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Uniformity of Reporting-Draft Resolution
by Klaus Stoll Aug. 21, 2014

Aug. 21, 2014

Dear fellow GNSO Councilors During the GNSO Council meeting in London and again on 24 July, the Council received a briefing from ICANN’s Contractual Compliance on reporting and metrics accomplishments as a result of their 3-year plan that stemmed from the Registration Abuse Policies WG recommendation in 2011. Attached I submit a draft resolution to close out this issue with the GNSO Council for your kind consideration and I would also respectfully request the draft motion to be seconded. Yours Klaus

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Plan for BP m17m session
by Avri Doria Aug. 20, 2014

Aug. 20, 2014

Hi, Have read v5 and attached a version with my comments. The following is the current version of the plan for the session, edited before, during and after reading V5. --- I propose organizing the discussion around the topic that the paper discusses and that we take the approach of using the discussions to further the work on refining a set of best practices according to some set of criteria, as was discussed on the list. Topic 1 - Definitions, attributes and commonalities - Review of what we mean by Best practice. What criteria do we compare or measure against? - Review of working definition of multistakeholderism. Topic 2 - Stakeholders - Does rejection of the method by some stakeholders, render the method ineffective? - Is the multistakeholder model about stakeholders or stakeholder groups? - Is the Tunis Agenda breakdown of stakeholder groups appropriate and helpful? Topic 3 - Trust - How is trust developed and how is it lost in multistakeholder practice? - Can power imbalance be mitigated in multistakeholder practice? How? Topic 4 - Accountability and Transparency - How is accountability & transparency in stakeholder groups achieved? - How does the model deal with representational legitimacy issues? Topic 5 - Next Steps - How can practice be improved? - What should the IGF do next on this BP theme -- _Organization of the 90 minute session_ One thought about organizing the talk (who is committed so far - how many - 10) is to see if they can take some of these topics/questions and do a 2 minute thought provoker using the material in the report to kick off each topic of the discussion. Suggest limiting all speakers, including moderators, panelists (eople on the dais) and participants (people in the room) to 1-2 minute interventions. To do this we would need technical intervention to pull this off. - Can remote moderator run a count down clock? - Some conferences use yellow and red lights. Not sure if that is good or bad. _Program_ 1. Panelist intros 10 @ 2 minutes each = 20 minutes 2. Each of 5 issue topic sets is given 10 minutes each, with a panelist giving a 1-2 minute intro - 50 minutes 3. Each Panelist give 1-2 minute conclusion that can bring together the threads the panelist thinks important from the discussion - 20 minutes Does is seem workable? Fixes? If so, will need panelist volunteers for the 5 topic areas: Topic 1 - Definitions, attributes and commonalities Topic 2 - Stakeholders Topic 3 - Trust Topic 4 - Accountability and Transparency Topic 5 - Next Steps

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Update on implementation of Board-adopted recommendations on IGO-INGO identifiers
by Mary Wong Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

Dear all, You will recall that in adopting the original IGO-INGO PDP Working Group¹s consensus recommendations in November 2013, the Council also directed that an Implementation Review Team be formed. Since the Board¹s 30 April 2014 adoption of some of those consensus recommendations (viz. those that are not inconsistent with GAC advice received), policy staff has been coordinating with our colleagues in the Global Domains Division on the timing and initiation of the implementation process. Han Chuan Lee from GDD will be leading the implementation effort, and we have briefed him on the background to what you¹ll also recall was a complex PDP that resulted in multiple recommendations. As Implementation Review Teams are normally drawn from participants who have been members of the original WG that developed the recommendations, we have so far held off on issuing the Call for Volunteers, pending the Council¹s resolution of the NGPC¹s request to consider amending the remaining IGO-INGO consensus recommendations. Since a Council decision to propose any amendments would mean reconvening the original WG, we are conscious of the possible bandwidth issue that might arise were the Call for Volunteers to the IRT be issued at the same time. We therefore plan to issue the Call for Volunteers after the Council¹s decision on the NGPC request either shortly thereafter if no further action is taken, or toward the close of the period that a reconvened WG will be given to respond to the Council. In the meantime, Han Chuan and his team are continuing to work on getting up to speed with the various recommendations and the status quo regarding interim protections that had previously been authorized by the ICANN Board. Policy staff will continue to coordinate with him and will be sure to inform you when the Call for Volunteers is issued and the implementation effort launched. Thanks and cheers 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] Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance proposed Charter
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

