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Thursday 13 March | ccNSO Related Sessions at ICANN82!
by Claudia Ruiz March 13, 2025

March 13, 2025

Hello, Welcome to the last day of ICANN82! Thursday, 13 March 2025 * ccNSO Council Meeting <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpgm/ccnso-council-meeting> * | 13:15 – 14:30 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) Hope to see you there! Claudia Ruiz

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Share Your Feedback on the ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN82: Help Shape Future ccNSO Meetings
by Joke Braeken March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

Dear All, We hope the ICANN82 ccNSO Members Meeting was a rewarding experience for you, whether you joined us in person or remotely. The ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee (MPC) values your input and is seeking feedback on this ccNSO Members Meeting. Which sessions did you find particularly engaging? How can we improve? What topics would you like to see addressed at the ICANN83 Policy Forum? Your feedback is crucial in shaping future ccNSO Members Meetings. How to provide your feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WJDNQFN The survey will be open until Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 23:59 UTC. Thank you for sharing your insights! Best regards. Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Read more about the ccNSO at ICANN82: https://bit.ly/4h4E8Ot

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Agenda and draft Resolutions
by Bart Boswinkel March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

Dear all, Please find included the latest version of the agenda and draft resolution. Also included are the results of your assignment of roles and responsibilities. Kind regards, Bart -------- ccNSO Council meeting 215 Thursday 13 March 2025 ICANN82 Background and supporting documents * Council workspace for this meeting: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/-4slBg * ccNSO correspondence: statements and responses: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/statements.htm Agenda ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 1. Relevant Correspondence No relevant correspondence 2. Minutes & Action Items * Minutes Meeting 214: not yet circulated * Action Items (preliminary, as taken from the meeting notes. Pending distribution and approval meeting minutes) ● Action item 214-01 (ongoing) GRC to prepare a draft response to the request for comments on the Proposed Updates to the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews. ● Action item 214-02 (ongoing) Secretariat and Peter Koch to draft input for Council’s discussion and consideration, regarding input for the work by the RSS GWG. 3. Intermeeting Decisions (since meeting 214, February 2025) * Adoption Board Seat 12 Nomination Report and formal nomination by Council of Byron Holland to Board Seat 12 4. Intermeeting Decisions Triage Committee None UPDATES 5. Update ECA, IFRT & CSC (from the ICANN82 sessions) CSC: Need for alternate to replace Nicklas Pousette for remainder of term (until 1 October 2015) Suggested action item: Chair and secretariat to propose alternate for formal appointment by the Council 6. Update Working Groups (from the ICANN82 sessions) * ccPDP3-Review Mechanism - Dormant * ccPDP4-IDN - Dormant * DASC * FIN2 WG * GRC * IGLC * MPC * OMC * PGA WG * SOPC * Tech WG * TLD-OPS SC * Triage Committee * UAC * CIP-CCG * Planning Prioritization Process group * RZERC * RSS GWG * ICANN How We Meet Group 7. Update Liaisons (written updates) Written updates - if any - are published on the wiki space for this meeting. * Update ccNSO Liaison to ALAC * Update ccNSO Liaison to GNSO Council * Update ccNSO Liaison to UASG 8. Update ccNSO Website redesign No meeting since Council meeting 214 9. Progress Board Consideration ccPDP4-IDN and ccPDP3-RM Update taken from the meeting 10. Update Chair, Vice-chairs, Councillors, Regional Organisations and Secretariat * pre-ICANN82 SO/AC Round Table * Update Councillors from various sessions they attended during ICANN82 1. Update Council 360 Review Suggestion to extend deadline Draft Resolution Background According to the ccNSO Council 360 feedback process (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-council-36…) the review process should be open two-weeks, and at least 10 Councillors should have responded during this period. During the first 2025 process, which ran from Tuesday 11 February 2025 to 3 March 2025, only 6 Councillors responded, and hence the quorum was not met. Decision The ccNSO Council extends the 360 review process until 21 March 2023. The results will be shared with the Councillors. The results will be shared with the individual Councillors starting 25 March 2025. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS & DECISIONS 12. Roles and Responsibilities Councillors According to the Guideline: ccNSO Council Roles and Responsibilities (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibi…) the ccNSO Council elects is chair and vice-chairs annually, at the first ICANN meeting of the calendar year. The chair will be elected first and the vice-chairs selected afterwards. The section of the meeting where the Chair gets elected shall be chaired by Vice-Chair who is not standing for chair. According to the Guideline the chair and vice-chairs need to be from different ICANN regions. Chair election After nomination and secondment, a candidate has to accept her/his nomination. If only one candidate stands, the Councillors will appoint the candidate by a public vote. If two or more candidates have accepted the nomination, the Councillors will elect the Chair by a secret vote. Vice-Chair elections To be nominated as vice-chairs the following procedural requirements are relevant: The candidates should not be from the same ICANN regions nor from the Chair’s ICANN Geographic region, Has been nominated and seconded, and has accepted her/his nomination. If there are as many valid candidates as there are open Vice-chair seats and each candidate is from a different ICANN Geographic Region, the Vice-chairs will be appointed by a public vote. * Election of the ccNSO Council Chair The ccNSO Council is expected to elect its chair from its members at this meeting. Draft Resolution Decision In accordance with the procedure to select its chair and vice-chairs, as included in the <https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibi…> Guideline ccNSO Roles and Responsibilities<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibi…> adopted on 26 February 2018, [insert name] was duly nominated and seconded as candidate Chair of the ccNSO, and accepted her /his nomination and the ccNSO Council elects [insert name] to serve as its Chair starting at the end of the ICANN82 until the end of ICANN85. The secretariat is requested to inform the ICANN secretary accordingly and post an announcement on the ccNSO Website. This resolution becomes effective upon publication. * Election of the ccNSO Council vice-chairs The ccNSO Council is expected to elect its vice- chairs from its members at this meeting. Draft Resolution Decision In accordance with the procedure to select its chair and vice-chairs, as included in the <https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibi…> Guideline ccNSO Roles and Responsibilities<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibi…> adopted on 26 February 2018, [insert names] were duly nominated and seconded, and accepted their nominations. It is noted that the Chair, and Vice-Chairs are all residing in different ICANN regions. The ccNSO Council elects [insert names ] to serve as its Vice-Chairs starting at the end of the ICANN82 meeting until the end of the ICANN85 meeting. The secretariat is requested to inform the ICANN secretary accordingly and post an announcement on the ccNSO Website. This resolution becomes effective upon publication. * Adoption of Assignment of roles and responsibilities of Council members By adopting the overview of roles and responsibilities of Councillors, individual Councillors are appointed to the various committees and liaison roles. The overview was provided on 12 March 2025. Draft Resolution Decision The ccNSO Council adopts the March 2025 overview of roles and responsibilities and their assignment to Councillors, including those of the Council Chair and Vice-Chair as decided under a. and b. above. The secretariat is requested to publish this resolution and the overview on the ccNSO website as soon as possible. This resolution becomes effective upon publication. 13. Blueprint Review Process ccNSO Working Groups and Committees Draft Resolution Background After the successful conclusion (January 2025) of the review of the DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC), the Council requested the chair of the Council and chair of the GRC to document the method that was used to review the effectiveness and efficiency of the DASC. The intention was that the method will be used to review the purpose, effectiveness and efficiency of other ccNSO Committees and long standing working groups, which are subject to a regular review. According to their charters/ terms of reference, the following committees will need to be reviewed over time: ● Meeting Program Committee (MPC), once every 3 years, starting November 2022 ● Internet Governance Liaison Committee (IGLC), once every 2 years, starting March 2023 ● Universal Acceptance Committee (UAC), every 2 years, starting July 2023 ● Strategic and Operational Planning Standing Committee (SOPC), once every 3 years, starting August 2022 ● Guideline Review Committee (GRC), once every 2 years, starting February 2022 ● TLD-Opc Steering Committee, once every 2 years, starting July 2017 ● Technical Working Group, once every 3 years, starting July 2022 Decision The ccNSO Council adopts the Template/ Blueprint for review. The ccNSO Chair and secretariat are requested to develop a schedule and timeline for review of the various groups, after consulting the various committees and taking into account the workload to conduct a review and need for a review. The schedule and timeline are expected by meeting 216. This would allow the Council to launch a review well before the Prague meeting (ICANN83). The secretariat is requested to publish this resolution as soon as possible. This resolution becomes effective 7 days after publication. The chair is requested to inform the various working groups as soon as possible after the resolution becomes effective. 14. Adoption Election Time Special European region selection and appointment Council election process manager Draft Resolution Background In February, Nicklas Pousette, the Councillor-elect, from the European Region announced that he will not start his term on the ccNSO Council starting at the end of ICANN83 (13 March 2025). To fill this anticipated vacancy as soon as possible, the Council will launch an extraordinary European Region selection process, and therefore has to adopt a timeline and appoint the Selection process manager. The proposed timeline was circulated separately. The main dates are: ● Nomination period: 26 March - 22 April ● Election, if needed: 30 April - 21 May 2025 ● Announcement 23 May 2025 In addition the Council needs to appoint the Election Process Manager Decision The ccNSO Council adopts the proposed timeline for the extraordinary ccNSO Council European election. The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken, ccNSO secretariat, as Election Process Manager. The secretariat is requested to publish this resolution as soon as possible. The decision becomes effective upon publication. 15. Appointment members or chairs/vice chairs to committees and working groups, if any Draft Resolution Decision The following persons are appointed: ● Alishah Shariff to the IGLC ● Others, may be added? The secretariat is requested to inform the appointees and chairs of the committees accordingly. The secretariat is also requested to publish this resolution as soon as feasible. This resolution becomes effective upon publication. SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS & DECISIONS 16. Update “How we meet” process and next steps For discussion 17. Update Pilot Holistic Review and CIP and next steps For discussion Any action required by the Council? 18. Any Other Business (AOB) 19. Next Council Meetings * 17 April 2025 | 21:00 UTC, Meeting 216 * 15 May 2025 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 217 * 12 June 2025 | time TBC, Meeting 218 (ICANN83) * 17 July 2025 | 18:00 UTC, Meeting 219 * 21 August 2025 | 12:00 UTC (Meeting 220) * 18 September 2025 | 21:00 UTC (Meeting 221) * 30 October 2025 | time TBC, Meeting 222 (ICANN84) * 20 November 2025 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 223 * 18 December 2025 | 18:00 UTC, Meeting 224 20. Thank you and Adjourn

