GNSO Council Teleconference Minutes
| 18 December 2008
Proposed agenda and documents List of attendees: 16 Council Members Rita Rodin - ICANN Board member - absent - apologies Avri Doria chaired the meeting. Roll Call. Item 2: Review/amend the agenda Currently the nominating committee is looking at the GNSO Council positions that need to be filled, recognizing that there are a number of factors that will have to be taken into account with regard to the GNSO improvements and the transition to the bicameral house structure. It is hoped that the Constituency day meetings in Mexico City will provide an opportunity for discussion and input on the types and sets of candidates required. Olga Cavalli and Zahid Jamil were elected as the two GNSO representatives to the Community-Wide working group on Geographical Regions. 7 - Eric Brunner-Williams Motion passed by voice vote. Item 4: Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Avri Doria stated that there were 2 motions before Council on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), both made by Tim Ruiz and seconded by Chuck Gomes. See the motions: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?18_dec_2008_motions GNSO Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Marika Konings gave an overview of the GNSO Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Dan Halloran commented that a registrar is obligated to fulfill all its obligations under the RAA whether it makes a registration itself or through a reseller or an agent. So the registrar’s obligations do not change, but ICANN does not have any direct relationship with the reseller and the resellers do not owe ICANN any obligations directly. It was agreed to take further technical questions off line for accurate information in consultation with the compliance and other staff. There were two motions before Council, one of them contingent on motion one, proposed by Avri Doria, seconded by Chuck Gomes, and the alternate motion, also proposed by Avri Doria but not yet seconded. Avri Doria, seconded by Chuck Gomes, proposed a motion on the GNSO Council Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Issues Report Whereas: On 20 November 2008, the ALAC requested an Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (see Annex I of the Issues Report cited below or go to Resolve: The decision on whether to initiate a PDP will be delayed until 29 Jan 2009 to allow for the needed clarification to be obtained about Issues Report items defined below; - In the last paragraph of Section 4.2 on page 16, Staff recommends - Section 3.7.5 of ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement, as quoted on page 28, says, - Section 3.7.5.3 on page 29 reads, “In the absence of extenuating circumstances (as defined in Section 3.7.5.1 above), a domain name must be deleted within 45 days of either the registrar or the registrant terminating a registration agreement.” The motion passed unanimously by voice vote.
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registration-abuse/gnso-issues-report-registration-abuse-policies-29oct08.pdf Avri Doria clarified that the sequence of motions before Council provided options for when a PDP could be launched. However, whether or not a PDP was launched, a group should be formed to define a charter either prior to or during the PDP process. Avri Doria, seconded by Mike Rodenbaugh with a friendly amendment by Chuck Gomes, proposed a motion on Registration Abuse Policies Whereas: The GNSO Issues Report on Registration Abuse Policies indicated that further review, evaluation and study be done before a PDP is initiated, Resolved: That a drafting team be formed to create a proposed charter for a working group to investigate the open issues documented in the issues report on Registrations Abuse Policy. Specifically: - 9.1 Review and Evaluate Findings - 9.2 Identify specific policy issues - 9.3 Need for further research Motion passed by voice vote. Avri Doria clarified and there was no objection to the statement that Motion 1 on the gTLD Implementation was tabled until January 8, 2009. Chuck Gomes, seconded by Adrian Kinderis, proposed motion 3 that was tabled until January 8, 2009 Council meeting. It was agreed that those who suggested changes, work together with Chuck Gomes to revise the wording of the motion. Item 8. Domain Tasting comment review Craig Schwartz summarised and gave an analysis of public comments for the AGP Limits Policy Draft Implementation Plan Item 9. Travel Policy 1. Council regrets that the current proposal imposes administrative difficulty and may thus reduce the total budget available. 2. Council calls upon ICANN staff to nominate by 15 January 2009 a fixed sum for fiscal year 2009 that will be granted to each of the constituencies currently recognised under the ICANN by-laws of 29 May 2008. Such sum should exclude any budget to cover the costs of Nom Com delegates or GNSO chair travel. 3. Council requests Constituencies to publish the names of all those who receive travel support together with a list of the relevant meeting(s) for which the support was given and which were attended by the support recipient. The motion unanimously passed by voice vote Avri Doria committed to transmitting the motion to ICANN staff. Item 10. Status Updates Denise Michel noted that the summary of the Board meeting held on 11 December 2008 was posted at: 10.2 Policy Items 10.3 Working Groups 10.4 GNSO "Improvements" 10.4.2 Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Update Chuck Gomes mentioned that an invitation will be forthcoming that will cover both the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) requesting participants to join one of five initial working teams being established. Links will be provided to draft charters for the work teams. The invitation will be posted on the ICANN website, the GNSO website and distributed to the At-Large Advisory Committee and the Government Advisory committee, as well as the constituencies. The GNSO Council Chair provided the ICANN Board with a Status report on GNSO Improvements and restructuring activities. 10.6 . IDNccTLD Implementation Plan 10.7 Variance between Council Recommendations and New gTLD Implementation plan Avri Doria suggested creating a wiki page as a repository for Council comments. see: Calendar |