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Dear BC members:<div><br></div><div>Please note the following information regarding the GNSO Council's agenda for 24 Feb 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>The BC will hold a pre Council discussion, as announced by Chris Chaplow, on 17 February, 2011, which will address </div><div>these topics and other priority issues/topics. </div><div><br></div><div>Chris will post the agenda for the BC members call. At present, we are expecting to have a 30 minute discussion on a </div><div>topic of high priority to BC members; then a 40+ minutes on the Council agenda, and a 10 minute update on the GAC/Board meeting</div><div>in Brussels, and 5 minutes on the agenda for the S.F. meeting. </div><div><br></div><div>On the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">DSSA-WG, several</span> BC members have volunteered. The list shown on this email is not inclusive of all BC volunteers.</div><div><br></div><div>Marilyn Cade</div><div>BC Chair</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>=======================================================================================<br>Council meeting Agenda 24 February 2011<br><br>
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</style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:#1F497D">FYI</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 24 February 2011.</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-weight:normal">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-24feb11-en.htm</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong></p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-weight:normal">Please consult the Wiki page for the latest updates:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Wiki link:</span></strong><b><br></b>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_24_february_2011<br><br><span class="a">This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.</span><br><span class="a">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf</span></span><BR><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">For convenience:</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<br>* An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Meeting Time 15:00 UTC<br><br>Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times<br>(07:00 Los Angeles, 10:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, <br><br>Friday 25 February<br>00:00 Tokyo; 02:00 Melbourne <br><br>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.<br><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">GNSO Council meeting audiocast </span></strong></span></p><p class="ecxa1"><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p><p class="ecxa1"><strong><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest </span></p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">• 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.<br>Here is the definition provided in the procedures:</span><BR><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">“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.”</span><BR><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">The main issues for this meeting are: </span><BR><ul type="disc"><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">GNSO Project Decision Making </span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">GNSO Improvements </span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Registration Abuse Policies</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">DNS Security and Stability </span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Whois</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Cross Community Working Groups </span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">New gTLD Applicant Guidebook</span></li></ul><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br>1.2 Update any statements of interest<br><br>1.3 Review/amend agenda<br><br>1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>• 3 February 2011 Council minutes – Approved on 22 February 2011.<br><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 2: Pending Projects – Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B PDP Working Group (IRTP Part B) (15 minutes)</span></strong><b><br></b><br>Update on Working Group's progress. Working Group (WG) was started on April 16, 2009. WG is chaired by Michele Neylon.<br>Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf.</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">2.1: Update on WG – Michele Neylon, WG Chair.<br><br>2.2: Discussion<br><br>2.3: Next steps<b><br><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 3: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) (20 Minutes)</span></strong></b><br><br>3.1 Approval of amended Council procedures - 5.10 statements of interest</span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Refer to motion<br>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_february_motions (motion 1)</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Discussion</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Vote</span></li></ul><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br>3.2 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating Procedures</span></p><ul type="disc"><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Bill Drake has volunteered to lead </span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Update (Bill Drake)</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Discussion</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Next steps</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><span class="a">3.3 Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines</span></span><BR><ul type="disc"><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">See resolution 13 Jan meeting</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><span class="a">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101 </span></span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">See public comments received (http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/) as well as summary & analysis provided by staff</span></li><li class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Discuss next steps - in light of comments received, should GNSO Working Guidelines be adopted or are further modifications required? If further modifications are required, should these be made by the GNSO Council, or should the comments be referred back to the PPSC for consideration?</span></li></ul><p class="ecxa1"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 4 : Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (10 minutes)</span></strong></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><br>Refer to Board resolution: <br>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead.<br><br>4.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair<br><br>4.2 Discussion</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">4.3 Next steps?<br><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 5: WHOIS studies (20 minutes)</span></strong><br><br>A new WHOIS studies report has been posted <insert link>.