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    <div class="moz-forward-container">Dear BC Members,<br>
      <br>
      Please find below the GNSO Council Agenda for the upcoming GNSO
      Council call on the 13th of September, for use during today's BC
      Member's call. <br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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      <div class="WordSection1">
        <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">Dear All,<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 Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 13
            September 2012 at 15:00 UTC<b> </b>is posted on page<br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/calendar#sep"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/calendar#sep</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-13sep12-en.htm"><span
                lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-13sep12-en.htm</span></a></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></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">and on the Wiki at:<br>
            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+13+September+2012">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+13+September+2012</a><br>
            <br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">Reminder: Reports, motions  and documents for
            consideration are due no later than (NLT) 8 days in advance
            (i.e.WEDNESDAY, 5 September 2012) of the GNSO Council
            meeting on 13 September 2012 at 15:00 UTC.<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 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
              moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
        <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">For

            convenience:<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:l3
            level1 lfo3"><span
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;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l3
            level1 lfo3"><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>
        </ul>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://tinyurl.com/bojlrbx">Meeting Times 15:00
                UTC</a><br>
            </span></u><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
              lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://tinyurl.com/bojlrbx">http://tinyurl.com/bojlrbx</a></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><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">Coordinated Universal Time 15:00 UTC<br>
            08:00 Los Angeles; 11:00 Washington; 16:00 London; 17:00
            Paris; 00:00 Tokyo. <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">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.<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">GNSO Council meeting audiocast </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><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://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><span
                  lang="EN-US">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></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">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<br>
            <br>
            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"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-20jul12-en.htm">Minutes

              of the GNSO Council meeting 20 July 2012</a> approved on
            22 August 2012.<br>
            <br>
            1.5. 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 lfo6"><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 lfo6"><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 (5 minutes)</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="MsoPlainText"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">2.1 Approve proposed <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/van-gelder-faltstrom-to-icann-board-redline-06aug12-en.pdf">IRD-WG

              letter from GNSO Council to ICANN Board</a>.<br>
            2.2 Approve </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/consent-agenda-09jul12-en.pdf">consent

              agenda</a> in the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-redline-09jul12-en.pdf">GNSO

