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GNSO Background Briefings
by Marika Konings June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014

Dear All, To aid your preparations for the ICANN meeting in London, please find attached the GNSO background briefings. Feel free to share these with your respective communities and anyone else interested. Best regards, Marika

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Re: [council] Confirming Meeting TODAY with Board IDN Variant WG
by Mary Wong June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014

The meeting has started; we are picking things up from the Board-GNSO Council meeting of yesterday so please join if you are interested and available. We are scheduled to go to 4 p.m. The Park Suite is on the mezzanine floor of the East Wing. Cheers Mary From: Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, June 23, 2014 at 1:45 PM To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Confirming Meeting TODAY with Board IDN Variant WG > Ram Mohan and members of the Board IDN Variant WG Suzanne Wolf, Jonne > Soininen and Rinalia Abdul Rahim will be in the Park Suite today at 3.15 > p.m. Please join them if you can, or send a representative from your group, to > discuss the role of the GNSO in the work on IDN variants that ICANN is doing. > > Thank you! > > Cheers > Mary > >

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Confirming Meeting TODAY with Board IDN Variant WG
by Mary Wong June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014

Ram Mohan and members of the Board IDN Variant WG Suzanne Wolf, Jonne Soininen and Rinalia Abdul Rahim will be in the Park Suite today at 3.15 p.m. Please join them if you can, or send a representative from your group, to discuss the role of the GNSO in the work on IDN variants that ICANN is doing. Thank you! Cheers Mary

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Revised Motion
by Bret Fausett June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014

Dear Council Members, As we discussed over the weekend sessions, I have taken helpful suggestions from John Berard, Steve DelBianco and Avri Doria and revised the motion as follows. The additions are the 4th and 5th Whereas clauses, which are new, and Sections 3(b) and (d) of the Resolution section, which also are new. I also have taken Avri’s suggestion that we not obligate the Council as a whole to discuss this, and I have changed "new committee of the whole” in Section 1 to simply “new committee of the Council.” We can certainly all opt in to that Committee if we wish, but it won’t be obligatory. I look forward to discussing this issue in our meeting on Wednesday. Bret — START MOTION — Whereas, in 2005, this Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) began a policy development process to consider the introduction of new gTLDs, which resulted in the creation of certain policy recommendations for the launch of a new gTLD application process; and, Whereas, in September 2007, this Council adopted the policy recommendations from the GNSO policy development process and forwarded them to the ICANN Board of Directors; and, Whereas, in June 2008, the ICANN Board adopted the GNSO's policy recommendations for the introduction of new gTLDs and directed staff to develop an implementation plan for a new gTLD introduction process; and Whereas, in September 2009, ICANN and the U.S. National Telecommunications Information Administration entered into an Affirmation of Commitments (“AOC”) in which ICANN committed to organize a review of certain aspects of the introduction and expansion of gTLDs (AOC, at Section 9.3); and, Whereas, in its April, 2011 Communique, ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (“GAC”) asked (at p.6) for a "comprehensive post-launch independent review of the [Trademark] Clearinghouse [to] be conducted one year after the launch of the 75th new gTLD in the round;” and, Whereas, in June 2011, the ICANN Board approved an Application Guidebook ("AGB") for new gTLDs and authorized the launch of the New gTLD Program; and, Whereas, the AGB provided that it was intended to govern "the first round of what is to be an ongoing process for the introduction of new TLDs" (Application, Module 2); and, Whereas, Section 1.1.6 of the AGB ("Subsequent Application Rounds") provided that "ICANN’s goal [was] to launch subsequent gTLD application rounds as quickly as possible" and promised to base the timing of subsequent rounds on "experiences gained and changes required after this round is completed" with a "goal...for the next application round to begin within one year of the close of the application submission period for the initial round.;" and Whereas, the first round application submission period closed in June, 2012; and, Whereas, the Council believes that it has a continuing interest and role to play in evaluating the experiences of the first found and proposing policy recommendations, if necessary, for changes to subsequent rounds; Now therefore, it is resolved: 1. The GNSO Council creates a new committee of the Council to discuss the experiences gained by the first round of new gTLD applications and identify subjects for future issue reports, if any, that might lead to changes or adjustments for subsequent application rounds; and, 2. ICANN invites the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN Board to provide input into the GNSO Council discussion to identify areas that it believes may be appropriate for discussion for an evaluation of the current gTLD application round and/or for possible adjustments for subsequent application rounds; and, 3. The GNSO Council requests a status report from ICANN Staff on the current progress of (a) the New gTLD program generally; (b) ICANN's anticipated timeline and work plan for the review specified in Section 9.3 of the Affirmation of Commitments; (c) ICANN's work to date on any evaluation of the first round; (d) the work to date on the post-launch independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse; and (e) ICANN's current projection for a timetable for subsequent rounds. — END MOTION —

