Dear Council Members,
Ahead of the complete minutes please
find the resolutions that were passed at the GNSO Council meeting on 29 January
2009.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen
Motion 1
Election of GNSO Council vice chair
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Council approved the election of Chuck
Gomes as the GNSO Council vice chair for the period running concurrently with
that of the GNSO Council chair for the period 1 February 2009 until the newly
structured GNSO Council is seated and a new chair is elected.
Passed by voice vote.
One abstention from Chuck Gomes
Motion 2
Motion to approve Operation Steering Committee (OSC) charter
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Motion proposed by Chuck Gomes seconded by Olga Cavalli
Whereas:
- The GNSO Council reviewed and
accepted the new GNSO Improvements
Implementation Plan PDF, 96K developed by the Planning Team at its 16 October meeting.
- That Plan called for the
creation of an Operations Steering Committee (OSC) to oversee efforts to
enhance the GNSO’s structure, constituencies, and communications.
- The OSC was formed and held six
teleconference meetings and conducted various online discussions as of 21
January 2009.
- The OSC reviewed and modified
the draft OSC Charter prepared by the GNSO Improvements Planning Team and
recommended that the Council approve the revised draft Charter dated 22
Dec 08.
- The Council discussed the
charter in its 8 January 2009 meeting and two Councilors suggested edits.
- All OSC members approved the charter
with the proposed edits as found at https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?operations_steering_committee_osc.
Resolve:
- The GNSO Council approves the
OSC Charter and directs the OSC to proceed in fulfilling the terms of that
Charter.
The motion passed unanimously by voice
vote
Motion 3
Motion to approve Policy Process Steering
Committee (PPSC) Charter
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Motion proposed by Tim Ruiz, seconded by Greg Ruth
Whereas:
The GNSO Council reviewed and accepted the new GNSO
Improvements Implementation Plan developed by the Planning Team at its 16
October meeting.
That Plan called for the creation of a Policy Process
Steering Committee (PPSC) to oversee efforts to revise and enhance the
GNSO’s Policy Development Process.
The PPSC was formed and held three teleconference meetings
and conducted various online discussions as of 7 January 2009.
The PPSC reviewed and modified the draft PPSC Charter
prepared by the 'GNSO Improvements Planning Team and recommends that the
Council approve the revised draft Charter dated 7 January 2009 and contained at
the committee’s wiki site at: https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?policy_process_steering_committee_ppsc.
Resolve:
The GNSO Council approves the PPSC Charter and directs the
PPSC to proceed in fulfilling the terms of that Charter.
The motion passed unanimously by voice
vote
Motion 4
Motion re: Individual Users in the GNSO
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Motion
proposed by Chuck Gomes seconded by Bill Drake with friendly amendments by Alan
Greenberg
Whereas:
- On 11 December 2008, the ICANN
Board approved Resolution 2008-12-11-02 seeking a recommendation on how to
incorporate the legitimate interests of individual Internet users in the
GNSO in constructive yet non-duplicative ways and requesting that the
recommendation should be submitted no later than 24 January 2009 for
consideration by the Board.
- In an email message to the GNSO
Council list dated 20 January 2009, the ICANN Vice President, Policy
Development clarified that the11 December Resolution is an effort to help
the Board identify a strategic solution that balances ALAC/At-Large and
GNSO opportunities for all user and registrant stakeholders.
- The Working Group on GNSO Council
Restructuring Report sent to the ICANN Board of Directors on 25 July 2008
recommended that the Non-Contracted Party/User House would be open to
membership of all interested parties that use or provide services for the
Internet, with the obvious exclusion of the contracted parties and should
explicitly not be restricted to domain registrants as recommended by the
BGC and that such recommendation was made in response to the suggestion of
the ALAC Liaison to the Council.
- The GNSO Council Chair previously
contacted the ALAC Chair and the GNSO ALAC Liaison to discuss this topic.
- The potential members of the two
GNSO Council Non-Contracted Party Stakeholder Groups have been tasked with
submitting proposed Stakeholder Group Charters to the ICANN Board prior to
the Board meeting on 6 March 2009.
Resolve:
- The Council requests the GNSO
Council ALAC Liaison in consultation with the ALAC Chair to:
- Determine whether the ALAC and
At-Large community have any concerns with regard to the recommendation
that membership in the Non-Contracted Party/User House would be open to
individual Internet users in addition to domain name registrants and, if
so, to communicate those concerns to the GNSO Council as soon as
practical
- Determine whether the ALAC and
At-Large community would like the GNSO to identify some user
representatives, especially individual users, who would be willing to
work with the ALAC and At-Large community to develop a recommendation
regarding the Board’s request that could be forwarded to the appropriate
groups for their consideration in developing a stakeholder group charter
and to the Board for action on GNSO improvement recommendations.
- If in either case the ALAC or
At-large community do not accept this proposal the GNSO council may
reconsider the issue.
- Provide weekly progress reports to
the Council list regarding the above.
- The Council directs the Council
Chair to:
- Apologize to the Board that it
failed to meet the Board established deadline of 24 January
- Inform the Board that the GNSO:
- Is awaiting information from the
ALAC.
- Is willing in cooperation with
users to identify user representatives, especially individual users, who
would be willing to work with the ALAC and At-Large community to develop
a recommendation.
- Will promptly consider next steps
and respond to the Board as quickly as possible after requested
information is received from the ALAC as well any recommendation that
may be developed by the ALAC and At-Large community.
The motion passed unanimously by voice
vote
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org