Dear all,
In addition, please find included the GNSO liaison update and the update from Annebeth Lange, the ccNSO appointed co-chair on WT 5 of the GNSO PDP subsequent procedures,
Kind regards,
Bart
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Update WT 5 ( Annebeth)
From: Annebeth Lange
Subject: [Ext] Reporting from the first teleconference call in WT 5
Hi Katrina
Yesterday, 15th November, we had the kick-off conference call for WT 5 – Treatment of geographical names as TLDs. Attendance: 73 participants on the Adobe, 8 observers, 2 on audio.
Agenda:
The interest for this group is huge. Up till now 130 people from different stakeholdergroups have signed up as participants; 58 as observers; still rising.
The 4 co-leaders, Martin Sutton (GNSO), Olga Cavalli (GAC), Christopher Wilkinson (ALAC) and me, Annebeth Lange (ccNSO) have decided to share the chairing of the meetings, but that we will be 2 each time. Yesterday Martin and I led the meeting.
We ran through the background for this work, what had been done before, what was included etc. Likewise, we discussed how to engage, how to behave etc.
The leadership team is working to finalize a draft on Terms of Reference (TOR) to be sent out to the members for comment. Since we come from different stakeholdergroups, we do not agree that we should use the GNSO TOR as they are, but adjust them to this special situation.
The timeline was presented. Even if we start later than the other work tracks in the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP, our goal is to converge with WT 1 – 4 later in 2018, if at all possible. The other work tracks deal with a lot of issues, while we have a single issue – geographical names. Personally, I doubt that this will be possible, but we will see how it develops.
We thereafter covered the work plan and meeting scheduling. We consider using a risk-based approach. Since the approach used by the CCWG did not lead to a result, we thought it sensible to try another option. There were different meanings about this among the participants, so nothing is decided yet. Depending on comments from the WT5 members, it may be appropriate to ask members to think about the different risks we are trying to prevent for using geographic terms at the top level.
The meeting schedule proposed is b-weekly but the frequency may increase as work plans are formalised. Rotation of calls will support inclusivity but we may want to get feedback from the members on these times, based on the geographic composition of members to ensure we have good attendance. We will try out with 20.00 UTC, 05.00 UTC and 14.00 UTC.
We suggested that those who wanted it could have a “buddy support” from more experienced members.
Next teleconference call is planned for 29th November 05.00 UTC. The TOR will be sent out asap do receive comments from the participants, so that this could be discussed and finaliazed in this meeting.
Kind regards,
Annebeth
From: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@icann.org>
Date: Monday 4 December 2017 at 14:41
To: "ccnso-council@icann.org" <ccnso-council@icann.org>
Subject: [ccnso-council] Documents upcoming Council
Dear all,
Please find included background material for the upcoming Council meeting.
Material for the special section will be send in a separate email.
In addition, and as you will have noted, according to item 6 on the agenda, Appointment members Ethos Award Committee,
the ccNSO is requested to appoint two members to this committee. As Nigel will need to be replaced because he has served two terms, could at least one of you consider to become a member ( assuming Margarita will be so kind to stay on, please confirm)
Kind regards,
Bart