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    <div class="moz-forward-container">Dear BC Members,<br>
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      Please find below the updated proposed agenda for the GNSO Council
      Public Meeting in Prague today. The main updates are the room
      &amp; time changes: it is now scheduled from 3 p.m. Prague time to
      6:30 p.m. Prague time in Congress II.<br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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            Reference to ICANN Schedule<br>
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              lang="EN-US">Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Public
              Meeting in Prague 27 June 2012</span></b><span
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            lang="EN-US">Date: 27 June 2012 <br>
            Reference to ICANN Schedule<br>
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                lang="EN-US">http://prague44.icann.org/node/31781</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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 </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
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href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Council+Meetings+2012"><span
                lang="EN-US">GNSO Council workspace.</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">As can be seen below, in addition to the Open
            Microphone at the end of the agenda, as possible throughout
            the meeting time will be allowed for audience participation.
            Please be aware that audience opportunities to comment will
            depend on available time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">This agenda was established according to the
            GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011
            for the GNSO Council and updated.<br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
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href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">For
            convenience:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the
              voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of
              this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
            level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">An excerpt from the Council Operating
              Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is
              provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                  lang="EN-US">Meeting Times 12:00 UTC</span></a></span></u><u><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Coordinated Universal Time 13:00 UTC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">06:00 Los Angeles; 09:00 Washington DC; 14:00
            London; 15:00 Paris/Prague; <br>
            22:00 Tokyo; 01:00 Wellington next day)<br>
            <br>
            Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members
            who cannot physically attend the meeting. Councilors should
            notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is
            needed.<br>
            <br>
            15:00- 15:45 GNSO Council Public Forum<br>
            <br>
            <b><u>Presentations by Stakeholder and Constituency Group
                Leaders (45 minutes)</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Registries
              Stakeholder Group – David Maher<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Registrars
              Stakeholder Group – Matt Serlin<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
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            level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Non
              Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) – Robin Gross<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ul>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns
              Constituency – Alain Berranger.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ul>
        <ul type="disc">
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
            level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Commercial and Business Users Constituency
              (BC) – Marilyn Cade<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
            level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC)
              –Steve Metalitz<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
            level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Internet Service Providers and Connectivity
              Providers  (ISPCP) – Tony Holmes<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ul>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Break  15:45 – 16:00</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">16:00 – 16:10 Item 1: Administrative
                matters (10 minutes)</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">1.1 Roll Call<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">1.2 Statement of interest updates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">1.3 Review/amend agenda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">1.4. Note the status of minutes for the
            previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 7
            June 2012 approved on 28 June 2012.<br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13224.html">http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13224.html</a><br>
            <br>
            1.5. </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">GNSO Pending Projects List <br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <ul type="disc">
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
            level1 lfo5"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Review
              main changes.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
            level1 lfo5"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Comments
              and/or questions.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ul>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Item
                2: Consent agenda </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">A consent agenda item is being added as a
            standard agenda item to provide for a simplified process to
            obtain Council approval on specific tasks.<br>
            <br>
            No Consent agenda items<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 3: WHOIS Access recommendation (15
                minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The WHOIS access recommendation was considered
            as part of the consent agenda at the Council's 16 February
            2012 meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">At that meeting, the ISP constituency requested
            that the proposal to end this work be removed from the
            consent agenda and considered as part of the GNSO's main
            agenda. A further suggestion was suggested that
            constituency/stakeholder members work with Staff to identify
            a path forward and that the topic be further discussed at
            the Costa Rica meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">A motion has been made to consider next steps.<br>
            Refer to motion <br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+June+2012"><span
                lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+June+2012</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">This motion was deferred from the June 7, 2012
            GNSO Council meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">3.1 Reading of the motion (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">3.2 Discussion and open microphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">3.3 Vote<br>
            <br>
            <b><u>Item 4: Update on the Internationalised Registration
                Data  Working Group (IRD WG) (10 minutes)</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The IRD submitted its final report to the GNSO
            Council and SSAC on March 3, 2012 for review and approval.
