[PC-NCSG] [] Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in Beijing 10 April 2013 at 07:15 UTC (15:15 Local time)
Robin Gross
robin
Sun Mar 31 19:19:34 EEST 2013
Reminder: It is the responsibility of the GNSO Representatives to
actively advance the policy positions of the membership on the GNSO
Council.
Thanks,
Robin
On Mar 31, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
> How many issues has NCSG submitted motions for?
>
> avri
>
> On 31 Mar 2013, at 10:35, Robin Gross wrote:
>
>> Not much meat on this council agenda. Where are all the weighty
>> issues that are tying ICANN into knots? Shouldn't some of them
>> be on the council's agenda for discussion at least?
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen at icann.org>
>>> Date: March 31, 2013 6:41:28 AM PDT
>>> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
>>> Subject: [liaison6c] Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public
>>> Meeting in Beijing 10 April 2013 at 07:15 UTC (15:15 Local time)
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>> Please find the proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public
>>> Meeting in Beijing 10 April 2013 at 07:15 UTC (15:15 Local time).
>>> http://beijing46.icann.org/node/37155
>>> The agenda is also published on the Wiki at:
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+10
>>> +April+2013
>>> Motions may be viewed at:
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10
>>> +April+2013
>>> http://beijing46.icann.org/node/37155
>>>
>>> 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 07:15 UTC
>>> http://tinyurl.com/cu3adns
>>> Coordinated Universal Time 07:15 UTC
>>> 00:15 Los Angeles; 03:15 Washington; 08:15 London; 09:15 Paris;
>>> 19:15 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.
>>>
>>> 15:15 - 17:30 Council Public Forum
>>>
>>> Presentations by Stakeholder Groups and Constituency Leaders (60
>>> minutes)
>>>
>>> ? Registries Stakeholder Group ? Keith Drazek
>>> ? Registrars Stakeholder Group ? Matt Serlin
>>> ? Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) ? Bill Drake
>>> ? Non Commercial Stakeholders Constituency ? Robin Gross
>>> ? Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency ? Alain
>>> Berranger.
>>> ? Commercial and Business Users Constituency (BC) ? Elisa Cooper
>>> ? Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) ? Kristina Rosette
>>> ? Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP)
>>> ? Tony Holmes
>>> Break (10 minutes)
>>> 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:
>>> Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 14 March 2013 approved
>>> on 30 March 2013.
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg14383.html
>>> 1.5. GNSO Projects List http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-
>>> list.pdf
>>> ? Review main changes.
>>> ? Comments and/or questions.
>>>
>>> Item 2: Opening Remarks from Chair (10 minutes)
>>> Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes /
>>> topics
>>> Include brief review of Projects List and Action List
>>>
>>> Item 3: Consent agenda ([0] minutes)
>>> TBC.
>>>
>>> Item 4: MOTION - Initiation of a Policy Development Process (PDP)
>>> on the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information (10
>>> minutes)
>>> A Final Issue Report translation and transliteration of contact
>>> information was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21 March 2013
>>> (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/library).
>>> The Final Issue Report recommends that the GNSO Council should
>>> initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP) limited to the issues
>>> discussed in this report but delay the next steps in the PDP
>>> until the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services
>>> completes its recommendations, in May 2013 with a possible
>>> extension, in order to ensure that the resulting policy
>>> recommendations would be consistent with any new model or
>>> approaches to contact data that may result from the Expert
>>> Working Group?s deliberations;
>>>
>>> As recommended by the WHOIS Policy Review Team the Final Issue
>>> Report also recommends that ICANN should commission a study on
>>> the commercial feasibility of translation or transliteration
>>> systems for internationalized contact data, which is expected to
>>> help inform the PDP Working Group in its deliberations;
>>>
>>> ICANN?s General Counsel has confirmed that the topic is properly
>>> within the scope of the ICANN policy process and within the scope
>>> of the GNSO.
>>>
>>> Link to motion
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10
>>> +April+2013
>>>
>>> 4.1 Reading of the motion ().
>>> 4.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.
