Thanks Caitlin and Sam.  For whatever reasons, I cannot see Sam's changes or comments.  My comment is that the letter states that Board non-adoption initiates the conversation with Council but I think Article 9 of the Bylaws says that it's a letter from the Board that initiates the procedural steps for Council to arrive at Supplemental Recommendations?  If correct, that should be specifically referenced.
Thank you,
Anne

Anne Aikman-Scalese
GNSO Councilor
NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026
anneicanngnso@gmail.com


On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM Demetriou, Samantha via council <council@icann.org> wrote:

Hi Caitlin,

 

Thank you for circulating this draft letter and thanks to Council leadership for drafting. I believe it accurately conveys the discussions Council had with the Board members during our February meeting and conveys the proposed next steps well. I made a few suggestions in the draft for leadership to consider – mostly just wording edits rather than any substantive changes.

 

Thanks,
Sam

 

From: Caitlin Tubergen via council <council@icann.org>
Reply-To: Caitlin Tubergen <caitlin.tubergen@icann.org>
Date: Monday, February 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
To: "council@icann.org" <council@icann.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [council] Draft letter summarizing recent SSAD dialogue with ICANN Board

 

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Dear Councilors,

 

During the February 2026 GNSO Council meeting, Support Staff captured the following action item re: Next Steps for SSAD Recommendations:  

 

Council Leadership to propose a draft letter to send to the Board, summarizing the dialogue and emphasizing the message that the Council, in recommending the Board consider non-adoption of the SSAD recommendations, does not intend to throw any recommendations away, that it will complete the work in a timely manner (e.g., less than one year), and provide brief rationale for why the suggested path is preferable.

 

Council Leadership is proposing this draft letter, which endeavors to include the above points, to be sent to the Board early next week prior to ICANN85: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c3sgy18x3TR0VjOznwfRJVXns6dvAlHUM92L51BTQDM/edit?usp=sharing.

 

Deadline for review: If you have any comments or concerns on the draft, please provide them by Thursday, 26 February.

 

Thank you.


Best regards,

 

Caitlin on behalf of Council Leadership

 

 

 

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