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Action Items: GNSO Council meeting 16 April 2020
by Nathalie Peregrine April 21, 2020

April 21, 2020

Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 16 April 2020. Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council meeting and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions. Please ensure your wiki logins are up to date as all Action Items have been assigned to councilors and/or staff and posted on the Action Item wiki page here<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>. If you are logged into the wiki when you go to that page, your name will be highlighted alongside the action item assigned to you. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items. Please note that actions for all councilors are highlighted below. Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins) Action Item: None Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes) Action Item: None Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) Action Item: None Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (10 minutes) Action Item: None Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan / Impact From Coronavirus (25 minutes) Action Item: * GNSO Councilors to review the draft 2020 work plan<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/draft-fra…> and provide input on the Council list by 1 May 2020; next steps regarding the work plan are expected to be discussed during the May 2020 Council meeting. Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team (15 minutes) Action Item: * GNSO Councilors to review the Report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/transfer-…> and engage with their respective SG/C in preparation for the Council vote on the request for an Issue Report during the May 2020 Council meeting. Item 7: Registration Directory Service (RDS) - Program Management (35 minutes) Action Item: * GNSO Leadership, in collaboration with other interested Council members and support staff, to develop a path forward for the RDS program management, in particular the next steps regarding the EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 27 Wave 1 Report, with the aim to provide an update during the May 2020 Council meeting. Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes) 8.1 - GNSO Chair election timeline announced 8.2 - EPDP Phase 2 Initial Report and latest EPDP Project Package - Any questions? 8.3 - RDS data accuracy - possible next steps? 8.4 - Expectations for ICANN68 (if virtual)? 8.5 - Letter from the ICANN Board regarding a potential impasse concerning the implementation of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 7, related to Thick WHOIS Transition Policy. Action Item: * Keith Drazek to initiate the Council list discussion on the ICANN Board letter regarding the EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 7.

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FYI ICANN Announces Webinar to Discuss New Projections Based on Impact of COVID-19
by Nathalie Peregrine April 20, 2020

April 20, 2020

From: Community-Finance <community-finance-bounces(a)icann.org> On Behalf Of Planning Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 18:34 To: community-finance <community-finance(a)icann.org> Subject: [Community-Finance] ICANN Announces Webinar to Discuss New Projections Based on Impact of COVID-19 Dear ICANN Community, ICANN’s Planning Team would like to invite you to attend a webinar to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ICANN org’s current and planned work. ICANN org has recently developed new projections in ICANN’s Revised Draft FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and Revised Draft FY21 Operating Plan and Budget, which will be presented during the webinars for information and discussion and will be proposed for adoption by the ICANN Board in early May. Please join one of the two scheduled informational webinars on 28 April 2020 to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on ICANN’s planned work as detailed in the Revised Draft FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and Revised Draft FY21 Operating Plan and Budget. ICANN welcomes the community’s questions and comments. Below are the details for the two sessions. If you are unable to participate in one of these sessions, they will be recorded and posted to the community wiki for future viewing and additional questions. It is not necessary to attend both sessions, each session will cover the same material. We are hosting two sessions to better accommodate time zones. Webinar #1 28 April 2020 15:00-16:30 UTC Remote Participation: https://icann.zoom.us/j/95689685323?pwd=YWdWK1VNZnJsVEVaeFpha05zN0t1QT09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_956896…> Webinar #2 28 April 2020 23:00-00:30 UTC Remote Participation: https://icann.zoom.us/j/99482978256?pwd=RUJyZU9USzFjOTA0dWcwOVNWY2ZqZz09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_994829…> Community Wiki Link to Recordings (Once they become available.) https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY21+Budget+Webinars We look forward to your participation and invite you to share this information with other community members who would like to be informed on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ICANN’s current and planned work. Thank you, The ICANN Planning Team

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FYI: FW: [ICANN Community Leaders] 20 April 2020
by Terri Agnew April 20, 2020

