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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Dear Councillors,<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Please find the proposed GNSO Council Public Meeting Agenda on 15 October
2014 at 20:00 UTC. 13:00 PDT.<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-size:12.0pt;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>
<</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
><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;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Meeting Times 20:00 UTC</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">:
<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://tinyurl.com/k4e8m2k</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Coordinated Universal Time 20:00 UTC<br>
13:00 Los Angeles; 16:00 Washington; 21:00 London; 22:00 Brussels; 04:00 Perth<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members who cannot be
physically present at the meeting. Councillors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.<br>
<br>
http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-gnso-council<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 1: Administrative matters (5 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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:<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Minutes of the
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16716.html">GNSO Council meeting 4</a> and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16717.html">25 September 2014</a> will be posted as approved on 11 October 2014<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Include review of
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">Projects List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-US">Action List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Comments or questions arising.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 3: Consent agenda (5 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 4: MOTION -
<span style="color:black">On the adoption of the IRTP Part D Final Report and Recommendations</span><span style="color:black"> (15 mins)</span></span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/transfers/irtp-d-final-25sep14-en.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:none">final report</span></a> of the policy work on the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">inter-registrar transfer process has been published. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) provides the policy framework for domain name transfers between registrars. The IRTP also provides
standardized requirements for inter-registrar transfer disputes - through the Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy (TDRP). The policy is an existing community consensus policy that was implemented in late 2004 and has been revised numerous times since then.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The IRTP Part D Policy Development Process (PDP) is the fourth and final PDP of this series of revisions. The Generic
Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council resolved at its meeting on 17 October 2012 to launch an Issue Report on IRTP Part D, “which should include all the remaining issues identified by the original transfers Working Groups as well as the additional issue
identified by the IRTP Part C WG.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here the Council will vote on whether or not to adopt the
<span style="color:black">IRTP Part D Final Report and Recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4.1 – Review the motion:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+October+2014">
Motion 1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4.3 – Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 5: MOTION –
<span style="color:black">To adopt the </span>Charter for a Cross Community Working Group to discuss Internet governance (CWG-IG) issues affecting ICANN and to make recommendations to the chartering organisation on these issues<span style="color:black"> (15
mins)</span></span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Internet Governance Cross Community Working Group CWG has been established by the participating SO’s and AC’s to coordinate, facilitate, and increase
the participation of the ICANN community in discussions and processes pertaining to Internet Governance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">All issues, processes and discussions regarding the Transition of NTIA’s Stewardship of the IANA Functions, and/or current and future accountability and
accountability mechanisms related to the aforementioned Transition, are deemed to be out of scope of the objective of the WG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The CWG has a
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">charter</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<span lang="EN-US">which has previously been adopted by ICANN’s ALAC, ccNSO and SSAC. In this item the GNSO Council will vote on whether or not to adopt the charter of the CWG.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
5.1 – Review the motion: <u><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+October+2014">Motion 2</a><br>
</u>5.2 – Discussion<br>
5.3 – Vote<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 6: UPDATE – A GNSO liaison to the GAC (10 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The council voted to appoint Mason Cole as the GNSO Liaison to the GAC with
immediate effect such that he can be well informed and up to speed in order to participate effectively as soon as possible and, in particular, at 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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Here the Council will have an opportunity to hear from Mason Cole with any
initial input and feedback derived from the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles.<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">6.1 – Update (Mason Cole)<br>
6.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 7: UPDATE – A letter to the ICANN NGPC regarding the proposed modification of GNSO consensus recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red
Cross identifiers (10 mins)</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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">On 10 November 2013 the PDP Working Group (IGO-INGO PDP WG) delivered its
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-final-10nov13-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Final Report</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
to the GNSO Council that included twenty-five consensus recommendations. On 20 November 2013 the GNSO Council unanimously
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">adopted</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
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="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">On 30 April 2014 the Board
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-04-30-en"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">resolved</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
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
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-a-30apr14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Annex A</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-annex-b-30apr14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Annex B</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
