[PC-NCSG] Fwd: [liaison6c] Proposed Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 20 December 2012 at 15:00 UTC

Robin Gross robin
Thu Dec 6 20:41:09 EET 2012


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: December 6, 2012 10:30:51 AM PST
> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Proposed Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council  
> Meeting 20 December 2012 at 15:00 UTC
>
> Dear All,
> Please find the proposed draft agenda below and posted on the Wiki  
> page:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+20 
> +December+2012
> Please be aware that this agenda is subject to change, so please  
> keep checking on the Wiki pages.
> Proposed Draft Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 20 December 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 15:00 UTC
> http://tinyurl.com/bz42k3j
> Coordinated Universal Time 15:00 UTC
> 07:00 Los Angeles; 10:00 Washington; 15:00 London; 16:00 Paris;  
> 04:00 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 15 November 2012 were approved  
> effective  29 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: Opening Remarks from Chair (5 minutes)
> Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics
> Item 3: Consent agenda (5 minutes)
> Approval of the modified GNSO Operating Procedures which have been  
> updated to reflect the changes recommended by the Standing  
> Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI) to address the  
> suspension of a Policy Development Process (PDP)
>
> Item 4: MOTION ? Second Level Protections for certain International  
> Olympic Committee/Red Cross Red Crescent (IOC / RCRC) names in the  
> first round of New GTLDs (10 minutes)
>
> The IOC/RC Drafting Team has forwarded its recommendations i.e.  
> that the GNSO Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the IOC/ 
> RC Drafting Team?s recommendations http://tinyurl.com/atl39y4:  
> 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  
> the motion, and the next steps for informing the Board about the  
> GNSO Council vote.
> Note: On 26 November 2012, the Board?s New gTLD Program Committee  
> adopted a resolution providing that ?restrictions for registration  
> of RCRC and IOC names for new gTLDs at the second level will be in  
> place until such time as a policy is adopted that may require  
> further action.?
>
> Refer to motion 1
> http://tinyurl.com/atl39y4:
>
> 4.1 Reading of the motion (Brian Winterfeldt).
> 4.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.
> 4.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).
>
> Item 5: MOTION - 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 from the October Meeting, a revised Advice Letter has been  
> prepared and the GNSO Council is now asked to consider and approve  
> this revised Advice Letter.
>
> Refer to motion 2:
> http://tinyurl.com/atl39y4:
>
> 5.1 Reading of the motion (John Berard).
> 5.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.
> 5.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).
>
> Item 6: UPDATE ? Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Strawman Proposal  
> and Defensive Registrations Discussion (20 Minutes)
>
> ICANN?s CEO has requested GNSO Council input on the Strawman  
> Proposal  recently developed through the TMCH related  
> implementation discussions, that has been posted for public  
> commenthttp://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/ 
> announcement-30nov12-en.htm .    ICANN?s CEO additionally requested  
> Council input on the joint proposal from the Business Constituency/ 
> Intellectual Property Constituency (BC/IPC) for a ?limited  
> preventative registration mechanism? which is also currently  
> available for public comment.   Related to this discussion is the  
> Staff 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 to a previous request from the New GLTD  
> Committee (2012.04.10.NG2).  The New GTLD Committee requested the  
> GNSO to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations  
> at the second level should be undertaken.  The Council is to  
> discuss: (i) a response to the ICANN CEOs request, and (ii) to  
> consider whether to undertake any additional work related to the BC/ 
> IPC proposal and/or the Staff briefing paper, on the topic of  
> second level defensive registrations.
>
> 6.1          Update from Staff (Brian Peck)
> 6.2          Discussion
> 6.3          Next Steps
>
> Item 7: UPDATE - Response to the GAC Letter (15 minutes)
>
> The GAC has sent a letter  to the GNSO Council with regard to the  
> initiation of a PDP on the IGO/INGO issue, and specifically  
> requesting a rationale for undertaking a PDP i.e. an explanation as  
> to why GNSO believes this issue should be evaluated through a PDP  
> rather than simply executed as an implementation process. This  
> letter and recent activities related to work on the Trademark  
> Clearinghouse, highlights a broader issue regarding the boundary  
> between policy development and implementation work as well as the  
> effective integration of policy development and integration work  
> from the outset.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 7.1 Update
> 7.2 Discussion
> 7.3 Next steps
>
> Item 8: UPDATE - ATRT2 Developments (5 minutes)
>
> The call for applicants to serve on the next Accountability and  
> Transparency Review Team (ATRT) has been extended until 14 January  
> 2013.  (See: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/ 
> announcement-03dec12-en.htm ).   An update on the process and next  
> steps to provide GNSO Council endorsements of applicants will be  
> provided.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 8.1 Update (Wolfe-Ulrich Knoben)
> 8.2 Discussion
> 8.3 Next steps
>
> Item 9: UPDATE ?  Next Steps-  WHOIS Board Resolution (10 minutes)
>
> On November 8, the ICANN Board adopted a resolution http:// 
> www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm   
> which directed the CEO to launch a new effort to redefine the  
> purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD  
> registration data, and consider safeguards for protecting data, as  
> a foundation for new gTLD policy and contractual negotiations, as  
> appropriate.  The resolution also directed preparation of an Issue  
> Report on the purpose of collecting and maintaining gTLD  
> registration data, and on solutions to improve accuracy and access  
> to gTLD registration data, as part of a Board-initiated GNSO policy  
> development process.  Staff will provide an overview of the Board?s  
> resolution and the next steps for the GNSO Council and the ICANN  
> community.
>
> This is a discussion item.
>
> 9.1 Update
> 9.2 Discussion
> 9.3 Next steps
>
> Item 10: INFORMATION - 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.
> 10.1          Update from Staff (Rob Hogarth)
> 10.2          Discussion
> 10.3          Next Steps
>
> Item 11:  Any Other Business (5 minutes)
> 11.1 Liaison to ccNSO - John Berard volunteered - approve
> 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 G?ry
> GNSO Secretariat
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