April 20, 2020

FYI From: SO-AC-SG-CLeaders <so-ac-sg-cleaders-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of ICANN Community Leadership Digest <david.olive(a)icann.org> Reply-To: "policyinfo(a)icann.org" <policyinfo(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, April 20, 2020 at 10:08 AM To: "so-ac-sg-cleaders(a)icann.org" <so-ac-sg-cleaders(a)icann.org> Subject: [ICANN Community Leaders] 20 April 2020 [Image removed by sender.] Monday, 20 April 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest [Image removed by sender.] The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing · REMINDER: PIR Transaction and Proposed Public Interest Commitments Update · REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process ICANN68 Planning · NEW: ICANN68 Publication Support Public Comment · CLOSES TODAY: Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules · CLOSES THURSDAY: Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules · Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process · Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2 · Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2 · ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Information Sharing REMINDER: PIR Transaction and Proposed Public Interest Commitments Update Executive: Göran Marby, ICANN President and CEO Since Public Interest Registry (PIR) formally notified ICANN of the proposed change of control transaction on 14 November 2019 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>, the ICANN org and Board have worked together to thoughtfully and thoroughly evaluate the proposed acquisition to ensure that the .ORG registry remains secure, reliable, and stable. Throughout this process, ICANN has urged PIR, the Internet Society (ISOC), and Ethos Capital (Ethos) to engage and consult with the .ORG community, and to provide full transparency regarding the proposed transaction. Today, ICANN is publishing [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> PIR's recently updated Public Interest Commitments (PICs), which were received by ICANN on 7 April 2020. PIR proposes that these PICs be added to the .<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012tUUq7jk7WfOQXQshQulqFkHFQAfypxnFK1XemLquiYA…>ORG Registry Agreement [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>should ICANN approve the change of control request submitted by PIR. Two versions of the PICs are being published: a "clean [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>" version and a "redline [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>" version that shows changes made by PIR from its 16 March 2020 version submitted to ICANN following PIR's Public Engagement process [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>. [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> The revised PICs that ICANN is publishing today are in response to additional questions posed by ICANN as part of its diligence around the change of control request. On 3 April 2020, ICANN provided PIR with two sets of questions. One set of questions are in follow-up to previous ICANN inquiries designed to further understand the proposed transaction and its potential effect on PIR and the .ORG top-level domain (TLD). The second set of questions relate specifically to the proposed PICs. PIR has indicated that it is working to answer all of the questions from ICANN. It is ICANN's intention to post PIR's responses to these questions when they are available, subject to any appropriate requests for confidentiality made by PIR. Many people have questioned the enforceability of PICs by ICANN. To be clear, PICs are enforceable by ICANN. Any Internet user may submit complaints to ICANN Contractual Compliance. In addition, ICANN Contractual Compliance may identify an issue through its proactive monitoring. ICANN's follow-up questions to PIR seek to ensure that ICANN has a clear understanding of each commitment within the PICs, such that it could be enforced should the need arise. The ICANN Board continues to have reservations regarding the enforceability of PIR's proposed PICs. The .ORG Registry Agreement stipulates a specified time period for ICANN to approve or withhold consent of the proposed change of control of PIR. ICANN and PIR have agreed to extend the deadline several times since the original deadline in mid-January, and the deadline for ICANN's response is now Monday, 20 April 2020. Similar to when voluntary commitments in the form of PICs were proposed by applicants for new generic TLDs, ICANN is providing PIR's proposed PICs to the ICANN community with this public notice. Given the fast-approaching deadline for ICANN to make a decision to approve or withhold consent on the requested change of control of PIR, the typical 30-day public notice period has been condensed to seven days. We recognize the full engagement of the .ORG community in PIR's consultation process, but wanted to ensure ICANN remained fully transparent in what is being considered, the concerns still present in the Board's review, and what the Board will be reviewing. How to Participate: Feedback may be submitted as a comment to this blog [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> or through correspondence to me or the ICANN Board. We thank the ICANN community for its active participation in this matter and remain committed to keeping you informed of new developments. REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Announcement [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for ICANN's Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>before submission. The document includes the following information: · Panel Position Description · Required or Highly Preferred Skills · Required or Highly Preferred Experience · Time Commitment · Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020(a)icann.org<mailto:IRP-Standingpanel-EOI2020@icann.org> by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. ICANN68 Planning NEW: ICANN68 Publication Support Executive: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support Design and Translation Deadline If you require design assistance for your publication, you need to provide all the text, images, layout, and publication type/size requirements (i.e. newsletter vs. 1-pager vs. trifold, etc.). You will receive a maximum of 2 iterations of the publication. Please provide everything by Wednesday, 13 May 2020. Please keep in mind that all materials, new or updated, need to be evergreen. Translation-only Deadline If your publication requires translation, please provide the final material(s) by Monday, 25 May 2020. This ensures that there is enough time to translate the publication by the below print deadline. If your materials require design assistance (outlined above), please note that the final materials will have to be complete, including the edit/approval process, by this deadline in order to be translated. Please work directly with your support staff to submit these requests to chantelle.doerksen(a)icann.org<mailto:chantelle.doerksen@icann.org> and liana.teo(a)icann.org<mailto:liana.teo@icann.org>. Public Comment CLOSES TODAY: Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Monday, 20 April 2020 CLOSES THURSDAY: Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Thursday, 23 April 2020 Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Monday, 27 April 2020 Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2020 Volume 2, Issue 32 | Archive [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> | Next Issue: Thursday, 23 April 2020

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FW: Best-of-Breed Software: Not Just an Afterthought - ICANN
by Nathalie Peregrine April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

