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This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 7 April 2011 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-08apr11-en.pdf
For convenience:
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Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members who will be physically absent. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.
http://singapore41.icann.org/node/24585
Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
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Refer to Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
2.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam).
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2.4 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder)• GNSO activities: 9 (8
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--Policy Process Stering Committee (PPSC) removed, Synthesis of WHOIS requirements and drafting team on Community Working Groups (CWGs) added).
• Other activities: 7 (9 – Synthesis of WHOIS requirements moved to "GNSO activities", GNSO constitutes reconfirmations removed).
• Joint Supporting Organisations/Advisory Committees (SO/AC) Working Groups (WGs): 7 (7 – no change).
• Outstanding recommendations: 1 (1 – no change).
Item 3: Community Working Groups (15 minutes)Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group (20 minutes)
The WG published its final report for public comment in February 2011 and the public comment period closed on March 31.
After having considered the comments received and modified its report accordingly, the WG is now presenting its final report for Council consideration
Final Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy - Part B Policy Development Process Refer to May 19 meeting action items:
In response to the action item on Community Working Groups on the GNSO Council agenda http://gnso.icann.org/issues/meetings/agenda-council-19may11-en.htm, a group of people volunteered to work on this topic. Jonathan Robinson agreed to take the lead in stimulating discussions in view of presenting a report from the drafting team at the Singapore meetings.transfers/irtp-b-final-report-30may11-en.pdf
Refer to motion 1 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+June+2011
3.1 Update from Drafting Team (Jonathan Robinson).staff (Marika Konings) http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/council-briefing-irtp-b-14jun11-en.pdf
3.2 Reading of the motion (Tim Ruiz)
3.3 Discussion
3.3 Next steps4 Vote
Item 4: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Proxy votes (15 minutes)
As part of the GNSO improvements, the OSC has worked on the procedures for handling GNSO Council absences and vacancies. The OSC is making some text to govern absentee voting and proxies.
A motion has been made to approve the OSC's text and include it in the GNSO's Operating Procedures. <link to motion>
The GNSO Council recently identified areas for improvement in the (see http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf) that would simplify and clarify the procedures relating to proxy voting. It tasked the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) with completing a revision to improve the procedures relating to proxy voting. The OSC submitted to the GNSO Council on 14 June 2011 recommended revisions http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/osc-recommended-revisions-proxy-voting-14jun11-en.pdf
to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures to simplify and clarify the procedures relating to proxy voting.
Motion 2 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+June+2011
has been submitted for consideration relating to the recommendations from the OSC.
4.1 Update on OSC activities and recommendations on proxy voting from OSC Chair (Philip Sheppard4.1 Update from Staff (Julie Hedlund).
4.2 Reading of the motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
4.3 Discussion
4.4 Vote4.5 If motion passes, close OSC's Council Ops Team?
Break 10 Minutes
Item 5: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (15 Community Working Groups (20 minutes)
Refer to Board resolution: May 19 meeting action items:
In response to the action item on Community Working Groups on the GNSO Council agenda http://wwwgnso.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6Information item to provide latest update on the group's workmeetings/agenda-council-19may11-en.htm, a group of people volunteered to work on this topic. Jonathan Robinson agreed to take the lead in stimulating discussions in view of presenting a report from the drafting team at the Singapore meetings.
5.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair.Drafting Team (Jonathan Robinson).
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/ccwg-icann-framework-14jun11-en.pdf
5.2 Discussion
5.3 Next steps?Steps
Item 6: Joint Security and Stability Analysis Community Drafting Group (20 minutes)Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (15 minutes)
Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
6.1 Update from co-chairs (Mikey O'Connor and Jörg Schweiger)Rosemary Sinclair.
6.2 DiscussionBREAK 15 minutes
6.3 Next steps?
Item 7: Post-Expiry Domain Names Recovery (10 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
The group has sent its Final Report for the GNSO Council's consideration on June 14, 2011 http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf
Presentation of Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/council-briefing-pednr-14jun11-en.pdf
See Motion 3 for discussion only: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+June+2011
7.1 Update from chair (Alan Greenberg).
7.2 Discussion
Break 10 Minutes
Item 8: GNSO improvements – PDP Work Team (10 Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Community Working Group (DSSA) (20 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
8.1 Update from chair (Jeff Neumanco-chairs (Mikey O'Connor and Jörg Schweiger).
8.2 Discussion
9.2 Discussion
Item 9: GNSO improvements – Operations Steering Committee (15 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
9.1 Update from chair (Philip Sheppard).
9.2 Discussion
Item 10: GNSO improvements – OSC OSC) Constituency and Stakeholder Group Ops Operations Work Team (10 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
109.1 Update from chair (Olga Cavalli).
109.2 Discussion
Item 11: GNSO improvements – Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (15 minutes)
Information item to provide latest update on the group's work.
11.1 Update from chair (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben).
11.2 Discussion
BREAK 15 minutes
Item 12: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Working Group (20 minutes)
The WG published its final report for public comment in February 2011 and the public comment period closed on March 31.
After having considered the comments received and modified its report accordingly, the WG is now presenting its final report for Council consideration
Final Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy - Part B Policy Development Process http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/irtp-b-final-report-30may11-en.pdf
A motion (4) has been presented, for discussion only at this stage https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+June+2011
12.1 Update from Staff (Marika Konings)
12.2 Discussion
12.3 Next Steps
Item 13. Any Other Business (5 minutes)
10. Any Other Business (5 minutes)
10.1 Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN working group (JIG)
Update from co-chair -- Edmon Chung
Item 11 Open Microphone (30 minutes)
Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3Item 14. Open Microphone (45 minutes)
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.
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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.
4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.)
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