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FW: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#152]
by Glen de Saint Géry June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014

FYI Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/> From: ICANN [mailto:no-reply@wufoo.com] Sent: lundi 23 juin 2014 13:13 To: gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org; council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#152] Name of Officer: * Rafik Dammak Officer Email Address: * rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com<mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com> Date Prepared: * Monday, June 23, 2014 GNSO Organization: * Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Officer Position or Title: * NCSG chair Voting Remedy: * Temporary Alternate Reason(s) for or condition(s) leading to the remedy: * Amr Elsadr won't be able to attend to the GNSO council public meeting since he cannot be available at the time of the meeting and not being present in London. Specific subject(s)/measure(s)/motion(s)/action(s) of the Council for which the remedy is being exercised: * Robin Gross will be the temporary alternate and participate in the public council meeting, to vote for the motions to be approved and any other matters needing a vote. also participating in the council discussion. Date upon which the remedy will expire or terminate: [Note: may not exceed 3 months initially; may be renewed by sending an email with explanation to GNSO Secretariat] * Friday, June 27, 2014 Please identify the individual (cannot be a current GNSO Councilor) who will serve as the abstaining Councilor's Temporary Alternate. [Note: if not already published and available, a short bio and Statement/Disclosure of Interest should be prepared by the Temporary Alternate and delivered to the GNSO Secretariat in advance of any discussion or voting scheduled to take place]. * Robin Gross Temporary Alternate Email Address: * robin(a)ipjustice.org<mailto:robin@ipjustice.org>

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Re: [council] F2F Meeting with the Board's IDN Variant Working Group
by Mary Wong June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014

I’m trying to get confirmation from Board support who are trying to nail down the schedules for a number of Board Variant WG members. Again, please let me know if you/your community would like to participate – thanks! Cheers Mary From: Edmon Chung <edmon(a)registry.asia> Date: Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 10:56 PM To: 'Ching Chiao' <ching.chiao(a)gmail.com>, Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Cc: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: RE: [council] F2F Meeting with the Board's IDN Variant Working Group > Will be there. > Do we have room info? > Edmon > > > > > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On > Behalf Of Ching Chiao > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 1:19 AM > To: Mary Wong > Cc: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Subject: Re: [council] F2F Meeting with the Board's IDN Variant Working Group > > > Will try to join, and invite others who are relevant. Thanks for the quick > follow-up. > > 從我的 iPhone 傳送 > > > Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> 於 2014/6/22 下午5:39 寫道： >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> Following up on the discussion today in the Board-GNSO meeting, Ram Mohan, >> who chairs the Board’s IDN Variant Working Group, has offered to arrange a >> meeting between interested GNSO Council/community members and available >> members of the Board Working Group. He has indicated that it may be >> particularly helpful to try to have at least a short face-to-face meeting >> while many people are here in London – to that end, he is hoping that a >> number of interested GNSO participants will be available on Monday 23 June >> from 3.15-4 p.m. London time. >> >> >> >> Can you let me know by reply email if you (or an interested member of your >> SG/C/community) will be available to meet with Ram and possibly other Board >> WG colleagues at that time as soon as possible? >> >> >> >> Thanks much, >> >> Mary >> >> >> >> Mary Wong >> >> Senior Policy Director >> >> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) >> >> Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 >> >> Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org >> >> >> >> >> >>

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Charter for IGO/INGO RPMs
by Avri Doria June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014

Hi, Where can I can find the latest charter? Has it been separated into a separate document. There is a strong chance that we, NCSG, will propose some amendments to that charter. thanks avri

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F2F Meeting with the Board's IDN Variant Working Group
by Mary Wong June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014

Dear all, Following up on the discussion today in the Board-GNSO meeting, Ram Mohan, who chairs the Board¹s IDN Variant Working Group, has offered to arrange a meeting between interested GNSO Council/community members and available members of the Board Working Group. He has indicated that it may be particularly helpful to try to have at least a short face-to-face meeting while many people are here in London to that end, he is hoping that a number of interested GNSO participants will be available on Monday 23 June from 3.15-4 p.m. London time. Can you let me know by reply email if you (or an interested member of your SG/C/community) will be available to meet with Ram and possibly other Board WG colleagues at that time as soon as possible? Thanks much, Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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FW: [soac-chairs] URGENT: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO FORM A DRAFTING TEAM (IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSITION)
by Jonathan Robinson June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014