https://www.icann.org/news/blog/best-of-breed-software-not-just-an-aftertho… Best-of-Breed Software: Not Just an Afterthought Every day, the ICANN org, Board, and community use a number of different software platforms and applications to create and collaborate on ICANN’s work. This is especially the case right now, with so many of us working from home. Each one of these programs serves a specific purpose, but few of us put a lot of thought into just how, or why, they got onto our laptops. For ICANN org’s Engineering & Information Technology (E&IT) team, the software we choose is one of the most important decisions we make. We know that having the best tools means org staff can work more efficiently, the community can collaborate more effectively, and the Board can spend more time focusing on substantive matters, rather than technology enablers. Recently, OKTA, the provider of ICANN’s two-factor authentication system, released their independent survey results<https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2020?utm_campaign=2020_01_businesse…>. That report details which software platforms are being used by IT professionals around the globe. I’m pleased to inform you that for nearly every one of the categories surveyed and reported, ICANN is currently leveraging the best-of-breed applications in our day-to-day operations. A few key examples include: · Video Conferencing: Zoom · Online Learning: LinkedIn Learning · Collaboration: Slack · Travel & Expense: SAP Concur While the software we use may seem like an afterthought, each application serves a unique purpose and function. It’s critical that we’re using the best available platforms and applications, because it ensures that we’re able to work in the most efficient and effective manner. Beyond that, having best-of-breed software means our internal systems are all the stronger and more resilient against potential abuse, threats, and cyberattacks. As we work to fulfill ICANN’s mission, it is key that we lead the way in deploying these top-of-the-line solutions. Regarding Zoom, which has been in the news following reports of issues with security and privacy, I want to note that we are following developments closely. Meanwhile, Zoom continues to be our video conferencing tool of choice. ICANN’s interactions with Zoom have been productive. Our questions and concerns have been speedily addressed, and new features have been added at our request. Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan, recently announced that his engineering team will focus exclusively on security and privacy during the April-June quarter. We will continue to pay close attention to developments. This has not been an overnight journey, and I am very proud of the work we’ve done to get to this point. I trust that everyone is reaping the benefits of the good choices made available to them. If you have questions or feedback regarding any of these software applications and platforms, please do not hesitate to reach out to mts(a)icann.org<mailto:mts@icann.org> or leave a comment below. Comments Log in to Comment<https://www.icann.org/users/sign_in> or Sign Up<https://www.icann.org/users/sign_up> Details · ICANN Blog · Author: Ashwin Rangan, SVP Engineering & Chief Information Officer · 16 Apr 2020 Sent from my iPhone David A. Olive Senior Vice President Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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New document: GNSO Council input required
by Nathalie Peregrine April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Dear all, Please note the GNSO Draft Framework for Project Planning has been posted on the wiki, with a two-week deadline for input. Please find it posted here<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Documents+for+GNSO+…> and provide input on the GNSO Council mailing list. Thank you! Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: https://learn.icann.org/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__learn.icann.org_&d=DwM…> Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANN-5FGN…> Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the GNSO Master Calendar <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_grou…>

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FYI: [ICANN Community Leaders] 16 April 2020
by Michelle DeSmyter April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

