Dear Councilors,

To assist with your review of the Final Report, including the Minority Statements, and for further Council discussion on the recommendations from the PDP Working Group on IGO-INGO Curative Rights (Agenda Item 7), Council leadership has requested that staff provide you with the following information: (1) the list of questions that several Councilors raised during the call, for further consideration and to facilitate your development of additional questions (if any); and (2) copies of three letters that were sent during the past month to the ICANN Board relating to the PDP and its outcomes.

For (1) (note that some questions, including any that Councilors may propose as a result of your review of the PDP work, may be answered via Council discussion, or by the Working Group, or by ICANN staff. The following questions were taken from the 16 August Council call recording, transcript and chat transcript, available at https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#aug):

1. Does the Council believe that the PDP has addressed the issues that it was chartered to address (i.e. What questions/topics was the Working Group chartered to consider, did it consider those charter topics/questions, and did it do so in a legitimate way);
2. Has the PDP followed due process;
3. Did the PDP Working Group address GAC advice on the topic; and
4. Are the PDP recommendations viable and do they constitute "good policy" (vs. "bad policy")?

For (2) (in order of date; all three letters have now been published on ICANN’s Correspondence page, at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence):

1. Letter from the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs to the ICANN Board (27 July 2018): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/mathias-to-board-27jul18-en.pdf;
2. Letter from 9 PDP Working Group members to the ICANN Board in response to the UN letter (16 August 2018): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/igo-ingo-wg-to-icann-board-16aug18-en.pdf; and
3. Letter from a PDP Working Group member to the ICANN Board also responding to the UN letter (16 August 2018): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/igo-ingo-wg-to-icann-board-16aug18-en.pdf.

Copies of the three letters are also attached to this message for your reference.

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have questions or require additional information.

Best regards,

Mary & Steve

From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 18:32
To: "Council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Cc: "'gnso-secs@icann.org'" <gnso-secs@icann.org>
Subject: [council] Action Items: GNSO Council meeting 16 August 2018

Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 16 July 2018. Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council sessions and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions.  

Please ensure your wiki logins are up to date as all Action Items have been assigned to councilors and/or staff and posted on the Action Item wiki page here[community.icann.org]. If you are logged into the wiki when you go to that page, your name will be highlighted alongside the action item assigned to you. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 16 AUGUST 2018

Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action Items List

Action Items:

• Council to consider selection process by which a GNSO appointed member of the IANA Function Review (IFR) team will be selected to serve as the GNSO co-chair on the IFR as the ICANN Bylaws stipulate that “(d) The IFRT shall be led by two co-chairs: one appointed by the GNSO from one of the members appointed pursuant to clauses (c)-(f) of Section 18.7 and one appointed by the ccNSO from one of the members appointed pursuant to clauses (a)-(b) of Section 18.7”.
• Heather Forrest to follow up on status of Board review of Geo Regions Review. Cheryl Langdon-Orr, as chair of the WG, may be asked to provide an update on the recommendations, as early as the September Council meeting, though the Council has no action to take at this time.

Item 3: Consent Agenda

Voting Results:

• Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

Action items:

• While the GNSO Council review of the GAC Communiqué has already been sent to the ICANN Board, and the GAC Chair informed of this action, ICANN staff to inform the ICANN Board and the GAC Chair of formal Council adoption.

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the Final Report on the Protections for Certain Red Cross Names in All gTLDs Policy Amendment Process

Voting Results:

• Motion deferred at the request of the NCSG to the next Council meeting

Action items:

• ICANN staff, WG leadership to collaborate with NCSG members to help them better understand legal basis and rationale for protections.
• ICANN staff to send recording of final WG call to NCSG Council members.

Item 5: Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE –  Adoption of the Final GNSO2 Review Implementation Report

Voting Results:

• Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

Action Items:

• ICANN staff to submit the GNSO2 Review Implementation Final Report to the OEC of the ICANN Board of Directors for its consideration.
• GNSO Council to disband the GNSO Review Working Group after the Implementation Final Report has been approved by the ICANN Board of Directors.
• Council leadership to send sincere thanks to GNSO Review Working Group leadership and members.

(New) Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Council Liaison update on Expedited PDP (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification

Action Items:

• Council liaison to the EPDP to provide an updated work plan and weekly updates to the Council list.

(New) Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms

Action Items:

• Councilors to review Final Report and options flowchart, then prepare a list of questions by 31 August 2018 that they have, for response by the WG leadership, WG liaison, WG members, or staff as appropriate.
• ICANN staff to work with the GNSO Chair and Council liaison to determine possible ways to address concerns regarding some of the PDP recommendations within the scope of the PDP Manual, in light of the fact that the WG has not identified any recommendations as being interdependent.

(New) Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Consideration of CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report

Action Items:

• None

(New) Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Policy Development Process 3.0

Action Items:

• Council leadership to propose and plan for next steps, expected to be a webinar with a preliminary target as the first week of September.

(New) Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Next steps related to the ICANN Procedure of Handling WHOIS conflicts with Privacy Law

Decision/Octome:

• Call for volunteers to be delayed at least until the EPDP hits the milestone of publishing its Initial Report. Council to discuss this topic once that milestone is hit.

(New) Item 11: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Report from funded leaders under the PDP leadership travel support pilot

Action Items:

• None

(New) Item 12: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

12.1 - ICANN63 planning - update from Production Call 1

Action Items:

• None

Thank you,

Kind regards,

Nathalie

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Nathalie Peregrine

Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 

Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org 

Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann

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