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Dear Councillors, Ahead of the complete
minutes, please find the motions passed by the GNSO Council at the meeting on
Thursday, 24 September 2009.
Thank you. Kind regards, Glen 1. Motion Requesting an Issues report on vertical
Integration and Registry/Registrar cross-ownership Motion proposed by
Mary Wong and seconded by Philip Sheppard Whereas, Recommendation 19 of
the GNSO policy authorizing the new gTLD process states: "Registries must
use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering domain names and may not
discriminate among such accredited registrars;" Whereas, opening up the market
to many new TLD operators may call into question some of the assumptions on
which the separation of registry and registrar functions is based; Whereas, economic research
commissioned by ICANN staff also suggests that changes in these assumptions
might be justified; Whereas, the new gTLD policies
passed by the Council do not provide any guidance regarding the proper approach
to cross ownership and vertical integration, but instead implicitly suggest
that the status quo be left in place; Resolved: the GNSO Council
hereby requests the preparation of an Issues Report for delivery within 45 days
on future changes in vertical integration and cross-ownership between gTLD
registrars and registries, to assist in determining whether a PDP should be
initiated regarding what policies would best serve to promote competition and
to protect users and registrants. Live Council votes: Philip
Sheppard, Zahid Jamil, Kristina Rosette, Cyril Chua, Tony Harris, Maggie
Mansourkia, Mary Wong, William Drake, Olga Cavalli (one vote each) Terry Davis and Mike Rodenbaugh
- absentee ballots (one vote each) Council votes against: 6 votes Live Council votes:
Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder (two votes each) Adrian Kinderis - absentee
ballot (two votes each) Four Councillors abstained (7
votes): Live Council
Abstentions: Chuck Gomes, Edmon Chung, (two votes each) Avri Doria (one vote) Jordi Iparraguirre -
absentee ballot (two votes) Three Councillors did not vote: Carlos Souza, Ute Decker, Tony
Holmes (one vote each) Reasons for abstentions: Chuck
Gomes and Edmon Chung "I want to thank Kristina
and the IPC for the good amendments that were accepted as friendly by the NCUC.
The Registry constituency does not want to abstain because of the amendments,
they have not had enough time to comment on them yet. The constituency had
previously made a decision on the original motion to abstain and because there
has not been enough time to obtain feedback on the amended motion, Edmon Chung
and I are going to abstain. The reason for the abstention
has little to do with the request in the motion, except for the fact that even
though the motion requests that any PDP not affect the timing of the new gTLDs,
we think it would be highly unlikely that it would not have an impact on the
launch of new TLDs, and because there could be misperceptions with regard to
existing Registries doing anything that might cause delays and thinking that we
are fearful of competition, we want to avoid that possible perception." Reason for abstention : Jordi Iparraguirre Reasons for abstention: Avri
Doria Due to CSG concerns
about the ethics of my decision to join the NCUC and about the propriety of my
continuing to vote as an NCA, I abstain from all votes in the council until
such time as the Board Structural Improvements Committee decides on the
disposition of the CSG letter of concern. I
do this so that there can be no later dispute concerning policy decisions of
the GNSO council based on questions about my status. 2. Amendment to Motion to Approve Plan for
Bicameral Council Seat Transition
2 a. Motion to Approve Plan for
Bicameral Council Seat Transition
Philip Sheppard, Zahid Jamil,
Kristina Rosette, Cyril Chua, Tony Harris, Maggie Mansourkia, Mary Wong,
William Drake, Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder, Edmon Chung, Chuck Gomes, Olga
Cavalli. One abstention - Avri Doria,
Nominating Committee Appointee (NCA) Avri Doria was referred to in
the motion and thus abstained from voting. 3. Council reached consensus and the Draft GNSO
Council Operating Procedures will be posted for Public Comment along with the amendment
which was modified to include comments with the document noting the issues with
regard to counting of abstention votes and noting that additional work may be
needed on that. 4. The GNSO Council Motion to approve
Internationalized Registration Data Working Group Charter Motion proposed by
Chuck Gomes seconded by Philip Sheppard. Whereas: •
There have been increasing community concerns that the current WHOIS service is
deficient in a number of ways, including technical areas as noted in recent
SSAC reports, such as accessibility and readability of WHOIS contact
information in an internationalized domain name (IDN) environment. •
On 21 April 2009, the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
published a report titled SAC037 "Display and usage of Internationalized
Registration Data" (SAC037) located at
http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac037.pdf. •
On 26 June 2009 the ICANN Board approved a resolutionrequesting that the GNSO
and SSAC, in consultation with staff, convene an Internationalized Registration
Data Working Group (IRD WG) comprised of individuals with knowledge, expertise,
and experience in these areas to study the feasibility and suitability of
introducing display specifications to deal with the internationalization of
Registration Data. •
In the 26 June resolution, the Board directs the Internationalized Registration
Data Working Group to solicit input from interested constituencies including
ccTLD operators and the ccNSO during its discussions to ensure broad community
input. •
ICANN Staff in cooperation with members of the GNSO Council and SSAC developed
a draft charter for said working group as attached. The GNSO Council: •
Approves the IRD WG draft charter, and •
Encourages GNSO constituencies, stakeholder groups and other GNSO participants
to identify possible participants of the IRD WG with knowledge, expertise, and
experience in these areas to study the feasibility and suitability of
introducing display specifications to deal with the internationalization of
Registration Data. Internationalized Data
Registration WG Draft Charter 15 Sep 09.doc The motion was passed by voice
vote. Philip Sheppard, Kristina
Rosette, Cyril Chua, Tony Harris, Maggie Mansourkia, Mary Wong, William Drake,
Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder, Chuck Gomes, Olga Cavalli. One abstention - Avri Doria,
Nominating Committee Appointee (NCA) Due to CSG concerns about
the ethics of my decision to join the NCUC and about the propriety of my
continuing to vote as an NCA, I abstain from all votes in the council until
such time as the Board Structural Improvements Committee decides on the
disposition of the CSG letter of concern. I do this so that there can be
no later dispute concerning policy decisions of the GNSO council based on
questions about my status. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://gnso.icann.org |