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De: owner-liaison6c at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-liaison6c at gnso.icann.org]
Em nome de Glen de Saint Géry
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 4 de novembro de 2010 21:01
Para: liaison6c
Assunto: [liaison6c] Draft GNS Council Agenda 18 November 2010 at 11:00 UTC

Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 18 November 2010.

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-18nov10-en.htm

https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_18_november_2010
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?18_november_motions

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating
Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.
http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf

For convenience:

* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided
in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
* An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee
voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.

Meeting Time 11:00 UTC

Coordinated Universal Time:11:00 UTC - see below for local times
(03:00 Los Angeles, 06:00 Washington DC, 11:00 London, 12:00 Brussels, 22:00
Melbourne )

Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors
should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.

GNSO Council meeting audiocast 

 <http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u>
http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u

Item 1: Administrative matters (15 minutes)

1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest 

• Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll
Councilors regarding “any direct or indirect interests that may affect a
Relevant Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration,
or discussion” in this meeting.
Here is the definition provided in the procedures:

“Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A
written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests
that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g.
non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility)
and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on
a specific issue.”

The main issues for this meeting are 

*	GNSO Project Decision Making 
*	Status of Council Chair Nominations and NCA Assignments
*	Disclosure of Interest Procedures motion 

1.2 Update any statements of interest

1.3 Review/amend agenda

1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the
GNSO Operating Procedures:
• 28 October 2010 meeting minutes – Scheduled for approval on November 2010.

Item 2: GNSO Project Decision Making (15 minutes) 

2.1 Considering the prioritization discussions we had on 28 October and
prior to that, is the following a possible way forward: Rather than spending
more time prioritizing GNSO projects, develop criteria for making decisions
on a case by case basis? 

*	Discussion 
*	Other alternatives? 
*	Volunteers? 

2.2 Next steps? 

Item 3: Election of Council Chair & Vice Chairs (10 minutes) 

Refer to procedures approved on 28 October:

http://gnso.icann.org/elections/election-procedures-2010.htm

*	Chair Nominees? 

*	Non-contracted Party House (TBD) 
*	Contracted Party House (TBD) 

3.2 NCA Assignments? 

*	Non-contracted Party House (TBD) 
*	Contracted Party House (TBD) 

3.3 Status of OSC/GCOT review of the election process (?) 

Item 4: Disclosure of Interest Procedures (15 minutes) 

4.1 Refer to revised procedures: 
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-operating-procedures-revisions-15oct10-en.
pdf

4.2 Refer to motion: 
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?18_november_motions

4.3 Discussion 

4.4 Vote (Note that absentee voting is not allowed for this motion.) 

Item 5: Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (20 minutes) 

5.1 Refer to final report: 

<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18o
ct01-en.pdf>
tp://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct0
1-en.pdf

5.2 Overview of report
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/final-report-raa-improvements-28oct10-e
n.pdf

5.3 Discussion

5.4 Next steps? 

Item 6: Planning for Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes)

6.1 Changes to schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry)

 <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf>
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf 

6.2 Topic(s) for Joint meetings with the GAC & ccNSO 

*	Refer to discussion paper titled “ Proposed discussion of
Cross-SO/AC policy development work ”: 
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-cross-so-ac-policy-discussion-28oct10-en.
pdf 
*	Overview of paper (Liz Gasster) 
*	Status of topic for GAC & ccNSO joint meetings (Chuck Gomes) 
*	Discussion? 

6.3 Other agendas 

Item 7: New gTLD Applicant Guidebook (25 minutes) 

7.1 Refer to latest version of the guidebook: (Insert link) 

7.2 Highlights (Kurt Pritz?) 

7.3 Discussion 

7.4 Action Items? 

7.5 Joint Applicant Support Recommendations (Karla Valente?) 

Item 8: Other Business (10 Minutes) 

Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section
3)

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:
1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25%
vote of each House or majority of one House;
2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within Scope (as described
in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or
more than 66% of one House;
3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more
than 75% of one House and a majority of the other House (“GNSO
Supermajority”);
4. 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;
5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an
affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and
6. 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 with
respect to any contracting party affected by such contract provision.

Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)

Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the
following items may vote by absentee ballot:
1. Initiate a policy development process;
2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;
3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;
4. Fill a position open for election.

The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and
authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e-
mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72
hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated,
except that, 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 days.
There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.
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Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org

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