and summary are included on the 
wiki at: https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team. 
 Changes to the Task 1, Subtask 1 document are on the wiki at: 
https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_stakeholder_group_operations_work_team_task_1_subtask_1
 and the Task 1, Subtask 2 document at: 
https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_and_stake_holder_group_operations_work_team_task_1_subtask_2.
  Changes are shown in ALL CAPS, strikeout, and curly brackets.  Thank you very 
much.

Best regards,

Julie

Actions/Summary:
1.  Task 1, Subtask 1: There was discussion on Section 2, paragraph f. Work 
Team members suggested new language based on changes suggested by Rafik, with 
some modifications. In addition, Claudio suggested alternate language for 
Section 3, paragraph 2 during the meeting.  Work Team members are requested to 
comment on the list on the following suggested changes:
Section 2, para. f: "IN CASE OF UNFAIR TREATMENT RESULTING IN THE REJECTION OF 
AN APPLICATION OR A DISPUTE, THE APPLICANT MAY LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE ICANN 
OMBUDSMAN {OR A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON NON-BIASED NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY}. THE 
PROCESS FOR LODGING A COMPLAINT WITH THE OMBUDSMAN IS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE V OF 
THE ICANN BYLAWS AND IN THE OMBUDSMAN FRAMEWORK, AVAILABLE AT 
http://www.icann.org/ombudsman/documents/ombudsman-framework-26mar09-en.pdf";.
Section 3, para. 2: "{TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY, ALL GROUPS SHOULD ESTABLISH AND PUBLISH A CONSENSUS BUILDING 
MODEL OR PROCESS IN THEIR BYLAWS OR CHARTER. THE PROCESS OR MODEL SHOULD BE 
BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PARTICIPATION, REPRESENTATIVENESS, PROCESS 
INTEGRITY, FLEXIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, OPENNESS, AND OTHER NORMS COMMON TO THE 
GNSO WG MODEL}. t{T}he use of voting {WITHIN POLICY DELIBERATIONS} should be 
minimized as much as possible." 7
2.  Task 1, Subtask 2: The Work Team discussed Subtask 2 through Part II, 
Section 4 Elections.
--Work Team members: review the changes (in ALL CAPS and curly brackets {}) on 
the Wiki Page noted above.
--Section 1.5 Process Issues: Discuss further with Victoria on 19 February.
--Claudio: Review Section 2 Committees, paragraphs c and d.
--Section 3 Communications, para. b: (1) Michael: check the Registries 
Stakeholder Group Charter; (2) Julie: check the BGC recommendations, and also 
with respect to paragraphs c-f re: Constituency Disclosure Policy.
--Section 4 Elections, para. b: Claudio: review the language.