RE: [council] GNSO Council Response to the ICANN Board

Oct. 22, 2016

      Looks fine to me. Thanks for circulating.

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve Chan
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 7:18 PM
To: James M. Bladel; GNSO Council List
Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council Response to the ICANN Board

Dear Councilors,

Staff worked with Council leadership to make a relatively small revision, which seeks to draw attention to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG’s request for additional context under which the questions in the Board’s letter were asked. This new text can be found in the third paragraph of the letter. Last call for any comments – the letter will be sent to the Board on Tuesday, 25 October, at the start of the day in Los Angeles.

Best,
Steve

On 10/18/16, 4:44 PM, "owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of James M. Bladel" <owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of jbladel@godaddy.com> wrote:

    Thanks, Steve.

    Councilors:  Please submit comments/edits by the extended deadline, and Heather, Donna & I will work with Staff to transmit this letter to the Board.

    Thank you,

    J.

    On 10/18/16, 17:33 , "Steve Chan" <owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of steve.chan@icann.org> wrote:

        Dear Councilors,

        We are nearing the suggested deadline for feedback on the draft GNSO Council response to the ICANN Board and no additional input has yet been received. I would like to suggest that an additional 12 hours be provided for input (1159 UTC on Wednesday, 19 October) after which, if none is received, staff will work with Council leadership to have the letter sent as currently drafted.

        The draft letter is attached for your convenience.

        Best,
        Steve

        On 10/13/16, 12:59 PM, "Steve Chan" <owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of steve.chan@icann.org> wrote:

            Dear Councilors,

            Pursuant to the GNSO Council call on 13 October, staff is circulating the latest draft of the Council response to the ICANN Board regarding the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures timeline and work plan. I do not recall a deadline being specified, but staff would like to suggest that all comments be received by 23:59 UTC on Tuesday, 18 October, in order to allow for any edits to be made or voting to take place if that becomes necessary - the intent is to ensure timely transmission of the letter to the ICANN Board prior to ICANN57. 

            Best,
            Steve

            On 10/10/16, 6:56 PM, "Steve Chan" <owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of steve.chan@icann.org> wrote:

                Dear Councilors,

                In support of the Motion put forth by Carlos below, please find the draft GNSO Council response to the ICANN Board as prepared by Carlos, Phil, James, Keith, and Stefania. The letter is intended to synthesize the responses received from the community while also noting where common views were identified. This drafting group and staff welcome your comments and suggested edits.  

                Best,
                Steve

                On 10/3/16, 6:41 PM, "owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G." <owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of crg@isoc-cr.org> wrote:

                    Dear Glen,

                    Dear Councillors

                    I submit this motion to approve during our next call on 13 Oct a 
                    response to Chairman Crocker´s letter from August 5th 2016, and ask for 
                    secondment:

                    <Text>

                    Motion on the GNSO Council Response to the ICANN Board Letter on New 
                    gTLD Subsequent Procedures

                    Made by: Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
                    Seconded by:

                    WHEREAS,

                    On 5 August 2016, the GNSO Council received a letter from Dr. Stephen 
                    Crocker seeking an understanding of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures 
                    Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group’s (WG) requirements and 
                    timing related to advancing a new application process.

                    On 16 August 2016, the GNSO Council acknowledged receipt of the letter 
                    and informed the ICANN Board that initial discussions within the GNSO 
                    Council and more broadly, within the GNSO community and New gTLD 
                    Subsequent Procedures PDP WG, were anticipated.

                    On 12 September 2016, the GNSO Council sent a letter to all of the 
                    GNSO’s Stakeholder Groups, Constituencies, and the New gTLD Subsequent 
                    Procedures PDP WG seeking input to help formulate the Council’s 
                    response to the ICANN Board.

                    The GNSO Council received an important number of responses and divergent 
                    positions from many different individuals as well a constituencies 
                    within the GNSO community, as well as from the New gTLD Subsequent 
                    Procedures PDP WG.

                    RESOLVED,

                    The GNSO Council has synthesized the positions received and prepared a 
                    response to the ICANN Board.

                    The GNSO Council looks forward to ongoing discussions with the broader 
                    community, particularly at ICANN57 in Hyderabad, India.

