Dear All:
Hope this email finds you well.
Here is my report about the last council meeting #211 held in Istanbul on November 14th. 2024.
You can see the full AGENDA and draft resolutions here.
In the last part, I am also including information on some of the sessions during ICANN81, with links to all the recordings included.
7. Working Groups and Committees written updates – will be send and uploaded to wiki space shortly
10. Approval Action Fundamental Bylaw
Timing of Approval Action Decision by Council.
The Board has passed a resolution on November 10th. to amend a Fundamental Bylaw. This triggers the approval action process, which by mutual agreement has been expedited by agreeing to a community forum during ICANN81.
This also resulted in a need for the ccNSO to take a decision to approve, object or abstain by mid-December. If no decision, the ccNSO will be considered to have abstained.
You can find below the last ccNSO repository for Bylaw changes:
ccNSO repository for Bylaw changes - Version November 11th. 2024
11. Update Chair, Vice-Chairs, Councillors, RO’s and Secretariat
Chair update SO/AC Roundtable
Roundtable:
12. ccNSO Membership application ccTLD Manager .bd (Bangladesh),
The ccNSO received an application for membership from the ccTLD Manager for .bd (Bangladesh) the Posts and Telecommunications Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. No administrative issues showed.
Decision
The ccNSO Council approves the membership of the ccTLD Manager of .bd (Bangladesh) and welcomes the Posts and Telecommunications Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh as member of the ccNSO. The chair of the Council is requested to welcome the new member accordingly.
The ccNSO Secretariat confirms that the application details are those of the ccTLD Manager as specified in the IANA Database
13. Approval generic invite letter
To assist some ccTLD Managers to become members of the ccNSO, the ccNSO Council has contemplated drafting a generic letter of invitation for the ccTLD Managers, who may need such a letter. The draft was circulated to Council for review. The final version (13 November) is submitted for approval.
Decision
The ccNSO Council approves the generic invitation letter to become a member of the ccNSO. The secretariat is requested to post the letter to make it downloadable after this resolution becomes effective. The secretariat is requested to post this resolution as soon as possible.
14. Extension of the duration of the PGA WG – Policy Gap Analysis Working Group
The WG has completed part of this work, but still needs to explore gaps that have not emerged in practical terms. The WG therefore seeks to extend its mandate to ICANN83, allowing it to present its results in Seattle and present its recommendations in Prague.
According to its charter the WG had to be introduced by ICANN81, in order to address them and related methods. The WG has completed part of this work, but still needs to explore gaps that have not emerged in practical terms. The WG therefore seeks to extend its mandate to ICANN83, allowing it to present its results in Seattle and present its recommendations in Prague.
After ICANN82 and Until ICANN83: explore other gaps
Decision
The ccNSO Council extends the mandate of the Policy Gap Analysis working group up and until ICANN83, with expectation that the chair of the working group provides regular updates to the Council regularly.
15. Appointment members WG and chair/ vice chairs
The following members were approved:
a. Appointment Andreas Musielak as chair and Irina Danelia as vice-chair of the SOPC
b. Appointment of Régis Massé as chair and Nicklas Pousette as vice-chair of the TLD-Ops Standing Committee.
c. Appointment Jennifer Lopez (.pa) Chair of the OMC
d. Appointment Sophie Mitchell (.au) to SOPC
e. Appointment of Pensri Arunwatanamongkol (.th) and Mourad Melleti (.tn) as members of the UAC
f. Appointment Nicky Lisse as member of the OMC
g. Appointment Souleymane Oumtanaga (.ci) as member to DASC
16. Call for Volunteers/Expression of Interest
The following call for volunteers will be relaunched:
a. ccNSO Liaison to the ALAC
For discussion: relaunch the call for expression of interest to serve as liaison to the ALAC
b. Two ccNSO appointees to Excellence Award selection panel
For decision
c. Call for volunteers SOPC
For decision
d. Call for volunteers GRC
The ccNSO Council request the secretariat to launch:
● A call for expression of interest by 26 November and close by 10 December 2024 to serve as ccNSO liaison to the ALAC
● A call for expression of interest by 26 November and close by 10 December 2024 to serve on the Excellence Award selection panel ccNSO Council
● A call for volunteers for the SOPC as soon as possible, and in coordination with the chair and vice-chair of the SOPC.
● A call for volunteers for the ccNSO GRC as soon as possible, and in coordination with the chair and vice-chair of the GRC.
