[PC-NCSG] [council] Proposed Agenda for the Special GNSO Council Meeting 26 March 2012 at 16:00 UTC

Fri Mar 23 02:49:28 EET 2012

hi Wendy,

yes sure, just tell me about your vote intention :)

Best,

Rafik


2012/3/23 Wendy Seltzer <wendy at seltzer.com>

> As discussed at the Council wrap-up, I will be unable to make this
> meeting while traveling. Rafik offered to take my proxy -- does this
> still work for you, Rafik?
>
> Thanks,
> --Wendy
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [council] Proposed Agenda for the Special GNSO Council Meeting
> 26 March 2012 at 16:00 UTC
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:41:28 -0700
> From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen at icann.org>
> To: council at gnso.icann.org <council at gnso.icann.org>
>
> Proposed Agenda for the Special GNSO Council Meeting 26 March 2012
> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-26mar12-en.htm
>
> The Agenda posted on the Wiki page usually has the latest updates:
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+26+March+2012
> The motions can be found on page:
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+26+March+2012
>
> Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes
> available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for
> the latest updates on the GNSO Council
> workspace.<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Home>
> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
> Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and updated.
> http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-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<
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Special+Council+Meeting&iso=20120326T16
> >
> Coordinated Universal Time: 16:00 UTC
> 09:00 Los Angeles; 12:00 Washington DC; 17:00 London; 18:00 Paris; 01:00
> Tokyo;
> 27 March 2012
> 05:00 Wellington
> Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out
> call is needed.
>
> Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
> 1.1  Roll Call
>
> 1.2 Statement of interest updates
>
> 1.3 Review/amend agenda
>
> Item 2: Red Cross and Olympic Committee names
>
> A GNSO Drafting Team is working on a charter to determine
> recommendations how to handle the protection of RC and IOC names at the
> top level for the current new gTLD application round to send to the
> ICANN Board. Council must now vote on whether to approve these
> recommendations.
>
> This motion was deferred from the San Jos? Council meeting. Due to the
> severe time constraints involved in acting on the Drafting Team's
> recommendations, this motion is being considered today as an emergency
> item.
>
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+March+2012
>
>
> 2.1 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)
> 2.2 Discussion
> 2.3 Vote
>
>
>
>
> Item 3:  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 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 (GNSO Operating Procedures
> 4.4<http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf
> >)
>
> 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
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>
> http://gnso.icann.org
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