October 2023 - Ccnso-council

Appointment ccNSO Council Chair and Vice-Chairs
by Bart Boswinkel March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

17 March 2022 Appointment ccNSO Council Chair and Vice-Chairs Dear John, At its meeting on 10 March 2022 and ion accordance with the temporary election procedure adopted on 24 February 2022, the ccNSO Council appointed Alejandra Reynoso (.gt) as Jordan Carter (.nz) and Adebiyi Oladipo (.ng) as Vice-Chairs. The Chair and Vice-Chairs have been appointed to serve until the end of the ccNSO Council during ICANN76. On behalf of the ccNSO Council, Bart Boswinkel ccNSO Secretariat

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Council Decision: ccNSO Council Statement as input public comment second ToR pilot Holistic Review
by Bart Boswinkel Nov. 20, 2023

Nov. 20, 2023

Dear all, As indicated in yesterday’s email on ICANN’s public comment forum on the second version of the Terms of Reference for the pilot Holistic Pilot has opened (https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/pilot-holistic-review-re…) As next step you are asked to decide whether to initiate the ccNSO Council Statement process ( see section 3 and 4 in https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_47783/guidelines-stat… ). Under the assumption you have no objection, I want to suggest that the drafting team of statement on first ToR, will again prepare the draft. Members were: Tatiana, Irina, Alejandra, Chris, Jordan, Pablo Sean and Stephen. Decision – The ccNSO Council initiates the ccNSO Council Statement as provided in the relevant Guideline (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_47783/guidelines-stat…) to provide input on the second draft Terms of Reference for the pilot Holistic Review. Closing date of comment period is 27 November 2023. If you have any questions or object please respond to this email by Thursday 5 October 2023. @ Tatiana, Irina, Alejandra, Chris, Jordan, Pablo Sean and Stephen, please confirm if you would be willing interested to participate in drafting team, assuming no objections to initiate the process. @ Other Councillors: if you volunteer, please reply to this email as well. Kind regards, Bart

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Reminder: we seek your feedback regarding the ICANN78 ccNSO Members Meeting
by Joke Braeken Oct. 31, 2023

Oct. 31, 2023

Dear All, This is a reminder that the ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC) seeks your input and feedback regarding the ICANN78 ccNSO Members Meeting. Which sessions were particularly interesting to you? What can we do better? Which topics would you like to see addressed at the ICANN79 Community Forum? Your input is valuable in helping us shaping future ccNSO Members Meetings. How to provide your feedback? Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ICANN78ccNSOMM The online survey will be open until Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 23:59 UTC Thank you for participating! Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> ICANN78: Links to bookmark now ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/doDxDg ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/K4LxDg

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NOTES | ICANN78 Council Meeting 199 | 26 October 2023
by Joke Braeken Oct. 26, 2023