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 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20131120-2"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">recommended</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
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="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">On 16 June 2014 the NGPC
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-robinson-16jun14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">sent</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
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 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">PDP
Manual</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">On 24 July 2014, the Chair of the NGPC followed up with a note to the Chair
of the GNSO Council and offered to provide a written or oral briefing to </span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">provide greater clarity on the GAC’s advice and expectations with respect to protections of IGO-INGO Identifiers. As a result of the briefing it was agreed to send a follow-up
<u>letter</u> to the NGPC which has now been done (see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/robinson-to-chalaby-disspain-07oct14-en.pdf">
http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/robinson-to-chalaby-disspain-07oct14-en.pdf</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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Here the Council will have the opportunity to receive an update and discuss any next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">7.1 – Update (Thomas Rickert / Mary Wong)<br>
7.2 – Next steps<br>
<br>
<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 8: – UPDATE - Name Collision</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the 30 July 2014, the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN Board directed staff to "provide information to, and work with the
GNSO to consider whether policy work on developing a long-term plan to manage gTLD name collision issues should be undertaken." ICANN Staff submitted this paper to the GNSO Council on 7 October 2014 (see
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-gnso-policy-07oct14-en.pdf">
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-gnso-policy-07oct14-en.pdf</a>).
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is an opportunity for the Council to discuss which steps, if any, it would like to take in relation to this topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">8.1 Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">8.2 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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 9: UPDATE –
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A cross community working group to develop a transition proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions (10 mins)</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A drafting team (DT) was formed with participants from the ccNSO, GNSO, SSAC and ALAC to develop a charter for a Cross Community Working
Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions.<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Following adoption of t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">he
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14aug14-en.pdf">
charter</a> at the previous meeting, this is an opportunity for the Council to receive a brief update on the next steps.<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">9.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)<br>
9.2 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 10:
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Thanks to outgoing councillors and ALAC Liaison (5 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Jennifer Wolfe (NCA)</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Ching Chiao<span class="apple-converted-space"> (RySG)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">John Berard (CSG / BC)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Magaly Pazello
<span class="apple-converted-space">(NCSG)</span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Klaus Stoll<span class="apple-converted-space"> (NCSG)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Alan Greenberg (ALAC Liaison)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Maria Farrell (NCSG)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Petter Rindforth (IPC)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 11: Any Other Business (5 mins)<br>
<br>
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 12: Open microphone</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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:<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described
in </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA"><span lang="EN-US">Annex A</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">):
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-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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.<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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.<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;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-size:12.0pt;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 class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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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New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-4+1DST 16:00<br>
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (BRST) UTC-2+1DST 17:00<br>
Montevideo, Uruguay (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/uyst.html" title="Uruguay Summer Time"><span lang="EN-US">UYST</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">)
UTC-2+1DST 18:00<br>
Buenos Aires, Argentina (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html" title="Argentina Time"><span lang="EN-US">ART</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">)
UTC-3+0DST 17:00<br>
London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 21:00<br>
Bonn, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 22:00<br>
Stockholm, Sweden (CET) UTC+1+0DST 22:00<br>
Cairo, Egypt, (EET) UTC+2+0DST 22:00<br>
Istanbul, Turkey (EEST) UTC+2+0DST 23:00<br>
Ramat Hasharon, Israel(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/ist-israel.html" title="Israel Standard Time"><span lang="EN-US">IDT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">)
UTC+3+0DST 23:00<br>
Beijing/Hong Kong, China <u>(HKT</u> ) UTC+8+0DST 04:00 (next day) <br>
Perth, Australia (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/wst.html" title="Western Standard Time"><span lang="EN-US">WST</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">)
UTC+8+0DST 04:00 (next day)<br>
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DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2014, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions)<br>
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For other places see </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://tinyurl.com/k4e8m2k<br>
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GNSO Secretariat<br>
<b><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style="color:blue">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></b><br>
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