Dear Councillors, I am sending you the background documentation for the following agenda items for ccNSO Council meeting 179, on 27 January 2022 | noon UTC. You will be able to find the written updates for agenda items 5, 6 and 7 here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10CI-D7CZgEuwpYZ1tKfLzSRdHKR_15KPOer9A994... 5. Update ECA & CSC (written updates) 6. Update WGs taken (written updates) a. IGLC b. SOPC a. GRC b. OISC c. TLD-OPS d. Technical WG e. MPC 7. Updates ccPDPs (written updates) a. Update ccPDP3- Retirement b. Update ccPDP3 - Review Mechanism c. Update IDN ccPDP4 Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org