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Wednesday 12 March | ccNSO Related Sessions at ICANN82!
by Claudia Ruiz March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

Hello, Welcome to Day 5 of ICANN82! Consult the ICANN82 ccNSO Session Highlights, it contains the document which outlines the ccNSO schedule for ICANN82, including session dates, times, and locations, along with agenda details: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/Rk12Bg Wednesday, 12 March 2025 * Joint session: ccNSO & GAC <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpbD/joint-meeting-gac-and-ccnso> * | 10:30 – 12:00 | Rm Columbia C/D (GAC) * DASC Committee Session <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcW/ccnso-dns-abuse-standing-committee-se…> * | 13:15 – 14:30 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * ccNSO Session with ccTLD Related Board Members <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcc/ccnso-session-with-cctld-related-boar…> * | 15:00 – 16:00 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * ccNSO: Exploring Drivers for UA Readiness <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcZ/ccnso-exploring-drivers-for-ua-readin…> * | 16:30 – 17:30 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) Hope to see you there! Claudia Ruiz

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Tuesday 11 March | ccNSO Related Sessions at ICANN82!
by Claudia Ruiz March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025

Hello, Welcome to Day 4 of ICANN82! Consult the ICANN82 ccNSO Session Highlights, it contains the document which outlines the ccNSO schedule for ICANN82, including session dates, times, and locations, along with agenda details: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/Rk12Bg Tuesday, 11 March 2025 * ccNSO Welcome Session <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcE/ccnso-welcome-session> * | 9:00 – 10:00 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * ccTLD News <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcH/ccnso-members-meeting-cctld-news-sess…> * | 10:30 – 12:00 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * ccNSO WG Updates & Community Insights <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcJ/ccnso-working-group-updates-and-commu…> *| 13:15 – 14:30 Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * ccTLD Financial Contributions <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcP/ccnso-cctld-financial-contributions-s…> *| 15:00 – 16:00 Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * PGA WG Update WG Update Session <https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpcS/ccnso-policy-gap-analysis-working-gro…> *| 16:30 – 17:30 Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * ccNSO Networking cocktail | 18:30 – 21:00 IN-PERSON ONLY – **EMAIL CONFIRMATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THOSE ON THE LIST** PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL NOT BE LET IN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A STICKER, DETAILS HAVE BEEN EMAILED Hope to see you there! Claudia Ruiz

