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<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">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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">Please find the updated proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting Part 1 on 21 October
2015 at 13:00 IST (12:00 UTC)<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">The updates consist of Items 6 & 12 being added to the agenda, namely:<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">Item 6: LATE MOTION - Process and Participation in CCWG-Accountability
<br>
and<br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 12: Thanks to outgoing Councillors
<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
Kind regards</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This agenda was established according to the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">GNSO
Council Operating Procedures,</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> approved and updated on 24 June 2015.<br>
<br>
For convenience:</span><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;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in
<u>Appendix 1</u> at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in
<u>Appendix 2</u> at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC <br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nujcmrc"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">http://tinyurl.com/nujcmrc</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington; 13:00 Dublin; 15:00 Istanbul; 20:00 Perth <br>
<br>
<a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-gnso-council"><span style="color:windowtext">https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-gnso-council</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will no able to attend and need a dial out call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">___________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 1: Administrative matters (5 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.1 – Roll call</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.2 – Updates to Statements of Interest</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.3 – Review/amend agenda.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.4 – Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>
<br>
Minutes of the GNSO Council meetings of 24 June, 23 July 2015 and 24 September will be posted as approved on xxxxxx 2015</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting of 3 September 2015 were posted as approved on 26 September 2015.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.1 – Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Projects
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Action
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 3: Consent agenda (0 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There are no items on the consent agenda for this meeting.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 4: MOTION – Adoption of Final Report from the Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group (10 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This Working Group was
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/dmpm-charter-23jan14-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">chartered</span></a> by the GNSO Council in January 2014 to explore
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the development of reporting and metrics processes and/or appropriate standardized methodologies that can better inform fact-based policy development and decision making.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
The WG <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/dmpm-initial-29jul15-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">published</span></a> its Initial Report for public comment on 29 May 2015, and submitted a
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/dmpm-final-09oct15-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">Final Report</span></a> to the GNSO Council on 9 October that took into account the public comments received. Here the Council will discuss the WG’s recommendations,
and vote on whether or not to adopt the Final Report as submitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.1 – Presentation of the<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+October+2015"><span style="color:windowtext"> motion</span></a>
(Volker Greimann) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<b><u>Item 5: MOTION – Adoption of </u></b></span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS PDP WG Charter
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(15 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In November 2012 the ICANN Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-11-08-en#1.a">
<span style="color:windowtext">requested</span></a> an Issue Report on</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> the purpose of collecting and maintaining gTLD registration data, and on solutions to improve accuracy and access to gTLD registration
data, as part of a Board-initiated GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP). Concurrently, the Board directed the launch of a new effort to redefine the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data, and to consider safeguards
for protecting data, as a foundation for new gTLD policy and contractual negotiations, as appropriate. In June 2014 the Expert Working Group convened as a result of the Board resolution published its
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-06jun14-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">Final Report</span></a>. In April 2015 a group comprising Board and GNSO Council members finalized a proposed
<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49359634/EWG-Process%20Group%20Final%20Framework%202-4-15.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1428939851000&api=v2">
<span style="color:windowtext">Process Framework</span></a> to guide the work of the PDP. In July 2015 an updated Preliminary Issue Report was published at the Board’s request for public comment, following which a Final Issue Report taking into account public
comments received was prepared and submitted to the GNSO Council on 7 October 2015 (see
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">http://</span></a><a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">).
Here the Council will review the Final Issue Report and vote to approve the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">charter</span></a> for the Working Group to be formed to conduct this Board-initiated PDP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.1 – Presentation of the<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+October+2015"><span style="color:windowtext"> motion</span></a>
(Susan Kawaguchi) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.3 – Council vote (voting threshold:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 6: LATE MOTION - Process and Participation in CCWG-Accountability (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A motion to acknowledge and support the process that is ongoing in the CCWG-Accountability was submitted after the motion deadline. As such, in accordance
with Section 3.3.2 of the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a>, the Council will first need to vote on the Request for Consideration, which will be called as the first order of business for the agenda item that deals with the motion. The vote on the Request
for Consideration must be unanimous (i.e., all Councilors or their proxies must vote and all votes cast must be in favor of considering the motion at such GNSO Council meeting) for the motion to be considered at such GNSO Council meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.1 - Vote on the Request for Consideration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.2 - If Request for Consideration is adopted, presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+October+2015">
<span style="color:windowtext">motion</span></a> (Avri Doria)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.3 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.4 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 7: DISCUSSION – Letters from the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In March 2015, the GNSO Council had requested that its Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements (SCI): (1)
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/sci-review-request-05mar15-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">consider</span></a> whether or not the GNSO Operating Procedures needed further modifications to deal with questions relating to a possible overlap between
the rules on resubmission of a motion and the Council’s ability to waive the deadline for submission of motions; and (2)
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/sci-review-motions-05mar15-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">document</span></a> the Council’s existing custom in relation to the proposal and seconding of motions for voting, with a further request that should
the SCI believe that additions to the GNSO Operating Procedures are needed to handle the matter, it should propose appropriate language for that purpose. On 9 October 2015, the SCI responded to both of the Council’s request by letter (see
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/aikman-scalese-vansnick-to-robinson-08sep15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/aikman-scalese-vansnick-to-robinson-08sep15-en.pdf</span></a> and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/aikman-scalese-vansnick-to-robinson-09oct15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/aikman-scalese-vansnick-to-robinson-09oct15-en.pdf</span></a>). Here the Council will consider the SCI’s recommendations, and determine whether or not further action is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7.1 – Update (Avri Doria)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7.3 – Next steps
