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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 proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 19 November 2015 at 15:00 UTC.
Please remember this meeting will be longer than the usual two hours estimated at two hours thirty minutes (2.30)<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 agenda is also posted on the Wiki where you will always find the latest updates<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+19+November+2015">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+19+November+2015</a><br>
as well as the motions at<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+November+2015">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+November+2015</a><br>
and it is posted as well on the website at:<br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-19nov15-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-19nov15-en.htm</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><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";color:#333333">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">GNSO
Council Operating Procedures,</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> approved and updated on 24 June 2015.<br>
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For convenience:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in
<u>Appendix 1</u> at the end of this agenda.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Coordinated Universal Time: 15:00 UTC<br>
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07:00 Los Angeles; 10:00 Washington;15:00 London; 17:00 Istanbul; 23:00 Perth </span>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<span style="color:#333333">To join the event click on the link: <br>
</span></span><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</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";color:#333333">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will no able to attend and/or need a dial out 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;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">___________________________________________</span><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";color:#333333"> </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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">1.4 – Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>
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Minutes of the GNSO Council meetings of 24 June, 23 July 2015 and 24 September and 21 October 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"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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="text-decoration:none">Projects
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> and </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-GB" style="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";color:#333333">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"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 4: VOTE ON MOTION – Adoption of the Charter for PDP Working Group on
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">(15 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";color:#333333">In November 2012 the ICANN Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2012-11-08-en#1.a">
requested</a> an Issue Report on</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> 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">
Final Report</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">
Process Framework</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";color:#333333"><a href="http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">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">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";color:#333333">).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">At its October meeting in Dublin, the Council agreed to defer voting on chartering the Working Group for this PDP till its next meeting.
Here the Council will review and vote on a revised motion to approve the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf">
charter</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";color:#333333">4.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+November+2015">
motion</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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">)<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";color:#333333"><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";color:#333333">Item 5: VOTE ON MOTION – New Referral Request to the Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation (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";color:#333333">The GNSO Council identified a number of procedural issues during the most recent round of elections for the GNSO Chair. These arise mainly
from the fact that the GNSO Operating Procedures do not currently contain express provisions for an election timetable and a method for prescribing the specific terms to be served by the Chair and Vice-Chairs. The Procedures also do not seem to permit new
incoming Council members to stand for the Chair position. Here the Council will discuss and vote on whether to refer these matters to the GNSO’s Standing Committee for GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI), and the scope of such a
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/peqmrqd">referral request</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">5.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/tYkQAw">motion</a> (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">5.3 – 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";color:#333333"><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";color:#333333">Item 6: VOTE ON MOTION - Adoption of GNSO Review of the GAC Dublin Communique (15 mins)<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"">Following discussions at the Council level in late 2014 to develop a means for the GNSO to provide input to the ICANN Board regarding gTLD policy matters
highlighted in a GAC Communique, a template framework to review each GAC Communique was created by a group of Council volunteers assisted by ICANN staff. The Council agreed that while it would review carefully each GAC Communique issued at an ICANN meeting,
it would not always provide input to the Board unless it also agreed that such feedback was either necessary or desirable, on a case-by-case basis. The first GNSO Review of a GAC Communique was of the GAC’s Communique from ICANN53 in Buenos Aires. That Review
document was <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-08jul15-en.pdf">
sent</a> to the ICANN Board in July 2015 and <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/crocker-to-robinson-21oct15-en.pdf">
acknowledged</a> by the Board in October. Here the Council will review a <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-10nov15-en.pdf">
draft</a> of a possible review document to be sent to the Board in response to the GAC’s
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC%20Dublin%2054%20Communique.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1445470409191&api=v2"><span lang="EN-US">Dublin Communique</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"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">6.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/tYkQAw">motion</a> (Stephanie Perrin)<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 – 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"">6.3 – 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";color:#333333"><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";color:#333333">Item 7: DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL ACTION – Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (25 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";color:#333333">In the course of discussions over the IANA stewardship transition, the community had raised concerns about ICANN's accountability, given
ICANN’s historical contractual relationship with the United States government. The community discussions indicated that existing ICANN accountability mechanisms do not yet meet some stakeholders’ expectations. Considering that the US Government (through the
NTIA) has stressed that it expects community consensus on the transition, this gap between the current situation and stakeholder expectations needed to be addressed. This resulted in the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">creation</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">
of a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">CCWG-Accountability</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)
of which the GNSO is a chartering organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">In May 2015, the CCWG-Accountability
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration:none">published</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> some