All, Is anyone planning to pick this up via a motion or any other action at the September 4th Meeting? Thanks, Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond [mailto:ocl@gih.com] Sent: 14 August 2014 13:29 To: soac-chairs(a)icann.org; Ergys Ramaj Cc: Renate DeWulf; 'Bart Boswinkel'; Rafik Dammak Subject: Re: [soac-chairs] Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance proposed Charter Dear SO/AC Chairs, I am following up on my message below regarding the Charter of the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance. It looks increasingly likely that there will be a follow-up to NetMundial, in the form of an initiative that will be discussed at "day zero" of the IGF in Istanbul. It would be helpful if the CCWG on IG could, by NetMundial, have a Charter that's signed off by ICANN's SOs and ACs and I therefore look forward to hearing from you on progress within your SO or AC to provide us with feedback on whether the Charter's been agreed or needs to be amended according to the concerns of your community. Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond CCWG on Internet Governance Coordinator On 17/06/2014 15:14, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > Dear SO/AC Chairs, > > please be so kind to find the proposed draft charter of the Cross > Community Working Group on Internet Governance attached to this message. > > The working group asks that this draft charter be considered by your > Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees for the official > creation of the CCWG. As a reminder, this is a follow-up to the work > that was cast aside whilst input to the NetMundial meeting was needed > at short notice. > > > The draft Charter is the result of discussion held in Singapore > regarding the future of the working group as well as a Team of > individuals from several SOs and AC drawing on their combined > experience in drafting charters. > > It is hoped that the issue of chartering this WG can be added to the > agenda of all SOs and ACs that will meet in London and that the WG > will receive your feedback by the end of the ICANN meeting, on 26 June 2014. > > Of particular importance you might with to look at the votes and the > (lack of) normalisation on a per SO/AC basis. The charter drafting > team could not reach consensus on whether normalisation of votes was > needed or not. We leave it to your community to provide its feedback on preference. > > For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Rafik Dammak or > myself, the current interim coordinators of the WG. > Kind regards, > > Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond > CCWG on Internet Governance Coordinator _______________________________________________ soac-chairs mailing list soac-chairs(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-chairs

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Action Items arising from Council meeting 24 July 2014
by Glen de Saint Géry Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

Dear Councillors, Please find the action items arising from the Council meeting on 24 July 2014 for your review before our next Council meeting on 4 September 2014. Arising from the Action Item<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items> list IDN Variants Jonathan Robinson to write note to Ram Mohan (draft to be provided by Mary Wong) to follow up on discussions in London. Facilitation Training (ICANN Academy) Thomas Rickert to send a note on facilitation training and request for SG/Cs to nominate participants. Expert Working Group Final Report In addition to the action item, anyone who has been following the work of the Expert Working Group may want to see if there is anything that the Council, as opposed to Stakeholder Groups and constituencies, should be seeking clarification on and how the Council may take up the work going forward. Cross community Working Group (CWG) on Internet Governance Charter It was suggested that a charter should be circulated at the same time with the same language, to all of the potential chartering organizations. Jonathan Robinson to write a note to Olivier Crepin-Leblond informing him that the Council has discussed the topic and will be paying attention to this in the weeks ahead. Charter recirculated and motion proposed to act on charter. Item 4: MOTION - A proposed modification of the GNSO's consensus recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers Action Items: * Formulate an appropriate set of questions to submit to the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC). * Councilors to send questions to the Council mailing list to be collated and communicated to the NGPC. * Proposal to invite the NCPC to an intercessional or to the next scheduled Council meeting to interact with the Council. Item 5: Update<http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-gnso-council/presentation-gnso-co…> - On the Uniformity of Reporting Final Issue Report Resolution Action item : Propose a motion to close the Uniformity of Reporting work for the next Council meeting. Item 6: UPDATE - A cross-community working group to develop a transfer process for the IANA stewardship role Action Items: * Councillors are encouraged to refer to the microsite<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/coordination-group-resources-2014-07-…>. * Councillors are encouraged to follow the cross-community working group on the stewardship transition via the Wiki site<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=48348482>. Item 7: UPDATE - On the work of the GNSO Review Working Party Action Item: Councillors are encouraged to take the survey and provide feedback. Item 8: UPDATE - On the work of the GAC / GNSO Consultation Group Action items: * Encourage GNSO participants in the group to keep the group's momentum going. * Jonathan Robinson to pick up the proposal with the GAC GNSO Consultation group to do outreach and communication in terms of GNSO communication above and beyond the GNSO Liaison role. Item 9: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for LA Action Item: GNSO Secretariat to provide draft schedule to Jonathan Robinson and David Cake to start planning the Los Angeles GNSO Weekend Working sessions Item 10: Any Other Business Jonathan Robinson to send most recent update on accountability to the Council mailing list. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: Interaction between the ICANN Board's IDN Variant Working Group and the GNSO
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 19, 2014

