Hello all, The notes, recordings and transcripts for the ST18 Meeting #4 - 23 November will be available here: https://community.icann.org/x/ZsFYAw A copy of the notes may be found below. Thank you. Kind regards, Brenda Notes These high-level notes are designed to help you navigate through content of the call and do not substitute in any way the transcript. 4th and last call of the ST18 sub-group - Mathew Weill chairing. MW - Task of the group is to report to the CCWG with options wrt ST18 discussion for inclusion in the 3rd draft report of the CCWG which is to be published on November 30th Currently the two options are: - The European GAC Member's proposal which is a clarification of the Denmark/Finn Petersen proposal - The text that was published in the 2nd draft of the CCWG. There were several variations/amendments on these published over the weekend from Brett Schaeffer, Phil Corwin and others. Discussion of the requirement for a clear rationale for a GAC recommendation. MW - Rationale requirement is generally agreed. Clarity should similarly be a requirement. Discussion of the ST-18 European a GAC member's proposal BSchaefer,RMeijer, SDelBianco,TRickert, JCancio, PIvoSilva, T Rickert alternate proposal: The advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters shall be duly taken into account, both in the formulation and adoption of policies. In the event that the ICANN Board determines to take an action that is not consistent with the Governmental Advisory Committee advice, it shall so inform the Committee and state the reasons why it decided not to follow that advice. Any Governmental Advisory Committee advice, which enjoys broad support of Governmental Advisory Committee members in the absence of significant objection, may only be rejected by a majority vote of the Board. In this case, the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution. Temperature check for Euro GAC proposal = 9 for, 7 against Temperature check for the alternate TRickert proposal above 10 support, 3 against MW - Results of discussions will be presented to the CCWG. Propose to present to the CCWG the original 2nd Draft poroposal language, the European GAC proposal and the TRickert proposal to demonstrate progress. 2/3 to object from the Board was seen as an issue. Documents * DOC: <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56148326/ST%2018%20European... osal.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1448286527000&api=v2> ST 18 European GAC Members Proposal.docx | PDF: <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56148326/ST%2018%20European... osal.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1448286550000&api=v2> ST 18 European GAC Members Proposal.pdf * DOC: <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56148326/Thomas%20Rickert.d... ionDate=1448292052000&api=v2> Thomas Rickert Proposal | PDF: <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56148326/Thomas%20Rickert.p... onDate=1448292070000&api=v2> Thomas Rickert Proposal