            This report was requested by the Board in June 2009. The
            first three recommendations are as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">1. ICANN staff should develop, in consultation
            with the community, a data model for domain registration
            data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">2.  The GNSO council and the SSAC should
            request a common Issue Report on translation and
            transliteration of contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">3.  ICANN staff should work with the community
            to identify a Registration Data Access Protocol that meets
            the needs of internationalization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Since then, the SSAC has recommended some
            substantial changes, including adding a fourth
            recommendation suggesting that ICANN should take appropriate
            steps to require gTLD registries and registrars and to
            persuade ccTLD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Registries and registrars to support various
            standards described in the report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The Council now needs to decide whether to
            accept the report and forward it to the Board along with the
            SSAC or whether more work may now be needed by the IRD to
            address any GNSO questions or concerns before the final
            report can be approved by the GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The GNSO Council will now consider a motion to
            approve the IRD WG Final Report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Refer to motion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+June+2012"><span
                lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+June+2012</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">4.1 Reading of the motion (Stéphane van Gelder)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">4.2 Discussion and open microphone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">4.3 Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 5: Update on the GNSO-Requested WHOIS
                Studies and the draft WHOIS Technical Requirements
                Survey being developed by the WHOIS Survey Working Group
                (20 minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The Whois Studies Working Group (WSWG) has a
            draft survey out for public comment at the moment and a
            draft report from Interisle on the feasibility of conducting
            a full study on Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal cases has
            also been posted for public comment. This agenda item is to
            update the Council on these initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Interisle Consulting Group draft Report –
            Public comment announcement -- </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-pp-survey-04jun12-en.htm"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-pp-survey-04jun12-en.htm</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Whois Studies Working Group (WSWG) Public
            comment announcement -- </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-whois-requirements-survey-30may12-en.htm"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-whois-requirements-survey-30may12-en.htm</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">General updated information on WHOIS Studies: 
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/studies"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/studies</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">5.1 Update from Staff (Liz Gasster)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">5.2 Discussion and open microphone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 6: Update on the RAA negotiations (10
                minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">ICANN staff has posted the status report on the
            RAA negotiations Staff is currently pursuing with the
            Registrar Stakeholder Group. This agenda item is to inform
            the Council on the status of these negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">6.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">6.2 Discussion and open microphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 7: GNSO Council leadership elections
                (15 minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Between this Open Council meeting and the next,
            in Toronto, the GNSO Council will have started another
            election cycle. The election is for the new Council Chair,
            the current Chair being term limited and unable to stand
            again. Each house will also nominate its Vice Chair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">This agenda item aims to provide a short
            overview of the process and proposed timing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">7.1 Update from Chair (Stéphane Van Gelder)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">7.2 Discussion and open microphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 8: Registration Abuse Policies Working
                Group (RAP WG) on Uniformity of Reporting (10 minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">At its meeting on 6 October, the GNSO Council
            requested the ICANN Compliance Department to report on
            existing systems to report and track violations and/or
            complaints; improvements made since the RAPWG Report or
            foreseen in the near future, and: indentify gaps and any
            improvements that might be desirable but not foreseen at
            this stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The ICANN Compliance Team submitted its report
            on 18 March and presented it to the GNSO Council at its
            meeting on 12 April. Refer to the report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/contractual-compliance-report-reporting-uniformity-16mar12-en.pdf"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/contractual-compliance-report-reporting-uniformity-16mar12-en.pdf</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The Council must now decide what next steps to
            take, if any.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">8.1 Update from Staff (Marika Konings)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">8.2 Discussion and open microphone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">8.3 Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 9: Impact of new gTLD program on
                existing GNSO structure (10 minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The new gTLD program may impact the GNSO's
            Contracted Parties. This item aims to initiate a discussion
            of potential issues to look at as the new gTLD comes online
            and the Registry and Registrar stakeholder groups are
            affected by this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">9.1 Discussion and open microphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 10: Management of work (10 minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Recent discussions on the Council list have
            raised concerns about the volume of documents published
            prior to an ICANN meeting and how these can best be managed
            by the volunteer community that makes up the GNSO Council as
            it struggles to read a substantial amount of reports and
            other documents in order to better inform its own decision
            making processes with regards to policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">10.1 Discussion and open microphone.<br>
