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1.1 Roll Call
1.2 Statement of interest updates
Tony Holmes
1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
Minutes of the GNSO Council meetings 27 February 2014, 26 March 2014, were posted as approved on 25 April and the GNSO Council meetings 10 April 2014 were posted as approved on 30 April 2014.
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)
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Include review of Projects List and Action List.
Comments or questions arising.
Item 3: Consent agenda (0 mins)
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The ICANN new gTLD Programme Committee (NGPC) has resolved to approve Specification 13 to the New gTLD Registry Agreement, see link. However, this does not currently include a proposed additional clause. Incorporation of the proposed additional clause (allowing a .Brand registry operator to designate a limited number of preferred registrars) is approved but will not be implemented until 45 days from the publication of the NGPC resolution in order to:
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Here the Council will review and vote on a motion which deals with the issue of Specification 13 in so far as the Council attempts to answer the question posed by the NGPC.
4.1 – Motion (Thomas Rickert)
4.2 – Discussion
4.3 – Vote (simple majority)
Item 5: DISCUSSION – Internet Governance Issues (20 mins)
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IDN variants cannot be introduced into the root zone until a set of uniform Label Generation rule sets (LGRs) have been developed for each identified script and integrated into a uniform mechanism for permissible variant TLD labels. ICANN’s IDN Variant Project is a multi-phase program that is currently working on the creation of these LGRs. Here ICANN staff will provide a brief primer on IDN variants and the Project, in order to ensure that the Council is informed and to facilitate deeper understanding of the issues and possible solutions.
7.1 – Staff Update (Naela Sarras / Steve Sheng)
7.2 – Discussion
7.3 – Next steps
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