Oct. 26, 2023

NOTES | ICANN78 Council Meeting 199 1. Welcome and roll call Wiki: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=228788172 Meeting is quorate Administrative matters 2. Relevant Correspondence (https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/statements.htm) a. Information ICANN staff to Chair of the ccNSO on various review related initiatives (see agenda items 20, 21 a and 21 b) We have received various requests for comments. See the related items on the agenda. 3. Minutes & Action Items 1. Minutes Meeting 198: circulated to Council 17 October 2023 The minutes have been circulated on 17 October. We have received no comments 2. Action items 198-01: As a Decisional Participant, the ccNSO Council to determine if a Community Forum should be requested. (Completed, see agenda item 16) 198-02: Secretariat to inform various ICANN org departments, which may be involved in implementation of a ccNSO developed policy, of this guideline (ccNSO Policy Implementation Assistance Program (CCPA)) (Completed) 198-03: Secretariat to publish resolution 198-02 (informing various ICANN org departments on the ccNSO Policy Implementation Assistance Program) as soon as possible. (Completed) 198-04: Secretariat to publish the quarterly monitor Portfolio of Activities on the ccNSO website (completed) 198-05: Secretariat to seek final sign-off on SOI/COI to be implemented after ICANN78 (Completed see agenda item 17) 198-06: Chair of the ccNSO to circulate questions to the Board by 11 October (Completed) 198-07: Secretariat to produce doc for Council assignments at ICANN78 to provide update at the Council meeting (Completed) 198-08: Liaison to GAC to follow up regarding virtual joint meeting (Ongoing) 198-09: Further discuss how ccNSO can better interact with gTLD registries, during the “roles and responsibilities” talks (completed, see agenda item 19) Alejandra: All actions are completed with exception of Action Item 198-08 is the only action time that is still open. This awaits further discussion between the GAC and the ccNSO teams. 4. Intermeeting Decisions (since meeting 197, July 2023) a. Decision to provide comment on second version Terms of Reference Holistic Review b. Appointment of Fikriye Gelgüç (.tr) & Burak Eren (.tr) as members of DASC. Alejandra: note that the drafters of the first comments will be asked to prep a comment over the next two weeks to meet the deadline. 5. Intermeeting decisions Triage Committee No additional decisions. Quarterly monitor has been published at: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-icann-acti… Updates 6. Update IDN ccPDP4 (written update) 7. Update ECA & CSC (written update - see also item 16 re ECA) 8. Update WGs (written updates or taken from the meeting) 1. IGLC 2. GRC 3. SOPC 4. OISC (no meetings pending Review, see item 10) 5. TLD-OPS 6. DASC 7. Technical WG 8. MPC 9. UAC [Universal Acceptance Committee] 10. IRP Panel selection 11. CCG WS 2 Implementation 12. Prioritization Framework group 9. Update liaisons (written updates) 1. Update ALAC Liaison 2. Update GNSO Liaison 3. Update UASG Liaison 10. Update OISC Review Nick: meeting on Sunday. The committee was created just before covid-times. Mandate: outreach. Bad luck, in terms of timing. the momentum of the committee did not get going. Did not meet since 18 months. We start lots of initiatives, if they fall short of the objectives, we should stop them. 2 alternative recommendations: work of activity and the ToR were reviewed. important and valuable parts of overall mission of the ccNSO. Either continue or re-constitute. We will bring the recommendations forward in due process. a lot of work of the ccNSO already involves capacity building and outreach. Overlap with the work of other committees. e.g. IGLC, DASC. Crowded space for outreach? Review Team to keep in mind. Pablo: thanks for the work done. opportunity to re-focus the objectives of the committee. Alejandra: looking forward regarding review results. timeline? Nick: need to check. latest, we expect our conclusion in start calendar year 2024 11. Update ccNSO Website redesign Stephen: next meeting soon Alejandra: up to us now to keep things moving forward. 12. Update Chair, Vice-Chairs, Councillors, RO’s and Secretariat Alejandra: * There was an SO/AC Chairs Roundtable, where Tripti, Sally and all the chairs shared our priorities for this meeting. * Laura Margolis has been appointed as ALAC liaison to the ccNSO. Jordan: appointed to the MAG, multistakeholder Advisory Group to IGF on behalf of Technical Community. Pablo: Next ICANN meeting is in Puerto Rico. We expect you there Administrative Matters & Decisions 13. Approval ccNSO membership IDN TLD ".ישראל" (xn--4dbrk0ce, .Israel in Hebrew) as member of the ccNSO. Move? Chris Second? Stephen question re resolution? None Astain or object? None Resolution approved. 