            <br>
            <b><u>Item 11: Fake Renewal Notices (10 minutes)</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">The GNSO Council requested that a small group
            prepare a request for information concerning Fake Renewal
            Notices for the RrSG to help inform its deliberations on the
            RAP WG Recommendation on Fake Renewal Notices (#2). The
            drafting team submitted its </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/frn/fake-renewal-notices-report-06mar12-en.pdf"><span
                lang="EN-US">report</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"> to the GNSO Council on 6 March. Following a
            presentation of the report to the GNSO Council at the ICANN
            Meeting in Costa Rica, the GNSO Council decided to put the
            report out for public comment. A public comment forum was
            opened (see </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/fake-renewal-notices-report-21mar12-en.htm"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/fake-renewal-notices-report-21mar12-en.htm</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) and has now closed. At its last meeting, the
            GNSO Council requested the DT to review the comments
            received, update the report if deemed appropriate and report
            back accordingly. The DT has reviewed the comments received
            and submitted its updated report to the GNSO Council on 21
            June (see </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13234.html"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13234.html</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <ol start="1" type="1">
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
            level1 lfo6"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Presentation of updated Fake Renewal Notices
              Report (Mikey O'Connor) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
            level1 lfo6"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Discussion
              and open microphone<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
            level1 lfo6"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR">Next
              steps<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ol>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 12:  Any Other Business (5 minutes) </span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">12.1 </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/"><span
                lang="EN-US">New GNSO Website</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"> Reactions, comments and any suggestions for
            improvements/changes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Item 13: Open Microphone</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds
              (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">b. Initiate a Policy Development Process
            ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA"><span
                lang="EN-US">Annex A</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">): requires an affirmative vote of more than
            one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3)
            of one House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an
            affirmative vote of GNSO Supermajority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not
            Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO
            Supermajority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO
            Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO
            Supermajority,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<br>
            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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf"><span
                  lang="EN-US">GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4</span></a></span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
              lang="EN-US">)<br>
            </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><br>
            4.4.1 Applicability<br>
            Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited
            number of Council motions or measures.<br>
            a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);<br>
            b. Approve a PDP recommendation;<br>
            c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures
            (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;<br>
            d. Fill a Council position open for election.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">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.<br>
            4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum
            requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in
            which the vote is initiated.)<br>
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            California, USA (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html"
              title="Pacific Standard Time"><span lang="EN-US">PDT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) UTC-8+1DST 06:00 <br>
            New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 09:00<br>
            Buenos Aires, Argentina (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html"
              title="Argentina Time"><span lang="EN-US">ART</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) UTC-3+0DST 10:00 <br>
            Montevideo, Uruguay (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/uyst.html"
              title="Uruguay Summer Time"><span lang="EN-US">UYT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) UTC-3+0DST 11:00<br>
            London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 14:00 <br>
            Abuja,Nigeria (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
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href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/africa/wat.html"
              title="West Africa Time"><span lang="EN-US">WAT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) UTC+1+0DST 14:00<br>
            Tunis, Tunisia (CET) UTC+1+0DST 14:00 <br>
            Bonn, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 15:00 <br>
            Paris, France (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 15:00 <br>
            Prague, Czech Repub.(CEST) UTC+1+1DST 15:00<br>
            Ramat Hasharon, Israel(</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/ist-israel.html"
              title="Israel Standard Time"><span lang="EN-US">IST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) UTC+2+0DST 16:00<br>
            Karachi, Pakistan (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/pkt.html"
              title="Pakistan Standard Time"><span lang="EN-US">PKT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"> ) UTC+5+0DST 18:00 <br>
            Beijing/Hong Kong, China <u>(HKT</u> ) UTC+8+0DST 21:00 <br>
            Tokyo, Japan (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/jst.html"
              title="Japan Standard Time"><span lang="EN-US">JST</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">) UTC+9+0DST 22:00 <br>
            Wellington, New Zealand (</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/pacific/nzdt.html"
              title="New Zealand Daylight Time"><span lang="EN-US">NZDT</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"> ) UTC+12+0DST 01:00 – next day <br>
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            The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2012, 2:00 or
            3:00 local time (with exceptions)<br>
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                lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a></span><span
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