FYI: [http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=69472edd-4cd4-42c6-a32d-8ed932d53a11&a=1122025…] Thursday, 16 April 2020 ICANN Community Leadership Digest [https://files.constantcontact.com/304b3fd3501/31f30ab5-1445-45c3-aef7-c0ea4…] The ICANN org Policy Development Support function publishes this twice-weekly digest to help ICANN community leaders track requests and follow updates. Table of Contents Information Sharing · REMINDER: PIR Transaction and Proposed Public Interest Commitments Update · NEW: Registrant Course on ICANN Learn · REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process ICANN68 Planning · NEW: ICANN68 Publication Support Public Comment · CLOSES MONDAY: Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules · CLOSES NEXT WEEK: Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules · Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process · Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2 · Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2 · NEW: ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Information Sharing REMINDER: PIR Transaction and Proposed Public Interest Commitments Update Executive: Göran Marby, ICANN President and CEO Since Public Interest Registry (PIR) formally notified ICANN of the proposed change of control transaction on 14 November 2019 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>, the ICANN org and Board have worked together to thoughtfully and thoroughly evaluate the proposed acquisition to ensure that the .ORG registry remains secure, reliable, and stable. Throughout this process, ICANN has urged PIR, the Internet Society (ISOC), and Ethos Capital (Ethos) to engage and consult with the .ORG community, and to provide full transparency regarding the proposed transaction. Today, ICANN is publishing [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> PIR's recently updated Public Interest Commitments (PICs), which were received by ICANN on 7 April 2020. PIR proposes that these PICs be added to the .<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001zFMw0XXyufHBVRcNXzHvudbmSQGOQ3cqDr2LyKWIpWWE…>ORG Registry Agreement [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>should ICANN approve the change of control request submitted by PIR. Two versions of the PICs are being published: a "clean [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>" version and a "redline [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>" version that shows changes made by PIR from its 16 March 2020 version submitted to ICANN following PIR's Public Engagement process [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>. [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> The revised PICs that ICANN is publishing today are in response to additional questions posed by ICANN as part of its diligence around the change of control request. On 3 April 2020, ICANN provided PIR with two sets of questions. One set of questions are in follow-up to previous ICANN inquiries designed to further understand the proposed transaction and its potential effect on PIR and the .ORG top-level domain (TLD). The second set of questions relate specifically to the proposed PICs. PIR has indicated that it is working to answer all of the questions from ICANN. It is ICANN's intention to post PIR's responses to these questions when they are available, subject to any appropriate requests for confidentiality made by PIR. Many people have questioned the enforceability of PICs by ICANN. To be clear, PICs are enforceable by ICANN. Any Internet user may submit complaints to ICANN Contractual Compliance. In addition, ICANN Contractual Compliance may identify an issue through its proactive monitoring. ICANN's follow-up questions to PIR seek to ensure that ICANN has a clear understanding of each commitment within the PICs, such that it could be enforced should the need arise. The ICANN Board continues to have reservations regarding the enforceability of PIR's proposed PICs. The .ORG Registry Agreement stipulates a specified time period for ICANN to approve or withhold consent of the proposed change of control of PIR. ICANN and PIR have agreed to extend the deadline several times since the original deadline in mid-January, and the deadline for ICANN's response is now Monday, 20 April 2020. Similar to when voluntary commitments in the form of PICs were proposed by applicants for new generic TLDs, ICANN is providing PIR's proposed PICs to the ICANN community with this public notice. Given the fast-approaching deadline for ICANN to make a decision to approve or withhold consent on the requested change of control of PIR, the typical 30-day public notice period has been condensed to seven days. We recognize the full engagement of the .ORG community in PIR's consultation process, but wanted to ensure ICANN remained fully transparent in what is being considered, the concerns still present in the Board's review, and what the Board will be reviewing. How to Participate: Feedback may be submitted as a comment to this blog [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> or through correspondence to me or the ICANN Board. We thank the ICANN community for its active participation in this matter and remain committed to keeping you informed of new developments. NEW: Registrant Course on ICANN Learn Executive: Sally Costerton, Senior Advisor to the President and Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement ICANN org has published a new course for registrants that aims to educate registrants and the end user community on a registrant's rights and responsibilities, and their role in the domain name ecosystem. Register for the course. [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> REMINDER: Call for Expressions of Interest: Standing Panel for ICANN’s Independent Review Process Announcement [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> On 31 March 2020, ICANN opened a call for Expressions of Interest for panelists to serve on the omnibus Standing Panel for ICANN's Independent Review Process (IRP). Candidates for the IRP omnibus Standing Panel should review the Expressions of Interest document [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…>before submission. The document includes the following information: · Panel Position Description · Required or Highly Preferred Skills · Required or Highly Preferred Experience · Time Commitment · Compensation and Selection Expressions of Interest should be submitted to irp-standingpanel-eoi2020(a)icann.org<mailto:IRP-Standingpanel-EOI2020@icann.org> by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 31 July 2020. ICANN68 Planning NEW: ICANN68 Publication Support Executive: David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support Design and Translation Deadline If you require design assistance for your publication, you need to provide all the text, images, layout, and publication type/size requirements (i.e. newsletter vs. 1-pager vs. trifold, etc.). You will receive a maximum of 2 iterations of the publication. Please provide everything by Wednesday, 13 May 2020. Please keep in mind that all materials, new or updated, need to be evergreen. Translation-only Deadline If your publication requires translation, please provide the final material(s) by Monday, 25 May 2020. This ensures that there is enough time to translate the publication by the below print deadline. If your materials require design assistance (outlined above), please note that the final materials will have to be complete, including the edit/approval process, by this deadline in order to be translated. Please work directly with your support staff to submit these requests to chantelle.doerksen(a)icann.org<mailto:chantelle.doerksen@icann.org> and l<mailto:liana.teo@icann.org>iana.teo(a)icann.org<mailto:liana.teo@icann.org>. Public Comment CLOSES MONDAY: Proposal for Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Monday, 20 April 2020 CLOSES NEXT WEEK: Proposal for Bangla Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Thursday, 23 April 2020 Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Monday, 27 April 2020 Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 NEW: ICANN Africa Regional Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> Close Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2020 Volume 2, Issue 31 | Archive [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-…> | Next Issue: Monday, 20 April 2020

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Recordings, attendance & Zoom chat/ GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC
by Terri Agnew April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Dear all, Please find below the audio recording, zoom recording (audio, visual, rough transcript) and chat of the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC. Audio only: https://icann.zoom.us/rec/play/u8B-JL-s-203T9fEswSDBPNxW42_Kf2s0ClI__JYnRy8… Zoom Recording (includes visual and rough transcript. To access the rough transcript, select the Audio Transcript tab): https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/xdFbdLrz0HxJaKf07Er7Aq86IbjEX6a80XJM_Kdeyh2… Zoom chat: https://icann.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/7J0vcOz6rTo3H93HtgSDBPZ_W9XpeqOsg3AXr_d… The recordings and transcriptions of the calls are posted on the GNSO Master Calendar page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group…> With kind regards, Terri