14. Appointments to WG and Committees For decision a. Appointment Chair and Vice-Chair Universal Acceptance Committee, at nomination of the UAC: Abdalmonem Galila, chair and Regina Fuchsova, vice-chair b. Appointment Busayo Balogun (.ng) member of DASC c. Appointment of members IGLC: Javier Rua, Demi Getschko d. Appointment members SOPC: Olga Cavalli, Abdalmonem Galila, Eleanor Bradley Move? Nick Second? Ali Question regarding resolution? Chris: some have the ccTLD included in the resolution, some don’t. Please be consistent Javier: I am not associated directly with .pr and I am no longer a Councilor at the end of the AGM Pablo: Javier has the full support of the .pr registry to continue as a member of the IGLC Alejandra: yes, will add the ccTLDs in the final version Javier: abstain from decision Resolution is approved 15. Update Council Election and Board Nomination Process. For information · Update Board Nomination process · Update Council Election 16. Alert Approval Action Decision - Changes to IFR related Bylaws Articles 18 & 19 are FundamentL Bylaw changes Alejandra: see Approval Community Forum later today. The ccNSO Council is expected to take a decision whether to support, object or abstain from the proposed Bylaw changes. Under the rules for a Fundamental Bylaw change, at least 3 Decisional Participants need to support the change, whilst only one may object to the change. 17. Progress Implementation SoI/CoI Kim: internal process completed. (inaudible) pending council approval. We developed scripting for WG/C chairs. Ready to go as of 1 November For discussion and Decision, if needed (effective after 7 days of publication of the resolutions) 18. Outcomes from ccNSO sessions at ICANN78 (next steps) a. Update ad-hoc Council group: ccTLD caretaker and other policy matters Next steps, taking into account the results from the workshop and IANA update session. Jordan: We had a closed council workshop on sunday. 3 elements: * consolidation policies * identifying gaps in current policies * how to address unidentified issues Confirmation small team (notes missing regarding potential new additions) b. Registrant Capacity building (if needed) Biyi: what is the ICANN registrant capacity team doing and how does it relate to ccTLDs? ccTLDs have their own policies, and how they relate to registrants is different. What part of what ICANN is doing needs to be adopted/adapted. Good conversation to have. good engagement during the session. Proposal to have those that contributed to the session continue the conversation and take it forward. Alejandra: anybody that thinks we should not continue with this work? none. ok c. Corporate Social Responsibility (if needed) Molehe: session held on 24 October. Sharing experiences across the regions. Good presentations. Notable moments by those ccTLDs presenting. We need to continue monitoring. the approach aligned with the work done by IGLC. Proposal is to add this as a standing item to agenda of ccnso at icann meetings, as a standing item in terms of engagement. Javier: Very good session. Presentation by .be regarding sustainability. Aligned with other conversations elsewhere in the community, even at ICANNorg level. New CEO goal (goal 8): ICANN’s view of its environmental impact. avangarde conversations in ccNSO on CSR. Alejandra: let’s see if the community wishes to continue to discuss. 19. Review & adoption ccNSO external and review of Council Roles & Responsibilities appointees a. ccNSO External Appointments for adoption Alejandra: As part of reviewing the roles and responsibilities of ccNSO appointees to other groups, and as part of the succession planning process agreed upon in Cancun, a small team of Councillors has reviewed the roles of the ccNSO appointees to external groups (as Liaison or otherwise). The Council has been regularly updated. The latest changes are adding the description to RZERC and RSS CWG. Goal is to approve the overview during the ICANN78 Council meeting. Move? notes missing Second? notes missing no questions Abstain or object? none Resolution adopted b. Review and update, if necessary, Council roles & responsibilities. Background - It was agreed during meeting 198 to further discuss the need for exchange of liaisons with the GNSO registry Stakeholder Group. Depending on the way Council intends to organise this (either as a role at the level of Council, or through non-Councillors) the role(s) will be listed in the overview of roles and responsibilities of Councillors or as an external appointment. In addition check whether the current roles and responsibilities of Councillors needs to be adjusted. Alejandra: * liaisons per topic? e.g. abuse * general liaison? we agreed during the workshop that this was a good idea. any volunteers? Chris: i started having a chat with the leadership. good to have a chat with their and our leadership teams to discuss how to do that Alejandra: ok 20. Requested input and guidance ccNSO on WS 2 Accountability recommendation 2.3 David: I have been working on the WS2 coordination group. Community-wide framework on raising certain issues. Good faith, related to board member removal. The group asked to raise this with our communities. We pushed this off to January or later this year. standardised framework to raise issues to the ECA Best way to address this: council looks at the questions. GRC to discuss. Alejandra: GRC to look into this. if you agree, i will inform ICANN org David: spoke with staff support. They understood we would not be responding immediately, but will take it up in due course. 