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FW: [SOAC-Leaders] ICANN President's Corner
by James M. Bladel July 14, 2017

July 14, 2017

Councilors, FYI – J. From: <soac-leaders-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of David Olive <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Friday, July 14, 2017 at 11:16 Subject: [SOAC-Leaders] ICANN President's Corner Dear Community Leaders. We launched an updated version of the ICANN President’s Corner (https://www.icann.org/presidents-corner) and a new, dedicated page for Board Reports. See latest report here: https://www.icann.org/uploads/board_report/attachment/53/ICANN_Org_Executiv… The President’s Corner is now available in English and the 5 UN languages. We have also uploaded the latest Board Report, which can be downloaded on either page. Best regards. David

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GNSO Council Resolution 13 July 2017
by Terri Agnew July 14, 2017

July 14, 2017

Dear all, The following resolution was adopted by the GNSO Council at its meeting on Thursday, 13 July 2017. These resolutions are also published on page: https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun cil_resolutions&d=DgMFAw&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd _FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=ygCeG59ipFav -VYEGtJXBJEtU3ifRMjWTQmzalzlr_s&s=eYaHRknuS8dwnlfsWzG_MCs1m8B2j3GrXzvzw5lHDl w&e=> 20170713-1 Consent agenda Motion - Confirmation of GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration Submitted by Consent Agenda (Donna Austin) Whereas, 1.The GNSO Council confirmed in September 2016 that the GNSO Chair (currently James Bladel) will represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration on an interim basis and subsequently requested the GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC) to develop the criteria and the process for the selection of the GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration for GNSO Council consideration by its June 2017 meeting. 2.The GNSO Council adopted the proposed process and criteria for the selection of the GNSO representative to the Empowered Community Administration during its meeting on 28 June 2017. 3.The GNSO Council leadership team subsequently met to agree who from the Council leadership should perform the role of GNSO representative to the Empowered Community Administration and communicated this decision to the Council mailing list on 3 July 2017. Resolved, 1.The GNSO Council hereby confirms that James Bladel, GNSO Chair will represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration on until the end of his term at ICANN60. 2.The GNSO representative shall act solely as directed by the GNSO Council in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws and other related GNSO Operating Procedures. 3.The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Secretariat to communicate this decision to the ICANN Secretary which will serve as the required written certification from the GNSO Chair designating the individual who shall represent the Decisional Participant on the EC Administration. <https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-13jul17-en. pdf> Vote results 20170713-2 MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FUNDAMENTAL BYLAW AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS TO A NEW BOARD COMMITTEE Submitted by James Bladel Seconded by Donna Austin WHEREAS, on 1 October 2016 the revised ICANN Bylaws went into effect, creating a new Empowered Community mechanism by which ICANN's Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees can organize under California law to legally enforce the community powers described in the Bylaws ( <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en) WHEREAS, one of these new community powers is the right to approve amendments to ICANN's Fundamental Bylaws; WHEREAS, on 23 May 2017 and as required under the ICANN Bylaws, the ICANN Secretary notified the Empowered Community that on 18 May 2017 the ICANN Board had approved an amendment to Section 4.2 of the ICANN Bylaws, which is one of ICANN's Fundamental Bylaws ( <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-eca-23may17 -en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-eca-23may17- en.pdf); WHEREAS the Secretary's Notice thereby triggered the Empowered Community Approval Action Process that is documented in Article 1, Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws ( <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD) WHEREAS, on 24 May 2017 and pursuant to Section 1.3(a) of Article 1, Annex D, the Empowered Community Administration requested that ICANN convene a Community Forum during which the five Decisional Participants that comprise the Empowered Community as well as interested participants can discuss the proposed Fundamental Bylaw amendment ( <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/deerhake-to-jeffrey-24 mar17-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/deerhake-to-jeffrey-24m ar17-en.pdf); WHEREAS, the Community Forum was held on 27 June 2017 during the ICANN59 Public Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa ( <http://sched.co/B3ou> http://sched.co/B3ou) and WHEREAS, during the Approval Action Decision Period that follows immediately on the expiration of the Community Forum Period on 29 June 2017, each of the five Decisional Participants in the Empowered Community (including the GNSO) have twenty-one (21) days (ending at 06.59 UTC on 21 July 2017) to decide whether to support or object to the Fundamental Bylaw amendment, or abstain from the matter; RESOLVED: 1. The GNSO Council votes to approve the amendment to Section 4.2 of the ICANN Bylaws, being an amendment to an ICANN Fundamental Bylaw, as detailed in the Board resolution of 18 May 2017 ( <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-05-18-en#1. c> https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-05-18-en#1.c ). 2. The GNSO Council directs the GNSO Secretariat to forward this resolution to the Empowered Community Administration before the expiration of the Approval Action Decision Period, as required under Section 1.4, Article 1, Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws. 3. The GNSO Council directs James Bladel, the GNSO's interim representative to the Empowered Community Administration, to coordinate with the other four Decisional Participant representatives to ensure that the Empowered Community Administration observes and completes the appropriate process outlined in Section 1.4(b) and (c), Annex D. <https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-13jul17-en. pdf> Vote results Thank you, Terri

