[council] GNSO Council Vote, ITU Resolution ballot 01

["DNSO SECRETARIAT" <DNSO.SECRETARIAT@dnso.org>]

[To: council@dnso.org]

Dear Council Member,

As agreed upon during the last GNSO Council teleconference, January 16, 2003
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030116.GNSOteleconf-minutes2.html

You have received a ballot to vote on the resolution proposed by Marilyn
Cade, seconded by Philip Sheppard as set out below:

Proposed GNSO Council resolution 2003.

WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, as the newly launched Council of the Generic
Names Supporting Organization, (hereinafter “the Council”):
§	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,
§	commits itself to collaborative work with that Supporting Organization on
policy issues of mutual concern including the stability of the Internet;
§	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.


From Rules of Procedure for the DNSO Names Council/GNSO Council
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020418.NCprocedures-v7.0.html

The procedure requires 14 days for a vote and needs to be validated at the
next GNSO Council meeting February 20, 2003

The time for this GNSO Council vote is:

Starting Tuesday, 04 February 2003, 14:00 Paris time (13:00 UTC)
Ending Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 14:00 Paris time (13:00 UTC)
or when all 18 ballots from the GNSO Council have been received, whatever
occurs first.

Results to be published no later than 19 February 2003.
Results will be ratified at the GNSO Council meeting on February 20, 2003.

Voters are reminded that under the Council procedures an Abstain
is a vote against and a reason should be provided to the Council
for the need to abstain (such as a strong conflict of interest,
rather than just don't care about the result) as opposed to
voting yes or no.

Please return your ballot to the address on the ballot.

Please contact DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org
if you do not receive a ballot or if an e-mail vote will be difficult for
you in the time period mentioned above.

Thank you very much.
GNSO Secretariat