21. Review and feed-back on ICANN proposal to retire recommendations from reviews and proposal to establish a cross community group. At the latest SO/AC chair roundtable, the chairs of the SOs/ACs were requested to provide feedback from their respective communities on a proposed procedure to retire Board adopted recommendations from Reviews, which after certain passing of time have not been implemented. The second proposal is the creation of CCG to develop a continuous improvement framework as suggested by ATRT3. Alejandra: concern that this forum is being used to gather input from the community. it complicated the process. a. ICANN proposal to retire review recommendations b. ICANN proposal to establish a cross community group continuous improvement Sean: Open Space Technology as a good methodology. Maybe even PDPs would benefit from an open space session at the beginning. Irina: the proposals require detailed investigation. proposal “a” looks reasonable. proposal “b”: i do not agree with all 4 tasks mentioned. Alejandra: David, what is your view? Seen your experience in CCWG? David: this group is the first cross-community coordination group. it has been deliberate, and somewhat slow. Good, but also thanks to excellent staff support. there are various interests represented by all SO/ACs. takes time. Reasonable approach. but our challenge these days is prioritisation. Move? Tatiana Second? Jenifer Abstain: Sean (as it is a GRC matter) resolution adopted. 22. RSS GWG | Request for comments for “Governance Principles for the Root Server System” The ccNSO appointed members of the Root Server System Working Group (Luis Diego Espinoza and Peter Koch) have requested feedback and guidance of Council which they could relate to the Working group on the Governance Principles for the Root Server System” Peter: I am one of the 2 appointees to the RSS WG. Group to design the future structure of the RSS. Group came up with principles. Those are the guard rails for the working group in future. RSS WG seeks input from the respective SO/ACs. Luis to add additional comments in writing, if he wishes to do so. This is an informal consultation. Not a public comment. I seek Councils’ guidance on how to move forward. Happy to also set up a follow-up meeting, potentially with community members my recommendation would be to go ahead. However, it is important to review the proposals before you decide Jiankang: this is very important work. suggests for the appointees to have a bi-monthly report about the activities to council and/or community. Peter: request for more regular updates. the meetings are open to all. interim documents are accessible. understanding that an update is different from that. long debates and discussions which resulted in the principles. preference to first think about the principles before we move to further updates Chris: deadline for comments? Peter: not a formal consultation. need to check the deadline. Alejandra: any concerns? anything that requires closer attention? Peter: this is about accountability and future decision-making. no specific concerns regarding any one of those principles Irina: question to Peter. important work to progress further. how about presenting it to the overal ccTLD community? does it make sense in the future? Peter: good question. RSS GWG will engage in future too. progress is slow. avoid having a session every time will cause the process to move very slow. We need to sync timings for such sessions. but we need your feedback sooner. Alejandra: request to Peter and Luis to confirm deadline for feedback. 23. ICANN Leadership Program (LP) 2024 The ccNSO Council is requested and has the opportunity to nominate two candidates for ICANN’s leadership program. The program will be held on 29 February – 1 March 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, just before the ICANN79 Public Meeting. The deadline for nomination is Wednesday, 15 November 2023. To date the ccNSO Council selected two persons (in general one Councillor and one non-councillor who serves in a leadership position with a working group or committee Biyi: selection of 1 councillor and 1 member in leadership position makes a difference. Community facilitators. bringing perspective of the ccTLDs. we should continue that way. Alejandra: deadline is 15 November. biyi, jordan and Alejandra to come up with a proposal, which will be presented to full council. ensures we meet the deadline Stephen: Board Action mentioned in Public Form. we need to keep an eye out for this 24. AOB 25. Thank You’s & Welcome 26. Next Council Meetings a. Meeting 200, 16 November – 12:00 UTC b. Meeting 201, 21 December – 21:00 UTC 27. Adjourn Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> ICANN78: Links to bookmark now ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/doDxDg ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/K4LxDg

