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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please find the resolutions passed by the GNSO Council in its meeting on Thursday, 16 April 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These are also published on page:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Consent Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adoption of the Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (SCI) Review Request Concerning Seconding and Amendments<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The SCI submitted to the GNSO Council on 05 March 2015 a Review Request that noted the following issue:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Although there is currently a rule regarding the deadline for timely submission of motions for voting by the GNSO Council (see Section 3.3 of the Operating Procedures),
there is none regarding:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:49.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level4 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">(i)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">whether, how and by whom a properly submitted motion is to be seconded, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:49.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level4 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">(ii)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">treatment of proposed amendments to such motions as either “friendly” or “unfriendly”.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:31.5pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These have been supported by Council practice to date as opposed to operating procedural rules.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RESOLVED:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council requests that the SCI codifies the existing customary practices of the GNSO Council (as described above).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If the SCI believes that the current practices are inappropriate, the SCI should convey its reasons for such belief to the Council and develop new processes
to govern the seconding of motions and amendments to motions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council suggests that in carrying out this task the SCI consult past GNSO Chairs and Councilors as well as commonly accepted guides and practices
(such as Robert’s Rules of Order) and other ICANN bodies (such as the Board and other SO/ACs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Consent Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adoption of the Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (SCI) Review Request Concerning Overlap of Waiver and Resubmission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The SCI submitted to the GNSO Council on 05 March 2015 a Review Request that noted the following issue:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The latest version of the Procedures incorporates approved new procedures recommended by the SCI relating to the Council’s ability to:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(i) waive the general rule of a 10-day deadline for the submission of motions for voting (Section 3.3.2), and
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(ii) permit a motion that has been voted on but not adopted to be resubmitted for reconsideration (Section 4.3.3).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Council’s original request that the SCI consider these two situations did not explicitly ask that the SCI consider also the possible interplay between
them (e.g. if a resubmitted motion is sent to the Council after the 10-day deadline applicable to the next scheduled Council meeting).
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Although the SCI discussed this issue, it did not reach consensus on whether and how to address the potential problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council requests the SCI to consider whether or not there is a need to include a further rule (possibly as an additional paragraph under the new
Section 3.3.2) that specifically addresses the possible interplay between the new rules applicable to waiver of the 10-day motion deadline and resubmission of a motion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3. Amendment to the charter for the IGO-INGO access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP Working Group.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1. On 5 June 2014 the GNSO Council
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201406"><span lang="EN-US">approved</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> the initiation of a Policy Development
Process (PDP) to explore whether amendments to existing curative rights mechanisms (such as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) procedure) or the creation of a separate, narrowly tailored dispute resolution mechanism
will be necessary to address the needs of International Governmental Organizations (IGO) and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) in protecting their names and acronyms at the second level in generic top-level domains (gTLD);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2. On 25 June 2014 the GNSO Council
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201406"><span lang="EN-US">chartered</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights
Protection Mechanisms Working Group to begin work on the PDP;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3. The
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/igo-ingo-crp-access-charter-24jun14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">Charter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for the Working Group
contemplates that in relation to IGOs the Working Group is to use the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/48347918/GAC%20List%20of%20Approved%20IGOs%20March%202013.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1410824319000&api=v2"><span lang="EN-US">IGO
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> provided to ICANN by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) in March 2013, which is based on the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.iana.org/domains/int/policy"><span lang="EN-US">eligibility criteria</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for an IGO to register a domain name in
the .int gTLD, and which was the basis upon which the PDP Working Group on the Protection of International Organization Identifiers in All gTLDs made their consensus recommendations in November 2013;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4. After analyzing the historical documents, legal texts and research related to the issue of an IGO’s standing to file a complaint under the UDRP and URS, the Working Group has
reached a preliminary conclusion that a more appropriate basis for standing under any applicable curative rights dispute resolution process may be the legal protections for IGO names and acronyms that are conferred by Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for
the Protection of Industrial Property;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5. This preliminary conclusion is supported by the May 2002
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/48347918/WIPO%20SCT%202002%20Report.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1412108592000&api=v2"><span lang="EN-US">recommendation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee for Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications as well as the December 2011
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/igo-counsels-to-beckstrom-et-al-13dec11-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">open letter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
sent to ICANN by legal counsel of twenty-eight IGOs; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6. The Working Group has requested that the GNSO Council approve an amendment to the Working Group Charter that will include the flexibility to consider all appropriate eligibility
options.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1. The GNSO Council approves the request from the Working Group to amend its Charter, as follows:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Where, under “Mission and Scope”, the current Charter reads:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“For purposes of this PDP, the scope of IGO and INGO identifiers is to be limited to those identifiers previously listed by the GNSO’s PDP WG on the
Protection of International Organization Identifiers in All gTLDs as protected by their consensus recommendations (designated by that WG as Scope 1 and Scope 2 identifiers, and listed in Annex 2 of the Final Issue Report).”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“For purposes of this PDP, the WG shall take into account any criteria for IGO or INGO protection that may be appropriate, including any that may have
been developed previously, such as the list of IGO and INGO identifiers that was used by the GNSO’s prior PDP WG on the Protection of International Organization Identifiers in All gTLDs as the basis for their consensus recommendations and the GAC list of IGOs
as provided to ICANN in March 2013.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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