Dear Vinciane, Thank you for your message! The ccNSO Council would like to suggest the following topics: 1. How locations for ICANN meetings are selected? Given all the trouble with visa and similar logistical issues for ICANN57, considering the choice of Abu Dhabi where women do not enjoy the freedoms of other places and where the females attending may have issues walking the streets by themselves, how will the Board try to avoid these and similar issues in future? 2. The use of Country and Territory names in future gTLD rounds. The CCWG dealing with this topic is preparing their final report and will conclude that it is not feasible to develop a harmonised framewpork supported by all interested stakeholders. Is the Board inclined to keep the status quo (from the applicant guidebook) or will it yield to the wishes of the GNSO? 3. ccNSO Submission Guidance on how to deal with split decision Extended Process Similarity Review Panel. The ccNSO WG EPSRP has submitted its recommended course of action. The ccNSO Council will take a decision in Hyderabad whether to adopt and provide guidance to the Board on how to deal with "split decision" as requested by the Board. Background: In June 2015 the Board requested the ccNSO to provide guidance on a very specific issue following the 3rd review Fast Track process. Request was also to consult with community and in particular GAC and SSAC. WG developed and submitted its advice to the ccNSO Council. GAC, ALAC and Verisign support the advice. SSAC suggests that the Board does not adopt the advice, but intitiate another review instead. We also welcome the topics raised by the Board 1. What do we (Board and ICANN organization) have to do to make the transition work for you? 2. What do we (Board, ICANN organization and community) need to do to advance trust and confidence in what we do? Looking forward to seeing you soon! Kind regards, Katrina Sataki From: Vinciane Koenigsfeld [mailto:vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 11:45 AM To: katrina@nic.lv Cc: Chris Disspain <chris@disspain.uk>; Board-Ops-Team@icann.org Subject: ccNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics (Constituency Day) Dear Katrina, We are looking forward to seeing you in Hyderabad! As you know, over the years, the Board has heard from many Groups on the need to make the Constituency Day interaction between the Board and Constituency/Stakeholder Groups at ICANN Public Meetings more effective for both the Groups and the Board. To do this, Board Operations collects, ahead of the Meeting, the questions that each Group would like to bring to the Board. We would appreciate receiving the questions/topics that ccNSO might want to discuss with the Board during the meeting currently scheduled on Monday 7 November. The deadline for submission of these topics is Wednesday 26 October. We are as well taking this opportunity to share with you the Board's questions to your Group, for discussion during this meeting . QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE ccNSO : 1. What do we (Board and ICANN organization) have to do to make the transition work for you? 2. What do we (Board, ICANN organization and community) need to do to advance trust and confidence in what we do? Best, The Board Ops team