The secretariat is requested to post this resolution as soon as feasible. This resolution becomes effective upon publication.
18. Progress Board nomination process
New Item: Publish progress voting by members on Board seat 12 nomination
For decision:
The ccNSO GRC was tasked to test the ccNSO continuous improvement framework as adopted by Council in March 2024. The area for testing this framework was the ccNSO members voting process. As the Board nomination process was expedited, including the members vote, and taking into account the outcomes of the in-person and virtual world cafes, the GRC suggests two interventions to improve the upcoming voting process:
As the second intervention changes the manner in which the ccNSO conducts its voting, and there is no time to update the relevant guideline, the GRC suggests that the Council approves this intervention prior to the start of the voting. The Board nomination voting is envisioned to start on 4 February 2025.
The publication will look like the following:
ccTLD - IDN ccTLD - Territory or Country - Region - Voted
.ae - United Arab Emirates - AP - pending
.af - Afghanistan - AP - pending
.al - Albania - EU – pending
To avoid any confusion, how was voted by the ccTLD Manager(s) from a territory remains to be confidential. It is the expectation of the GRC that as a result the number of emissaries of the ccTLD Managers will increase, and therefore result in a higher level of participation in the ccNSO voting process.
Progress of process to date
In line with the relevant guidelines and the timeline agreed upon by the ccNSO Council, an election will be held. The election will begin on 4 February 2025 (00:01 UTC), following the completion of due diligence and an opportunity for ccNSO members to interact with the candidates.
Update timeline (change date of Q&A)
For decision:
At the request of one of the candidates the Q&A requested to re-schedule the virtual Q&A with the Board Seat 12 candidates. As this requires a change of the Council approved timeline, the Council will need to approve such a change. In preparing this proposal the secretariat consulted the other candidate who expressed no objection. The suggested new date is 4 February 2025 at 14.00 UTC, the day the voting starts, and to avoid collusion with the seasonal break in the southern hemisphere.
19. Next steps review ccNSO Financial Contributions Guideline
According to the ccNSO Financial Guideline that was adopted in November 2013, the Guideline needs to be reviewed (required every 5 years). The first review was undertaken in November 2018, resulting in an improvement of the invoicing process. The second review was introduced at ICANN81. The chair of the former Finance WG focused on the historical background and core principles of the Guideline, ICANN’s
CFO on the underlying value exchange model and related monetary model, and the ccTLD Manager with largest annual contribution to ICANN (.NL) raised the topic of the discrepancy between the aggregate level of financial contributions by the ccTLDs and the total amount the ccTLD community considered reasonable to contribute.
Based on these introductions, it was suggested that the review should be conducted by a working group in close collaboration and assisted by ICANN Finance, in line with the manner in which the Finance WG was working. It was also suggested that this group would inform and consult the ccTLD community during the next ICANN82 and make recommendations to the community and Council by ICANN83.
To make this possible the following actions are suggested:
23. Next Council Meetings
12 December 2024 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 212
16 January 2025 | 18:00 UTC, Meeting 213
13 February 2025 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 214
INTERESTING SESSIONS DURING ICANN81
DASC – DNS Abuse Standing Committee
The DASC Survey’s results were presented to ALAC
I am attaching the presentation in this email. If you want to know more information, please contact me and I will be happy to provide it.
I would like to mention that I spoke with Nick Webham-Smith who is the chair of the DASC group to work on making repository public for ALAC Community
Engaging with the Global Digital Compact (GDC): key insights for ccTLDs in the WSIS+20 Process
This session was organised by the ccNSO IGLC, to review the community engagement with the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and identify takeaways for ccTLDs in the WSIS+20 process, thus empowering ccTLDs globally to navigate and influence the global digital governance landscape effectively.
Session chair: Annaliese Williams (.au)
Panellists: Manal Ismail (Egypt IDN), Jorge Cancio (GAC CH), Peter Koch (.de),
Yuri Takamatsu (.jp), Demi Getschko (.br)
Recording available:
ccTLD News part 1
Session chair: Yuri Takamatsu (.jp)
If you would like to listen the recordings to any of these presentations, please click on the link below:
ccTLD News part 2
During this session, de new .CO was launched by Thiago Dal-Toe from .co
Session chair: Guðrun Poulsen (.fo)
If you would like to listen the recordings to any of these presentations, please click on the link below:
Any questions or additional information, please let me know.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Laura Margolis