              operating procedures</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="MsoPlainText"><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-GB">Item 3: </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">RAP recommendation on Uniformity of
                Reporting</span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-GB"> 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="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">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="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">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="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/contractual-compliance-report-reporting-uniformity-16mar12-en.pdf"><span
                style="color:#386EFF">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/contractual-compliance-report-reporting-uniformity-16mar12-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">The Council must now decide what next steps to
            take, if any.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">3.1 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/rap/comments-rap-uniformity-of-reporting-30jul12-en.pdf">Update</a>
            from </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">Mikey O'Connor</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">3.3 Nest steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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">Item 4: Whois Review Team Final Report (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="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">At its July 20, 2012 meeting, the Council
            created a small group to draft a letter in response to ICANN
            Board resolved #2012.06.23.26 (see Board resolution (<a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#5">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#5</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">The August 31, 2012 deadline set by the Board
            for receiving input proved too short for the Council, and on
            August 30, 2012 GNSO Chair Stéphane Van Gelder sent Chairman
            of the ICANN Board Steve Crocker and Interim ICANN CEO Akram
            Attalah a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/33821">letter</a>
            informing them that the Council would hopefully be providing
            further input very soon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">A draft has been proposed by the group. The
            Council must now decide whether to send this draft as-is or
            not.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-GB"><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 Update from group (Brian Winterfeldt)<br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">4. 2 Discussion</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><br>
            4. 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-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></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-GB">Item 5: </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">WHOIS Proxy/Privacy Reveal &amp; Relay
                Feasibility Survey Report </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-GB">(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="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">This survey evaluated the feasibility of
            conducting a future in-depth study into communication Relay
            and identity Reveal requests sent for gTLD domain names
            registered using Proxy and Privacy services. The Interisle
            Consulting Group has completed this survey and initial
            results have been reported, and explored in a community
            webinar held on 13 August.  This item is an overview of the
            final report to be published in mid-September, and an
            examination of possible next steps for the GNSO Council to
            consider.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-GB">5.1 Update from Staff (Barbara Roseman)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">5.2 Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">5</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">.3 Next steps</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"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-GB">Item 6: </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Fake Renewal Notices</span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-GB"> (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">The GNSO Council requested that a small group
            prepare a request for information concerning Fake Renewal
            Notices for the Registrar Stakeholder Group to help inform
            its deliberations on the Registration Abuse Policies Working
            Group (RAP WG) Recommendation on Fake Renewal Notices (#2).
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">Once the drafting team submitted its report to
            the GNSO Council and the comment period was completed, the
            GNSO Council requested the Drafting Team to review the
            comments received, update the report if deemed appropriate
            and report back accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">The DT has reviewed the comments received and
            submitted its updated report to the GNSO Council on 21 June
            2012 (see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/frn/fake-renewal-notices-updated-report-20jun12-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/frn/fake-renewal-notices-updated-report-20jun12-en.pdf</a>)
            and the DT Chair presented this report to the Council at the
            July 20 meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">At that meeting, the Council opted to have
            further consultations with the<b> </b>Registrar Stakeholder
            Group to find out what solutions the Registrars can offer to
            deal with bad actors and return to the Council with
            proposals for options, or solutions, or next steps on this
            issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">This agenda item is an update on those
            consultations.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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 RrSG (Mason Cole)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">6.3 Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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-GB">Item 7: </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Final Issue Report on Protection of
                International Organizations</span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-GB"> (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">The Preliminary Issue Report on the protection
            of international organization names requested by the GNSO
            Council on 12 April was published and a public comment forum
            was opened on 4 June.</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/intl-org-names-prelim-issue-report-04jun12-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/intl-org-names-prelim-issue-report-04jun12-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">The GNSO Drafting Team is evaluating possible
            recommendations to protect the Red Cross and IOC names at
            the second level and staff has now published the Final Issue
            Report, since the Public Comment forum has closed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">This item is an overview of that report and an
            examination of possible next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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 Staff (Brian Peck)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">7.3 Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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-GB">Item 8: </span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-US">Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure</span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
                lang="EN-GB"> (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">The new gTLD program will have a significant
            impact on the functioning of ICANN and its structure. The
            Board has called for an in-depth community discussion to
            identify early the corresponding challenges and possible
            evolutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">A call has been put out for the community to
            share a one-pager on this topic to gather preliminary views
            and help prepare a dedicated session in Toronto. The GNSO
            Council has expressed a desire to respond to this call and a
            small group has been created to draft a response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE">Although the Board has called for a response
            by September 10, this is not a hard deadline so the Council
            will now consider whether to approve the proposed response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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 on draft response (Thomas Rickert)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">8.3 Call to approve sending response to the
            Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><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-GB">Item 9: Overview of schedule for Toronto
                (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></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 usual, work is ongoing on preparing the
            GNSO's work schedule for the upcoming ICANN international
            meeting. This includes the GNSO's weekend working sessions
            and Wednesday's Open Council Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">9.1 Update on Toronto agenda (Wolf-Ulrich
            Knoben)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">9.2 Discussion and review of any amendments to
            agenda<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-GB">Item 10: Toronto GAC High Level Meeting (15
                minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></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 GAC is organizing a High Level Meeting on
            October 15 in Toronto. The agenda for this meeting includes
            an exchange with SO/AC leadership. Following a clarification
            request by the GNSO leadership, the GAC leadership has given
            the following explanation on its expectations for the
            meeting: "I would recommend preparation of Qs and lining up
            speakers in advance.  I trust that the GNSO leadership will
            work with the GAC, as well as my Canadian colleagues, to
            find a balance between the differing cultures of the GNSO,
            and senior officials and politicians unfamiliar with the
            ICANN environment, to have a positive and productive
            exchange to reinforce and improve the multi-stakeholder
            model."<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 should therefore plan for this
            meeting and discuss possible questions it may want to raise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">10.1 Introduction and overview of meeting
            (Stéphane Van Gelder)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">10.2 Discussion<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-GB">Item 11: Management of work (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></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">11.1 Discussion <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-GB">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-GB"><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-GB">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds
              (ICANN Bylaws, Article X,</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"> Section 3)<o:p></o:p></span></b></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.<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">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
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            lang="EN-US">) UTC-8+1DST 08:00 <br>
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            lang="EN-US">) UTC-3+0DST 12:00 <br>
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            lang="EN-US">) UTC-3+0DST 12:00<br>
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            Bonn, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 <br>
            Paris, France (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 <br>
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            lang="EN-US">) UTC+2+0DST 18:00<br>
            Karachi, Pakistan (</span><span
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              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 20:00 <br>
            Beijing/Hong Kong, China <u>(HKT</u> ) UTC+8+0DST 23:00 <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 00:00 <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 03:00 next day<br>
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            The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2012, 2:00 or
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