Dear Colleagues,

 

In preparation for a productive Council workshop, please see below (and attached) for the proposed agenda.  Our session will be facilitated by a professional moderator, Chris Robinson, who will try to keep us on task!  There is much to be discussed, so to ensure that we are able to cover our ambitious agenda I have also included a timeline for the discussion.

 

See you tomorrow morning at 10am!

Byron

 

 

Agenda item

Time allocated

Introduction

1.

Issues Scan

On-going main activities (already started):

·         Implementation Quoum rule.

·         IDN ccPDP: Board vote + potential supplemental recommendation

·         CRI WG: recommendation create light weight repository (closure mid-May 2014)

·         Input on Strategic Plan ICANN ( March- June 2014), SOP WG

·         Input on FY 2015 Ops Plan ( + high level budget) ( March – June 2014), SOP WG

·         Framework of Interpretation WG 

 

Issues flowing from IANA contract

·         PDP on ccTLD retirement

·         ccNSO PDP on changing quorum rules in ICANN Bylaws and associated improvements

 

Administration of ccNSO Council and ccNSO

·         New membership Applications

·         Triage committee (see Guideline work-plan)

·         ccNSO Meetings program ( WG). This WG will set agenda of ccNSOP meetings,

·         Council elections

·         Board seat 12 election

 

Upcoming activities (already in pipeline):

·         Review of ccNSO meetings in conjunction with outcome ICANN Meetings strategy

·         WG to define ccWG Framework (cross-community, ccNSO to balance GNSO)

·         WG on use of names country and territories as TLD

·         Ensuring participation and input ccTLDs in ICANN Universal Acceptance project

·         Re-Launch IDN ccPDP, to include IDN Variants Delegation

·         Once IDN ccPDP adopted by Board, monitor, review and adopt implementation planning

·         Implementation of recommendations FoI WG

·         Review and input on recommendations High Level Panel (5th Panel)

·         ATRT2 Implementation recommendations

·         Accountability and Transparency recommendations implementation ( One World Trust)

 

Upcoming  activities ( foreseeable in 2-3 –year timeframe)

·         ccNSO review as foreseen in bylaws

·         Affirmation of commitments reviews, also in context IG debate:

o    WHOIS

o    Security

 

New Activities for discussion:

·         Cross –community capacity building,

·         Review and update of ccNSO website

·         Other

 

Other?

60 minutes

2.

Issues workshopping: urgency/importance, priorities/scope

 

30 minutes

3.

Roles and responsibilities

·         Increasing participation

·         Admin functions

·         Expertise

·         Availability

·         Accountability

·         Attendance

·         Participation of broader ccNSO

 

30 minutes

BREAK

15 minutes

4.

IANA globalization

 

45 minutes

5.

Other priorities

                                       

60 minutes

Taking stock, concluding remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Byron Holland, President & CEO

Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)

Twitter: @cira001

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