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( 12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington DC; 20 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris;
18 November 2011
05:00 Tokyo; 09:00 Auckland
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• GNSO activities: 9 (Outreach Task Force DT and Fake Renewal Notices DT added).
• Other activities: 11(RAP, request to ICANN Compliance complete – Uniformity of Contract IR and Meta Issue, Uniformity of Reporting added)
• Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (no change).
• Outstanding recommendations: 2 (no change).
Item X3: Outreach Task Force Charter (15 minutes)
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Refer to motion 1 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011
63.1 Reading of the Motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
6.2 Discussion
6.3 VoteItem X)
3.2 Discussion
3.3 Vote
Item 4: UDRP (25 minutes)
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+17+November+2011
4.1 Reading of the motion (Mary Wong)
4.2 Discussion
4.3 Vote
If the Council does not approve the above motion, a second motion on this issue has been made and will be examined by the Council.
Refer to motion 3
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011
4.4 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)
4.5 Discussion
4.6 Vote
Item 5: Open Council Meeting Drafting Team (5 10 minutes)
Following the Singapore meeting, a GNSO Drafting Team (DT) was formed to work on possible enhancements to the format of the GNSO Council's Open Meetings.
An update was provided to the Council on the DT's work during our Dakar Open Council Meeting. As some DT members have since left the Council, this discussion item is an opportunity for the Council to decide how to take this work forward.
35.1 Update from DT (John Berard ?)
3 5.2 Discussion
3 5.3 Next steps
Item X: Fake Renewal Notices Drafting Team (5 6: Dakar Board resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments RAA (15 minutes)
At its meeting on 6 October, the GNSO Council determined that additional information is needed from the Registrar Stakeholder Group with regard to the RAP WG recommendation on Fake Renewal Notices (#2).
A small group of volunteers consisting of registrar representatives and others interested should be formed to prepare a request for information, work with the RrSG to obtain the information requested and report back to the GNSO Council accordingly.
3in Dakar, the Board approved a resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments (RAA
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7
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The resolution requests staff to prepare an issue report as a prelude to a PDP. This item is an update from staff on this work.
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6.1 Update from Staff (?Margie Milam)
3 6.2 Discussion
3.3 Call for volunteers
Item X7: Best Practices to address abusive domain registrations (10 15 minutes)
On 3 February 2011, the GNSO Council resolved to request a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report.
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During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, there were questions on whether a WG should be created as a result of the discussion paper and if so a DT would need to create the charter. Another question asked was should the paper be put out for public comment instead?
37.1 Update from Staff (?)
3 7.2 Discussion
3 7.3 Next steps
Item X8: Cross-TLD registration scam and domain kiting (10 20 minutes)
Following the Council's request, SSAC has responded that it does not see any additional work it can do on this at this time http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-chair-to-faltstrom-10oct11-en.pdf
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This discussion item aims at seeing if this issue should be closed or if work should continue.
38.1 Update from Staff (?)
3 8.2 Discussion
3 8.3 Next steps
Item X9. Any Other Business (5 minutes)
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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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