                    The GNSO Council expects to continue to consult with the New gTLD 
                    Subsequent Procedures PDP WG to determine if there are any significant 
                    changes to its schedule or scope of work as defined in its charter.

                    <text end>

                    Respectfully

                    Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
                    +506 8837 7176
                    Skype: carlos.raulg
                    Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
                    Forwarded message:

                    > From: Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>
                    > To: Carlos Raul Gutierrez <crg@isoc-cr.org>
                    > Cc: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>, Drazek, Keith 
                    > <kdrazek@Verisign.com>, James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com>, 
                    > Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu <Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu>, Emily Barabas 
                    > <emily.barabas@icann.org>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org>, 
                    > Paul McGrady <policy@paulmcgrady.com>
                    > Subject: Re: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - GNSO Council Response to 
                    > the ICANN Board
                    > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 22:34:18 +0000
                    >
                    > All,
                    >
                    > Carlos, thank you for your comments. Seeing no volunteers to hold the 
                    > pen, staff is happy to prepare an initial draft for your 
                    > consideration, especially given the contracted timelines until the 
                    > next Council meeting.
                    >
                    > With a vote expected to consider and approve this letter at the 13 
                    > October 2016 GNSO Council meeting, staff has prepared a draft motion, 
                    > also for your consideration. Unfortunately, the document and motion 
                    > deadline is today – any volunteers to put forth this motion (with 
                    > any necessary edits of course)?
                    >
                    > We will try to provide the draft letter as soon as possible, as 
                    > ideally, it should be available with the motion,
                    >
                    > Best,
                    >
                    > Steve
                    >
                    > From: Carlos Raul Gutierrez <crg@isoc-cr.org>
                    > Date: Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 3:00 PM
                    > To: Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>
                    > Cc: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>, "Drazek, Keith" 
                    > <kdrazek@Verisign.com>, "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com>, 
                    > "Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" <Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu>, Emily Barabas 
                    > <emily.barabas@icann.org>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org>, 
                    > Paul McGrady <policy@paulmcgrady.com>
                    > Subject: Re: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - GNSO Council Response to 
                    > the ICANN Board
                    >
                    > Thank you vey much Steve for the excellent overview of the comments to 
                    > Chairman´s Crocker letter to date. From my personal point of view, I 
                    > belong to the group of the subsequent procedures PDP, that wonders 
                    > what the (short term vs. long term) context of the question is. And 
                    > just because of that, I´m a strong supporter of a very conservative 
                    > stance.
                    >
                    > My initial suggestion for a clear formulation of a response at the 
                    > Council level, is to structure around the main (contentious) 
                    > issues/areas, including  its pro and con arguments, instead of listing 
                    > the source of all the different positions. From that perspective I see 
                    > 4 main areas/chapters for a structure of the response:
                    >
                    > 1. All the pending studies and PDPs that are analyzing the impact or 
                    > the 2012 round and will produce related recommendations: RPM, 
                    > Subsequent procedures and CCT-RT. (In general it worked well, but it 
                    > needs more refinement)
                    >
                    > 2. The question if the 2007 ¨policy¨ is strong enough for subsequent 
                    > procedures without any mayor changes.
                    >
                    > 2.a including the policy equal treatment of all applications (without 
                    > any categorization), as compared to restrictions over certain groups 
                    > of possible new TLDs (Geographic names, Communities, etc.)
                    >
                    > 3. if the AGB  is strong enough as a ¨predictable application 
                    > process¨ for subsequent procedures, and if not, which type of 
                    > revisions it needs
                    >
                    > 3.a including the question of global fairness (or underserved areas)
                    >
                    > 4. if the ¨implementation/delegation¨ of new gTLDs of the last round 
                    > was good enough, or there are few lessons that should be carefully 
                    > analyzed and improvements introduced before new delegations
                    >
                    > After reading the summary document I see how a general consensus gets 
                    > more and more difficult, as we go down the list here proposed. Then it 
                    > should be pretty obvious that the Boards main question should be 
                    > answered with a pretty clear ¨NO shortcuts¨.
                    >
                    > But I also want to hear what the other members of the team think.
                    >
                    > Carlos Raúl
                    >
                    > El 30 sept 2016, a las 16:20, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org> 
                    > escribió:
                    >
                    > <Input - ICANN Board Letter on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - 27 
                    > Sept 2016.docx>