All, Please see attached. Apologies that this was not forwarded on to you yesterday. Jonathan From: Byron Holland [mailto:byron.holland@cira.ca] Sent: 17 June 2014 21:12 To: soac-chairs(a)icann.org Cc: Jonathan Robinson Subject: [soac-chairs] URGENT: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO FORM A DRAFTING TEAM (IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSITION) Dear SO/AC Chairs, We, the Chairs of the ccNSO and GNSO Council, would hereby like to invite your organization to join a drafting team, tasked with drafting the charter for a Cross-Community Working Group to develop a Transfer Process for the IANA Stewardship Role. Based on conversations to date, we anticipate that the ALAC and SSAC will join this effort and we sincerely hope that the ICANN's other supporting organizations and advisory committees will also respond positively to this initiative. The final draft charter will be presented to at least each of the organizations participating in this effort for their adoption, according to each organization's own rules and procedures. Taking into account the principles outlined by the NTIA in its announcement, we believe such a cross community working group, with participation from and supported by the ICANN community as well as other organizations, is the most appropriate way to develop a proposal for a transition plan. Initial work by some members of the community resulted in a first draft straw-man document, which is included here as an annex. We believe this may help the drafting team in its efforts, but it is by no means intended to prescribe, limit or restrict conversations, though it is worth noting that some elements contained in the document align with the current thinking of some ccNSO and GNSO members. We anticipate that any final draft should address at a minimum: - Purpose and Scope (what is in and what is out of scope) - Goals and objectives - Deliverables - Timeline - Proposed approach (how is the WG expected to conduct its work, reporting to chartering organizations) - Relationship with Coordination Group as proposed by ICANN (see <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en) - Membership / sponsorship (should membership be limited, open to anyone interested?) - Sponsorship / chartering organizations (should sponsorship be restricted to ICANN structures or also extend to external organizations?) - Staffing / support needed - Rules of engagement - Decision-making methodology (how are decisions made in the WG and how are these reflected in the recommendations) - Process for review / adoption of proposal by chartering organizations (also addressing what would happen if one of the chartering organizations would not adopt the proposal) - Closure of the WG In order to be able to complete the drafting of the charter and share it with the different organizations for consideration in a timely manner, we would ask that each participating organization assign a maximum of 4 representatives to the drafting team. To facilitate the work of the drafting team at its initial stages, we are both available to serve as interim chairs of the charter drafting team, if that is deemed to be helpful, and for as long as the drafting team would like us to. Although the ICANN London meeting is very close, we recognize the value of meeting face-to-face. Therefore we would like to organize an informal meeting of the drafting team during the London ICANN meeting and as such have identified Monday 23 June 2014, 17h00 UTC (18h00 London) as a possible option to do so. We hope and would appreciate if you could provide us with your feedback and the names of volunteers (even it that would be on an interim basis until your organization has formally assigned a representative to this drafting effort in accordance with your own rules and procedures) by Sunday 22 June at the latest. We look forward to receiving your feedback. Byron Holland & Jonathan Robinson ccNSO Council Chair GNSO Council Chair

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Regarding time of the Board with the community
by Bruce Tonkin June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014

Hello All, On the topic of time the board spends on its own versus with the community. Generally on the weekend we do work within Board committees, and some work as a Board workshop. The workload in these committees/workshops has increased quite a bit in recent years - e.g work reviewing the ATRT 2 recommendations, work on reviewing the budget, work on reconsideration requests, work on responding to GAC advice etc. We try to get much of this done at Board retreats etc - but to be timely we also spend the weekend on it at the ICANN public meetings. During the week we mostly attend meetings with the various stakeholders at ICANN - GAC, ALAC, GNSO, RSSAC, SSAC, etc., and we attend the public sessions on Monday. We do take some time on Wednesday afternoon to prepare for the Board meeting and public forum on Thursday. We used to work into the night during the week - often 2 or 3am in the morning - which tends to lead to bad decisions. Now we don't tend to work in the evenings - and make an effort to attend the various social functions to interact with the community. So we have probably moved to get a bit more work done during the day and interact a bit more with the community in the evenings. It would perhaps be helpful to think whether we can better use the time we do allocate to the GNSO. Currently it is most of Tuesday and an hour on Sunday - as a whole Board, and Bill Graham and I also attend additional meetings with Stakeholder groups. I have been feeling for some time that there is a lot of repetition between these forums - particularly on Tuesday - so maybe we could think of better ways of structuring that day - especially to get substantive input on the content of proposed policies and procedures. Apart from some discussion of IDNs - I don't think we discussed any actual content today for example. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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