ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 14 MARCH 2018
Item 2: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Discussion with ICANN Finance on the Draft FY19 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget
Action Items:
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Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO)
to help facilitate the collection and channelling of any Council questions or comments for ICANN Finance related to the FY19 Budget and Operating Plan by inviting input on the
Council email list.
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SCBO to develop possible Council input concerning Reserve Fund replenishment strategy public comment forum if
there are no objections to the SCBO undertaking this task. (Note, deadline for comments is 25 April 2018)
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SCBO Chair
to request support / objections from Council to the SCBO developing possible Council input concerning Reserve Fund replenishment strategy.
Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Updated Charter for the Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance
Outcomes:
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Per resolution,
the GNSO is no longer a Chartering Organization of the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance.
Action Items:
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GNSO Council to seek clarification about the level of resources expected to be allocated to the
Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance.
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GNSO Council Liaison to the ccNSO to coordinate with the Country Codes Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
as the Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance seeks to resolve concerns identified by the ccNSO Council.
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GNSO Council
to determine if it will serve as a Chartering Organization, if the Cross Community Engagement Group mechanism supports Chartering Organizations.
Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update on the GNSO Council’s input to the consultation on the Fellowship Program
Action Item:
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Small Group of Councilors to consider input received during the 14 March 2018 Council meeting, circulate the updated version for Council feedback, and, if
no objections are received, submit comments by the 30 March 2018 deadline.
Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP)
Action Item:
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GNSO Council to consider next steps, timing and provide guidance to ICANN Org on if, how, and when the review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP)
should take place, factoring in ongoing discussion on the post-implementation policy review framework as well as the transfer issue that is being considered by the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Implementation Review Team.
ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL WRAP-UP 15 MARCH 2018
ICANN62 Meeting Planning
Action item:
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Council Leadership (Heather Forrest and Rafik Dammak) to attend ICANN62 planning meeting, communicate concerns raised by Council, and report back to the
Council.
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Council to develop plan for conducting outreach at ICANN meetings, especially for the Policy Forum.
CSC and IFR Review
Action item:
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Donna Austin and Philippe Fouquart to lead small team to suggest ways to avoid overlap between reviews; coordinate with the ccNSO in doing so.
Board request regarding Emojis (see https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-11-02-en#1.e)
Action item:
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Council Leadership to send response to the Board to acknowledge receipt of request.
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Staff to summarize Board resolution and SSAC Advice for small team of Councilors to consider.
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Small team of Councilors (Michele Neylon, Martin Silva Valent, Tatiana Tropina and Philippe Fouquart as the GNSO liaison to the ccNSO) to liaise with the
SSAC, as well as ccNSO, in responding to Board resolution.
Council liaison to new gTLD SubPro
Action items:
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Staff to update project list to note that Keith Drazek and Donna Austin will serve jointly as the Council liaisons to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
PDP WG.
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Staff to communicate new liaisons to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG.
SubPro/RPM Consolidated timeline
Action item:
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Council liaisons to the respective PDP WGs to review Sunday Working Session and extract notes and action items.
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Council liaisons to the respective PDP WGs to work with PDP WG leadership to expand timeline to include potential implementation steps/scenarios.
GNSO Review of GAC Communique
Action items:
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Staff to circulate template to volunteers following publication of GAC Communique
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Council volunteers (Julf Helsingius, Rafik Dammak, Darcy Southwell, Michele Neylon, Tatiana Tropina, Ayden
Férdeline, and Paul McGrady) to provide a draft response for Council consideration.
PDP 3.0
Action item:
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Staff to consolidate input and comments into a Google document.
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Staff to propose next steps (e.g., identify goal for ICANN62 and plan backwards).
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Council to consider whether to form a small team to help in addressing the action item directly above.
Timing of ICANN bylaw mandated reviews:
Action item:
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Council to await paper from Goran Marby and team to then consider next steps.
Board Process for GAC Advice
Action item:
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[Note: More of an ongoing advisory than an action item]
Anyone who has edits can send these to staff for consideration by the staff members that have ownership of the relevant documentation.
Thank you,
Kind regards,
Nathalie