>>> 4.3 Vote.
>>> Item 5: UPDATE & DISCUSSION ? Policy vs. Implementation (15 minutes)
>>> Recent issues highlight an ongoing 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.
>>>
>>> In addition, the Council is increasingly asked to consider issues
>>> for policy guidance and may well need to look at the evolution of
>>> its own work and processes to accommodate this type of request.
>>>
>>> ICANN Staff published a paper intended to facilitate further
>>> community discussions on this topic. Discussions on the Council
>>> mailing list and at subsequent meetings indicate that this is an
>>> area of fundamental interest to the Council.
>>>
>>> Following further community discussion in Beijing the Council is
>>> to discuss the current position and to consider next steps from a
>>> GNSO Council perspective.
>>>
>>> 5.1 Discussion
>>> 5.2 Next steps
>>>
>>> Item 6: UPDATE & DISCUSSION ? Template to request an Issues
>>> Report (10 minutes)
>>>
>>> One outcome from the Operations and Organisation meeting that
>>> GNSO Council Leadership held with ICANN staff in Amsterdam
>>> earlier this year, was to develop an online template to complete
>>> the request for an Issue Report.
>>>
>>> The objective of this tool is to encourage requestors to gather
>>> as much information as possible and engage in early discussions
>>> with others prior to submitting a request for an Issue Report.
>>> The intended outcome is that by encouraging completion of all the
>>> information requested in the template, it will be possible to
>>> identify what information may still be needed and encourage
>>> collaboration between different interested parties at an early
>>> stage.
>>>
>>> The template (https://community.icann.org/x/GQllAg) can be
>>> completed by either by following the instructions or by
>>> downloading the word template from the same page. Once completed,
>>> Council members will be able to either create a PDF and submit
>>> that together with a motion to the Council mailing list, or
>>> insert the relevant wiki link in the motion. Please note that
>>> this template is tailored to requests for Issue Reports as
>>> defined in the PDP Manual.
>>> The template is still in draft form and the Council is to discuss
>>> its usefulness, consider accepting it for future issue reports
>>> and consider also where similar templates could be used elsewhere.
>>>
>>> 6.1 ? Discussion
>>> 6.2 ? Next steps
>>>
>>> Item 7: UPDATE & DISCUSSION ? Outcomes from sessions in Beijing
>>> (15 minutes)
>>> A series of main session meetings will have taken place as well
>>> as meetings between the Council and other key stakeholders. This
>>> item represents an opportunity to capture and review any key
>>> outcomes or actions arising from those meetings.
>>>
>>> 7.1 ? Discussion
>>> 7.2 ? Next steps
>>>
>>> Item 8: Any Other Business (5 minutes)
>>>
>>> Open Microphone
>>> 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.)
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------
>>> Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN
>>> hemisphere
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------
>>> Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 07:15
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------
>>> California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 00:15
>>> New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+1DST 03:15
>>> Rio de Janiero, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3+1DST 04:15
>>> Montevideo, Uruguay (UYST) UTC-3+1DST 04:15
>>> Edinburgh, Scotland (BST) UTC+0DST 08:15
>>> London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 08:15
>>> Abuja, Nigeria (WAT) UTC+1+0DST 08:15
>>> Bonn, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 09:15
>>> Stockholm, Sweden (CET) UTC+1+0DST 09:15
>>> Ramat Hasharon, Israel(IST) UTC+2+0DST 10:15
>>> Karachi, Pakistan (PKT ) UTC+5+0DST 12:15
>>> Beijing/Hong Kong, China (HKT ) UTC+8+0DST 15:15
>>> Perth, Australia (WST) UTC+8+0DST 15:15
>>> Wellington, New Zealand (NZDT ) UTC+12+1DST 19:15
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------
>>> The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2013, 2:00 or 3:00
>>> local time (with exceptions)
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --
>>> For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com
>>> http://tinyurl.com/cu3adns
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Glen
>>> Glen de Saint G?ry
>>> GNSO Secretariat
>>> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
>>> http://gnso.icann.org
>>>
>>
>>
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