Dear all,

Please find included the draft agenda for the upcoming Council meeting (17 December 2020, 18.00 UTC)

Also included some of the background material

Kind regards,

Bart

 

Draft Agenda

ccNSO Council Meeting 168

17 December 2020

18.00 UTC

               

 

  1. Welcome and roll call

 

  1. Minutes & Action Items
    1. Minutes Meeting 167, circulated [insert date]
    2. Action items and To-do’s, if any

Action Item 167-01.

The Chair is requested to inform the Chairs of the other Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees and relevant staff of ICANN Org accordingly (intent to participate in the Community Representative Group to select IRP Standing Panel). 

Completed

 

Action Item 167-02.

The Secretariat is requested to publish the interim procedure on selection of ccNSO appointed Community Representative Group to select IRP Standing Panel). and inform the ccTLD community accordingly.

Completed

 

Action Item 167-03.

Nick Wenban-Smith to draft statement to ICANN legal regarding the ccNSO interpretation of “majority” as stated in the Bylaws.

Statement on interpretation majority included in Nomination Report, special Council meeting

  

Action Item 167-04.

Complete and submit comment/statement on the IANA Function Review Team (IFRT) Initial Report.

Completed

 

To-do:  Continue work on document detailing the outreach and involvement standing committee – to be further presented and discussed at the December 2020 meeting.

Deferred to January meeting.

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  1. Intermeeting decisions (since 20 October 2020) 
    1. Approval of NomCom appointed ccNSO Council member job-description. 
    2. Approval membership drafting Team preparing the response to questions from ICANN legal regarding a Bylaw change to include IDN ccTLDs as members to the ccNSO
    3. Adoption Election report (included for reference), Closure Council election 2021

 

  1. Appointment new members SOPC

For Decision

Call for nomination closes 11 December

 

 

  1. ccPDP 3
    1. Part 1 Retirement – Update

Informational

    1. Part 2 Review Mechanism –Update

Informational

 

  1. IDN ccPDP4: Update

Informational

 

  1. Selecting members for the Community Representatives Group, which will select the Independent Review Process (IRP) Standing Panel. Update

Informational

Call for volunteers was published by ICANN on 18 November 2020 and closed 4 December 2020. Awaiting information from ICANN to start selection process.

 

  1. ccNSO Meeting Strategy & ICANN70

For discussion and decision

ICANN’s updated meeting Strategy document has been circulated for further discussion.

Action ccNSO Council required? Deadline for response 18 December 2020.

The chair of MPC has circulated ICANN’s proposed strategy to the ccTLD community. In addition, the MPC has scheduled webinars to solicit views of community on the Strategy. The outcome of the community consultation and the views of the MPC itself will fee into draft consolidated view of the ccNSO. This draft response will be circulated close to the Council meeting. Deadline for comments is 18 December.

 

  1. Update ccNSO Review

Informational

Letter from the ICANN Board Organizational Effectiveness Committee with questions on progress.

 

  1. Update ccNSO Statement procedure regarding the Amendment of Article 10 ICANN Bylaws

Informational

 

  1. Update ECA & CSC
    1. ECA (Informational)
    2. CSC (Informational)

 

  1. Chair, Vice-Chairs, Councillors, RO’s and Secretariat

 

  1. Update WGs
    1. SOPC
    2. GRC
    3. MPC
    4. IGLC

 

  1. Update liaisons
    1. Update ALAC Liaison (written update circulated)
    2. Update GNSO Liaison (written update to follow)

 

  1. Meetings

Next Council Meetings

·         January 21 – 12:00 UTC

·         February 18 – 20:00 UTC

·         March TBD 

·         April 22 – 12:00 UTC

·         May 20 – 18:00 UTC

 

Council Workshop, date TBD

Topics:

 

  1. AOB

 

  1. Closure regular meeting

 

 

Extraordinary Council meeting directly following the regularCouncil meeting

Board Seat 12 Nomination Process 2021

This meeting is closed, and will be chaired by Byron Holland

  1. Adoption Nomination Report

For decision

 

  1. Nomination Katrina Sataki Board for Seat 12

For Decision

 

  1. Request GRC to develop Conflict of Interest Guidance

For Decision