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1.4. Note the status of minutes for the Council meeting on 17 January 2013 have been approved per the GNSO Operating Procedures and and the minutes of the Council meeting on 21 January 2013 will be approved on 8 February 2013 have been approved per the GNSO Operating Procedures:.
Item 2: Opening Remarks from Chair (5 minutes)
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Include brief review of Projects List and Action List
Item 3: Consent agenda (0 minutes)
After careful review of the GNSO Project List, the Council Chairs propose to formally close the following projects and remove them from the Project List, noting that either work is being undertaken on the subject outside of the GNSO and/or that no further GNSO activity is foreseen in the near future.
Note : Any Council member can re-open the discussion on any of these items in the future, should it be deemed necessary. These projects are as follows:
- Outreach Task Force
- RAPWG Recommendation on Cross-TLD Registration Scam
Item 4: INFORMATION & DISCUSSION – Recent meetings in Amsterdam & LA (15 minutes)
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5.2 Discussion
5.3 Next Steps
Item 6: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Board requested advice on second level protections for certain IGO names and acronyms (10 15 minutes)
At its 26 November 2012 meeting, the Board requested that the GNSO continue its work on policy recommendations on top and second-level protections for certain IGO and INGO names on an expedited basis.
In addition, the Board requested that the GNSO Council advise the Board by no later than 28 February 2013 if it is aware of any concern such as with the global public interest or the security or stability of the DNS, that the Board should take into account in making its decision about whether to include second level protections for certain IGO names and acronyms by inclusion on a Reserved Names List in section 2.2.1.2.3 of the Applicant Guidebook, applicable in all new gTLD registries approved in the first round of the New gTLD Program. The specific IGO names to be protected shall be those names or acronyms that: 1) qualify under the current existing criteria to register a domain name in the .int gTLD; and 2) have a registered .int domain OR a determination of eligibility under the .int criteria; and 3) apply to ICANN to be listed on the reserved names list for the second level prior to the delegation of any new gTLDs by no later than 28 February 2013.
6.1 Update (Thomas Rickert)
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Item 7: INFORMATION & DISCUSSION – The issue of "closed generic" TLDs (10 15 minutes)
The New gTLD Program Committee recently directed the ICANN CEO to request the GNSO to provide guidance on the issue of "closed generic" TLDs, , concurrent concurrent with the opening of the public comment forum and if the GNSO wishes, to provide such guidance. Guidance on this issue is requested to be provided by the close of the public comment forum. (7 March)
7.1 UpdateBackground (Staff)
7.2 Discussion
7.3 Next steps (if any)
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Item 9: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Whois Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal Study (10 15 minutes)
At the ICANN Meeting in Toronto, Lyman Chapin presented the results of the survey that evaluated the feasibility of conducting a future in-depth study into communication Relay and identity Reveal requests sent for gTLD domain names registered using Proxy and Privacy services. The Council should consider whether to go ahead with the study.
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Item 10: INFORMATION & DISCUSSION – Planning for Beijing (10 15 minutes)
Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the ICANN Meeting in Beijing will take some planning. Council VC Mason Cole is working with staff to lead this effort. The Council has the opportunity to discuss any initial plans and provide feedback
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Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures v24.54)
4.4.1 Applicability
Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures.
a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);
b. Approve a PDP recommendation;
c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;
d. Fill a Council position open for election.
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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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