<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:503976118;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-1721587216 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1285885534;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-641571550 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="FR-BE" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Dear Councilors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Please find the proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 24 July 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 13
September 2012 for the GNSO Council and updated.<br>
<<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf</a> ><br>
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;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Meeting Times 11:00 UTC</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">:
<br>
</span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://tinyurl.com/lwky9he"><span lang="EN-US">http://tinyurl.com/lwky9he</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Coordinated Universal Time 11:00 UTC<br>
04:00 Los Angeles; 07:00 Washington; 12:00 London; 13:00 Brussels; 19:00 Perth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councillors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call
is needed.<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO Council meeting audiocast</span></strong><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><span lang="EN-US">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 1: Administrative matters (5 mins)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">1.1 Roll Call<br>
1.2 Statement of interest updates<br>
1.3 Review/amend agenda<br>
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>
<br>
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 25 June 2014, posted as approved on XXXX 2014<br>
<br>
<b><u>Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (15 mins)</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Include review of
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf">Projects List</a> and <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items">
Action List</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Comments or questions arising.<b><u><br>
</u></b><br>
<b><u>Item 3: Consent agenda (0 mins)<br>
<br>
</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</span></u></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 4: MOTION –
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A proposed modification of the GNSO’s consensus recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">(20 mins)</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On 10 November 2013 the PDP Working Group (IGO-INGO PDP WG) delivered its
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf">Final Report</a> to the GNSO Council that included twenty-five consensus recommendations of the WG. On 20 November 2013 the GNSO Council unanimously
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2">adopted</a> all twenty-five consensus recommendations of the IGO-INGO PDP WG and forwarded them to the ICANN Board in January 2014 with a recommendation for their adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On 30 April 2014 the Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-04-30-en">
resolved</a> to adopt those of the GNSO’s recommendations that are not inconsistent with GAC advice, and to facilitate dialogue between the affected parties in order to reconcile the remaining differences, as further detailed in
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-a-30apr14-en.pdf">
Annex A</a> and <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-b-30apr14-en.pdf">
Annex B</a> of the Board’s resolution. The GNSO’s recommendations and GAC advice are largely consistent except in relation to the duration and mechanism of protection for IGO acronyms and the full names and acronyms of 189 Red Cross national societies and the
international Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, for which the GNSO had <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2">
recommended</a> a 90-day period of protection by way of a claim notification service utilising the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On 16 June 2014 the NGPC
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-robinson-16jun14-en.pdf">
sent</a> a letter to the GNSO Council requesting that the GNSO consider modifying its recommendations relating to the duration and mechanism of protection for IGO acronyms and national society names of the Red Cross. This modification to be in accordance with
and as envisaged by Section 16 of the GNSO’s <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf">
PDP Manual</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">4.1 – Present the
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+25+June+2014">motion</a></span></u> (Thomas Rickert / Mary Wong)<br>
4.2 – Discussion<br>
4.3 – Vote (Threshold; One third of each house or two thirds of one house)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 5: Update – On the Uniformity of Reporting Final Issue Report Resolution (20 mins)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Here the Council will receive an update, regarding an approved
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20130516-1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">resolution</span></a> as a result of the
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Final Issue Report</span></a> on Uniformity of Reporting (a recommendation from RAPWG).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The resolution states, “<i>The GNSO Council does not initiate a Policy Development Process
at this stage but will review at the completion of the ICANN Contractual Compliance three-year plan expected for 31 December 2013 whether additional action is required</i>.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">ICANN’s Contractual Compliance team provided a presentation to the Council in London and here
will present and be in a position to discuss the past activities and results of the Contractual Compliance three-year plan and future efforts to evolve the contractual compliance function with regard to metrics collection and reporting.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The GNSO Council will deliberate whether further attention to this issue is warranted.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Note: The second resolution launched what is now known as the non-PDP,
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data & Metrics for Policy Making WG</span></a> that is currently executing against its approved charter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">5.1 – Update (Maguy Serad)<br>
5.2 – Discussion<br>
5.3 – 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 6: UPDATE – A c</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ross-community
working group to develop a transfer process for the IANA stewardship role</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"> (10 mins)
</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">An invitation to participate in a drafting team has now been circulated and sent to all ICANN
SO & ACs. Here the Council will take the opportunity, as manager of the policy development processes of the GNSO, to provide direction on the formation, development and work of a CWG on the NTIA transition.<br>
<br>
