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Include review of Projects List and Action List.
Comments or questions arising.
Item 3: Consent agenda (5 mins)
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This report was published in response to a request by the GNSO Council for a report and analysis on a survey about possible technical requirements of a future WHOIS Service. The objective of the Working Group was to develop a set of proposed recommendations around the measurement of support of proposed technical requirements. After consideration of community input on a draft survey and the implementation of the Lime Survey software within the ICANN IT infrastructure, the survey was made available to the community in September 2012. ICANN staff compiled and consolidated the survey results and the WSWG completed the WSWG Final Report for delivery to the GNSO Council. Here the Council will vote whether to approve the report.
4.1 – Review motion 1
4.2 – Discussion
4.3 – Next steps
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This motion seeks further develop a framework for cross community working groups by picking up the work of the drafting team which proposed a set of Draft Principles for Cross Community Working Groups (CCWGs) that were approved by the GNSO Council in March 2012. This work has had the benefit of subsequent review, comments and suggestions provided by the ccNSO. The motion here proposes that, in full cooperation with other SO/ACs,the GNSO Council jointly develops an updated set of principles for CCWGs taking into consideration the feedback provided by the ccNSO and in collaboration with other interested SO/ACs. The aim being to to create a framework applicable across all SO/ACs for the effective future functioning of CCWGs
5.1 - Review motion 2
5.2 - Discussion
5.3 - Next steps
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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 and so the GNSO Council, having reviewed the charter, will vote on whether to approve it as submitted by the Drafting Team.
6.1 - Review motion 3
6.2 - Discussion
6.3 - Next steps
Item 7: INPUT & DISCUSSION – Prospective improvements to the Policy Development Process Policy issues surrounding string confusion (10 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 and agreed to tabulate and review the prospective improvements with a view to agreeing concrete next steps.
7.1 – Review of table of prospective PDP Improvements (Marika Konings)
7.2 – Discussion
7.3 – Next steps
previously discussed issues associated with the string confusion decisions that have been made recently e.g. relating to plural and singular versions of the same term and the contradictory decisions on identical strings. The Council agreed to write to the ICANN board and new gTLD programme committee and to consider appropriate additional action. Here the Council needs to decide what, if any, additional and appropriate action is to be taken.
7.1 Input from ICANN staff
7.2 Discussion
7.3 Next steps
Item 8: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – A PDP for relevant policies on issues not dealt with during the course of developing the 2013 RAA (10 mins)
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8.1 Staff update (Margie Milam / Mary Wong)
http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/raa-remaining-pp-10oct13-en.pdf
8.2 Discussion
8.3 Next steps
Item 9: DISCUSSION – Policy issues surrounding string confusion Procedure to elect the GNSO Council Chair (10 minsminutes)
The Council previously discussed issues associated with the string confusion decisions that have been made recently e.g. relating to plural and singular versions of the same term and the contradictory decisions on identical strings. The Council agreed to write to the ICANN board and new gTLD programme committee and to consider appropriate additional action. Here the Council needs to decide what, if any, additional and appropriate action is to be taken.
9.1 Discussion
9.2 Next stepsWe have previously used an election procedure. Here we will review a current version of the same procedure with a view to approving it for use in the run up to and during the course of the 2013 annual meeting in Buenos Aires.
9.1 Presentation of procedure (Jonathan Robinson)
9.2 Discussion
9.3 Call to approve the procedure
Item 10: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs Policy Development Process (10 mins)
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Item 11: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – GNSO / GAC Engagement and Working with the Board Global Relations Committee (BGRC) WG Planning for Buenos Aires (10 mins)
Here the Council will discuss activity to date and confirm the intended course of action going forward.
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Item 12: DISCUSSION – Forthcoming review of the GNSO (10 mins)
As part of a periodic review process that is built into the ICANN model, board initiated reviews of the GNSO and the GNSO Council as an integral part of the GNSO are expected. In order to be effectively prepared for these reviews, it was proposed in Beijing that a group be formed to understand the issues and begin to take appropriate next steps. One key suggestion from Beijing was that any group (such as the Council) being reviewed undertakes a form of self-review. The intended course of action may have been impacted by the recently announced proposal to delay any Board initiated review activity. Here the Council will receive an update and agree the intended course of action of initiating a non-PDP WG.
12.1 – Current status (Rob Hogarth)Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires will take planning. GNSO Council Vice Chair, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben has again volunteered to lead this and will be working with the Council and staff on this effort.
Here the Council has the opportunity to feed into plans and provide input based on past experience. Included in this item will be the opportunity to shape the approach to and substance of the Council’s proposed meetings with other groups in such as the CCNSO, the GAC and the ICANN board.
11.1 – Update (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)
http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-10oct13-en.htm
12.2 – Discussion
12.3 – Next steps
Item 1312: UPDATE INPUT & DISCUSSION – Planning for Buenos Aires Prospective improvements to the Policy Development Process (10 mins)
Making the most out of the face-to-face meeting time available at the ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires will take planning. GNSO Council Vice Chair, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben has again volunteered to lead this and will be working with the Council and staff on this effort.
Here the Council has the opportunity to feed into plans and provide input based on past experience. Included in this item will be the opportunity to shape the approach to and substance of the Council’s proposed meetings with other groups in such as the CCNSO, the GAC and the ICANN board.
13.1 – Update (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)
13.2 – Discussion
13.3 – Next steps
Item 14: Procedure to elect the GNSO Council Chair (10 minutes)
We have previously used an election procedure. Here we will review a current version of the same procedure with a view to approving it for use in the run up to and during the course of the 2013 annual meeting in Buenos Aires.
14.1 Presentation of procedure (Jonathan Robinson)
14.2 Discussion
14.3 Call to approve the procedure
Item 15The 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 and agreed to tabulate and review the prospective improvements with a view to agreeing concrete next steps.
12.1 – Review of table of prospective PDP Improvements (Marika Konings)
12.2 – Discussion
12.3 – Next steps
Item 13: Any Other Business (5 mins)
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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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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