Dear all,
Please find below the high-level notes from today’s ccNSO Council meeting, held on Thursday 20 September 2018, 18.00 UTC.
Best regards,
Joke Braeken
NOTES
1) Welcome and Apologies
Attendance list is available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council/attendance.htm
2) Minutes and Actions
minutes were circulated on 4 Sept. No comments received, therefor the minutes are approved.
Action items: most of them are complete. Still ongoing: scheduling onboarding for new NomCom appointed councillors, and the liaisons.
3) Overview inter-meeting Council decisions
appointment IFRT members and selection ccNSO appointed member to ICANN Fellowship Selection Committee.
4) Update Regular ccNSO Council Elections 2018
Nominations receveid: NA, LAC, and AP
Awaiting secondment: LAC and AP
No nominations yet for AF and EU region
Councillors are invited to encourage people in the region to step up.
Next step: Acceptance of nominations and Q&A with the candidates in Barcelona.
5) Adoption revised charter Programme WG
Summary Programme WG charter change:
Revised charter has been adopted.
Members of the group and community to be informed about this decision.
6) Adoption ccNSO Council Statement on Initial Report WT 1-4 GNSO PDP WG subsequent procedures
thanks to Bart, Giovanni for their input into the document, and Alejandra for the comments.
Annebeth asked to clarify her views on WT5, which deals with country & territory names. 2-letter code elements are not covered here. Annebeth suggested to stress more the relevance
of the 2-letter symbol. Strong arguments against mentioning RFC1591. Reference to be dropped?
Your views on the draft council statement? Would you like to add anything? APTLD today discussed their own response to the report.
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Pablo: LACTLD is also discussing a communique, similar to the one discussed in APTLD. Individuals are invited to submit their comments as well. Communique is being
circulated within the Board at LACTLD. Proposal to be stern in our comments.
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Stephen: the APTLD document is also a forceful comment. Individuals are indeed invited to comment as well.
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Katrina: we have strong arguments. There is no need to be overly aggressive. Deadline is 26 September. By Monday 24 September, councillors are invited to add suggestions,
propose changes, if any.
7) CSC related topics
7.1 Approval Full Membership Slate (members and liaisons)
GNSO and ccNSO councils need to approve the full slate. The Selection Committe, with reps from each region and a NomCom appointee, has received the names. If there are no objections,
the full slate is considerd to be approved.
7.2 CSC Effectiveness process
Martin Boyle and Debbie Monahan to be appointed to the effectiveness review team. No major issues. Trying to keep everything simple and streamlined. A lot of work will be done already
in Barcelona.
move? Byron
Seconded? Alejandra
Against?
Abstain? Byron
All others in favour.
8) Engagement Group on IG
8.1 Overview of activities and update (Young-Eum Lee)
public meeting and face-to-face meeting planned in Barcelona
the group is awaiting feedback from ccNSO to the feedback submitted
Katrina: email from Mary Uduma on the mailing list, but no other ccNSO activity in general. IG is definitely important for ccTLDs, however currently ccTLDs are not very active on
this group. What are the reasons? Maybe we should consult with our community to find out why. In Barcelona, we should ask the Board about their views on the way the IG issues are being addressed and how actions from the group, ICANN org and the ICANN community
can be coordinated.
Young-eum:
Good way forward. Perhaps the ccNSO needs to be informed of the broader IG activities that occur in other fora than ICANN.
8.2 Amendment of charter
9) PDP Retirement
Stephen: next meeting on Thursday next week. 1 additional call before Barcelona. Substantial discussions foreseen during the prep call. We should be working on text in a solid fashion
for the face-to-face meeting in Barcelona.
10) ECA, CSC and RZERC Update
10.1 ECA (placeholder Stephen Deerhake)
NomCom appointed Board member withdrew from her second term (Lousewies van der Laan). Replaced by another appointee (Danko Jevtovic, previously with .rs).
Withdrawal and appointment letter had to be drafted.
Quiet otherwise, other than some periodic paper exchanges.
Danko, Becky and Lito are also invited to the session with the ccNSO appointed Board members in Barcelona (Chris, Mike, Nigel) during the ccNSO Members Meeting.
