Notes ADOBE ROOM ccNSO Council Call 19 March 2015

Informal action items
Agenda point 6: Decision making process 
Action item Chair and vice-chair alert/inform co-chairs of CWG and CCWG  that ccTLD community will need time in BA to discuss the proposal 

Agenda point 7: Auction proceeds
Action Byron: write GNSO chair to reach out beyond ccNSO Community

Action Staff Upated resolution vote on the list

Agenda point 12. AOB
Action staff: inform MM accordingly


1. Apologies

Celia, Nigel, Peter van Roste, Leonid Todorov

Lise Fuhr, Giovanni Seppia, and Mathieu Weill

concurring event CENTR meeting 

The meeting is quorate

2. Minutes and Action items

All are completed

(letter to the Board re FOI, circulated to the Council list this morning)


3. Internet Governance 

Information on replacement co-chair: Jordan needs to step down

Term observer familar, with term “observer” on the Council? 

It should be contemplated in context of WG

Potential limitation for observers/participants: they do not vote


4. IANA Stewardship Transition Process

Update ICG

ICG progress: website completely independent of ICANN. 

ICG will have f-2-f in advance BA

Timeline: ICG progresses its work overall. 

Still some potention on ICG, some would want naming proposal sooner then later, whilst other want a good proposal. Names group to come up with real time line for a robust and usefull proposal.

4.2 CWG Stewardship

Lise has send update to Council

Engaged legal advise

F-2-F meeting

Specific smaller wg to progress through work

Timeline early April Public comments

Accountability Process
 
Becky provides update

F-2-F in Istanbul

Jordan leading WP 2 : new powers

Becky leading WP on enahncing current mechanism

Third WP on stress test

Progress very well, however lot of issues still need to be addressed.


6. Council Discussion Discussion Decision-making

How will Council will make any decision 

Challenge Council how to be comfortable around

What is needed to make a decision comfortable

Comparison with strategic processes, like FOI and Financial contribution

Young Eum: Understand from start it will not be comfortable. 

Suggestion: inform community and engage the community in decision-making

Lesley: support Young Eum suggestion. What is happening now, shot time line real challenge

Byron: There has been outreach, efforts have been made.

Challenges, a near equal division of community on one of the core issues.

Some in community are not involved

Lesley: If there is still division in community, will Council go ahead? Risk for ccNSO

Suggestion Lesley: if ther is clear division, not go ahead

Young Eum: It is not easy, community needs to be involved in decision making process. 

Keith: Observation, when there is a lack of coherent consensus, people are not involved enough. -> strong consnesus of community

   

Becky: suggestion do a video on proposals. making it easier to get people informed.

Make topic accessable 

Basic communication needs to be consolidated, 

Young Eum: support suggestion Becky, also supported by Carolina, and Abibu ( chat)

Action item Chair and vice-chair alert/inform co-chairs of CWG and CCWG  that ccTLD community will need time in BA to discuss the proposal 


7. Participation ccNSO work on new gTLD auction proceeds. 

Becky: Understand conflict 

ccTLD are closer to community, and have expereince in capacity building

Ching Chao: Comment. Results have shown that ICANN uses this as model works. Some ccTLD can contribute how ICANN funds can be used for community.

Lesley: Why not formally particpating. Some managers have experience, broaden recommendation to advise GNSO to reach out widely

Suggestion, 

Indicate: ccTLD are part of creation of excess fund, and 

Action Byron: write GNSO chair to reach out beyond ccNSO Community

Action Staff Upated resolution vote on the list


8. Updates

Chair: SO/AC chairs call + corespondence re FOI

Vice-chair: activity restricted to FOI and implementation porcess

Councilor updates: 

RO updates: Carolina (LACTLD) 7 projects with

10) Annual Work Plan

Resolution adopted

12) AOB

Victor member of travel funding, Keith temporarily on Travel Funding Committe

Complaint Milton Mueller:

Conclusion “Harmony of the list not breached”, 
Action staff: inform MM accordingly


13) Adjourn

Meeting closed at 13.00 UTC