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Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)
1 Roll Call
1.2 Statement of interest updates
1 1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
- 17 November minutes – approved approved on 8 December 2011
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-17nov11-en.htm
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Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (5 minutes)
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• GNSO activities: 9 (9 - No change).
• Other activities: 10 (10 - – No changeChange)
• Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (7 - no change).
• Outstanding recommendations: 2 (2 - no change).
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At the previous Council meeting, a motion on this was not approved. It was proposed that a small group be assisted by Staff to produce a new motion that would include specific revisions to the charter.
Refer to motion:1
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+December+2011|display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+December+2011||\
Reading of the motion (John Berard)
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Following the drafting of an Issue Report on a possible review of the UDRP, a motion is before the Council to initiate a PDP on this topic and that a drafting team be formed to write a charter for the working group.
Refer to motion 2.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+December+2011
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The letter would note discrepancies between the WG's work and the Board resolution.
Refer to motion 3.
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+December+2011
5.1 Reading of the motion (Ching Chiao)
5.2 Discussion
5.3 Vote
Item 6: Update on Congressional Hearings (10 minutes)
There have been two recent hearings in the U.S. CONGRESS on new gTLDS on 8 and 14 December 2011, namely the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation full committee hearing on ICANN’s expansion of top level domains, examining the merits and implications of this new program and ICANN’s continuing efforts to address concerns raised by the Internet community, and the HOUSE Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “ICANN’s Top-Level Domain Name Program.”
6.1 Update from Kurt Pritz
Item 7: Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG) (10 minutes)
This agenda item is to update the Council on recent developments in the JAS WG, and more specifically details of the measures being taken to implement the recommendations made in the JAS Final Report that was sent to the Board.
7.1 Update from Staff (Kurt Pritz)
7.2 Discussion
Item 8: Cross-TLD registration scam and domain kiting (10 minutes)
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This discussion item aims at seeing if this issue should be closed or if work should continue.
68.1 Discussion
6 8.2 Next steps
Item 7: Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG) (10 minutes)
This agenda item is to update the Council on recent developments in the JAS WG, and more specifically details of the measures being taken to implement the recommendations made in the JAS Final Report that was sent to the Board.
7.1 Update from Staff (X Y)
7.2 Discussion
Item 8: Transitioning existing Policy Development Process (PDP) 9: Transitioning existing PDP work to the new PDP procedures (10 minutes)
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- Uniformity of Contracts (Preliminary Issue Report in preparation)
- UDRP - (pending)
- Law Enforcement Recommendations - recommendations (pending)
89.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam)
8 9.2 Discussion
8 9.3 Next steps
Item 910: Any Other Business (5 minutes)
10.1 Draft response to the Board regarding the GNSO input on Implementation of SAC 051 (SSAC Report on Whois Terminology and Structure)
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-board-update-for-gnso-council-09dec11-en.pdf
10.2 Update on Registrar Accreditation Agreements (RAA) (Margie Milam)
10.3 Update on International Olympic Committee (IOC) & Red Cross (RC) names (Jeff Neuman)
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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