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Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councillors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.
GNSO Council meeting audiocast
http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
Item 1: Administrative matters (10 mins)
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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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The JIG has delivered its Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs on 17 November for GNSO Council consideration. Here the GNSO will consider a motion to accept the Final Report.
4.1 - Review Motion 1
4.2 - Discussion
4.3 - Next steps
4.4 – Vote (voting threshold – simple majority vote of each house)
Item 5: MOTION – DNS Security and Stabilty and Analysis (DSSA) Working Group Final Report
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The DSSA delivered its Final Report to the chartering organisations on 11 November 2013. Here, the GNSO Council will vote on adopting the Final Report of the DSSA as well as other related actions contained in the motion.
5.1 - Review Motion 2
5.2 - Discussion
5.3 - Next steps
5.4 – Vote (voting threshold – simple majority vote of each house)
Item 6: INPUT & DISCUSSION – Prospective improvements to the Policy Development Process (15 mins)
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The Geographic Regions Review Working Group was formed by the ICANN Board to (1) identify the different purposes for which ICANN’s Geographic Regions are used; (2) determine whether the uses of ICANN’s Geographic Regions (as currently defined, or at all) continue to meet the requirements of the relevant stakeholders; and (3) submit proposals for community and Board consideration relating to the current and future uses and definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions. A full record of the Working Group’s past reports and public workshops and presentations can be found at the Working Group's Confluence Wiki space.
At various times over the past few years, the ALAC, ASO, ccNSO, GAC and GNSO communities have supplied representatives to serve on the Working Group. These communities have had the opportunity to review and provide formal comments on the Working Group’s recommendations before being submitted to the ICANN Board. The recommendations are provided a Final Report which is posted here.
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Item 9: Any Other Business (5 mins)
- Liason Liaison to SCI (Outstanding)
- Liason Liaison to Policy & Implementation WG (replace Jeff NeumannNeuman)
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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