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ccNSO Anniversary Beanie - Hall G 1
by Kimberly Carlson Oct. 26, 2023

Oct. 26, 2023

Hello, If you are onsite, please stop by Hall G 1 and pick up your ccNSO 20-year anniversary beanie (or two). Thank you, Kim

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ICANN78 Has Now Ended. What Went Well? What Should Be Improved? We Seek Your Feedback!
by Joke Braeken Oct. 26, 2023

Oct. 26, 2023

Dear All, We hope ICANN78 was a good meeting for you, whether you participated in person or remotely. The ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC) seeks your input and feedback regarding the ICANN78 ccNSO Members Meeting. Which sessions were particularly interesting to you? What can we do better? Which topics would you like to see addressed at the ICANN79 Community Forum? Your input is valuable in helping us shaping future ccNSO Members Meetings. How to provide your feedback? Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ICANN78ccNSOMM The online survey will be open until Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 23:59 UTC Thank you for participating! Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> ICANN78: Links to bookmark now ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/doDxDg ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/K4LxDg

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Wednesday: ccNSO-related sessions at ICANN78
by Kimberly Carlson Oct. 25, 2023

Oct. 25, 2023

Dear all, Here today’s ccNSO-related sessions: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 * ccTLD News<https://sched.co/1T4Lv>* | 10:30-12:00 (8:30 UTC) (block 2) – (ccNSO room) * DASC (repository & tools/measurements)<https://sched.co/1T4Lu>* | 13:30-15:30 (11:30UTC) (ccNSO room) * Registrant capacity building<https://sched.co/1T4Lx>* | 16:00-17:30 (14:00 UTC) (ccNSO room) * TLD Ops<https://sched.co/1T4ND> | 16:00-17:30 (14:00 UTC) – HALL D The ICANN78 Annual General Meeting full schedule: https://icann78.sched.com ccNSO-related sessions (agendas, background materials, etc. can also be found here): https://community.icann.org/x/doDxDg

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Tuesday: ccNSO-related sessions at ICANN78
by Kimberly Carlson Oct. 24, 2023

Oct. 24, 2023

Dear all, Here today’s ccNSO-related sessions: Tuesday, 24 October 2023 * Welcome and PTI Update<https://sched.co/1T4Lj>* | 8:30-9:30 (6:30 UTC) (block 1) (please note early start time) * ccNSO & ICANN Board<https://sched.co/1T4Hz>* | 10:00-11:00 (8:00 UTC) * ccTLDs corporate social responsibility<https://sched.co/1T4Li>* | 11:30-12:30 (9:30 UTC) * WSIS+20<https://sched.co/1T4Lm>* | 13:30-14:30, 15:00-15:30 (11:30 UTC) * ccNSO: 20 years of the ccNSO (looking ahead) <https://sched.co/1T4Lo> | 15:30-17:30 – IN-PERSON ONLY – **Networking Event** registration has been sent The ICANN78 Annual General Meeting full schedule: https://icann78.sched.com ccNSO-related sessions (agendas, background materials, etc. can also be found here): https://community.icann.org/x/doDxDg

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Agenda and draft Resolutions Meeting 199
by Bart Boswinkel Oct. 23, 2023

