Dear all,
Please find included the agenda and draft resolutions for the upcoming Council meeting # 220.
Kind regards,
Bart
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AGENDA & DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
ccNSO Council meeting 220
Thursday, 21 August 2025 | 12:00-13:30 UTC
Table of contents
https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/G4wlBg
Consult the
ccNSO SOI Guideline
Complete the SOI
template
Check the ccNSO
Statements of Interest
Circulated to the Council mailing list on 19 August 2025
The secretariat is requested to publish the adopted FY26-27 workplan
For the ongoing Board Seat 11 nomination process, the secretariat is requested to publish the resolution on adjustment of voting process, in the event of only one candidate.
The Guidelines Review Committee (GRC) is requested to consider formalizing Council voting periods, specifying clear opening and closing times for online votes.
The secretariat is requested to include approval of IFRT recommendations on the agenda for Council Meeting #220.
Regarding the appointment of the members to the various working groups and committees, the secretariat is requested to inform the respective working groups and enable the appointees to fulfil their role. The secretariat
is requested to publish this resolution as soon as possible on the ccNSO website.
The Secretariat is requested to circulate a note to the Council outlining the proposed ICANN Bylaw and CSC Charter changes. The note should cover:
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Provisions to accommodate alternates, including term limits, roles, and replacement procedures.
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Adjustments to the timing between consecutive CSC Effectiveness Reviews.
The purpose is to seek comments from Council members to inform the next iteration of the draft changes.
Chair to keep Councillors posted on progress development charter Review of Reviews and related matters.
The ccNSO Council Chair, together with Peter Koch and Luis Diego Espinoza (the ccNSO-appointed members of the RSSAC Governance Working Group), are tasked with preparing the joint session between the ccNSO and
RSSAC.
The Secretariat is requested to include, on Council Agenda Meeting 220, an item to vote on the ccNSO’s support for the proposed transfer of intellectual property
rights on IANA from the IETF Fund to the IETF IPMC.
No specific work items have been identified
Written updates - if any - are published on the wiki space for this meeting.
According to current planning, the website will go live in December 2025, depending on progress of developing new content for the new website.
Informational
Current status charter and (need for) Bylaw change.
Informational
Update on next steps
For discussion and adoption
Draft Resolution
Background
In December 2024, the ccNSO Council established a second Finance Working Group and tasked it with the following responsibilities:
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Review the 2013 value exchange model and related monetary model underpinning the current (2013) expected financial contribution to ICANN;
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Explore the discrepancy between the total contribution and expected contribution over time since 2013.
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Explore and suggest ways to address the discrepancy between total contributed amount and expected amount.
The working group reviewed the value exchange model and financial underpinning (cost model). Based on the review, the cost model (formerly the “monetary model”) has been updated and the total expected contribution
amount is USD $ 3.6 million (under the 2013 Guideline and first review it was:
USD $ 3.5 million)
The WG also reviewed both the principles and the band model of the current (2013) contribution guideline. The WG does not see a need for substantive changes, however a refinement of both the principles and the
contribution model is proposed.
To address the discrepancy between the total contributed amount and the expected contributions the WG suggests that, under the main principle of the voluntary nature of the financial contributions, a change in
models will not make a substantial difference in closing the discrepancy in the levels of contribution. However, based on the consultations and survey results, the WG believes that a more segmented and personalized approach by ICANN to the ccTLDs could make
a difference. In the view of the WG this approach should be based on the diverse characteristics of ccTLDs (such as size, operating environment, governance model, and budgeting cycles) and should emphasize both the value exchange between each ccTLD and ICANN
and the core values, such as the IANA Naming Function services, that are important to ccTLDs.
The WG submitted its final report to Council on 15 August 2025.
Decision
The ccNSO Council accepts the Final Report of the 2nd Finance Working Group and adopts the Principles and Banded Model contained in Annex A of the report. For avoidance of any misinterpretation the principles
and banded model are a tool to assist individual ccTLDs in determining their voluntary financial contribution to ICANN.
The chair of the ccNSO Council is requested to share the report with ICANN’s CEO and President, specifically the Principles and Banded Model in Annex A. The chair of the Council is also requested to suggest
to ICANN to use a segmented and personalized conversation regarding the voluntary financial contribution by ccTLDs as contemplated in the Final Report.
The secretariat is requested to replace the 2013 Guideline with the 2025 Principles and Banded Model, when this decision becomes effective.
The Council expresses its deep felt appreciation for the work of the working group members and ICANN staff in bringing this project to close in such a relatively short time frame and exemplary work.
This resolution becomes effective seven (7) days after publication of the resolution. The Working group is formally closed when this resolution becomes effective.
Deferred, the Final Report has not yet been published.
No decision in July, is deferred to meeting 220 until.
Draft Resolution
Background
The ccNSO Council is required to support the recommendations from the 2nd IFRT to make it to a Naming Function Contract Change:
Section 18.6 (b) of the
Bylaws reads that any recommendations by the IFR that would amend the IANA Naming Function Contract shall only become effective if:
(i) The IFR Recommendation has been approved by the vote of (A) a supermajority of the ccNSO Council (pursuant to the ccNSO's procedures or, if such procedures do not define a supermajority, two-thirds (2/3) of the ccNSO Council's members) and (B) a GNSO
Supermajority;”
The IFR2 will make the following recommendations that meet the above criteria (note: the
IFR2 draft report that was published for public comment in March-April 2025 also included these two recommendations and received no objections. The final report is now moving through the final consensus steps with the
IFR2).
