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Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in Buenos Aires, 20 November 2013 Part 1
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 13 September 2012 for the GNSO Council and updated.
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-13jun13-en.pdf >
For convenience:
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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:
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 31 October 2013 will be posted as approved on 21 November 2013
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)
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Comments or questions arising.
Item 3: Consent agenda (5 mins)
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The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI) to review the current consensus levels defined and described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines, and specifically requests the SCI to review and, if deemed appropriate, recommend revised or additional language to apply to situations where working groups may reach sufficient consensus against a particular proposal such that the appropriate consensus level cannot accurately be described as No Consensus/Divergence.
Item 4: MOTION – To approve a charter for the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group (10 mins)
On 13 June 2013 the GNSO Council initiated a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information and decided to create a PDP Working Group for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of the PDP. Following a call for volunteers, a Drafting Team was formed and its members have developed a charter for consideration by the GNSO Council. The drafting team has submitted the charter, reviewed and revised it on the request of the Council and then re-submitted it and so the GNSO Council, having reviewed the charter, will vote on whether to approve it as submitted by the Drafting Team.
4.1 - Review Motion 1
4.2 - Discussion
4.3 - Next steps
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On 10 November 2013 the WG published its Final Report [PDF, 644 KB] which includes policy recommendations for the protection of IGO and INGO (including the RCRC and IOC) identifiers in all gTLDs. The recommendations are organized by organization type seeking protection and each one also contains the WG’s WG's Chair assessment of consensus. The GNSO Council will consider this Final Report and vote on whether to approve the recommendations contained therein.
5.1 - Chair Presentation to Community (Thomas Rickert)
5.2 - Review Motion 2
5.2 3 - Discussion
5.3 4 - Next steps
Item 6: INPUT & DISCUSSION – Prospective improvements to the Policy Development Process (15 mins)
The Council is committed to on-going enhancements to the methods of working of the Council and the work initiated and managed by the Council. The PDP process is a cornerstone of policy making within the GNSO and, as such, the work of the Council. The PDP outcomes and associated processes are the subject of focus and attention both within the GNSO and the broader ICANN Community. The Council has previously discussed a paper prepared by ICANN staff on potential improvements to the PDP process. The discussion is now encapsulated in a table form and now includes reference to the related recommendations of the ATRT2. Further work needs to be done on reviewing the table and agreeing concrete next steps.
6.1 – Review of table of prospective PDP Improvements (Marika Konings)
6.2 – Discussion
6.3 – Next steps
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7.1 – Current status
7.2 – Discussion
7.3 – Next steps
Item 8 – JIG Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs (if time allows)
The purpose of the Ad-hoc ccNSO/GNSO Joint IDN Working Group is to deal with issues related to the introduction of IDN ccTLDs under the IDN ccTLD Fast Track implementation process and IDN gTLDs under the new gTLD implementation process which are of common interest to both the GNSO and ccNSO. The JIG has delivered its JIG Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs on 17 November for GNSO Council consideration. The GNSO will now consider the Final Report.
- Discussion
- Next steps
Item 9 – DNS Security and Stabilty and Analysis (DSSA) Working Group Final Report (if time allows)
The ALAC, ccNSO, GNSO and NRO, acting as ASO in this particular case, all endorsed the charter of the joint DNS Security and Stability and Analysis working group (DSSA) according to each own rules and procedures, in December 2010 and as a result are the participating SO's and AC's in the DSSA. The DSSA delivered its Final Report to the chartering organisations on 11 November 2013. The GNSO Council will now consider the Final Report.
- Discussion
- Next steps
Item 10: Thanks to outgoing councillors (5 mins)
- Lanre Ajayi (NCA)
- Mason Cole (RySG RrSG & Vice Chair)
- Zahid Jamil (CSG / BC)
- Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (CSG / ISPC & Vice Chair)
- Joy Liddicoat (NCSG)
- Jeff Neuman (RySG)
- Wendy Seltzer (NCSG)
Item 911: Any Other Business (5 mins)
Item 1012: Open microphone
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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k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be modified or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority vote.
l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one House and a majority of the other House."
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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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