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1.2  Statement of interest updates
Norbert Klein Norbert Klein SOI

General updates and/or for specific current agenda items.

1.3  Review/amend agenda

1.4  Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 15 November 2012 were approved effective  29 November 2012.

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Item 2: Opening Remarks from Chair (5 minutes)

Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics

Item 3: Consent agenda (

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Approval of the modified GNSO Operating Procedures which have been updated to reflect the changes recommended by the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI) to address the suspension of a Policy Development Process (PDP)

 


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Item 4: MOTION – Second Level Item 4: MOTION – Second Level Protections for certain International Olympic Committee/Red Cross Red Crescent (IOC / RCRC) names in the first round of New GTLDs (10 minutes)

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The IOC/RC Drafting Team has forwarded its recommendations i.e. that the GNSO Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the IOC/RC Drafting Team’s recommendations http://tinyurl.com/atl39y4:

 providing for temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names at the second level, prior to the delegation of the first round of new gTLDs. The GNSO Council is now asked to consider approval of the motion, and the next steps for informing the Board about the GNSO Council vote.

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The GNSO's Consumer Choice, Trust, and Competition WG has worked on an Advice Letter for consideration by ICANN Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees.  Following withdrawal of the motion from the October Meeting, a revised Advice Letter has been prepared and the GNSO Council is now asked to consider and approve this revised Advice Letterasked to consider and approve this revised Advice Letter.

Refer to motion 2:

http://tinyurl.com/atl39y4:

 

5.1 Reading of the motion (John Berard).

5.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.

5.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).

Item 6: MOTION -  Suspension of a Policy Development Process – Proposed revision of the GNSO PDP Manual (10 minutes)

 

The GNSO Council requested the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI) in April 2012 to review whether there should be a modification to the GNSO PDP Manual to address the possible suspension of a PDP following its initiation. The SCI deliberated on provisions for suspension of a PDP and reached consensus on proposed modifications to be incorporated in Section 15 of the GNSO PDP Manual, which also is included as Annex 2 in the GNSO Council Operating Procedures. The Council is now requested to consider the proposed modifications for adoption.

Refer to motion 23:

http://tinyurl.com/atl39y4:

 

5.6 1 Reading of the motion (John Berard).Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)

65.2 Discussion of motion and next steps.

65.3 Vote (Standard threshold: simple majority of each house).

 

 

Item 67: UPDATE – Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Strawman Proposal and Defensive Registrations Discussion (20 Minutes)

ICANN’s CEO has requested GNSO Council input on the Strawman Proposal  recently developed through the TMCH related implementation discussions, that has been posted for public comment http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm .    ICANN’s CEO additionally requested Council input on the joint proposal from the Business Constituency/Intellectual Property Constituency (BC/IPC) for a “limited preventative registration mechanism” which is also currently available for public comment.   Related to this discussion is the Staff briefing paper http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287 to the GNSO Council on the topic of defensive registrations at the second level, in response to a previous request from the New GLTD Committee (2012.04.10.NG2).  The New GTLD Committee requested the GNSO to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations at the second level should be undertaken.  The Council is to discuss: (i) a response to the ICANN CEOs request, and (ii) to consider whether to undertake any additional work related to the BC/IPC proposal and/or the Staff briefing paper, on the topic of second level defensive registrations.

67.1          Update from Staff ((Margie Milam & Brian Peck)

67.2          Discussion

67.3          Next Steps

 

Item 78: UPDATE - Response to the GAC Letter (15 20 minutes)

 

The GAC has sent a letter  to the GNSO Council with regard to the initiation of a PDP on the IGO/INGO issue, and specifically requesting a rationale for undertaking a PDP i.e. an explanation as to why GNSO believes this issue should be evaluated through a PDP rather than simply executed as an implementation process. This letter and recent activities related to work on the Trademark Clearinghouse, highlights a broader issue regarding the boundary between policy development and implementation work as well as the effective integration of policy development and integration work from the outset.

This is a discussion item.

78.1 Update (Jonathan Robinson)
7 8.2 Discussion
7 8.3 Next steps

Item 89: UPDATE - ATRT2 Developments (5 minutes)

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This is a discussion item.

89.1 Update (WolfeWolf-Ulrich Knoben)
8 9.2 Discussion
8 9.3 Next steps

Item 910: UPDATE –  Next Steps-  WHOIS Board Resolution (10 minutes)

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This is a discussion item.

 

910.1 Update (Margie Milam)
9 10.2 Discussion
9 10.3 Next steps

 

Item 1011: INFORMATION - GNSO Council Review and SIC Update (15 10 minutes)

In Toronto, the Chair of the SIC provided an overview of a new framework for future independent review efforts at ICANN.  The GNSO was used as a case study to describe the effort because it is the first Supporting Organization lined-up in the next review cycle. Staff will brief the Council on the set of criteria metrics for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and the work underway to develop metrics for the Council and the Working Group Model of policy.

1011.1          Update from Staff (Rob Hogarth)

1011.2          Discussion

1011.3          Next Steps


 Item 1112:  Any Other Business (5 minutes)

1112.1 Liaison to ccNSO - John Berard volunteered - approve

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:

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