Dear all, Please find included the following: Agenda, with draft resolutions included Background material Item 5 b ( letter from Maarten Botterman dated 14 April 2020) Background material item 8 ii on approval SLA changes (was circulated in February) Background discussion rotation of Council calls, item 12 b on the agenda Kind regards, Bart …………… Agenda and draft Resolutions ccNSO Council Meeting 16 April 2020 Noon (18.00) UTC            Welcome and roll call Minutes & Action Items Minutes the minutes of the 12 March 2020 meeting have been distributed 14 April 2020. Action items and To-do’s Action Item 157-01 Call to review charters, pending Action Item 161-01 Chair, with assistance from Secretariat, built Council Chair “knowledge base”. Ongoing Action Item 161-02 Circulate time zone chart to Council list: Completed To-do: Move April Council meeting to 18:00 UTC. Done Intermeeting decisions (since 12 March 2020) Adoption Roles and Responsibilities Cancellation of in person meeting and determine need for ccNSO related sessions during ICANN68. ccPDP 3 Part 1 Retirement – Update Informational Part 2 Review Mechanism –Update Appointment Chair (Stephen Deerhake, .AS) and vice-chair ( Eberhard Lisse, .NA) WG Review Mechanism Draft Resolution Background In accordance with the Charter of the WG its members nominated Stephen Deerhake, .AS as Chair and Eberhard Lisse, .NA as Vice-Chair of the WG Review Mechanism. Both of the candidates accepted the nomination and no other candidates were nominated. Decision In accordance with the Charter of the ccPDP3 Review Mechanism WG, the ccNSO Council appoints Stephen Deerhake, .AS as Chair and Eberhard Lisse, .NA as Vice-Chair of the WG.   Appointment Members (Patricio  Poblete). Draft Resolution The ccNSO Council appoints Patricio Poblete (.CL) as member of the ccPDP3 Review Mechanism WG. IDN ccTLD related work items (ccPDP4): Progress draft Issue report Issue Report Informational / Decisional pending General Counsel opinion Meeting with GNSO Subpro WG (written update Giovanni Seppia) Progress Bylaw Change Informational. Letter from Maarten Botterman, chair of the ICANN Board of Directors ccNSO Board Seat 12 Nomination process Informational: Tentative timeline. Work Plan discussion: setting ccNSO priorities & strategy For discussion Update ECA &  CSC ECA CSC i. Informational ii. Decision to approve change IANA Naming Function SLA Creation-Transfer ccTLDs Draft Resolution Background The Chair of the CSC recently ( letter dated 20 February 2020) requested the ccNSO and GNSO Councils to approve the to change the SLA for the ccTLD Creation and Transfer Process as detailed in the document: Service levels for the ccTLD Creation and Transfer Process, version 9 January 2020. The approval of the ccNSO and GNSO Councils is required under the IANA Naming Function Contract procedure to amend SLAs. Decision The ccNSO Council approves and supports the change of the IANA Naming Function SLA Creation-Transfer ccTLDs process as proposed by the CSC and PTI. The Chair of the Council is requested to inform the Chair of the Customer Standing Committee and Chair of the GNSO Council accordingly. Council updates (Chair, Vice-Chairs, Councillors, Regional Organisations, Secretariat) WG/Committee Updates GRC SOPC (written update Giovanni Seppia, chair SOPC) TLD-Ops Tech WG IGLC MPC CCWG Auction Proceeds How to structure approval process Final Report? Background The CCWG Auction Proceeds is on the brink of finalizing its Final Report and submitting it to the Chartering Organisations to seek support for its recommendations. According to the Charter of the CCWG Auction Proceeds the ccNSO as one of the Chartering Organisations will therefore be asked whether the ccNSO supports the CCWG Auction Proceeds recommendations. Given the virtual nature of ICANN68 for discussion how does the ccNSO Council want to structure the decision making process? Options: ccNSO Council decision, highlighting the rules of the ccNSO Consultation of ccTLD community (temperature of the room, poling of webinar attendees) followed by decision of ccNSO Council Survey of ccTLD managers Abstain/no decision. Other procedure Update liaisons Update ALAC Liaison (written update) Update GNSO Liaison (written update) Meetings Update, if any ICANN68 Rotation Council meetings Background material: email exchanges Next Meeting schedule May 21 – 12:00 UTC June @ICANN68 (Virtual) August 20 – 12:00 UTC September 17 – 18:00 UTC October @ICANN69 November 19 – 12:00 UTC December 17 – 18:00 UTC AOB Closure