_______________________________________________Dear all,Please find following the final agenda of the GNSO Council 11 Dec meeting, followed by my Summary Report on Matters of Interest. You can also find all the information at this link under the relevant tabs. Happy to answer any questions received to this email ahead of, or during the next ALAC Monthly meeting on 16 Dec 2025.GNSO Council Meeting held on 11 December 2025 (updated 3 Dec, and again on 9 Dec)
Full Agenda | Documents | Motions
Item 1: Administrative Matters
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects Action List
2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List and Action Item List
Item 3: Consent Agenda
Confirm GNSO Empowered Community Representative
Jennifer Chung, GNSO Vice Chair
Confirm Standing Selection Committee (“SSC”) Members and Leadership
Chair: Julf Helsingius
Vice-Chair: Vivek Goyal
Confirm Standing Predictability Implementation Review (“SPIRT”) Leadership
Chair: Jeff Neuman
Vice-Chairs: Cheryl Langdon-Orr and 1 other to be determined
GNSO Review of the GAC Communiqué
Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for DNS Abuse
Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee Findings Report
Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Preparation for 2026 Strategic Planning Session (SPS)
Item 7: Any Other Business
7.1 - SPS Logistics
7.2 - WSIS+20 developments and the upcoming meetings in New York
Summary Report to the ALAC on GNSO Council Meeting #12 held on 11 December 2025
For brevity, I will just highlight outcomes on key issues here. You may get more information under the Matters of Interest and/or Meeting Records tabs.
1. Consent Agenda
SPIRT Leadership Team for 2025-2027 confirmed with Jeff Neuman as first term chair, and Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Segunfunmi Olajide as first term vice-chairs.
2. DNS Abuse
Council had been contemplating initiating 2 (new) PDPs on DNS Abuse Mitigation, since requesting a Preliminary Issue Report on DNS Abuse in August 2025. Post consideration of public comments received and subsequent Council discussions on the Final Issue Report on DNS Abuse Mitigation, and in order to not delay next steps, Council voted affirmatively (though not unanimously) on a compromise motion which, in effect:
Initiates 2 PDPs on DNS Abuse Mitigation on -
PDP 1: Associated Domain Checks: A framework requiring registrars to proactively investigate domains linked to malicious actors, particularly in cases of high-volume domain registrations used for DNS Abuse campaigns; and
PDP 2: Safeguards for Application Programming Interface (API) access to new customers: A proactive approach that seeks to introduce friction for new customer accounts, prior to gaining access to high volume registration tools until trust is established
PDP 1 is expected to begin as soon as its Charter is settled; Council also formed a Charter Drafting Team for PDP 1 which is meeting over the week of 15 December to recommend an update to the PDP 1 Charter – the portions still in contention being:
To ensure consensus in charter questions amongst charter drafting team on human rights impact, registrant protection (and public interest)
PDP working group model: Representative+Open vs Representative-only, and allocation of Representative Seats
PDP 2 Charter will be developed further at a later date.
3. Registration Data Request Service (RDRS)
Council voted to accept the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee’s updated Findings Report as input for progressing next steps on the RDRS.
Thanks for reading / considering.On Tue, 9 Dec 2025 at 20:03, Justine Chew <justine.chew.icann@gmail.com> wrote:Dear all,
I am happy to inform that - after my DNS Abuse update at last week's CPWG Call - the Council Vote on item 4 Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for DNS Abuse refers to the Final Issue Report which recommends an a Representative plus Open Model for DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1 on Associated Domain Checks, where all ACs, SGs and Cs would be invited to nominate an equal number of Members (i.e. 2 each) while accepting other Participants who may be from a GNSO SG/C or SO/AC, or may be self-appointed and derive from within the ICANN or broader community, as well as Observers.
However, I should also note that there may be a delay in settling the Charter for DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1, as Council is still being asked to contemplate adjustments to the same. I will provide a more concrete update after Council meets on Thursday, 11 Dec.
Further to this, AOB item 7.2 - WSIS+20 developments and the upcoming meetings in New York, has been added to the agenda.On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 at 01:30, Justine Chew <justine.chew.icann@gmail.com> wrote:Dear all,
Please be informed that the agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting of December 2025, is as follows:GNSO Council Meeting held on 11 December 2025
Full Agenda | Documents | Motions
Item 1: Administrative Matters
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects Action List
2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List and Action Item List
Item 3: Consent Agenda
Confirm GNSO Empowered Community Representative
Confirm Standing Selection Committee (“SSC”) Members and Leadership
Confirm Standing Predictability Implementation Review (“SPIRT”) Leadership
GNSO Review of the GAC Communiqué
Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for DNS Abuse
Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee Findings Report
Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Preparation for 2026 Strategic Planning Session (SPS)
Item 7: Any Other Business
7.1 - SPS Logistics
For more details on the marked agenda items, please visit this link and click on 'Matters of Interest'
This Council meeting will take place on 11 December 2025 at 21:00 UTC for 2 hours and is open to observers remotely in listen-only mode via this Zoom link
Thanks for reading / considering.
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