It’s too late for now but in the future, we should seriously consider having a Council meeting that occurs during or immediately before/after the SPS when we are all together. J. Damon Ashcraft , P.C. O: 602.382.6389<tel:602.382.6389> | M: 602.510.1640<tel:602.510.1640> dashcraft@swlaw.com<mailto:dashcraft@swlaw.com> SNELL & WILMER swlaw.com<https://us.content.exclaimer.net?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.swlaw.com%2F&tenantid...> | LinkedIn<https://us.content.exclaimer.net?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompan...> One East Washington Street | Suite 2700 | Phoenix, AZ 85004‑2556 Albuquerque | Boise | Dallas | Denver | Las Vegas | Los Angeles | Los Cabos | Orange County | Palo Alto | Phoenix | Portland | Reno-Tahoe | Salt Lake City | San Diego | Seattle | Tucson | Washington, D.C. This email and any attachments may be confidential and protected by legal privilege. If you have received this message in error, please do not disclose the contents to anyone. Please notify the sender by return email and delete this email as well as any attachments from your system. From: Terri Agnew via council <council@icann.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2025 11:34 AM To: Johan Helsingius <julf@Julf.com>; council@icann.org Subject: [council] Re: [Ext] Re: Re: GNSO Council dates & times 2026 [EXTERNAL] council@icann.org<mailto:council@icann.org> Hi Council, We will begin getting 2026 meetings scheduled as listed below. Thanks! Terri On 11/10/25, 11:24 AM, "Johan Helsingius" <julf@Julf.com <mailto:julf@Julf.com<mailto:julf@Julf.com%20%3cmailto:julf@Julf.com>>> wrote: Thank you Terri! RIPE92 is in Edinburgh, UTC+1, so it is possible to do the council meeting before the RIPE day starts. Julf On 10/11/2025 16:58, Terri Agnew wrote:
Thank you Julf, I have added RIPE92 is May 18-22 to the list, I see 14 May is Ascension Day (and added below) in some parts of the world. @Council, which would be less impactful, Council meeting on 14 May or 21 May 2026? Reminder, this is the 05:00 UTC rotation time.
On 11/10/25, 9:27 AM, "Johan Helsingius via council" <council@icann.org <mailto:council@icann.org<mailto:council@icann.org%20%3cmailto:council@icann.org>> <mailto:council@icann.org <mailto:council@icann.org<mailto:council@icann.org%20%3cmailto:council@icann.org>>>> wrote:
RIPE92 is May 18-22.
Julf
On 10/11/2025 14:57, Terri Agnew via council wrote:
Dear GNSO Council,
Please see the suggested dates for 2026 Council meetings. Times and
meeting rotation are suggested in function of the current locations of
the Council Leadership team and members of the council.
We encouraged you to check the dates against your national and/or
religious holidays. We have considered those which could conflict with
Council meeting dates (Thursdays, generally the 2^nd or the 3^rd of
the month except during Tri-Annual ICANN meetings). Please have a look
and check against your own calendars to see if there are any adjustments
to make. If no comments on dates/times listed below, we will send
calendar invites out next week.
Current 2025 Meeting dates and times (which will remain the same):
* 13 November at 13:00 UTC
* 11 December at 21:00 UTC
Suggested 2026 Meeting dates and times:
We have kept the three council meeting times as they still seem to work
for the current council of 05:00, 13:00 and 21:00 UTC. (exception for
the ICANN tri-annual meetings)
* 15 January 2026 at 05:00 UTC//
* 12 February 2026 at 21:00 UTC
* 11 March 2026 – ICANN85 at 13:15 local time (Mumbai)
* 16 April 2026 at 21:00 UTC
* 21 May 2026 at 05:00 UTC
* 10 June 2026 - ICANN86 at 13:15 local time (Seville)
* 09 July 2026 at 13:00 UTC
* 13 August 2026 at 21:00 UTC>
* 10 September 2026 at 05:00 UTC
* 21 October 2026 - ICANN87 at 13:15 local time (Muscat)
* 12 November 2026 at 13:00 UTC
* 17 December 2026 21:00 UTC//
//
/Holiday and/or events considered:/
/Chinese New Year: 17 February – 03 March 2026/
/Ramadan: 17 February – 19 March 2026/
Nowruz: 20 March 2026//
/IETF 125: 14 – 20 March 2026 /
/RightsCon: 05 – 08 May 2026/
/INTA: 02 May – 06 May 2026/
Ascension Day: 14 May 2026
RIPE92: May 18-22 2026
/IETF 126: 18 – 24 July 2026/
/Rosh Hashana: 11 – 13 September 2026/
/IETF 127: 14 – 20 November 2026/
/Hanukkah: 04 – 12 December 2026/
/ICANN office Holiday closure: 24 – 31 December 2026/
//
Thank you!
Terri
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