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Monday 10 March | ccNSO Related Sessions at ICANN82!
by Claudia Ruiz March 10, 2025

March 10, 2025

Hello, Welcome to Tech Day and Day 3 of ICANN82!! Monday, 10 March 2025 * Welcome Ceremony * | block 1 * Tech Day ( 1 of 3)<https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpc2/tech-day-1-of-3> |10:45 - 12:00 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * Tech Day ( 2 of 3)<https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpc5/tech-day-2-of-3> | 13:15 - 14:30 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) * Tech Day ( 3 of 3)<https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpc8/tech-day-3-of-3> | 15:00 - 16:00 | Rm Columbia A (ccNSO) Hope to see you there! Claudia Ruiz

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Draft Agenda and background materail
by Bart Boswinkel March 10, 2025

March 10, 2025

Dear all, Please find included the drafter and background material: * Template to organize reviews * Suggested timeline Special ccNSO Council election European region. Kind regards, Bart --------- Agenda ccNSO Council meeting 215 Thursday, 13 February 2025, at ICANN82 Background and supporting documents * Council workspace for this meeting: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/-4slBg * ccNSO correspondence: statements and responses: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/statements.htm Agenda 1. Welcome and roll call * Establish whether meeting is Quorate * Update Statement of Interest ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 2. Relevant Correspondence No relevant correspondence 3. Minutes & Action Items * Minutes Meeting 214: not yet circulated due to ICANN82 prep * Action Items (preliminary, as taken from the meeting notes. Pending distribution and approval meeting minutes) * Action item 214-01 (ongoing) GRC to prepare a draft response to the request for comments on the Proposed Updates to the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews. * Action item 214-02 (ongoing) Secretariat and Peter Koch to draft input for Council’s discussion and consideration, regarding input for the work by the RSS GWG. 4. Intermeeting Decisions (since meeting 214, February 2025) * Adoption Board Seat 12 Nomination Report and formal nomination by Council of Byron Holland to Board Seat 12 5. Intermeeting Decisions Triage Committee None UPDATES 6. Update ECA, IFRT & CSC (from the ICANN82 sessions) CSC: Call for alternate to replace Nicklas Pousette 7. Update Working Groups (from the ICANN82 sessions) * ccPDP3-Review Mechanism - Dormant * ccPDP4-IDN - Dormant * DASC * FIN2 WG * GRC * IGLC * MPC * OMC * PGA WG * SOPC * Tech WG * TLD-OPS SC * Triage Committee * UAC * CIP-CCG * Planning Prioritization Process group * RZERC * RSS GWG * ICANN How We Meet Group 8. Update Liaisons (written updates) Written updates - if any - are published on the wiki space for this meeting. * Update ccNSO Liaison to ALAC * Update ccNSO Liaison to GNSO Council * Update ccNSO Liaison to UASG 9. Update ccNSO Website redesign 10. Progress Board Consideration ccPDP4-IDN and ccPDP3-RM 11. Update Chair, Vice-chairs, Councillors, Regional Organisations and Secretariat * pre-ICANN82 SO/AC Round Table * Update Councillors from various sessions they attended during ICANN82 1. Update Council 360 Review Suggestion to extend deadline 13. Update Reviews a. Continuous Improvement (CI) Framework * Progress Pilot Holistic Review (PHR) * Proposed Updates to the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS & DECISIONS 14. Roles and Responsibilities Councillors * Election of the ccNSO Council Chair * Election of the ccNSO Council vice-chairs * Adoption of Assignment of roles and responsibilities of Council members 15. Blueprint Review Process ccNSO Working Groups and Committees 16. Adoption Election Time Special European region selection and appointment Council election process manager 17. Appointment members and chairs/vice chairs to committees and working groups, if any SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS & DECISIONS 18. Update “How we meet” process and next steps 19. Update Pilot Holistic Review and CIP and next steps 20. Any Other Business (AOB) 21. Next Council Meetings * 17 April 2025 | 21:00 UTC, Meeting 216 * 15 May 2025 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 217 * 12 June 2025 | time TBC, Meeting 218 (ICANN83) * 17 July 2025 | 18:00 UTC, Meeting 219 * 21 August 2025 | 12:00 UTC (Meeting 220) * 18 September 2025 | 21:00 UTC (Meeting 221) * 30 October 2025 | time TBC, Meeting 222 (ICANN84) * 20 November 2025 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 223 * 18 December 2025 | 18:00 UTC, Meeting 224 22. Thank you, Welcome and Adjourn