Aug. 19, 2014

All, FYI. Jonathan From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com] Sent: 19 August 2014 09:39 To: Ram Mohan (rmohan(a)afilias.info) Subject: Interaction between the ICANN Board's IDN Variant Working Group and the GNSO Importance: High Dear Ram, I write to follow up on the meeting in London between the ICANN Board's IDN Variant Working Group and a number of GNSO Council and community members. I'd like to thank you and the other Board members for taking the time to meet with them to discuss the progress of ICANN's IDN Variant Program. We believe the discussion was helpful to all of us, and appreciate the updates that ICANN staff has been providing to the GNSO regarding ongoing work on the Program. I'd like to follow up on a specific observation that had been shared by a few GNSO community members in Singapore and London, regarding a perceived need for policy input into the Program by individuals with experience and expertise in ICANN policy development. Our discussions in Singapore and now in London have served to clarify that the current work being done in the Program (and specifically in P2.2) is largely technical in nature. In addition, I understand that ICANN's call last summer for advisors and experts to assist the Label Generation Rule-set (LGR) panels provided that the LGR panels might call on advisors (including ICANN staff) as the need arises. I note further that an advisor has already been appointed to the Integration Panel and that ICANN has announced that any additional advisors to be appointed will be at the request of the panels, in accordance with the LGR Procedure. As the Program progresses, and particularly in the near future as the panels conclude their work, some GNSO community members have noted that should the need for policy expertise arise at any point there are individuals within the GNSO who will be willing to volunteer to assist. In this regard the GNSO Council will be happy to serve as a contact point for any such requests. Separately, I note that a suggestion was made at the London meeting for interested GNSO community members to "self-organize" to review the original New gTLD IDN WG recommendations, with a view toward assisting Program staff with preparation for P7. It is my hope as GNSO Chair that these suggestions, along with ICANN staff continuing to provide their regular update to the GNSO on the Program, will allow the GNSO community to be of assistance to the important work of the Program and, in particular, if and when any policy questions are encountered. Thank you again for your time. I look forward to continuing our discussion and to facilitating any appropriate involvement of interested members of the GNSO community in the current and future work of the IDN Variant Program. Best regards, Jonathan Robinson GNSO Council Chair

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Draft Charter - CCWG on IANA Stewardship Transition
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 18, 2014

Aug. 18, 2014

All, Please see attached for the work from Drafting Team that has prepared the draft Charter for a "Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions". I expect that the ccNSO will consider this charter at their forthcoming meeting on 21 August and that we will similarly receive a motion seeking to consider and approve this charter at our forthcoming GNSO Council meeting on 4th September 2014. I am sending this to you in advance of the motion in my capacity as co-chair of the Drafting Team. Please review and distribute as widely as possible. Thanks, Jonathan

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Document and Motion deadline Monday, 25 August 2014 at 23:59 UTC for Council meeting on 4 September 2014 at 15:00 UTC
by Glen de Saint Géry Aug. 18, 2014

Aug. 18, 2014

Dear Councillors, Reports, motions and documents for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance (i.e. MONDAY, 25 August 2014 at 23:59 UTC) of the GNSO Council meeting on 4 September 2014 at 15:00 UTC. Motions should be sent to the Council mailing list and will then be posted on the Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+04+Septembe… Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Proposed modification of the GNSO recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and red cross identifiers
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 17, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014

All, As you know, this was a motion presented to and then withdrawn from the July GNSO Council Meeting. Chris Disspain, an ICANN board member who has been very active in dealing with this issue, has offered to brief the Council on any progress made and thinking on this. Chris's feeling and mine too is that this is best handled via an oral briefing / discussion rather than a written briefing. Anticipating that the withdrawn motion will be made again at a future meeting of the Council, I intend to take Chris up on his offer. Whilst it would have been good to have the briefing ahead of the meeting (and Chris was willing), I think that the practicalities of arranging this will have been or will be difficult. For completeness, I have re-attached the briefing note on the subject that we recently sent to the NGPC on a closely related topic. In summary, I intent to accept Chris's offer to brief the Council and welcome any input you may have. Thanks, Jonathan

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Seat 14 on the ICANN Board: Markus Kummer
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 17, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014

17 August 2014 Councillors, Please accept this as formal notice that the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) has selected Markus Kummer to succeed Bill Graham for Seat 14 on the ICANN Board. This notice is also intended to serve as the requisite official notice to the ICANN Secretary and General Counsel. Thank you. Jonathan Robinson, GNSO Council Chair (Generic Names Supporting Organization)

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