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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Glen de Saint Géry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council List (council@gnso.icann.org)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council teleconference 21 January 2016 at 21:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find the
<span style="color:#333333">Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council teleconference 21 January 2016 at 21:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Also posted on the Wiki at:<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+21+January+2016">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+21+January+2016</a><br>
and on the website:<br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-21jan16-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-21jan16-en.htm</a><br>
Motions posted on page:<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+January+2016">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+January+2016</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">This agenda was established according to the </span><span lang="FR" 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 style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> approved and updated on 24 June 2015.<br>
<br>
For convenience:</span><span 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:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span 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 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 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:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span 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 style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Coordinated Universal Time: 21:00 UTC<br>
</span><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zjkmew8">http://tinyurl.com/zjkmew8</a></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
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13:00 Los Angeles; 16:00 Washington; 21:00 London; 23:00 Istanbul; 08:00 Hobart Friday 22 January</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<span style="color:#333333">To join the event click on the link: </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></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">___________________________________________</span><span 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 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 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 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 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 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>
<br>
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting of 14 January 2016 will be posted as approved on xxxxx 2016</span><span 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"><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 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)</span></u></b><span 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 lang="FR" 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 lang="FR" 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><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 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><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
Item 4: VOTE ON MOTION – Charter for Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures (15 minutes)
</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In June 2015, the GNSO Council 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, and the comment period closed on 30 October as a result of a request by the GNSO Council to extend the usual 40-day comment period. The
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-final-issue-04dec15-en.pdf">
Final Issue Report</a> was submitted to the GNSO Council on 4 December 2015. During its meeting on 17 December, the Council initiated the PDP but deferred consideration of the Charter for the PDP Working Group to this meeting. Here the Council will review the
revised <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/new-gtld-subsequent-procedures-charter-12jan16-en.pdf">
charter</a> for adoption. <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+21+January+2016">
motion</a> (Donna Austin) <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 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 – Adoption of Final Report from the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group (20 minutes)</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><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">This PDP had been
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7">
requested</a> by the ICANN Board when initiating negotiations with the Registrar Stakeholder Group in October 2011 for a new form of Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). The 2013 RAA was
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-27jun13-en.htm"><span lang="EN-US">approved</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink">
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">by the ICANN Board in June 2013, at which time the accreditation of privacy and proxy services was identified as the remaining issue not dealt with in the negotiations or
in other policy activities, and that was suited for a PDP. In October 2013, the GNSO Council
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/raa-pp-charter-22oct13-en.pdf">chartered</a> the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group to develop policy recommendations intended to guide ICANN’s implementation of the planned accreditation
program for privacy and proxy service providers. The PDP Working Group published its
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/raa/ppsai-initial-05may15-en.pdf">Initial Report</a> for public comment in May 2015, and delivered its
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/raa/ppsai-final-07dec15-en.pdf">Final Report</a> to the GNSO Council on 7 December 2015. Consideration of this item was deferred from the 17 December meeting. Here the Council will review the Working Group’s Final Report,
and vote on whether to adopt the consensus recommendations contained in it.<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/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+January+2016">
motion</a> (James Bladel)<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: an affirmative vote of more than two-thirds (2/3) of each House or more than three-fourths (3/4) of
one House and one-half (1/2) of the other House)<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:</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">
<u>Initiation of Policy Development Process (PDP) to review all RPMs in all gTLDs for (20 minutes)</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">In December 2011 the GNSO Council requested a new Issue Report on the current state of all rights protection mechanisms implemented for both
existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to, the UDRP and URS. The Final Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures was published on 11 January 2015 at
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rpm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rpm</a>. The Final Issue Report recommends that the GNSO Council proceed with a two-phased Policy Development Process (PDP) in order to the review
Rights Protection Mechanisms in the new gTLDs and, in a subsequent, second phase, review the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), and the General Counsel of ICANN has indicated the review topics are properly within the scope of the ICANN policy process
and within the scope of the GNSO. Here the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Council will review the report, including the draft Charter setting out the proposed scope of the PDP, and vote on whether to initiate the PDP and adopt the Charter.<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">6.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+January+2016">
motion</a> (Amr Elsadr) <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">6.2 – 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">6.3 – Council vote (voting threshold:
</span><span 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">ITEM 7: UPDATE & Discussion – GNSO Review (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">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
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en"><span style="color:#333333;text-decoration:none">published</span></a> for public comment on 1 June 2015. Following feedback received, including from the GNSO Working Party, Westlake
published its <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#333333;text-decoration:none">Final Report</span></a> on 15 September. The Working Party has been reviewing the recommendations to develop guidance for the GNSO Council and ICANN Board’s consideration in relation to the implementability and
priority of these recommendations. Here the Council will receive an update from the Review Working Party and discuss 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";color:#333333">7.1 – Update (Jen 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";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"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 8: UPDATE & Discussion – Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (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">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. As that the U.S. government (through the
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">National Telecommunications and Information Administration (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">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 lang="FR" 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 lang="FR" 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">The CCWG-Accountability’s Third Draft Proposal was
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-2015-11-30-en">
published</a> for public comment on 30 November 2015. The GNSO Council discussed input to this proposal during its meeting on 14 January 2016.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Here the Council will receive an update on the progress of the CCWG -Accountability, specifically the timeline and consideration of input provided by the GNSO Council and its SG/Cs.</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">8.1 – 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">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";color:#333333">8.3 – 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";color:#333333">Item 9: UPDATE & Discussion – Marrakesh Meeting Planning (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">During the Dublin meeting, Susan Kawaguchi and Amr Elsadr volunteered to work with the GNSO Council Leadership on the development of the
proposed agenda for the GNSO Weekend Session in Marrakech. Here the Council will receive a status update on the planning for Marrakesh and any action that may be required from the GNSO Council.
<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">9.1 – Status update (Susan Kawaguchi / Amr Elsadr)<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">9.2 – 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">9.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 10:</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 style="color:#333333"> (10 Minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">_________________________________</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></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 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 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 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 lang="FR" 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 lang="FR" 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 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 style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<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 style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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