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NOTES ICANN82 | Council Prep (Roles and Responsibilities)
by Joke Braeken March 9, 2025

March 9, 2025

NOTES ICANN82 | Council Prep 09:00-10:00 local | starts 16:00 UTC Room 702 | https://sched.co/1vpXQ Welcome by Alejandra. Please all join the zoom room. Today: * review the roles and responsibilities * Chair and vice chair election process 2024 overview of R&R >>> Triage * Wafa (requirement NomCom Councillor: 1 year experience, and 1 additional year to go) * Pablo * Chris * Jordan * Jenifer Next meeting of the triage: * Chair to be nominated by the Group * Discussion workshops. Might change the role of the Triage committee meeting as oversight committee >>> OISC references to be deleted >>> Travel Fund * Jaijit * Peter * Jenifer >>> Membership application oversight * Ali (TBC. Biyi to ask) >>> liaisons to GNSO Council, ALAC * No changes needed >>> agenda liaison to GAC * Sean continues >>> approval action manager * Sean >>> rejection action petition & approval action RC * Sean * Molehe * Jordan * Pablo * Chris >>> onboarding selection committee To be deleted CSC Selection committee * Molehe * Jaijit to shadow * Jiankang * Peter * Jenifer * Pablo * Olga Peter: discussion on the selection process Bart: this committee has a different role. Due to the charter and the bylaws, the ccNSO Council and RySG need to coordinate the appointment. After council made its appointment. The committee also needs to appoint the full slate of membership. Administrative roles, instead of full council. The selection of the members is a full council decision. No role for the committee. >>> PDP oversight committee On a need basis >>> Liaisons to WG * UAC: Ai-Chin * DASC: Chris * GRC: Sean * IGLC: Everton * MPC: Everton * SOPC: Biyi * Tech WG: Stephen * TLD-OPS: Ali (TBC. Biyi contacted) * ccPDP: not needed * OMC: Jenifer * Fin2 WG: Alejandra * PGA: Jordan External appointments: * CIP-CCG (no meeting since Council meeting 212) * Planning Prioritization Process group (no meeting since Council meeting 212) * RZERC * RSS GWG * ICANN How We Meet Group Bart explains the chair/vice chair election process Regional diversity Chair and vice chairs form 3 different regions Chair selected first If there are candidates from the same region for vice chair, sub-selection from the region first If there are 2 or more candidates: secret ballot. Otherwise by acclimation. Formal nominations and secondments at the council meeting on Thursday. Alejandra I am willing to continue as chair. Biyi and Jordan happy to continue as Vice Chairs Block 2: no remote participation Room 702 at 10:30 local. Joke Braeken joke.braeken(a)icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Read more about the ccNSO at ICANN82: https://bit.ly/4h4E8Ot

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Council Prep: Roles & Responsibilities
by Claudia Ruiz March 9, 2025

March 9, 2025

Dear all, Here is the link for the first block : https://icann.zoom.us/j/94615688854?pwd=Yd6FXDWNNSP732X2Lz8BZ7mb0WUKWg.1 Thank you

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YOU ARE INVITED! ccNSO Cocktail at ICANN82 in Seattle - Hosted by .US!
by Claudia Ruiz March 9, 2025

March 9, 2025

The wait is over—we’re excited to announce that the ccNSO Cocktail Hosted by .US will be at The Nest Rooftop Bar & Lounge at Thompson Seattle, by Hyatt! 📍 Location: The Nest Rooftop Bar & Lounge<https://www.thenestseattle.com/location/the-nest-seattle/>, 110 Stewart St, Seattle, WA 98101 📅 Date: Tuesday, March 11 ⏰ Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm ( 0.4 miles Northeast from the official ICANN82 hotel the Hyatt Regency – 10 minute walk ) Join us for an evening of delicious bites, handcrafted cocktails, and great conversation in a relaxed setting. Whether you’re here to expand your network, swap stories, or just enjoy some well-earned downtime, this is the place to be. To enter the venue you must have a sticker on your badge. Please come find Susie Johnson or Claudia Ruiz on Monday or Tuesday in the ccNSO Room Columbia A. We will be in the ccNSO room all day on both days, please get your stickers early. ***A Huge thank you to .US for organizing and hosting this event***

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