Draft Discussion Agenda - NCSG February Open Policy Call
Wednesday 15 February 2012 ~ 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
I. GNSO Council Policy Issues - Status Updates & Pending Votes
A. New GNSO Council Mtg agenda item "consent agenda":
"... Item 2: Consent agenda (5 minutes)
A consent agenda item is being added as a standard agenda item to provide for a simplified process to obtain Council approval on specific tasks.
• Approval of the Recommendations Report http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-council-report-irtp-part-b-recommendation-9part2-06feb12-en.pdf on IRTP B Rec 9 part 2 that Staff is proposing be sent to the Board.
• Approval of the proposal to end the work on Whois access at this time.
• Approval of the termination of the Open Council DT.
• Approval of new calls for volunteers for the JIG..."
B. Thick-Whois Final Issue Report:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
GNSO Council vote on whether or not to initiate a PDP
C. IRTP Part B Rec. #8
Q for council: Need process for urgent resolution / return of domain names, undoing inappropriate transfers, registrar lock status, related domain name hijacking issues?
GNSO Council will vote (motion #2) on whether to adopt and implement IRTP Part B recommendation #8 and the related ICANN Staff updated proposal (as described in http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-council-report-irtp-part-b-recommendation-9part2-06feb12-en.pdf ).
D. Red Cross / Olympic Committee Special Privileges
GNSO Drafting Team established
E. RAA Update: Law Enforcement & Registrars Negotiation Over Your Rights
F. JIG Letter to Board
G. Staff-Initiated Public Comment Periods
Staff calls for public comment on trademark protections & new gtlds: what's up with that?
II. What's Open for Public Comment Now?
see: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/
III. Planning for Costa Rica
A. Local civil society mixer?
B. Discussion with At-Large
C. Session on SOPA / ACTA?
D. What else?
IV. AOB
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Related:https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+16+February+2012
Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting – 16 February 2012
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and updated.http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-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 15:00 UTChttp://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GNSO+Council+meeting&iso=20120216T15&ah=2
Coordinated Universal Time: 15:00 UTC
07:00 Los Angeles; 10:00 Washington DC; 15:00 London; 16:00 Paris; 00:00 Tokyo;
17 February 2012
04:00 Wellington
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 audiocasthttp://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
1.1 Roll Call
1.2 Statement of interest updates
1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
• 19 January 2012 GNSO Council minutes --approved on 16 February 2012.
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12612.html
1.5. GNSO Pending Projects List
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
• Comments and/or questions.
Item 2: Consent agenda (5 minutes)
A consent agenda item is being added as a standard agenda item to provide for a simplified process to obtain Council approval on specific tasks.
• Approval of the Recommendations Report http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-council-report-irtp-part-b-recommendation-9part2-06feb12-en.pdfon IRTP B Rec 9 part 2 that Staff is proposing be sent to the Board.
• Approval of the proposal to end the work on Whois access at this time.
• Approval of the termination of the Open Council DT.
• Approval of new calls for volunteers for the JIG
Item 3: 'thick' Whois Final Issue Report (10 minutes)
As recommended by the IRTP Part B Working Group, the GNSO Council requested ICANN Staff to prepare an Issue Report on the requirement of ‘thick’ WHOIS for all incumbent gTLDs. The Preliminary Issue Report was published for public comment (seehttp://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-21nov11-en.htm).
Staff has now submitted the Final Issue Report,http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
which includes the report of comments received and additional updates as a result of the comments made. The GNSO Council will now consider the Final Issue Report and decide whether or not to initiate a PDP.
3.1 Presentation of Final Issue Report (Marika Konings)http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
Refer to motion:https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+16+February+2012
3.2 Reading of the motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
3.3 Discussion
3.3 Vote
Item 4: IRTP B Rec 8 (15 minutes)
As adopted by the Council on 22 June 2011 http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201106-1 the Council requested Staff to provide a proposal designed to ensure a technically feasible approach can be developed to meet the following recommendation "prior to the consideration of approval of the recommendation regarding the standardizing and clarifying WHOIS status messages regarding Registrar Lock status".
Staff submitted its recommendation on January 3, 2012http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12545.html
A motion was presented at the Jan 19, 2012 meeting, but was withdrawn to give Staff and Council more time to fine tune. A new motion is presented today.
Refer to motionhttps://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+16+February+2012
4.1 Reading of the motion (Yoav Keren).
4.2 Discussion
4.3 Vote
Item 5: JIG letter to the Board (10 minutes)
The ccNSO has not approved the joint letter the GNSO suggested sending to the Board on the JIG. As a way forward, the ccNSO is proposing two options:
1. Sending their proposed letterhttps://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+16+February+2012
as a joint letter to the Board.
2. If the GNSO does not approve option 1, the ccNSO will send a letter on its own. In that case, the GNSO must decide on what it wants to do, as we had approved sending a joint letter beforehttp://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201112
5.1 Update by Edmon Chung - JIG Co-chair
5.2 Discussion
5.3 Next steps
Item 6: Costa Rica Weekend agenda (20 minutes)
At the Jan 19 Council meeting, it was suggested that our weekend sessions need to be focussed more on preparation work for the Council's week and less on updates. This is a discussion item on the proposed agenda.
6.1 Update and presentation of agenda (Wolf Ulrich Knoben)
6.2 Agenda for GNSO Council meeting with the Board
6.3 Agenda for GNSO Council meeting with the GAC
6.4 Agenda for GNSO Council lunch with the ccNSO
6.5 Discussion
Item 7: Red Cross and Olympic Committee names (20 minutes)
A GNSO Drafting Team is working on a charter to determine how to handle the protection of RC and IOC names under the new gTLD program. This agenda item is to provide the Council with an update on that work.
7.1 Update by Jeff Neuman - Drafting Team Chair
7.2 Discussion
Item 8: GNSO liaison to the ccNSO (5 minutes)
Olga Cavalli had served as GNSO Council liaison to the ccNSO, but has now left the GNSO Council. Therefore the GNSO Council must now appoint a new liaison to the ccNSO.
8.1 Call for volunteers
8.2 Discussion
Item 9: Any Other Business (5 minutes)
