Dear all,
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Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 minutes)
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 of the GNSO Council meeting on
15 December 2022 were posted on 03 January 2023.
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on
19 January 2023 were posted on 02 February 2023.
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (0 minutes)
2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
Projects List
and Action Item List.
Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes)
Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adoption of the Amended Charter for the Transfer Policy Review PDP and Approval of the Policy Change Request (20 Minutes)
The Council initiated the two-phased Transfer Policy Review PDP in February 2021. Since it began meeting in May 2021, the WG has made steady progress on its Phase 1 charter questions, including
publishing its
Phase 1A Initial Report for public comment. The WG conducted preliminary deliberations on Phase 1B topics during the Phase 1A Initial Report public comment period, then reviewed public comments on the Phase 1A Initial
Report, and is now completing revisions to preliminary recommendations, taking into account public comment received.
In the course of Phase 1 work conducted to date, the WG discovered that certain Phase 2 topics must be addressed before Phase 1 recommendations can be fully developed. As a result, the
leadership team prepared a
Policy Change Request (PCR) to update its work plan to consolidate all work into a single phase and change the order in which topics are considered. This will impact the timeline for key deliverables. In order to ensure
that Council fully understood the potential changes prior to being asked to accept the Project Change Request (PCR), the changes and potential implications were shared with the Council and reviewed during the January meeting. Because the PDP was initially
chartered in two phases, as a consequence of the PCR, the charter requires minor revisions to remove references to phases.
Here, the Council will approve the
amended Charter and approve the PCR for the Transfer Policy Review PDP.
4.1 – Presentation of motion - (Osvaldo Novoa, GNSO Council Liaison, Transfer Policy Review PDP)
4.2 – Council discussion
4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)
Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as outlined in ICANN’s Bylaws as the GNSO ‘shall be responsible for developing and recommending to the Board substantive policies relating
to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities of the GNSO as set forth in these Bylaws’ (Art.11.1). Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process of the ICANN Bylaws.
Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvements (CCOICI)’s Working Group Self-Assessment Recommendations Report and
Update from the Statement of Interest (SOI) Task Force (20 minutes)
The GNSO Council
resolved on 16 June 2021 to initiate the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvements (CCOICI) as a pilot, which
included the review of the Working Group Self-Assessment as one of the two areas of focus.
The CCOICI started the Working Group Self-Assessment assignment in October 2021 and concluded its work on this assignment in February 2022. However, the CCOICI deferred conducting the public
comment until it could be combined with recommendations related to the GNSO Statement of Interest (SOI). The consolidated
public comment proceeding on Proposed Updates to the GNSO Operating Procedures was initiated on 09 September 2022 and closed on 14 November 2022. The CCOICI integrated public comments as appropriate and submitted its Recommendations
Report to the Council on 5 January 2023.
Here, the Council will receive an update on both the CCOICI’s Working Group Self-Assessment Recommendations Report. In addition, an update will be provided on the work of the the GNSO SOI
Task Force (TF).
5.1 – Introduction of topic
(Manju Chen, Chair of the CCOICI)
5.2 – Council discussion
5.3 - Next steps
Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN76 Meeting Planning (15 minutes)
The ICANN76 Community Forum is scheduled from 11-16 March 2023. With the meeting quickly approaching, the GNSO Council has a number of sessions that require advance planning. The
Draft ICANN76 Schedule was shared on 20 January 2023 and the various GNSO Council related sessions were briefly discussed. Those sessions include:
Here, the Council will discuss and prepare for the various Council-related sessions scheduled during ICANN76.
6.1 – Introduction of topic
(Council leadership)
6.2 – Council discussion
6.3 - Next steps
Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - PDP Improvements item #8 (Review of the Policy & Implementation recommendations) (15 minutes)
The GNSO Council established a
PDP Improvements Tracker
in order to provide an aggregated view of the various proposed improvements that have been identified from a number of different initiatives., which include:
For item #8 (Review of the Policy & Implementation recommendations) and the agreed next step (“Staff support team to provide further detail on what a policy status report
(PSR) would be expected to cover”), staff
circulated a background note on a possible PSR on the Policy & Implementation Recommendations
on 20 January 2023.
Here, the Council will discuss the background note and consider next steps.
7.1 – Introduction of topic
(Council leadership)
7.2 – Council discussion
7.3 - Next steps
Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Review Next Steps (15 minutes)
After the approval of the Phase 1 Final Report of the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs in January 2021, the Council
discussed the need to review the RPMs charter in advance of launching Phase 2 of the PDP. The Council determined that a Policy Status Report (PSR) should be requested from ICANN org, in order to better understand if new issues or information has emerged that
would be relevant to a comprehensive review of the policy.
ICANN org’s Global Domains and Strategy (GDS) team completed the draft PSR and published it for public comment on 3 March 2022; the
revised PSR
was shared with the Council on 18 July 2022 and the Council then received a briefing from GDS during the July meeting. During this meeting and subsequent meetings, there seemed to be support from the Council
to delay next steps based on a number of reasons, primarily though because of the amount of competing work. The Council agreed during its November meeting that because of the launch of the Phase 1 RPMs Implementation Review Team (IRT), which would likely have
overlapping community support with a Phase 2 PDP, that the delay for next steps should be tied to the completion or key milestones for the IRT
Here, the Council will receive an update from the Council’s liaison to the RPMs IRT to better understand precise timing for delaying Phase 2 next steps.
8.1 – Introduction of topic (John McElwaine, GNSO Council liaison to the Rights Protection Mechanisms IRT)
8.2 – Council discussion
8.3 - Next steps
Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)
9.1 - Standing Selection Committee (SSC) process feedback
9.2 - Update on Closed Generics Facilitated Dialogue
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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.
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-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf
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