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Recommendation 1: The IFRT2 recommends removing the policy details from the IANA Naming Function Contract (see Annex A, 4 (i) (1)).
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Recommendation 2: The IFRT2 recommends identifying and pointing to the appropriate policy authority for DNSSEC in the IANA Naming Function Contract (see Annex A, 4 (i)
(1)).
Decision
The ccNSO Council approves the recommended changes to the IANA Naming Function Contract as suggested by the IFRT2. The secretariat is requested to publish this resolution as soon as possible. The resolution
becomes effective seven (7) days after publication.
Support request for transfer of IANA Intellectual proprietary rights from IETF Trust to IETF Intellectual Property Management Corporation. The ccNSO appointee on the cross-community group overseeing and ensuring
accountability of use of Intellectual property rights, advises to support the transfer, which is a legal, technical change that in his view has no impact on the objectives behind the transfer and licensing of the IANA IPR.
Background material: Note Maarten Simon on Transfer of IANA IPR, circulated to Council in July 2025.
Draft Resolution
Background
As part of the IANA Stewardship Transition the IETF Trust assumed stewardship of the IANA IPR in September 2016. Its responsibilities included maintaining the IANA-related trademarks and domain names and licensing
them to the IANA functions operator (ICANN/PTI) under a set of agreements. In addition, and also as part of the Transition the Community Cooperation Group (CCG) was established to provide oversight and ensure accountability in the use of IANA Intellectual
assets. The CCG consists of 3 representatives from each of the 3 IANA customer groups (names, numbers, and protocols) and the ccNSO is one of the groups who appoints a representative of the naming group, Maarten Simon.
Recently the Council was informed that the IANA Intellectual proprietary rights will be transferred from IETF Trust to IETF Intellectual Property Management Corporation, pending the implementation of a series
of Bylaw amendments of the IPMC suggested by the CCG. Recently the IPMC agreed to implement the suggested amendments. The transfer of the Stewardship is first and foremost a legal technical change that has no impact on the objectives behind the licensing of
the IANA IPR. The ccNSO representative requested the Council to decide whether or not to support the transfer.
Decision
The ccNSO Council supports the transfer of the stewardship of the Intellectual Property Rights from the IETF Trust Fund to the IETF Intellectual Property Management Corporation as suggested. The secretariat
is requested to publish this decision as soon as possible. The decision becomes effective seven (7) days after publication. The secretariat is further requested to inform the ccNSO appointee on the CCG, upon publication of this resolution.
For discussion and decision
Draft Resolution
Decision
The ccNSO Council initiates the Council Statement process to provide comments on the initial report: "The Root Server System Governance Structure". The Council requests Peter Koch, and Luis Diego Espinoza,
the ccNSO appointed members to the RSS GWG, to advise the drafters of the submission. A draft statement is expected by the next Council meeting (meeting 221).The secretariat is requested to seek volunteers from Council, and start the drafting process as soon
as possible. This resolution becomes effective upon publication.
For discussion and decision
In March 2025, the Council adopted a schedule to review the various ccNSO Committees, starting with the MPC before the Prague meeting. Due to various circumstances this review did not start at the intended time.
Proposal is to re-schedule the reviews, including the review of MPC, starting now in September 2025. This also includes a call for volunteers (at least 3 Councillors).
The secretariat proposes to update the schedule, by moving all reviews up half a year:
Updates schedule reviews of committees
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Committee |
Start Date |
Planned closing date |
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MPC |
September 2025 |
January 2026 |
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IGLC |
January 2026 |
May 2026 |
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GRC |
September 2026 |
January 2027 |
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UAC |
January 2027 |
May 2027 |
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TLD-Ops |
September 2027 |
January 2028 |
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SOPC |
January 2028 |
May 2028 |
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Tech WG |
September 2028 |
January 2029 |
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OMC |
January 2029 |
May 2028 |
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DASC |
September 2029 |
January 2030 |
Draft Resolution
Background
In March 2025, the Council adopted a schedule to review the various ccNSO Committees, starting with the MPC before the Prague meeting. Due to various circumstances the MPC review did not start at the intended
time. The secretariat proposed an updated schedule, by moving all reviews up half a year.
Decision
The ccNSO Council adopts the updated schedule as proposed and requests the secretariat to publish the revised schedule. The secretariat is requested to seek volunteers for the MPC starting in September, including
at least 3 Councillors who have not participated in the MPC. The volunteers are to be appointed at the next Council meeting. The secretariat is also requested to update the ccNSO workplan accordingly. This decision becomes effective upon publication.
Draft resolution
Decision
The ccNSO Council appoints the following people to the respective roles as specified:
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Member IGLC: Lucien Castex (.fr), Fatma Demirel (.tr)
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Member SOPC: Sarah Gooch (.uk)
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Member DASC: Fatma Demirel (.tr)
The secretariat is requested to inform the leadership teams of the various working groups and committees and persons appointed, and enable their participation in the respective teams. This resolution becomes
effective upon publication.
Membership selection to be finalized in September 2025
Informational and for discussion
Tentative block schedule: for discussion
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18 September 2025 | 21:00 UTC (Meeting 221)
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30 October 2025 | time TBC, Meeting 222 (ICANN84)
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20 November 2025 | 12:00 UTC, Meeting 223
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18 December 2025 | 18:00 UTC, Meeting 224