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Re: [council] [gnso-secs] [Ext] Re: Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC
by Nathalie Peregrine April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Dear Flip, and all, As a reminder, all GNSO Council meeting documents are hyperlinked to the agenda<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Final+Proposed+Agen…>, but also compiled on the corresponding Document page<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Documents+16+April+…> for each meeting. Thank you, Nathalie From: Gnso-secs <gnso-secs-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 3:53 PM To: Flip Petillion <fpetillion(a)petillion.law>, "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [gnso-secs] [Ext] Re: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC Dear Flip, Here it is: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/draft-fra… [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> Thank you, Nathalie From: Flip Petillion <fpetillion(a)petillion.law> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 3:50 PM To: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org>, "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC Dear Nathalie, Can you share the link to the document referred in section 5. ? Thank you Best Flip Flip Petillion fpetillion(a)petillion.law +32484652653 www.petillion.law [signature_934749158][petillion.law]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.petillion.law_&d=Dw…> Attorneys – Advocaten - Avocats From: council <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 17:15 To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC ** with updated Zoom room details** Dear all, Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC. Draft GNSO Council Agenda 16 April 2020 Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access: https://community.icann.org/x/myWJBw This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun…> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018 For convenience: * An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. GNSO Council meeting held at 12:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_vau3jkd&d=…> 05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington DC; 13:00 London; 17:00 Islamabad; 21:00 Tokyo; 22:00 Melbourne GNSO Council Meeting Webinar Room https://icann.zoom.us/j/895774606?pwd=a051c2pESGpYaEdQWktzN2V5Y0xxQT09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_895774…> Password: 808774 Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call. ___________________________________ Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins) 1.1 - Roll Call 1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest 1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda 1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: Minutes [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 20 February 2020 will be posted on 6 March 2020 Minutes [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 11 March 2020 were posted on 27 March 2020. Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes) 2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun…>and Action Item List. <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg> Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) * None Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (10 minutes) Everyone is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, including members of the Council, members of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and staff. The impact is substantial for some, who in addition to their regular job are now also playing additional roles as day care provider and educator. For some, their work may be directly related to the effort to combat coronavirus. Here, the Council will have a brief discussion about how the coronavirus pandemic may impact the capacity of the GNSO Council and the SG/Cs as well as ICANN Org’s operations and staff, and that it should be accounted for in discussing all of the subsequent agenda items during this meeting. 4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 4.2 – Council discussion 4.3 – Next steps Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan / Impact From Coronavirus (25 minutes) After the GNSO Council’s Strategic Planning Session in January 2020, the Council acknowledged that there are limited resources available for policy development activities and related work. This resource limitation means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work, but also prioritize the new work waiting in its pipeline. At the Strategic Planning Session, Councilors participated in an informal and non-binding ranking survey, which was used as a “sense of the room.” This informational survey result was shared with Councilors to then share with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, to gain a better sense of the various groups’ top priorities. The Council touched on this topic briefly during the February Council meeting and again during its March meeting. Council leadership and staff developed a draft work plan for the Council’s consideration. Previously, the focus was on prioritization of the GNSO’s work, which implies that the work should be ranked in order of priority. However, Council leadership determined that it might be more practical to think of this exercise more simply as establishing a work plan, which does still consider the urgency of the work, but also looks at each element of work in a more granular fashion and identifies potential dependencies. What this allows the Council to do is to potentially carve out pieces of work from a project that might be initiated in the near-term, some of which may then serve as the preparatory/informational basis for Council next steps. While this topic is focused on a relatively long-term work plan for the GNSO, the landscape has changed significantly since the Strategic Planning Session in late January of 2020. It is possible that capacity within the community, as well as Policy staff, is or may be diminished by the impact from the