*Background item 4 Council prep call and item C.3. of Council agenda meeting 187* *Introduction* ICANN has opened the public comment period on the proposed Terms of Reference for the Pilot “Holistic” Review. The “Holistic” review was proposed by the ATRT review team and as such supported by the community and the recommendations were adopted by the Board. At the prep meeting ICANN org staff will provide clarification on the process and proposed Terms. At the ccNSO Council meeting the ccNSO Council will be asked the question whether it intends to provide comment as a Council (using the ccNSO Statement procedure for Council) on the proposed Terms of Reference and seek volunteers for the drafting team. *Timeline to develop ccNSO Council position paper* Under the assumption Council will want to provide comments by 20 October 2022, 23.59 UTC, the following timeline is proposed: 1. 22 September 2022, Council meeting: Decision to launch ccNSO Council Statement process and appoint volunteers 2. 29 September 2022 (post ICANN75): first call drafting team. Members are expected to have read relevant background material (initial list included) toindicate areas to comment and make suggestions 3. 4, 6 and 11 October 2022 - Drafting team calls (tentatively) 4. 13 October 2022: sign-off draft by drafting team, send draft o Council for comments 5. 17 October 23.59 UTC : final comments Councillors 6. 18-19 October: drafting team update draft 7. 20 October: Council decision to adopt draft and submit. To make this work the drafting team members should be willing and able to attend the scheduled calls and read the documentation prior to calls. Proposed composition of drafting teams: 3-5 Councilors *Background material* The Public comment forum can be found here: https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/pilot-holistic-review-dra... The Terms of Reference document (on which comment is sought) can be found here: https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/specific-reviews/draft-terms-reference-ho... On 12 September Giovanni Seppia posted a blog post on progress of implementation of the various Specific Review Recommendations ( including ATRT3 and recommendation of “holistic” review). The blogpost can be found here: https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/update-on-the-implementation-of-icann... The overview of the level of priority of the various specific review recommendations can be found here: https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/Planning+Prioritization+F... and, current status of implementation of all reviews https://community.icann.org/category/accountability