10.2 CSC (Byron Holland)
PTI was at 98+ % last month. CSC is updating the change mechanism, other than just monitoring performance. That change mechanism is only meant for minor tweaks to the SLAs, without
the need to change the contract.
Draft final version will be ready by the Barcelona meeting. Expectation to meet on Monday, the 22nd. Brett Carey (.uk) replacing Jay Daley. GNSO appointed a new candidate as well.
Gaurav Vedi.
Everyone kindly invited to participate in the satisfaction survey by PTI. The ccNSO participation rate is very low currently.
10.3 RZERC (placeholder)
11) ICANN 63 Barcelona
11.1 ccNSO Council meetings
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Council meeting, 24 October 2018 block 5
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Council Prep Meeting, 21 October 2018, noon-13.30
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Council meeting GNSO, 22 October 2018, noon-13.30
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Council meeting ALAC, 21 October 2018, 17.00-18.30 (exact time TBC’ed)
11.2 ICANN63 ccNSO Meetings Agenda (Alejandra)
Block schedule
Saturday first day
Sunday afternoon TLD-Ops workshop
Monday Tech day + Tech Day lunch
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Members day meetings
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Meeting with GAC
Tuesday
Dinner on Tuesday (sponsored by EURID)
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Meeting the ICANN Board
Peter: has not heard from Pär yet, he will follow up with a reminder regarding the previous emails. Clearly not the intention of having only 1 topic covered during the joint meeting
between ccNSO and GAC.
Beneficial interaction sought with GAC on strat plan.
ICANN63: links to bookmark now
11.3 WG & other meetings
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TLD-OPS Workshop
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Tech Day
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WG meetings
12) Council Updates
12.1
Chair Update
Meeting between chair and vice-chairs and ICANN CEO (written update)
proposal to have a small informal meeting in Barcelona with Göran and a few subject matter experts on GDPR related issues
12.2
Vice-Chair Update
12.3
Councilors Update
12.4
Regional Organizations Update
APTLD celebrating their 20th anniversary today. Happy birthday on behalf of the ccNSO Council
12.5
Secretariat update
13) WG update
13.1 GRC update (Katrina)
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Almost done with the Travel Funding Guideline.
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Discussed how to update the info to the ICANN Board on how we will do the background and duel diligence checks for ccNSO appointed Board members.
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proposal for a template for rejection actions. once a notification from the ICANN Secretary comes in. Clear template, with clear deadline. Rejection and Approval
actions need to be numbered.
13.2 CCWG Auction Proceeds (Peter Vergote)
The initial report should be ready for publication on 8 October. Sufficiently ahead of the ICANN63 meeting. Members are kindly invited to provide their comments.
13.3 SOPC (placeholder)
No updates from the SOPC as the public comment periods for the ICANN Operating Plan and Budget FY20 and the ICANN 5 years Strategy Plan are both expected to open in November and no
documents have been published at this stage
13.4 Emoji Study Group (Alejandra)
13.4 GNSO PDP Subsequent procedures WT 5
14) Liaison Updates
14.1 GNSO Update (written updates)
14.2 ALAC update (written updates)
15) Next meetings (2018)
24 October, 17.15 – 18.30, face to face, Barcelona
15 November – 11:00 UTC
13 December – 17:00 UTC
kindly let us know if you cannot attend the council meeting, otherwise we risk not to be quorate
16)
AOB
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Katrina: 2 inter-meeting decisions (IFRT, Fellowship selection Committee). 9 votes for the IFRT selection process. That is a very low number, despite the fact that
this is an important topic for the IFRT. Slightly better attendance for the other selection process. Congratulations to Pablo.
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Katrina: Maybe we do not pay enough attention to the application material, when we vote? Do not only vote for candidates that you personally know. You are kindly
invited to let yourself be guided by the application material, and the skills of the candidates. The council decides on behalf of the ccNSO community, and we need to select the persons that are best suited for the position. Opinions in the selection process
were very diverse.
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tribal behaviour at ICANN pointed out by Pablo: we cannot afford not to be involved with the other groups.
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Regarding the selection process: Abdalla suggests a marking template to grade. Giovanni suggests discussing this in Barcelona.
17) Closure
thank you!
Joke Braeken
ccNSO Policy Advisor
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