coronavirus pandemic. For instance, the Council had anticipated initiating the IGO Work Track just after ICANN68, but Council leadership believes discussion is warranted on whether the timing still remains appropriate. Here, the Council will discuss this change in approach (and draft document) to establishing the Council’s draft work plan for 2020, and potentially beyond, but will also consider whether the coronavirus pandemic might impact that plan. 5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 5.2 – Council discussion 5.3 – Next steps Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team (15 minutes) On April 22, 2019, ICANN Org delivered the most recent version of the Transfer Policy Status Report (TPSR) [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> to the GNSO Council. ICANN Org delivered the TPSR pursuant to Recommendation 17 of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP Working Group’s Final Report [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…>, which provides, “[t]he Working Group recommends that contracted parties and ICANN should start to gather data and other relevant information that will help inform a future IRTP review team in its efforts.” The GNSO Council established the Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team to review the TPSR and consider the best approach/mechanism to conduct the review, composition of the potential review team, and the scope of the review and future policy work related to the Transfer Policy. The team believes that the GDPR and similar national privacy legislations have rendered the Transfer Policy ineffective and unworkable as written and recommends that a PDP, or series of PDPs, be established to conduct policy work on the Transfer Policy. Further, as a first step, the team recommends that the GNSO Council instruct ICANN Policy staff to draft an Issues Report in line with the Scoping Document [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> delivered to the GNSO Council on 7 April 2020.. Here, the Council will discuss the report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team and consider possible next steps, including the request of an Issue Report on the Transfer Policy. 6.1 - Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 6.2 – Council discussion 6.3 – Next steps Item 7: Registration Directory Service (RDS) - Program Management (35 minutes) The GNSO Council has a number of Registration Directory Service (RDS) related topics to consider. * EPDP Phase 1, Recommendation 27 Wave 1 report - The Council was provided with the updated version of the Wave 1 report<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-February/023534.html> on 19 February 2020. On 24 March 2020, a suggested approach<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023615.html> for addressing the Council’s work related to recommendation 27 was shared with the Council. The Council has not yet discussed how it wants to prioritize and allocate this work, which will have an impact on the Council’s work plan. * Whois Procedure Implementation Advisory Group (WPIAG) - At the Council’s 13 March 2019 meeting, it agreed to defer further discussion of the WPIAG for 12 months, reserving the right to revisit at any time. With 12 months having lapsed, what action, if any, should be taken? * Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-RT) - On 18 March 2020, the Council was informed<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023606.html> that the ICANN Board passed two recommendations to the Council, in whole or in part, for its consideration as documented in the scorecard [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_syste…> associated with the Board resolution [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. The Council has not yet discussed how it will consider the two relevant recommendations (i.e., CC1 and CC.4). Here, the Council will discuss the bullet points above and discuss next steps, as applicable. 7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 7.2 – Council discussion 7.3 – Next steps Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes) * 8.1 - GNSO Chair election timeline [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> announced * 8.2 - EPDP Phase 2 Initial Report and latest EPDP Project Package<https://community.icann.org/x/6BdIBg> - Any questions? * 8.3 - RDS data accuracy - possible next steps? * 8.4 - Expectations for ICANN68 (if virtual)? * 8.5 - Letter [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> from the ICANN Board regarding a potential impasse concerning the implementation of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 7, related to Thick WHOIS Transition Policy.. _______________________________ Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i)) See https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11 [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4) See https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-proced… [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> References for Coordinated Universal Time of 12:00 UTC Local time between October and March Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 05:00 San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 06:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 09:00 London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC+1 13:00 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 13:00 Paris, France (CEST) UTC+2 14:00 Islamabad, Pakistan (PKT) (+1 day) UTC+5 17:00 Singapore (SGT) UTC+8 20:00 Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9 21:00 Melbourne, Australia (AEST) UTC+10 22:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DST starts/ends on Sunday 25 of October 2020, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) for EU countries and on Sunday 01 of November 2020 for the US. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com [timeanddate.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.timeanddate.com_&d=…> and https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_vau3jkd&d=…>