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GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#251]
by ICANN July 14, 2017

July 14, 2017

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MP3, Adobe Connect Recording and AC Chat transcript/ GNSO Council Teleconference 13 July 2017
by Terri Agnew July 14, 2017

July 14, 2017

Dear All, Please find the MP3 and Adobe Connect recording of the GNSO Council teleconference, held on Thursday, 13 July 2017 at: Mp3: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-13jul17-en.mp3 Adobe Connect Recording: https://participate.icann.org/p5hfunq2kzt/ as well as the Adobe chat transcript at : https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-13jul17-en.pdf all on page https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#jul Thank you. Happy listening and reading! With kind regards, Terri --- Terri Agnew Secretariat Services Coordinator, GNSO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: terri.agnew(a)icann.org <mailto:terri.agnew@icann.org> Skype ID: terri.agnew.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy -efforts.htm#newcomers>

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apologies for tonights call
by Erika Mann July 13, 2017

July 13, 2017

Dear All - Very likely I will not be able to join the Council call tonight. Apologies and, have a good meeting. Kind regards, Erika Erika Mann erika(a)erikamann.com +32 498 12 13 54

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Re: [council] GAC Communique ICANN 59
by Phil Corwin July 13, 2017

July 13, 2017

Attached, for the consideration of Council members, is a draft response to the GAC Advice contained in the Johannesburg Communique. Best to all, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey -----Original Message----- From: Marika Konings [mailto:marika.konings@icann.org] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2017 6:15 AM To: Phil Corwin; michele(a)blacknight.com; icannlists; Rubens Kuhl; Carlos Raul Gutierrez Cc: gnso-chairs(a)icann.org Subject: FW: [council] GAC Communique ICANN 59 Hi All, Just a quick reminder that the motion and document deadline for the upcoming Council meeting is today (Monday 3 July at 23.59 UTC). As the GAC Advice is limited to one item, do you think it would be feasible to consider it during the upcoming meeting on 13 July? If so, you would need to submit at a minimum the motion by today’s deadline, with the template following shortly to allow for sufficient time to review. If there is anything else staff can do to assist, please let me know. Best regards, Marika On 6/30/17, 18:56, "council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org on behalf of Marika Konings" <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org on behalf of marika.konings(a)icann.org> wrote: Michele, Phil, Paul, thank you for volunteering to work on the GNSO Review of the GAC Communique. Attached you will find the template that has been filled out with the GAC Advice. To facilitate your work, I’ve included the GNSO response to the Copenhagen Communique on this topic as a reference. Also attached you will find a draft motion. Note that the deadline for submission of motions and documents for the upcoming meeting is 3 July. I know the Council discussed a possible longer timeframe for developing a response but as the GAC Advice only concerns one item, it may be feasible to meet the deadline for the upcoming meeting? If there is anything else that staff can do to assist, please let me know. Best regards, Marika On 6/30/17, 16:37, "council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org on behalf of Phil Corwin" <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org on behalf of psc(a)vlaw-dc.com> wrote: I know there's an IGO CRP section in there, so happy to work on that and anything else where I have some knowledge. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VLawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey Sent from my iPad > On Jun 30, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele(a)blacknight.com> wrote: > > All > > Attached is the GAC Communique from ICANN 59. > > I believe myself and Paul McGrady had volunteered to work on the GNSO Council response to this, though there may have been others. > > Regards > > Michele > > > -- > Mr Michele Neylon > Blacknight Solutions > Hosting, Colocation & Domains > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.blacknight.com_&d=… > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blacknight.blog_&d=DwI… > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ceo.hosting_&d=DwICAg&… > Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 > Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 > ------------------------------- > Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty > Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265, > Ireland Company No.: 370845 > > <gac-to-icann-29jun17-en.pdf> > _______________________________________________ > council mailing list > council(a)gnso.icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council _______________________________________________ council mailing list council(a)gnso.icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council