<br>This includes the staff analysis on the last of the 4 WHOIS studies that the Council asked staff to scope for cost and feasibility (this is the study on "Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal").<br><br>The Council must now decide which of the remaining 3 studies (Registrant Identification, Proxy and Privacy "abuse" and this Relay and Reveal study) staff should initiate.<br><br>5.1 Update on WHOIS studies (Liz Gasster) </span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">5.2 Discussion </span></p><p class="ecxa1"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 6: Joint DNS security and stability analysis working group (DSSA-WG) (10 minutes)</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><br>At their meetings during the ICANN Brussels meeting ALAC, the ccNSO, the GNSO, the GAC and the NRO acknowledged the need for a better understanding of the security and stability of the global DNS. To this end these SOs and ACs <span class="a">agreed to estab</span>lish a joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group (DSSA-WG).<br><br>Refer to DSSA-WG draft charter <br>http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf<br><br>Current GNSO volunteers:<br>• Zahid Jamil (CBUC) <br>• Scott McCormick (CBUC)<br>• Mikey O'Connor (CBUC)<br>• George Asare-Sakyi (NCSG)<br>• Rafik Dammak (NCSG)<br>• Matt Serlin - (MarkMonitor, RrSG))<br>• Rick Wilhelm (Networksolutions RrSG)<br>• Greg Aaron (Afilias, RySG)<br>• Keith Drazek (Verisign, RySG)<br><br>6.1 Update from WG (Julie Hedlund) </span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">6.2 Discussion<br><br>6.3 Selection of GNSO co-chair for the WG.<br><b><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 7: Discussion on Community Working Groups (15 minutes)</span></strong></b><br><br>Several Community Working Groups (CWG) have been started recently. How should the GNSO approach such groups?<br>Current CWG in which the GNSO is involved are:<br><br>7.1 Discussion.<br><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 8: Follow-up on RAP recommendations (10 minutes) </span></strong><br><br>Refer to </span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201102" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">motion passed during 3 February meeting</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> <br>http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201102<br><br>More specifically, Resolve clause 1:<br>RESOLVED #1, the GNSO Council instructs ICANN Policy Staff to forward the two issues identified by the RAP IDT as having low resource </span><span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">requirements, WHOIS Access recommendation #2 and Fake Renewal Notices recommendation #1, to ICANN Compliance Staff for resolution. ICANN</span><span style="font-family:'MS Mincho'">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> Compliance Staff is requested to provide the GNSO Council with its feedback on the two recommendations and proposed implementation in a timely manner.<br><br>8.1 Feedback from ICANN Compliance Staff.<br><br>8.2 Discussion<br><br>RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of the UDRP.<br><br>8.3 Staff update, expected delivery date for Issues Report (XXX).<br><br>RESOLVED #3, the GNSO Council requests a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report.<br><br>8.4 Staff update, expected delivery date for Discussion Paper (XXX)<br><u><br><strong><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 9: Any Other Business (10 Minutes)</span></strong></u></span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">9.1 Update from Staff on goals, expected outcomes and organization of GAC/Board February meeting in Brussels (Staff).<br><br>9.2 Status of San Francisco planning (Olga Cavalli).</span></p><p class="ecxstyle1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">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:<br>1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House;<br>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;<br>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”);<br>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;<br>5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and<br>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.</span></p><p class="ecxstyle1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot:<br>1. Initiate a policy development process;<br>2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;<br>3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;<br>4. Fill a position open for election.</span></p><p class="ecxa1"><span class="a"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">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 initiated.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><br><span class="a">---------------------------------------------------------------------------- </span><br><span class="a">Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere </span><br><span class="a">---------------------------------------------------------------------------- </span><br><span class="a">Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 15:00 </span><br><span class="a">----------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span class="a">California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+0DST 07:00 </span><br><span class="a">Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+0DST 09:00 </span><br><span class="a">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+0DST 10:00</span><br><span class="a">Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00 </span><br><span class="a">Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00 </span><br><span class="a">London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 15:00 </span><br><span class="a">Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 </span><br><span class="a">Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 </span><br><span class="a">Moscow, Russian Federation UTC+3+0DST 18:00 </span><br><span class="a">Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00 </span><br><span class="a">Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00 </span><br><span class="a">Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00 next day </span><br><span class="a">Melbourne,/Sydney A</span>ustralia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 02:00 next day <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions)<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>For other places see </span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Please let me know if you have any questions.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Thank you.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Kind regards,</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Glen</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Glen de Saint Géry</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">GNSO Secretariat</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">http://gnso.icann.org</span></p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"> </p><p class="ecxMsoPlainText"> </p></div></div> </body>
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