Dear all, Please find below, the re-updated Agenda for the GNSO Council 10 July 2025 meeting, followed by my Summary Report on Matters of Interest. You can also find these at this link <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/WIDYDw> under the relevant tabs. I'd be happy to answer and questions on this thread or during the next ALAC Monthly Call on 22 July. *GNSO Council Meeting #7 of 2025 held on 10 July 2025 (agenda updated again) <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/WIDYDw>* *Full Agenda* <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/KKafBg>* | * *Documents* <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/4KefBg>* | * *Motions* <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/PKifBg> - *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 <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project> and Action Item List <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg> - Item 3: Consent Agenda - Confirmation of the GNSO-appointed Member for the Universal Acceptance (UA) Expert Working Group (EWG) - GNSO Council Review of GAC Communiqué - *Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Council Next Steps Regarding ICANN Reviews* - *Item 5: COUNCIL BRIEFING - Second IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFR2) Draft Report* - *Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE - Privacy Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Implementation Work* - *Item 7: COUNCIL UPDATE - GNSO Council Small Team on Accuracy Draft Report* - *Item 8: COUNCIL UPDATE - GNSO Council Small Team on DNS Abuse* - Item 9: Any Other Business - 9.1 - ccNSO Council Update - 9.2 - Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Effectiveness Review Deferral - 9.3 - Celebration of Greg DiBiase, Outgoing GNSO Chair *Summary to the ALAC on GNSO Council Meeting #7 of 2025 held on 10 July 2025* For brevity, I will just highlight a few things here. For some of the issues, you can glean a wider perspective from GNSO Council July 2025 Matters of Interest and/or from GNSO Council July 2025 Meeting Records. 1. *Future of Reviews* - Council declined to support the ALAC’s Petition for an Empowered Community Reconsideration Request <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/alac-to-eca-19jun25-en....> and instead prefers the potential path being discussed by SOAC leadership (i.e. a Bylaws amendment to the Board that would amend the Bylaws to allow for a one-time review of all Reviews currently required by the Bylaws and to suspend the conduct of all Reviews until this exercise is completed, with the explicit safeguard of a time frame for completion, absent which the current Reviews obligations come back fully into force). - Council also decided that a motion confirming GNSO’s position be deferred pending more information on the potential path. 2. *Registration Data Accuracy (RDA)* - Council’s Accuracy Small Team has worked on: - Examining the current timeline for validation and verification of registration data under the 2024 Registrar Accreditation Agreement - Assembling a diverse and representative group of interested stakeholders who could work together on producing clear and user-friendly registrant educational materials related to the importance of accurate registration data - Further work on a previously-approved Whois2 Review Team recommendation (CC.1) related to the inclusion of a notation in the RDDS record that the domain name is suspended due to incorrect data - Council received an update on 4 recommendations <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/351535105/20...> being developed, which are expected to be voted on in its August meeting. 3. *DNS Abuse* - Council’s DNS Abuse Small Team has been working on: - Its Assignment Form <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/assignment-form...> which includes the review and analysis of DNS Abuse mitigation efforts across the broader ICANN ecosystem, the impact of the RA and RAA amendments, the INFERMAL study, as well as other data sources. - On concluding that there are indeed gaps remaining, then cataloguing the issues. In developing that catalogue of issues, the small team also solicited input from SG/C/SO/ACs. (see At-Large Input to GNSO Council DNS Abuse Small Team (prioritization) <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/370246404/20...> (16 July 2025)) - A Request for an Issues Report. - Council received an update on the progress of the small team’s work and are expected to vote on the Request for an Issues Report in its August meeting. 4. *Privacy Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) Implementation* - The PPSAI Implementation Review Team (PPSAI IRT) re-convened by ICANN org in June 2024, has been refining a set of overarching threshold questions that require input to move forward on implementation of the 21 policy recommendations from the Final Report <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_48305/ppsai-final-07dec...> that was approved by the ICANN Board back in August 2016. Work had been paused due to overlapping issues around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), data processing, and the Temporary Specification <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registration-data-specs-en/#temp-...> . - The threshold questions currently under discussion are: - 1. Are there any policy questions or items the IRT already wants to bring to the GNSO Council for guidance? - 2. Implementation Model: Accreditation Program or Alternative Implementation: - (a) Can an implementation model without a new standalone accreditation program remain consistent with the policy recommendations? - 3. Disclosure Frameworks (Intellectual Property and Law Enforcement). - (a) Are there specific areas to revisit under new law/policy? - (b) Can these frameworks be aligned with existing work on the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS), Registration Data Policy, and other existing procedures and remain consistent with the policy recommendations? - Council expects discussions on these threshold questions to be formally presented in August 2025 whereupon Council will determine what approach to take to review these or to provide the guidance to the PPSAI threshold questions. - There after in September, draft responses to these questions is expected to be socialized with different groups, and in October, Council will discuss input received and finalize the responses to the IRT so that they can keep working considerations. 5. *Second IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFR2)* - Council received an update (slides <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/presentation/iana-nam...>) from Ashley Heineman and Peter Koch, IFR2 Co-Chairs, on the IFR2 draft report <https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/internet-assigned-numbers-authority-iana-...> which contained findings and recommendations in three key areas: - Presence of specific Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) policy details in the IANA Naming Function Contract - Transparency and availability of Contract amendments - Frequency of reviews - After considering public comment received and making adjustments as appropriate, the IFR2 team is working to reach consensus on its Final Report. - Council is expected to vote on the Final Report during the August Council meeting. Thanks for reading / considering Justine Chew ALAC Liaison to the GNSO GNSO Liaison Report Workspace <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/fG7xBQ?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNDI1Yj...>