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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=a><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=style3>GNSO Council Public Meeting - San Francisco Silicon Valley <br></span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-16mar11-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-16mar11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_16_march_2011">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_16_march_2011</a><br><b><br></b><span class=a1>16 March 2011, </span><br><br><span class=a1>Reference to ICANN Schedule</span><br><span class=a1>http://svsf40.icann.org/node/22187</span><br><br><span class=a1>Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in San Francisco, Silicon Valley 16 March 2011. </span><br><br><span class=a1>Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for the latest updates on the GNSO Council Workspace at </span><br><br><br><span class=a1>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.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Meeting Times </span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Coordinated Universal Time:20:30 UTC - see below for local times<br>(13:30 San Francisco, 16:30 Washington DC, 20:30 London, 21:30 Brussels <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>17 March 2011</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>01:30 Karachi, 05:30 Tokyo, 07:30 Melbourne <br><b><u><br></u></b>This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.<u><br></u>http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf<u><br><br></u>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:l2 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. <br>(Insert links to meeting audio-cast and Adobe connect as applicable.)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. Administrative Matters (10 minutes) </span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>a. Roll call of Council members, noting alternates and proxies (Glen)<br>b. Polling for Disclosures of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>i. Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding “any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion” in this meeting.<br><br>ii. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: “Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.”<b><u><br><br></u></b>iii. The main issues for this meeting are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>• GNSO Project Decision Making<br>• New gTLD Applicant Guidebook<br>• Joint New gTLD Applicant Support Recommendations<b><u><br></u></b>• Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies<br>• Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter<br>• Whois & Internationalized Registration Data<br>• GNSO Improvements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>b. Update any statements of interest<br>c. Review/amend agenda<b><u><br></u></b>d. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.24 February 2011 meeting minutes: Scheduled for approval on 11 March 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=style1><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 2: WHOIS Service Requirements Report - Update Liz Gasster (25 minutes) </span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion 1</span></u></strong><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Discussion<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 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vote<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion 2 </span></u></strong><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Discussion<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:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><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:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li><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:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vote<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 3: PPSC Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines (25minutes) </span></u></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>• Refer to: resolution 13 Jan meeting<br>http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101 <br>• See public comments received (http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/) as well as summary & analysis provided by staff<br>• Refer to Council discussion during Feb 24 meeting. PPSC Chair has relayed comments received on the report back to the PPSC with a goal of finalizing the report so the Council can vote to approve it in San Francisco.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.1 <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Refer to motion 3</span></strong><br>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. 2 Discussion<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:l4 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<br>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.3 Vote</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b><u><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 4: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (30 minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br><br><span class=a1>Refer to Board resolution: </span><br><span class=a1>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6</span><br><span class=a1>Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead. A proposed response has been drafted to send to the Board.</span><br><br></span><span class=a1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair and analysis of proposed response.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br><span class=a1>4. 2 Discussion</span> <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:l5 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>4. 3 Next steps? Is there consensus on sending the response to the Board as proposed and drafted?<br><br><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 5: Joint DNS security and stability analysis working group (DSSA-WG) (25 minutes)</span></u></strong><b><u><br></u></b><br>At their meetings during the ICANN Brussels meeting ALAC, the ccNSO, the GNSO, the GAC and the NRO acknowledged the need for a better understanding of the security and stability of the global DNS. To this end these SOs and ACs agreed to establish a joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group (DSSA-WG).<br><br>Refer to DSSA-WG draft charter <br>http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf<br><br>ccNSO has agreed to a maximum of 12 volunteers from the GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Current GNSO volunteers:<br>• Zahid Jamil- (CBUC) <br>• Scott McCormick - (CBUC)<br>• Mikey O'Connor - (CBUC)<br>• Adam Palmer- (CBUC Symantec)<br>• George Asare-Sakyi - (NCSG)<br>• Rafik Dammak - (NCSG)<br>• Matt Serlin - (MarkMonitor, RrSG)<br>• Rick Wilhelm (Networksolutions RrSG)<br>• Greg Aaron- (Afilias, RySG)<br>• Keith Drazek- (Verisign, RySG)<br>• Don Blumenthal - (PIR, RySG)<br>• Mike Rodenbaugh - (IPC) <br>• Chris Wright - (RrSG)<br>• Forest Rosen -<br>• Rossella Mattioli - (NCSG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>5.1 Finalise list of volunteers<br><br>5. 2 Selection of GNSO co-chair for the WG.<br><br><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 6: Study Group on Use of Names of Countries and Territories (15 minutes)</span></u></strong><br><br>The call for volunteers for this group has now closed. The ccNSO has agreed to a maximum of 8 volunteers from the GNSO.<br><br>Current GNSO volunteers:<br><br>Carlos Aguirre - GNSO Nominationg Committee Appointee <br>George Asare-Sakyi - NCSG <br>Ilya Bazlyankov - RrSG <br>Olga Cavalli - GNSO Nominationg Committee Appointee <br>Ching Chiao - RySG - Liaison for GNSO Council <br>Avri Doria - NCSG <br>Jothan Frakes - <br>Volker Greimann - RrSG <br>Jean Guillon - <br>Tony Harris- ISPCP<br>Garth Miller - <br>Krista Papac - RrSG <br>Alexei Sozonov - RrSG <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6.1 Update from Liz Gasster<br><br>6.2 Discussion<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:l6 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>6.3 Select 8 volunteers to be put forward to ccNSO. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 7: Follow-up on RAP recommendations (30 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>See next step suggestions from previous meetings:<br>• Provide an outline of topics to be addressed in the UDRP Issues paper and the discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report.<br>• Seek input or comments from the Council during the GNSO weekend working sessions. <br><br>7.1 Update from Liz Gasster<br><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion 4</span></strong><b><br></b>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions <br><br>7.2 Discussion<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:l0 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vote <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion 5 </span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions <br><br>7.3 Discussion<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:l8 level1 lfo8'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo8'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo8'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vote <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>7.4 Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 8: Pending Projects – GNSO Toolkit of services (25 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Update on this work. The “toolkit” refers to a list of basic services approved by the GNSO Council 17 Dec 2009 that will be made available to eligible GNSO organizations. Implementation proposals have been discussed and feedback requested by Feb 15, 2011.<br>Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf.<br><br>8. 1 Update on work, indication of proposed next steps – Rob Hoggarth, ICANN Staff<br><br>8. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 Discussion<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:l7 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Council<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Audience<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>8. 3 Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=style1><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 9. Other Business (5 minutes) <br><br>Item 10. Open Microphone (30 minutes) </span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=style1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:<br>1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House;<br>2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within Scope (as described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more than 66% of one House;<br>3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 75% of one House and a majority of the other House (“GNSO Supermajority”);<br>4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation;<br>5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and<br>6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that “a two-thirds vote of the council” demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting party affected by such contract provision.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=style1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=a><span class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Members </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot:<br>1. Initiate a policy development process;<br>2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;<br>3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;<br>4. Fill a position open for election.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that, in exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days. 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