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[council] GNSO Council teleconf agenda February 20, 2003


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ICANN/DNSO

          GNSO Council Teleconference on 20 February 2003 - agenda
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Coordinated Universal Time UTC 14:00 - see below for local times

Bruce Tonkin will be chairing the GNSO Council teleconference.
Scheduled time for meeting - 120 mins.

Dial-in number sent individually to each Council member.

  1. Approval of agenda

  2. Summary of last meetings

     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030116.GNSOteleconf-minutes2.html

  3. Ratify email vote on ITU resolution [10 mins]:

     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030204.Voteb1.html

     WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, as the newly launched Council of the Generic
     Names Supporting Organization, (hereinafter "the Council"):
        o confirms its support to the participation of country code
          top-level domain (ccTLD) registries within ICANN, looks forward to
          the establishment of the new Country Code Names Supporting
          Organization as the body to address ccTLD issues,
        o commits itself to collaborative work with that Supporting
          Organization on policy issues of mutual concern including the
          stability of the Internet;
        o recognizing that the development of various processes, and
          resulting bylaws which will establish the Country Code Names
          Supporting Organization are still under development, commits
          itself to collaborative work on policy issues of mutual concern in
          the interim;

     WHEREAS, the Council commits itself to collaborative work with the
     ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC) on policy issues of mutual
     concern including the stability of the Internet;

     WHEREAS, the Council notes a proposed meeting to be hosted by the
     International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and its member countries,
     which will discuss issues related to ICANN and ccTLDs.

     The Council Resolves:
       1. to welcome the interaction of ICANN with relevant governments and
          inter-governmental entities (such as the International
          Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Intellectual Property
          Organization (WIPO), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
          Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU)) through the
          Governmental Advisory Committee;
       2. to encourage governments and such governmental entities to
          consider ICANN as the primary venue to address Internet naming and
          numbering issues within the mission of ICANN;
       3. to encourage and welcome governments and such governmental
          entities to attend and participate in ICANN's venues and meetings
          and to work actively within ICANN.

  4. Transfers [40 mins]

        o receive Transfers Implementation Committee report

http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030130.TransfersImpFinalReport_v5.html

        o receive update from Transfers Task Force
        o discussion on updates
        o vote to approve any revisions to the Transfers Recommendations
        o vote to approve forwarding Transfer Task Force report
          incorporating the Transfers Implementation Committee report to the
          ICANN Board

  5. WHOIS [50 mins]

        o receive WHOIS Implementation Committee report

http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030130.WHOISImpFinalReport_v4.html

        o receive update from WHOIS Task Force
        o discussion on updates
        o vote to approve proposed WHOIS Recommendations
        o vote to approve forwarding WHOIS Task Force report incorporating
          the WHOIS Implementation Committee report to the ICANN Board

  6. Budget report [15 mins]

        o - receive report from Roger Cochetti
        o - vote on following resolution regarding payment to AFNIC:
          Recognizing that during 2000, AFNIC provided services to the DNSO,
          mainly consisting of hosting and operating the DNSO Website,
          without any agreement or contract with the DNSO to do so
          Recognizing that in 2001, the DNSO Council, on advice from its
          Budget Committee, agreed to make a payment to AFNIC for these
          services of $60,000 pending the resolution of three administrative
          matters Recognizing that two of these administrative matters were
          resolved but the third, which provided for the transfer of
          ownership rights over any "software developed by AFNIC for the
          DNSO during 2000" from AFNIC to the DNSO, became the subject of a
          dispute between ICANN management, acting as an agent for the DNSO,
          and AFNIC.
          Recognizing that this dispute has delayed the payment of the
          budgeted $60,000 to AFNIC since 2001 and that the software in
          question is no longer used by the GNSO.
          The GNSO Council decides to immediately release the above-noted
          $60,000 in funds to AFNIC for the full settlement of payment for
          services provided by AFNIC to the DNSO during 2000.

  7. Procedure to elect GNSO Board seats 13 and 14 [15 mins]

        o Discuss following proposed procedure and agree on final procedure
             * 20 Feb 2003: call for nominations by members of the GNSO
               Council (14 day period)
             * 6 March 2003: 14 day email vote for seat 14 on ICANN Board
               (note: the resulting director will sit on Board from mid 2003
               until 2nd quarter 2005)
             * 25 March 2003: ratify the email vote for seat 14 at the GNSO
               Council meeting in Rio de Janeiro
             * 26 March 2003: call for any additional nominations by members
               of the GNSO Council (7 day period) taking into account result
               of vote for seat 14 and the need for geographic diversity
               between the holder of seat 13 and 14
             * 2 April 2003: 14 day email vote for seat 13 on ICANN Board
               (note: the resulting director will sit on the Board from mid
               2003 until 2nd quarter 2004)
             * 17 April 2003: ratify email vote for seat 13 at GNSO Council
               teleconference
        o Each nomination must be accompanied by a brief description of how
          the candidate meets the following selection criteria (from
          http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-appa-31oct02.htm#VI)
        o ICANN Directors shall be:
            1. Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and
               intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open
               minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group
               decision-making;
            2. Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the
               potential impact of ICANN decisions on the global Internet
               community, and committed to the success of ICANN;
            3. Persons who will produce the broadest cultural and geographic
               diversity on the Board consistent with meeting the other
               criteria set forth in this Section;
            4. Persons who, in the aggregate, have personal familiarity with
               the operation of gTLD registries and registrars; with ccTLD
               registries; with IP address registries; with Internet
               technical standards and protocols; with policy-development
               procedures, legal traditions, and the public interest; and
               with the broad range of business, individual, academic, and
               non-commercial users of the Internet;
            5. Persons who are willing to serve as volunteers, without
               compensation other than the reimbursement of certain
               expenses; and
            6. Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and
               spoken English.

          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no official of a
          national government or a multinational entity established by
          treaty or other agreement between national governments may serve
          as a Director. As used herein, the term "official" means a person
          (i) who holds an elective governmental office or (ii) who is
          employed by such government or multinational entity and whose
          primary function with such government or entity is to develop or
          influence governmental or public policies.

  8. Any other business

  9. Agenda topics for next meeting (25 March 2003)

        o WHOIS issues reports
        o updated rules of procedure for GNSO council
        o Deletes task force report
        o UDRP task force report
        o Update on structure for additional gtlds
        o budget report

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