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Fwd: FW: [Correspondence] Letter from Steve Crocker to GNSO Council Leadership - GAC Copenhagen Communiqué
by James M. Bladel July 13, 2017

July 13, 2017

Councilors - Please see attached for a letter from the Board regarding our response to the GAC's Copenhagen communique. Thank you, J. ----------------- James Bladel GNSO Chair ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marika Konings Date: Jul 12, 2017, 01:18 -0500 To: James M. Bladel , Heather Forrest , Donna Austin Cc: gnso-secs(a)icann.org Subject: FW: [Correspondence] Letter from Steve Crocker to GNSO Council Leadership - GAC Copenhagen Communiqué Please find attached a letter from Steve Crocker for your attention. This letter will get posted shortly on the GNSO correspondence page. Best regards, Marika From: Wendy Profit <wendy.profit(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 00:41 To: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org>, "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: [Correspondence] Letter from Steve Crocker to GNSO Council Leadership - GAC Copenhagen Communiqué Dear Marika, Please find attached a letter from Steve Crocker to James Bladel, Heather Forrest and Donna Austin regarding the GNSO comments on the GAC Communiqué from Copenhagen. If you would please be so kind as to ensure transmittal to the GNSO Council Leadership, we would appreciate it. The letter will be posted shortly on the ICANN Correspondence page: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence Best regards, Wendy Profit ICANN – Manager, Board Operations

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GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#250]
by ICANN July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017

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FW: Proposed Addition to response to GAC Communique
by Michele Neylon - Blacknight July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017

All Please see below from Jeff Neuman – forwarding, as he cannot send directly to the Council list. Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains https://www.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.blog/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Personal blog: https://michele.blog/ Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 From: Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman(a)comlaude.com> Date: Wednesday 12 July 2017 at 15:03 To: Michele Neylon <michele(a)blacknight.com>, Philip Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com> Cc: James Bladel <jbladel(a)godaddy.com>, "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin(a)neustar.biz>, Heather Forrest <haforrestesq(a)gmail.com>, avri doria <avri(a)apc.org>, Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan(a)icann.org>, Emily Barabas <emily.barabas(a)icann.org>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Subject: Proposed Addition to response to GAC Communique Michele and Phil, I cannot post to the Council list, but I would like to recommend in my role as one of the Co-Chairs of the Subsequent Procedures PDP, that the Council strongly consider adding something like the following paragraph to its response to the Communique. Although I understand that the Council likes to keep its responses to just the areas where the GAC gives formal advice, and the geographic names issue was not formal advice in this communique, it was formal advice in previous communiques. In fact their message to the Board is for them to take not and essentially reaffirm their previous advice. Therefore, I think it is imperative to send this message to the Board before the Board takes any action: “The GNSO Council also takes note of the “Geographic Names as Top-Level Domains“ section of the communiqué restating previous advice and positions. Among those positions are references that imply that certain geographic top-level domains should be addressed by, and only through, a ccNSO PDP. With respect to that position we note (i) that a ccNSO PDP was not commenced on country and territory names at the top-level, (ii) a Cross Community Working Group on the Use of Country and Territory Names produced a final report in which no recommendations were made on any issues other than the use of two-characters at the top-level, and (iii) these issues are currently within the scope of and charter of the GNSO Policy Develop Process on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro PDP). Our understanding is that the SubPro PDP will be establishing a new Work Track 5 on Geographic Names at the Top Level and inviting persons from each of the SOs and ACs to participate in the leadership of that Work Track. The GNSO Council encourages participation from the community, including the GAC, in that SubPro PDP to ensure a multi-stakeholder bottom up solution to this issue.” I have included Avri on this to see if she has any additional comments. I would appreciate it if this could be forwarded to the Council list. Thanks. Jeffrey J. Neuman Senior Vice President |Valideus USA | Com Laude USA 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 600 Mclean, VA 22102, United States E: jeff.neuman(a)valideus.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@valideus.com> or jeff.neuman(a)comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com> T: +1.703.635.7514 M: +1.202.549.5079 @Jintlaw

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GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#248]
by ICANN July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017

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