Dear Councilors,

 

On behalf of Council leadership, this is a reminder of the following action item:

 

5. UDRP Policy Status Report – is Council public comment needed?

Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to ask on the Council list whether the Council will comment on the UDRP Policy Status Report.

 

Does the Council wish to comment on the UDRP PSR, specifically to any information it feels it needs, and that is not in the PSR, in relation to Phase 2 of the RPMs PDP.

 

Please note that comments are due on 19 April 2022 according to the public forum announcement.

 

Kind regards,

Julie Hedlund

Policy Director

 

Dear Councilors,

 

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Wednesday, 09 March 2022 and the GNSO Wrap Up Session held on the Thursday, 10 March 2022. Please refer to the Action Item page for updates on item completion progress. 

 

Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council meeting and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions.  

  Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.

 

 

Please note that actions for all councilors are highlighted below.

 

 GNSO COUNCIL MEETING

Item 3: Consent Agenda

Reappointment of Becky Burr to seat 13 on the ICANN Board. The CPH has reappointed Becky Burr for Seat 13 on the ICANN Board of Directors. This agenda item is intended to acknowledge the selection and confirm that the notification process as outlined in Section 7.25 of the ICANN Bylaws will be completed subsequently.

Action Items:

• On behalf of the GNSO Council the GNSO Secretariat notifies the Contracted Parties House of the GNSO Council’s acknowledgement of the reappointment of Becky Burr to Seat 13 on the ICANN Board of Directors as confirmation of the selection and that the notification process as outlined in Section 7.25 of the ICANN Bylaws will be completed subsequently.

 

Motion to extend the GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot Project by adding implementation of specific WS2 items.

Action Items:

• On behalf of the GNSO Council the GNSO Secretariat to notify Olga Cavalli, CCOICI Chair, of the GNSO Council’s approval of the motion to extend the GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot Project by adding implementation of specific WS2 items.

 

 Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the SubPro ODP / Debrief From Meeting With the ICANN Board

Action Items:

• GNSO Councilors should review the suggested responses from the GNSO liaison to the SubPro ODP at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_A5oEnsFQHAvXDtNNRkDGzPoC2GRTxtlnMCwd3rNMOM/edit [docs.google.com] and provide comments or suggestions, if any, not later than 18 March 2022.

 

 Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

9.1 – Question - "How does ICANN ensure the openness (including accessibility) of the Internet in conflict situations and how does ICANN manage the impact on the security and stability of the Internet?"

Action Items:

• GNSO Councilors to bring this question back to their Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies and bring feedback, if any, to the Council: "How does ICANN ensure the openness (including accessibility) of the Internet in conflict situations and how does ICANN manage the impact on the security and stability of the Internet?"

 

 

GNSO COUNCIL WRAP UP SESSION

 

2. “PDP 3.1/PDP 4.0”; improving engagement with the Board; improving engagement with GDS; modifying Consensus Policies; reviewing the policy & implementation recommendations - pulling the threads together.

Action Items: Staff to draft a discussion paper to highlight specific areas.

 

3. Potential approaches for addressing additional SubPro work

Action Items: 

1. See action item above for agenda item #6 from the GNSO Council meeting for the Councilors to review the SubPro Liaison’s responses to Question set #2.
2. Jeff Neuman to suggest text for the initiation of the request for the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP).

 

4. Continuation - "How does ICANN ensure the openness (including accessibility) of the Internet in conflict situations and how does ICANN manage the impact on the security and stability of the Internet?"

Action Items: GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies to consider the following question and provide comments or suggestions if any: “How does ICANN ensure the openness (including accessibility) of the Internet in conflict situations and how does ICANN manage the impact on the security and stability of the Internet?”

 

5. UDRP Policy Status Report – is Council public comment needed?

Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to ask on the Council list whether the Council will comment on the UDRP Policy Status Report.

 

 

Thank you!

Nathalie