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Re: [council] [Ext] Re: Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC
by Nathalie Peregrine April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Dear Flip, Here it is: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/draft-fra… Thank you, Nathalie From: Flip Petillion <fpetillion(a)petillion.law> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 3:50 PM To: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org>, "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC Dear Nathalie, Can you share the link to the document referred in section 5. ? Thank you Best Flip Flip Petillion fpetillion(a)petillion.law +32484652653 www.petillion.law [signature_934749158][petillion.law]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.petillion.law_&d=Dw…> Attorneys – Advocaten - Avocats From: council <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 17:15 To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC ** with updated Zoom room details** Dear all, Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC. Draft GNSO Council Agenda 16 April 2020 Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access: https://community.icann.org/x/myWJBw This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun…> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018 For convenience: * An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. GNSO Council meeting held at 12:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_vau3jkd&d=…> 05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington DC; 13:00 London; 17:00 Islamabad; 21:00 Tokyo; 22:00 Melbourne GNSO Council Meeting Webinar Room https://icann.zoom.us/j/895774606?pwd=a051c2pESGpYaEdQWktzN2V5Y0xxQT09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_895774…> Password: 808774 Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call. ___________________________________ Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins) 1.1 - Roll Call 1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest 1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda 1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: Minutes [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 20 February 2020 will be posted on 6 March 2020 Minutes [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 11 March 2020 were posted on 27 March 2020. Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes) 2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun…>and Action Item List. <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg> Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) * None Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (10 minutes) Everyone is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, including members of the Council, members of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and staff. The impact is substantial for some, who in addition to their regular job are now also playing additional roles as day care provider and educator. For some, their work may be directly related to the effort to combat coronavirus. Here, the Council will have a brief discussion about how the coronavirus pandemic may impact the capacity of the GNSO Council and the SG/Cs as well as ICANN Org’s operations and staff, and that it should be accounted for in discussing all of the subsequent agenda items during this meeting. 4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 4.2 – Council discussion 4.3 – Next steps Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan / Impact From Coronavirus (25 minutes) After the GNSO Council’s Strategic Planning Session in January 2020, the Council acknowledged that there are limited resources available for policy development activities and related work. This resource limitation means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work, but also prioritize the new work waiting in its pipeline. At the Strategic Planning Session, Councilors participated in an informal and non-binding ranking survey, which was used as a “sense of the room.” This informational survey result was shared with Councilors to then share with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, to gain a better sense of the various groups’ top priorities. The Council touched on this topic briefly during the February Council meeting and again during its March meeting. Council leadership and staff developed a draft work plan for the Council’s consideration. Previously, the focus was on prioritization of the GNSO’s work, which implies that the work should be ranked in order of priority. However, Council leadership determined that it might be more practical to think of this exercise more simply as establishing a work plan, which does still consider the urgency of the work, but also looks at each element of work in a more granular fashion and identifies potential dependencies. What this allows the Council to do is to potentially carve out pieces of work from a project that might be initiated in the near-term, some of which may then serve as the preparatory/informational basis for Council next steps. While this topic is focused on a relatively long-term work plan for the GNSO, the landscape has changed significantly since the Strategic Planning Session in late January of 2020. It is possible that capacity within the community, as well as Policy staff, is or may be diminished by the impact from the coronavirus pandemic. For instance, the Council had anticipated initiating the IGO Work Track just after ICANN68, but Council leadership believes discussion is warranted on whether the timing still remains appropriate. Here, the Council will discuss this change in approach (and draft document) to establishing the Council’s draft work plan for 2020, and potentially beyond, but will also consider whether the coronavirus pandemic might impact that plan. 5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 5.2 – Council discussion 5.3 – Next steps Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team (15 minutes) On April 22, 2019, ICANN Org delivered the most recent version of the Transfer Policy Status Report (TPSR) [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> to the GNSO Council. ICANN Org delivered the TPSR pursuant to Recommendation 17 of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP Working Group’s Final Report [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…>, which provides, “[t]he Working Group recommends that contracted parties and ICANN should start to gather data and other relevant information that will help inform a future IRTP review team in its efforts.” The GNSO Council established the Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team to review the TPSR and consider the best approach/mechanism to conduct the review, composition of the potential review team, and the scope of the review and future policy work related to the Transfer Policy. The team believes that the GDPR and similar national privacy legislations have rendered the Transfer Policy ineffective and unworkable as written and recommends that a PDP, or series of PDPs, be established to conduct policy work on the Transfer Policy. Further, as a first step, the team recommends that the GNSO Council instruct ICANN Policy staff to draft an Issues Report in line with the Scoping Document [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> delivered to the GNSO Council on 7 April 2020.. Here, the Council will discuss the report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team and consider possible next steps, including the request of an Issue Report on the Transfer Policy. 6.1 - Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 6.2 – Council discussion 6.3 – Next steps Item 7: Registration Directory Service (RDS) - Program Management (35 minutes) The GNSO Council has a number of Registration Directory Service (RDS) related topics to consider. * EPDP Phase 1, Recommendation 27 Wave 1 report - The Council was provided with the updated version of the Wave 1 report<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-February/023534.html> on 19 February 2020. On 24 March 2020, a suggested approach<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023615.html> for addressing the Council’s work related to recommendation 27 was shared with the Council. The Council has not yet discussed how it wants to prioritize and allocate this work, which will have an impact on the Council’s work plan. * Whois Procedure Implementation Advisory Group (WPIAG) - At the Council’s 13 March 2019 meeting, it agreed to defer further discussion of the WPIAG for 12 months, reserving the right to revisit at any time. With 12 months having lapsed, what action, if any, should be taken? * Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-RT) - On 18 March 2020, the Council was informed<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023606.html> that the ICANN Board passed two recommendations to the Council, in whole or in part, for its consideration as documented in the scorecard [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_syste…> associated with the Board resolution [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. The Council has not yet discussed how it will consider the two relevant recommendations (i.e., CC1 and CC.4). Here, the Council will discuss the bullet points above and discuss next steps, as applicable. 7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 7.2 – Council discussion 7.3 – Next steps Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes) * 8.1 - GNSO Chair election timeline [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> announced * 8.2 - EPDP Phase 2 Initial Report and latest EPDP Project Package<https://community.icann.org/x/6BdIBg> - Any questions? * 8.3 - RDS data accuracy - possible next steps? * 8.4 - Expectations for ICANN68 (if virtual)? * 8.5 - Letter [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> from the ICANN Board regarding a potential impasse concerning the implementation of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 7, related to Thick WHOIS Transition Policy.. _______________________________ Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i)) See https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11 [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4) See https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-proced… [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> References for Coordinated Universal Time of 12:00 UTC Local time between October and March Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 05:00 San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 06:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 09:00 London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC+1 13:00 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 13:00 Paris, France (CEST) UTC+2 14:00 Islamabad, Pakistan (PKT) (+1 day) UTC+5 17:00 Singapore (SGT) UTC+8 20:00 Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9 21:00 Melbourne, Australia (AEST) UTC+10 22:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DST starts/ends on Sunday 25 of October 2020, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) for EU countries and on Sunday 01 of November 2020 for the US. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com [timeanddate.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.timeanddate.com_&d=…> and https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_vau3jkd&d=…>

