Dear all, Please find included the draft agenda for the upcoming Council meeting Thursday 20 July 18.00 UTC . Kind regards, Bart Draft Agenda ccNSO Council Meeting 20 July 2017, 18.00 UTC 1) Welcome and Apologies Attendance list is available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/attendance.htm 2) Minutes and Actions Minutes 29 June 2017. Action items 3) Overview inter-meeting Council decisions None 4) Appointments 4.1 Appointment Vadim A. Mikhaylov (.su) PDP WG Retirement of ccTLDs 4.2 Progress ccNSO appointment NomCom FY 2018 5) ccNSO as Decisional Participant Update 5.1 Approval Action Process update Update on Approval Action ECA Update ccNSO as Decisional Participant 5.2 Rejection Action Process update ECA update ccNSO update 6) Update CSC charter review 7) Final Paper of the Cross-community WG Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs 7.1 Discussion and or adoption final paper (https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ctn-final-paper-15jun17-en.pdf ) Background At the ccNSO members meeting in Johannesburg the recommendations of the CCWG Use of Country and Territory names to continue work on use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs were discussed and supported. However, the format to continue work is still under community discussion. Awaiting the outcome of that discussion the ccNSO Councils deferred the discussion and adoption of the final paper to the next meeting (July 2017). By adopting the recommendations in the final paper the ccNSO Council effectively closes the Cross-community Working group and supports the need for additional work in this area. However, following ICANN 59 the next steps on how future work on the use of names countries and territories as TLDs will be structured and how the ccTLD community could participate most effectively is not clear (yet). 7.2 Discussion recommendation Study Group CTN Letter to the Board to request continued exclusion of country and territory names in subsequent new gTLDs rounds. For discussion and / or decision. Background In September 2014 the Study Group recommended Council: In light of the need for further work on the treatment of country and territory names, the complexity of the issue at hand and the aforementioned inconsistencies between various ICANN policies, it is also recommended that the ccNSO Council request that the ICANN Board extend the current rule in the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook regarding the exclusion of all country and territory names in all languages, for consecutive rounds of new gTLD applications. Council adopted this recommendation in 2014. Given the establishment of the CCWG UCTN, Council did not pursue this recommendation, awaiting the outcome of the deliberations and recommendations of the CCWG. At the ccNSO members meeting in Johannesburg the recommendations of the CCWG Use of Country and Territory names to continue work on use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs were discussed and supported. This also included the recommendation of the Study Group. However, as the format to continue work is still under community discussion, and interest of the ccTLD community in future efforts needs to be ensured the ccNSO Councils deferred decision to send the letter. 8) EPSRP update Update & next steps 9) PDP progress 10) ICANN 60: meeting agenda (Abu Dhabi) 10.1 Review ICANN 59 10.2 ICANN 60 Meeting schedule days and Tech day 10.3 Council meetings Prep meeting Council Council meeting: Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning? 9.00-10.30? 11) CSC and RZERC update 10.1 CSC update (Byron) 10.2 RZERC update (placeholder) 12) Council Updates 12.1 Chair Update 12.2 Vice-Chair Update 12.3 Councilors Update 12.4 Regional Organizations Update 12.5 Secretariat update Schedule Board and Council election to be prepared for the 24 August meeting 13) WG update 13.1 Programme WG (Alejandra) 13.2 GRC update (Katrina) 13.3 CCWG Auction Proceeds (Ching) 14) Liaison Updates 14.1 GNSO Update (written update). 14.2 ALAC Update (written update). 15) Next meetings Thursday 24 August Thursday 21 September 12.00 UTC Thursday 18 October, 18.00 UTC 16) AOB 17) Closure