[council] ccNSO update + Travel DT + OSC CSG WT + Geo Regions WG

[Olga Cavalli]

*ccNSO Update*

Mozambique (.mz) is now  the 100th member of the ccNSO.

ccNSO membership statistics can be found at
http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-membership-august-2003-november-2009.pdf.

ccNSO is in the process of appointing a co-chair for the Joint ccNSO-GNSO
IDN wg.

At its meeting in Seoul the ccNSO Council appointed Young Eum Lee and Ondrej
Filip as co-chairs of a “wildcard” study group, which is in the process of
proposing a statement of activities to be adopted by the Council. After
adoption of that statement the co-chairs would seek members from the
community and set up a liaison with SSAC.

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*Travel Drafting Team*

Names of constituencies and stakeholder groups that will participate in the
Kenia meeting and will be funded by ICANN must be informed to ICANN  Staff
as soon as possible.

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*GNSO Improvements: OSC CSG Working Team*

The toolkit recommendations are ready for Council approval in the next
meeting.

Other parts of the draft documents are in new rounds of revision, they are:

   - Framework for participation in any ICANN Constituency that is
   objective, standardized, and clearly stated
   - Creating and maintaining a database of all constituency members and
   others not formally a part of any constituency
   - Recommendations for operating principles that are representative, open,
   transparent and democratic.

Meetings of the wt take place every two weeks.

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*Geo Regions WG

*There will be a wide Survey to understanding the relevance and use of
Regions in ICANN.

The group and Staff are working on the final version of this document.

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