Oct. 23, 2023

Dear all, Please find included the agenda and draft resolutions, Kind regards, Bart ---------- Agenda and draft Resolutions ccNSO Council Meeting 199 26 October 2023, 11:15 UTC 1. Welcome and roll call Administrative matters 1. Relevant Correspondence (https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/statements.htm) * Information ICANN staff to Chair of the ccNSO on various review related initiatives (see agenda items 20, 21 a and 21 b) 1. Minutes & Action Items * Minutes Meeting 198: circulated to Council 17 October 2023 * Action items 198-01: As a Decisional Participant, the ccNSO Council to determine if a Community Forum should be requested. (Completed, see agenda item 16) 198-02: Secretariat to inform various ICANN org departments, which may be involved in implementation of a ccNSO developed policy, of this guideline (ccNSO Policy Implementation Assistance Program (CCPA)) (Completed) 198-03: Secretariat to publish resolution 198-02 (informing various ICANN org departments on the ccNSO Policy Implementation Assistance Program) as soon as possible. (Completed) 198-04: Secretariat to publish the quarterly monitor Portfolio of Activities on the ccNSO website (completed) 198-05: Secretariat to seek final sign-off on SOI/COI to be implemented after ICANN78 (Completed see agenda item 17) 198-06: Chair of the ccNSO to circulate questions to the Board by 11 October (Completed) 198-07: Secretariat to produce doc for Council assignments at ICANN78 to provide update at the Council meeting (Completed) 198-08: Liaison to GAC to follow up regarding virtual joint meeting (Ongoing) 198-09: Further discuss how ccNSO can better interact with gTLD registries, during the “roles and responsibilities” talks (completed, see agenda item 19) 1. Intermeeting Decisions (since meeting 197, July 2023) * Decision to provide comment on second version Terms of Reference Holistic Review * Appointment of Fikriye Gelgüç (.tr) & Burak Eren (.tr) as members of DASC. 1. Intermeeting decisions Triage Committee No additional decisions. Quarterly monitor has been published at: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-icann-acti… Updates 1. Update IDN ccPDP4 (written update) 1. Update ECA & CSC (written update - see also item 16 re ECA) 1. Update WGs (written updates or taken from the meeting) * IGLC * GRC * SOPC * OISC (no meetings pending Review, see item 10) * TLD-OPS * DASC * Technical WG * MPC * UAC [Universal Acceptance Committee] * IRP Panel selection * CCG WS 2 Implementation * Prioritization Framework group 1. Update liaisons (written updates) * Update ALAC Liaison * Update GNSO Liaison * Update UASG Liaison 1. Update OISC Review Informational 1. Update ccNSO Website redesign Informational 1. Update Chair, Vice-Chairs, Councillors, RO’s and Secretariat Administrative Matters & Decisions 1. Approval ccNSO membership IDN TLD ".ישראל" (xn--4dbrk0ce, .Israel in Hebrew) as member of the ccNSO. Draft Resolution Decision The ccNSO approves the membership of the Israel Internet Association, the ccTLD Manager for the IDN TLD ".ישראל" (xn--4dbrk0ce, .Israel in Hebrew) and welcomes the Israel Internet Association as member 177 of the ccNSO. This resolution becomes effective upon publication 1. Appointments to WG and Committees For decision * Appointment Chair and Vice-Chair Universal Acceptance Committee, at nomination of the UAC: Abdalmonem Galila, chair and Regina Fuchsova, vice-chair * Appointment Busayo Balogun (.ng) member of DASC * Appointment of members IGLC: Javier Rua and Demi Getschko * Appointment members SOPC: Olga Cavalli, Abdalmonem Galila, Eleanor Bradley Draft Resolution Decision - At the nomination of the ccNSO Universal Acceptance Committee, the ccNSO Council appoints Abdalmonem Galila as chair and Regina Fuchsova as vice-chair of the ccNSO UAC, and thank both for volunteering in these leadership positions. The ccNSO Council appoints Busayo Balogun (.ng) as member of DNS Abuse Standing Committee, Demi Getschko (.br) and Javier Rua (related to .pr) as member of the ccNSO Internet Governance Liaison Committee starting at the end of ICANN78, and Eleanor Bradley, Olga Cavalli & Abdalmonem Galila as members of the ccNSO Strategic and Operating Plan Committee. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to publish this resolution as soon as possible and inform the various appointees and the relevant committees. This resolution becomes effective upon publication. . 1. Update Council Election and Board Nomination Process. For information * Update Board Nomination process * Update Council Election 1. Alert Approval Action Decision - Changes to IFR related Bylaws Articles 18 & 19 are FundamentL Bylaw changes The ccNSO Council is expected to take a decision whether to support, object or abstain from the proposed Bylaw changes. Under the rules for a Fundamental Bylaw change, at least 3 Decisional Participants need to support the change, whilst only one may object to the change. 1. Progress Implementation SoI/CoI Informational For discussion and Decision, if needed 1. Outcomes from ccNSO sessions at ICANN 78 (next steps) This is a new section on the agenda during an ICANN meeting. Goal is to allow the Council to review outcomes of sessions, and confirm additional actions either by the Council or organisers of the session or other action item. * Update ad-hoc Council group: ccTLD caretaker and other policy matters Next steps, taking into account the results from the workshop and IANA update session. * Registrant Capacity building (if needed) * Corporate Social Responsibility (if needed) 1. Review & adoption ccNSO external and review of Council Roles & Responsibilities appointees * ccNSO External Appointments for adoption For information, discussion & Decision Draft Resolution Background - as part of the succession planning process agreed upon in