6.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)<br>
6.2 – Discussion<br>
6.3 – Next steps<b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 7: UPDATE – On the work of the GNSO Review Working Party (10 mins)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">As part of a periodic review process that is built into the ICANN model, work on the ICANN
Board initiated reviews of the GNSO (and the GNSO Council and related functions) has commenced. The objective of the Review is to examine the organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, including its components (GNSO Council, GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder
Groups and Constituencies). The review is to be tightly scoped based on objective and quantifiable criteria provided to an independent examiner. A
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-23apr14-en.htm">
webinar</a> to discuss this has recently taken place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The GNSO Review Working Party has been assembled to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Act as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and the SIC,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Coordinate interviews and objectively supply clarification and responses to the draft findings and recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The SIC envisages that once a final report is issued and the Board takes action on it, as
appropriate, the GNSO Review Working Party will also coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation Plan and champion implementation of improvement activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">7.1 – Update (Jennifer Wolfe)<br>
7.2 – Discussion<br>
7.3 – Next steps<br>
<br>
<b><u>Item 8: UPDATE – On the work of the GAC / GNSO Consultation Group (10 mins)</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Here the Council will receive an update, including reactions to the Group’s work presented
during ICANN 50 in London and to discuss any actions being planned. In particular, the Consultation Group will provide an update on the overall direction of its work and specifically, remind the Council of the decision to recruit and appoint a GNSO Liaison
to GAC as well as the selection process for such a liaison. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The call for applications is out and the deadline for applicants is the 31 July 2014. The
Consultation Group envisages that a preliminary decision on the actual appointment will take place as soon as possible. Moreover that such an appointment will be subject to a motion before the GNSO Council in September and the appointment will be made immediately
thereafter and, in any event, before ICANN 51.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">8.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)<br>
8.2 – Discussion<br>
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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 9: UPDATE & DISCUSSION –
<span style="color:black">Planning for LA (10 mins)</span> </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the ICANN Meeting in LA will take planning
and preparation work. The Council has output from the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMQJY7Z">
survey</a> of the ICANN 50 meeting in London. Please complete the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMQJY7Z">
survey</a> if you have not already done so. GNSO Council Vice Chair, David Cake will work with Jonathan Robinson and staff on this effort.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Here the Council has the opportunity to feed into plans and provide input based on past experience. Included
in this item will be the opportunity to shape the approach to and substance of the Council’s proposed meetings with other groups such as the ccNSO, the GAC and the ICANN board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please Note:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> The LA
Meeting is an ICANN annual meeting and so will include the GNSO Council development session on the second Friday i.e.
<b>Friday 17 October 2014</b>. This is a day and evening session focused on the successful and productive functioning of the Council for the period Annual Meeting 2014 to Annual Meeting 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9.1 – Update (David Cake & Jonathan Robinson)<br>
9.2 – Discussion</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
9.3 – 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 10: Any Other Business (5 mins)<br>
<br>
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA">Annex A</a>): requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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.<br>
<br>
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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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.<br>
<br>
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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf">GNSO
Operating Procedures 4.4</a>)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>
Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere <br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>
Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 11:00 <br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
California, USA (<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html" title="Pacific Standard Time">PDT</a>) UTC-7+1DST 04:00
<br>
Iowa City, USA (<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9206:00">CST</a>) UTC-6+1DST 06:00<br>
New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-4+1DST 07:00<br>
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (BRST) UTC-2+1DST 09:00<br>
Montevideo, Uruguay (<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/uyst.html" title="Uruguay Summer Time">UYST</a>) UTC-2+1DST 09:00<br>
Buenos Aires, Argentina (<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html" title="Argentina Time">ART</a>) UTC-3+0DST 08:00<br>
London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 12:00 <br>
Bonn, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 13:00 <br>
Stockholm, Sweden (CET) UTC+1+0DST 13:00<br>
Cairo, Egypt, (EET) UTC+2+0DST 13:00<br>
Istanbul, Turkey (EEST) UTC+2+0DST 14:00 <br>
Ramat Hasharon, Israel(<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/ist-israel.html" title="Israel Standard Time">IST</a>) UTC+2+0DST 14:00<br>
Beijing/Hong Kong, China <u>(HKT</u> ) UTC+8+0DST 19:00 <br>
Perth, Australia (<a href="http://timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/wst.html" title="Western Standard Time">WST</a>) UTC+8+0DST 19:00
<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>
DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2014, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions)<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>
For other places see <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com">http://www.timeanddate.com</a>
<b>http://tinyurl.com/lwky9he <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please let me know if you have any questions.<br>
Thank you.<br>
Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen de Saint Géry<br>
GNSO Secretariat<br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.or</span><span style="color:blue">g</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<b><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>