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Re: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC
by Flip Petillion April 16, 2020

April 16, 2020

Dear Nathalie, Can you share the link to the document referred in section 5. ? Thank you Best Flip Flip Petillion fpetillion(a)petillion.law +32484652653 www.petillion.law [signature_934749158]<http://www.petillion.law/> Attorneys – Advocaten - Avocats From: council <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 17:15 To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: [council] Updated Zoom info: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC ** with updated Zoom room details** Dear all, Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC. Draft GNSO Council Agenda 16 April 2020 Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access: https://community.icann.org/x/myWJBw This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun…> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018 For convenience: * An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. GNSO Council meeting held at 12:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_vau3jkd&d=…> 05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington DC; 13:00 London; 17:00 Islamabad; 21:00 Tokyo; 22:00 Melbourne GNSO Council Meeting Webinar Room https://icann.zoom.us/j/895774606?pwd=a051c2pESGpYaEdQWktzN2V5Y0xxQT09 Password: 808774 Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call. ___________________________________ Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins) 1.1 - Roll Call 1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest 1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda 1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: Minutes [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 20 February 2020 will be posted on 6 March 2020 Minutes [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 11 March 2020 were posted on 27 March 2020. Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes) 2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_coun…>and Action Item List. <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg> Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) * None Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (10 minutes) Everyone is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, including members of the Council, members of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and staff. The impact is substantial for some, who in addition to their regular job are now also playing additional roles as day care provider and educator. For some, their work may be directly related to the effort to combat coronavirus. Here, the Council will have a brief discussion about how the coronavirus pandemic may impact the capacity of the GNSO Council and the SG/Cs as well as ICANN Org’s operations and staff, and that it should be accounted for in discussing all of the subsequent agenda items during this meeting. 4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 4.2 – Council discussion 4.3 – Next steps Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan / Impact From Coronavirus (25 minutes) After the GNSO Council’s Strategic Planning Session in January 2020, the Council acknowledged that there are limited resources available for policy development activities and related work. This resource limitation means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work, but also prioritize the new work waiting in its pipeline. At the Strategic Planning Session, Councilors participated in an informal and non-binding ranking survey, which was used as a “sense of the room.” This informational survey result was shared with Councilors to then share with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, to gain a better sense of the various groups’ top priorities. The Council touched on this topic briefly during the February Council meeting and again during its March meeting. Council leadership and staff developed a draft work plan for the Council’s consideration. Previously, the focus was on prioritization of the GNSO’s work, which implies that the work should be ranked in order of priority. However, Council leadership determined that it might be more practical to think of this exercise more simply as establishing a work plan, which does still consider the urgency of the work, but also looks at each element of work in a more granular fashion and identifies potential dependencies. What this allows the Council to do is to potentially carve out pieces of work from a project that might be initiated in the near-term, some of which may then serve as the preparatory/informational basis for Council next steps. While this topic is focused on a relatively long-term work plan for the GNSO, the landscape has changed significantly since the Strategic Planning Session in late January of 2020. It is possible that capacity within the community, as well as Policy staff, is or may be diminished by the impact from the coronavirus pandemic. For instance, the Council had anticipated initiating the IGO Work Track just after ICANN68, but Council leadership believes discussion is warranted on whether the timing still remains appropriate. Here, the Council will discuss this change in approach (and draft document) to establishing the Council’s draft work plan for 2020, and potentially beyond, but will also consider whether the coronavirus pandemic might impact that plan. 5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 5.2 – Council discussion 5.3 – Next steps Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team (15 minutes) On April 22, 2019, ICANN Org delivered the most recent version of the Transfer Policy Status Report (TPSR) [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> to the GNSO Council. ICANN Org delivered the TPSR pursuant to Recommendation 17 of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP Working Group’s Final Report [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…>, which provides, “[t]he Working Group recommends that contracted parties and ICANN should start to gather data and other relevant information that will help inform a future IRTP review team in its efforts.” The GNSO Council established the Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team to review the TPSR and consider the best approach/mechanism to conduct the review, composition of the potential review team, and the scope of the review and future policy work related to the Transfer Policy. The team believes that the GDPR and similar national privacy legislations have rendered the Transfer Policy ineffective and unworkable as written and recommends that a PDP, or series of PDPs, be established to conduct policy work on the Transfer Policy. Further, as a first step, the team recommends that the GNSO Council instruct ICANN Policy staff to draft an Issues Report in line with the Scoping Document [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> delivered to the GNSO Council on 7 April 2020.. Here, the Council will discuss the report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team and consider possible next steps, including the request of an Issue Report on the Transfer Policy. 6.1 - Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 6.2 – Council discussion 6.3 – Next steps Item 7: Registration Directory Service (RDS) - Program Management (35 minutes) The GNSO Council has a number of Registration Directory Service (RDS) related topics to consider. * EPDP Phase 1, Recommendation 27 Wave 1 report - The Council was provided with the updated version of the Wave 1 report<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-February/023534.html> on 19 February 2020. On 24 March 2020, a suggested approach<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023615.html> for addressing the Council’s work related to recommendation 27 was shared with the Council. The Council has not yet discussed how it wants to prioritize and allocate this work, which will have an impact on the Council’s work plan. * Whois Procedure Implementation Advisory Group (WPIAG) - At the Council’s 13 March 2019 meeting, it agreed to defer further discussion of the WPIAG for 12 months, reserving the right to revisit at any time. With 12 months having lapsed, what action, if any, should be taken? * Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-RT) - On 18 March 2020, the Council was informed<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023606.html> that the ICANN Board passed two recommendations to the Council, in whole or in part, for its consideration as documented in the scorecard [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_syste…> associated with the Board resolution [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. The Council has not yet discussed how it will consider the two relevant recommendations (i.e., CC1 and CC.4). Here, the Council will discuss the bullet points above and discuss next steps, as applicable. 7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 7.2 – Council discussion 7.3 – Next steps Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes) * 8.1 - GNSO Chair election timeline [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> announced * 8.2 - EPDP Phase 2 Initial Report and latest EPDP Project Package<https://community.icann.org/x/6BdIBg> - Any questions? * 8.3 - RDS data accuracy - possible next steps? * 8.4 - Expectations for ICANN68 (if virtual)? * 8.5 - Letter [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> from the ICANN Board regarding a potential impasse concerning the implementation of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 7, related to Thick WHOIS Transition Policy.. _______________________________ Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i)) See https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11 [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4) See https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-proced… [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_d…> References for Coordinated Universal Time of 12:00 UTC Local time between October and March Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 05:00 San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 06:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 09:00 London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC+1 13:00 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 13:00 Paris, France (CEST) UTC+2 14:00 Islamabad, Pakistan (PKT) (+1 day) UTC+5 17:00 Singapore (SGT) UTC+8 20:00 Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9 21:00 Melbourne, Australia (AEST) UTC+10 22:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DST starts/ends on Sunday 25 of October 2020, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) for EU countries and on Sunday 01 of November 2020 for the US. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com [timeanddate.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.timeanddate.com_&d=…> and https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd [tinyurl.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_vau3jkd&d=…>

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