initial proposals surrounding its work on Work Stream 1 (meant to align with the timing of the IANA stewardship transition) for public comment. In August, the CCWG-Accountability
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-2015-08-03-en"><span lang="EN-US">published</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> its Second Draft
Proposal for public comment. This second proposal included significant changes to the initial document, arising from feedback received in the first public comment period</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">. Following
community input, including from the ICANN Board, and discussions at several sessions during ICANN54, the CCWG-Accountability has made further adjustments to its draft recommendations. As a result, a third public comment period will be held in November, with
the aim to submit a report to all the Chartering Organizations for adoption in January 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">At ICANN54, the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) – the community group that was formed to consolidate the various proposals
relating to the IANA stewardship transition submitted by the Internet communities affected by the issue – announced that it had completed its task.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">However, before the ICG can send the consolidated proposal to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration via the ICANN Board, it will first have to confirm
with the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions">CWG-Stewardship</a>)
that its accountability requirements have been met by Work Stream 1 recommendations currently being finalized by the CCWG-Accountability. The CCWG-Accountability therefore hopes that completion and timely approval of its Work Stream 1 recommendations by all
its Chartering Organizations will mean minimal disruption of the IANA stewardship transition timeline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Here the Council will receive an update on the progress of the CCWG-Accountability, and determine how best to ensure that its comments, as
well as input from its Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, are submitted and considered in a coordinated and timely fashion.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">7.1 – Update (Thomas Rickert)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">7.3 – Next steps<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-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 8: COUNCIL ACTION – GNSO Candidates for ICANN’s Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (15 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"">As part of its
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm">
Affirmation of Commitments</a> with the United States government, ICANN is committed to conducting periodic community-led reviews of four key objectives, one of which is the promotion of competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. This review team is currently
being formed, to “examine the extent to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted competition, consumer trust and consumer choice, as well as effectiveness of (a) the application and evaluation process, and (b) safeguards put in place to mitigate
issues involved in the introduction or expansion.” The <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/call-volunteers-cct-rt-2015-10-01-en">
Call for Volunteers</a> to serve as a Review Team member representing a particular ICANN Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee closes on 13 November. SO/ACs are expected to confirm their endorsements of their representatives by 13 December, following
which the ICANN CEO and the GAC Chair will select the members of the Review Team, which is expected to begin its work in January 2016. Here the Council will discuss which of the volunteers who have indicated a wish to represent the GNSO to endorse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8.1 – Presentation of the candidate list (Volker Greimann)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" 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-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8.3 – Council decision and next steps<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-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 9: UPDATE – Issue Report for a Potential PDP on New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures (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"">In June 2015, the GNSO Council had requested an Issue Report to analyze subjects that may lead to changes or adjustments for subsequent New gTLD procedures,
including any modifications that may be needed to the GNSO’s policy principles and recommendations from its 2007
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm">
Final Report on the Introduction of New Generic Top Level Domains</a>. Preparation of the Preliminary Issue Report was based on a set of deliverables from the GNSO’s
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/inactive/2015/non-pdp-new-gtld">
New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Discussion Group</a> (DG) as the basis for analysis. The
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-prelim-issue-31aug15-en.pdf">
Preliminary Issue Report</a> was published for public comment on 31 August 2015, with the comment period closing on 30 October as a result of a request by the GNSO Council to extend the usual 40-day comment period. Here the Council will receive an update from
ICANN staff on the expected timeline and next steps following the close of the public comment period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9.1 – Update (Steve Chan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" 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-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9.3 – Next steps
<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-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 10: BRIEFING – Ensuring Attendee Security at ICANN Meetings (15 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"">At its meeting in Dublin the GNSO Council had expressed an interest in getting early information about security arrangements for forthcoming ICANN meetings,
starting with the next meeting scheduled for Marrakech. The intention is to make this briefing a standard agenda item for all future ICANN Public Meetings, so that the community will have up to date information regarding the security arrangements ICANN is
making for each Public 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"">10.1 – Informational briefing (Nick Tomasso / Geoff Bickers / Chris Clark)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10.2 – Discussion / Q&A<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-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 11: QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION – GNSO Chair Elections (30 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"">Following the close of the second nomination period on 5 November, one nomination for GNSO Chair for the term AGM 2015-AGM 2016 was received from the Contracted
Parties House. The Non-Contracted Parties House has since confirmed that it will not be nominating a candidate for Chair. Here the Council will have a chance to ask questions of the sole candidate, Mr James Bladel, prior to the distribution of the ballots
on 20 November. Balloting will close on 23 November, with results to be announced on 24 November.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11.1 – Introduction of candidate (James Bladel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11.2 – Q&A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11.3 – Next steps (Marika Konings /Glen de St Gery)<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";color:#333333"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></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-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 12:</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">
</span></u><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any Other Business</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> (5 Minutes)<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-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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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="text-decoration:none">Annex
A</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">): 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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333"> </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";color:#333333">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="text-decoration:none">GNSO
Operating Procedures 4.4</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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";color:#333333">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>
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