Cancun, a small team of Councillors has reviewed the roles of the ccNSO appointees to external groups (as Liaison or otherwise). The Council was informed about progress on a regular basis. With latest iterations, the overview of appointees per 2023 is completed and skills and requirements are documented. The latest version of the overview was sent to Council on 19 October 2023. is completed. Decision - The ccNSO Council adopts the ccNSO overview of external appointees, including the description of skills and requirements. The ccNSO Council group who prepared the overview is requested to continue its succession planning work and report on its progress by ICANN79. The ccNSO Council appoints Pablo Rodriguez as ccNSO appointee on the ICANN Fellowship Selection Committee, replacing Stephen Deerhake, and for the duration of Stephen’s term. The ccNSO secretariat is requested to publish the updated overview as soon as possible and publish it as well as this resolution. This resolution becomes effective upon its publication. * Review and update, if necessary, Council roles & responsibilities. Background - It was agreed during meeting 198 to further discuss the need for exchange of liaisons with the GNSO registry Stakeholder Group. Depending on the way Council intends to organise this (either as a role at the level of Council, or through non-Councillors) the role(s) will be listed in the overview of roles and responsibilities of Councillors or as an external appointment. In addition check whether the current roles and responsibilities of Councillors needs to be adjusted. For discussion. 1. Requested input and guidance ccNSO on WS 2 Accountability recommendation 2.3 The Cross-Community Group on implementation of WS 2 Accountability recommendations requests input from ccNSO with respect to Recommendations for Guidelines for Standards of Conduct Presumed to be in Good Faith Associated with Exercising Removal of Individual ICANN Board Directors”. Some topics/WS2 recommendations may benefit from a uniform, community-wide approach. Rec. 2.3 appears to be one such topic.Review of and feed-back on ICANN proposals to retire review recommendations and establish a cross community group for development of a cross-community continuous improvement framework. WIth respect to recommendation 3, the CG requests input on following questions: 1. How does the ccNSO approach this recommendation, does the ccNSO intend to implement this good practice recommendation or not? Please note that implementation of this recommendation will require coordination within the CCG per the initial proposal. 2. Should the WS2 CCG discuss these recommendations immediately or should the group wait until each relevant AC and SO completes the WS2 Rec 2.1 and 2.2? 3. If the CCG thinks that this recommendation should be handled elsewhere, please include your suggestions.. 1. Review and feed-back on ICANN proposal to retire recommendations from reviews and proposal to establish a cross community group. At the latest SO/AC chair roundtable, the chairs of the SOs/ACs were requested to provide fed-back from their respective communities on a proposed procedure to retire Board adopted recommendations from Reviews, which after certain passing of time have not been implemented. The second proposal is the creation of CCG to develop a continuous improvement framework as suggested by ATRT3. * ICANN proposal to retire review recommendations * ICANN proposal to establish a cross community group continuous improvement Draft Resolution The ccNSO Council requests the ccNSO Guideline Review Committee to review as soon as possible the ICANN proposals pertaining to retiring review recommendations and to establish a cross community group continuous improvement. The ccNSO Council requests its chair to inform ICANN that the GRC is reviewing the proposals, and relevant staff will receive feed-back from the GRC directly. The secretariat is requested to publish this resolution as soon as possible. This resolution becomes effective upon publication. 1. RSS GWG | Request for comments for “Governance Principles for the Root Server System” The ccNSO appointed members of the Root Server System Working Group (Luis Diego Espinoza and Peter Koch) have requested feedback and guidance of Council which they could relate to the Working group on the Governance Principles for the Root Server System”. 1. ICANN Leadership Program (LP) 2024 The ccNSO Council is requested and has the opportunity to nominate two candidates for ICANN’s leadership program. The program will be held on 29 February – 1 March 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, just before the ICANN79 Public Meeting. The deadline for nomination is Wednesday, 15 November 2023. To date the ccNSO Council selected two persons (in general one Councillor and one non-councillor who serves in a leadership position with a working group or committee 1. AOB 1. Thank You’s & Welcome 1. Next Council Meetings * Meeting 200, 16 November – 12:00 UTC * Meeting 201, 21 December – 21:00 UTC 1. Adjourn

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Board seat 12: due diligence verifications completed
by Joke Braeken Oct. 23, 2023

Oct. 23, 2023

Dear Council members, dear Katrina, This is to inform you that the due diligence verifications regarding Katrina’s candidacy for Board seat 12 have been concluded, and no red flags were raised. Katrina will participate in a Q&A session with the ccNSO members and ccTLD community on Thursday morning at ICANN78. The election will start 7 November (00:01 UTC) and will end 28 November 2023 (23:59 UTC) Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> ICANN78: Links to bookmark now ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/doDxDg ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/K4LxDg

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