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.

Approval of agenda

Summary of last meetings

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


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"):


• 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.
   



Transfers [40 mins]

• receive Transfers Implementation Committee report
  http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030130.TransfersImpFinalReport_v5.html
  
• receive update from Transfers Task Force
  
• discussion on updates
  
• vote to approve any revisions to the Transfers Recommendations
  
• vote to approve forwarding Transfer Task Force report incorporating the Transfers Implementation Committee report to the ICANN Board
  

WHOIS [50 mins]

• receive WHOIS Implementation Committee report
  http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030130.WHOISImpFinalReport_v4.html
  
• receive update from WHOIS Task Force
  
• discussion on updates
  
• vote to approve proposed WHOIS Recommendations
  
• vote to approve forwarding WHOIS Task Force report incorporating the WHOIS Implementation Committee report to the ICANN Board
  

Budget report [15 mins]

• - receive report from Roger Cochetti
  
• - 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.
  

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

• 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
    
• 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)
  
• 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.
  

Any other business

Agenda topics for next meeting (25 March 2003)

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