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 8: DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION – Request from ICANN Board concerning possible policy work on Replacement Insurance Requirements for ICANN-accredited
Registrars (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 28 September 2015, the ICANN Board adopted a
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2015-09-28-en#2.e">
<span style="color:windowtext">resolution</span></a> waiving the insurance requirement in the 2009 and 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreements (RAAs). The resolution also requests that the GNSO consider whether policy work on replacement insurance requirements
should be undertaken in light of ICANN’s Statement of Registrar Accreditation Policy. Board Chairman Steve Crocker has since
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/crocker-to-robinson-12oct15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">written</span></a> to the GNSO Council confirming the Board’s request. Here the Council will discuss the Board request and consider appropriate next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 9: DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION – Request from ICANN Board concerning possible policy work on Exclusive Registry Access to Generic Strings (10
minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 27 July 2015 the ICANN Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-robinson-27jul15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">requested</span></a> that the GNSO </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">specifically include the issue of exclusive registry access for generic strings serving a public interest goal as part of the
policy work it is planning to initiate on subsequent rounds of the New gTLD Program. Following Council discussion, the GNSO Chair sent a
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/robinson-to-crocker-15sep15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">letter</span></a> to the Board requesting input on the subject, especially regarding the definition of the “global public interest”. On 12 October the Board
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/crocker-to-robinson-gtld-strings-12oct15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">responded</span></a>, noting the GNSO’s concerns and expressing its support for the GNSO’s consideration of the issue of exclusive registry access to generic strings as part of its work on subsequent rounds of the New gTLD Program.
Here the Council will discuss the Board’s letter and consider appropriate next steps.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9.3 – Next steps
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 10: DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION – Final Report of the Independent Examiner on GNSO Review (10 minutes)
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As part of ICANN’s Bylaws-mandated periodic review of its structures, the ICANN Board’s Structural Improvements Committee appointed Westlake Governance as
the independent examiner to conduct the current review of the performance and operations of the GNSO. A GNSO Working Party, chaired by former Councillor Jennifer Wolfe and comprising representatives of all the GNSO’s Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies,
was formed to consult with Westlake over the design and conduct of the review. Westlake’s Draft Report was
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">published</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
for public comment on 1 June 2015. Following feedback received, including from the GNSO Working Party, Westlake published its
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">Final Report</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
on 15 September. Here the Council will discuss the recommendations of the GNSO Working Party on particular aspects of the Final Report, and consider possible implementation of some or all of these recommendations.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.1 – Update (Jennifer Wolfe)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.3 – Next steps </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 11: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – New ICANN Meeting Strategy (10 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 14 July 2015 the GNSO Chair had sent a
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/robinson-to-crocker-14jul15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">letter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
to the ICANN Board, informing them of the GNSO’s progress in developing and adapting community plans to conform to the new ICANN meeting strategy, particularly in relation to the new format for Meeting B. The GNSO’s current draft
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-proposal-new-meeting-strategy-29apr15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">plan</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
has also been shared with other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, each of which have also begun planning for the new meeting strategy within their communities. Here the Council will discuss any additional actions it may wish to take to
ensure that its planning is coordinated with that of the Board’s as well as the other SOs and ACs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11.1 – Update (Volker Greimann / Marika Konings)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 12: Thanks to outgoing Councillors (10 minutes)<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jonathan Robinson – gTLD Registries SG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brett Fausett - gTLD Registries SG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yoav Keren – Registrars SG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thomas Rickert – Nominating Committee Appointee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brian Winterfeldt – Intellectual Property Constituency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tony Holmes – Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Osvaldo Novoa - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Avri Doria – Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Daniel Reed - Nominating Committee Appointee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" 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"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 13:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<b><u>Any Other Business and Open Microphone</u></b><b><u> (5 Minutes)</u></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or
other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Annex
A</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">): requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of GNSO Supermajority.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">GNSO
Operating Procedures 4.4</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="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.)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 12:00<br>
Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere<br>
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California, USA (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html" title="Pacific Standard Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">PDT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
UTC-7+1DST 05:00<br>
San José, Costa Rica UTC-5+1DST 07:00<br>
Iowa City, USA (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9206:00"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">CDT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
UTC-5+1DST 07:00<br>
New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-4+1DST 08:00<br>
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3+0DST 10:00<br>
Montevideo, Uruguay (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/uyst.html" title="Uruguay Summer Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">UYST</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
UTC-3+0DST 09:00<br>
Buenos Aires, Argentina (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html" title="Argentina Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ART</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
UTC-3+0DST 09:00<br>
London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 13:00<br>
Bonn, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 14:00 <br>
Cairo, Egypt, (EET) UTC+2+0DST 14:00 <br>
Istanbul, Turkey (EEST) UTC+3+0DST 15:00 <br>
Ramat Hasharon, Israel(</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/ist-israel.html" title="Israel Standard Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">IDT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
UTC+3+0DST 15:00 <br>
Perth, Australia (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/wst.html" title="Western Standard Time"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">WST</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
UTC+8+1DST 20:00 <br>
Sydney/Hobart, Australia (AEDT) UTC+11+1DST 23:00 <b><br>
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DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2015, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions)<br>
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For other places see </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/oj7p77g"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">http://tinyurl.com/oj7p77g</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Glen de Saint Géry<br>
GNSO Secretariat<br>
<b><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></b><br>
<b><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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