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Motion Requesting Issues report on vertical Integration and Registry/Registrar cross-ownership
Motion by: Mary Wong
Second: Philip Sheppard
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Resolved: the GNSO Council hereby requests the preparation of an Issues Report for delivery within 45 days on future changes in vertical integration and cross-ownership between gTLD registrars and registries, to assist in determining whether a PDP should be initiated regarding what policies would best serve to promote competition and to protect users and registrants.
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GNSO Council Motion to approve Internationalized Registration Data Working Group Charter
Motion by Chuck Gomes on 15 Sep 09
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Internationalized Data Registration WG Draft Charter 15 Sep 09.doc
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Amendment to Motion to Approve Plan for Bicameral Council Seat Transition
Motion made by Chuck Gomes on 23 September 2009
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In the following Motion to Approve Plan for Bicameral Council Seat Transition originally submitted on 15 September and amended on 17 September, add the following to step 9 of the Plan: "As the first substantial item on the agenda of 28 October, the new council members will discuss and vote on the updated Council Operating Procedures. Approval of the Procedures will require a majority of the voting members of each house for approval. Any amendment that results from comments submitted, will need to be voted on prior to the vote on the Procedures and will also require a majority of the voting members of each house."
Motion to Approve Plan for Bicameral Council Seat Transition
Orignial Motion by Chuck Gomes on 15 September 2009; revised on 17 September 2009
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1. It is recommended that all Councilors who will be seated in the 28 October public GNSO Council meeting should be selected and the GNSO Secretariat provided with their contact information not later than 30 September 2009. If that is not possible, then best efforts should be made to do so as soon as possible after 30 September to facilitate travel and lodging arrangements in Seoul.
2. Each Stakeholder Group may determine the term dates for its respective Councilors provided those dates are compliant with the ICANN Bylaws and their respective charters\[[1]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftn1\]; any terms that are changed from the previously defined dates strictly for the purpose of seating the bicameral Council shall be considered full terms with regard to complying with Bylaws term limit requirements. Wiki Markup
3. Each House will elect a vice chair for the new bicameral Council:a. Nominations must be completed not later than 23 October 2009.
b. Elections must be completed not later than Tuesday, 27 October 2009.
c. Election requires a simple majority vote.
4. The new bicameral Council will be seated in the public GNSO Council meeting on 28 October 2009, at which time the service of the previous Council will end.
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(7) Tony Holmes advised Council on 27 August that Maggie Mansoukia would be filling Greg Ruth’s seat on the Council until Seoul.
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\[[1]\||https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftnref1\] See attached Table 1
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Amendment to Motion to Approve Draft GNSO Council Operating Procedures for Public Comment
Motion by Chuck Gomes 23 September 2009
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GNSO Council Operating Procedures-Reorganized 23 Sep 09.doc
Motion to Approve Draft GNSO Council Operating Procedures for Public Comment
Motion by Chuck Gomes on 17 September 2009
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See ICANN Bylaws, Article X: Generic Names Supporting Organization, Section 3. GNSO Council, Subsection 2. INSERT LIVE LINK TO BYLAWS.
3.3.1 Special Circumstances\[[1]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftn1\]\[[SE1]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_msocom_1\] Wiki Markup
3.4 GNSO Council Vacancy
See ICANN Bylaws, Article X: Generic Names Supporting Organization, Section 3. GNSO Council, Subsection 3. INSERT LIVE LINK TO BYLAWS.
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As possible, during in-person meetings, the GNSO Council Chair and Vice Chairs should be located so they can observe all GNSO Council members.
5.8 Proxies\[[2]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftn2\] Wiki Markup
5.9 Absences
When a GNSO council member fails to participate in two consecutive regularly-scheduled GNSO Council meetings without notification of absence to the GNSO secretariat or GNSO Council Chair or Council list, the GNSO secretariat will notify the Stakeholder Group and ask for an explanation.
6. GNSO Policy Development Process
See ICANN Bylaws, Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process, Sections 1-15. [INSERT LIVE LINK TO BYLAWS.[3|https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?action=display;is_incipient=1;page_name=INSERT%20LIVE%20LINK%20TO%20BYLAWS.]\[[3]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftn3\] Wiki Markup
7. GNSO Council Absentee Voting
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; or
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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The GNSO Council may agree with the Council of any other ICANN Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee to exchange observers. Such observers shall not be members of, or entitled to vote or make motions on the GNSO Council, but otherwise shall be entitled to participate on equal footing with members of the GNSO Council. The appointing Council shall designate its observer (or revoke or change the designation of its observer) on the GNSO Council by providing written notice to the Chair of the GNSO Council and to the ICANN Secretary.
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\[[1]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftnref1\]Note that this is a place-holder section that the Work Team will return to at a later date to provide suggested language.
\[[2]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftnref2\]This is a placeholder. This section is deferreddue to the fact that 1) language in the GNSO Council Operating Procedures that pertainstothis sectionrequires ICANN legal counsel review, and 2) it is not necessary to completethislanguage in order to seat the Council at the ICANN Annual Meeting in Seoul, Korea, in October 2009. Thus, the OSC GNSO Council Operations Work Team has decided to defer completion of its work onthis languageuntil after the ICANN Annual Meeting in Seoul.unmigrated-wiki-markup Wiki Markup
\[[3]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftnref3\]Note that this reference to Annex A of the ICANN Bylaws will remain until such time as the Policy Process Steering Committee Work Teams have completed their recommendations on these topics.
\[[4]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_ftnref4\]This section previously appeared in the ICANN Bylaws. In the Bylaws amendments approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 27 August 2009, the section was removed from the Bylaws and thus now appears in the GNSO Council Operating Procedures. Wiki Markup
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\[[SE1]\|https://st.icann.org/static/3.5.0.3/skin/s3/html/wikiwyg.html#_msoanchor_1\]Stated in the bylaws that this will be defined here. Wiki Markup