Dear GNSO Councilors, Staff thought it might be helpful to provide some context concerning this item below in the ICANN Community Leadership Digest: “Fundamental Bylaws Amendment Proposal -- IANA Naming Function Review” and to explain the GNSO’s role as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Community. The item in the digest references an open public comment forum: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-amend-iana-naming-function-2019.... The purpose of the forum, which closes on 26 July 2019, is: to obtain community input on a proposed change to Bylaws Section 18.7(b), regarding the IANA Naming Function Review Team's Composition. The proposed amendment was raised by the ccNSO, which has identified a current and ongoing issue with populating the IANA Naming Function Review in accordance with the Bylaws' requirements. The Board, taking on the ccNSO's request, agreed to initiate the Fundament Bylaws amendment process (specified Section 25.2 of the Bylaws) to seek community input on the ccNSO's proposed modifications to the composition requirements. The amendment would remove the requirement for the ccNSO to identify a non-ccNSO member ccTLD representative and instead allow the ccNSO to appoint three representatives to the team, regardless of ccNSO member status. The GNSO’s role in this process as a Decision Participant in the Empowered Community is noted in the public comment forum announcement [emphasis added]: “The ICANN Board will consider public comments received in evaluating the proposed Amendment. If the Board approves a Fundamental Bylaws change, the ICANN Empowered Community will then need to consider whether to approve the amendment as well.” The Empowered Community has a role in approval actions as described in Annex D EC Mechanism, Section 1.1 Approval Actions. There are three actions that require approval: 1. Fundamental Bylaw Amendments, as contemplated by Section 25.2 of the Bylaws; 2. Articles Amendments, as contemplated by Section 25.2 of the Bylaws; and 3. Asset Sales, as contemplated by Article 26 of the Bylaws. As the change requested by the ccNSO is an amendment to the Fundamental Bylaws, it requires consideration by the Empowered Community as to whether to approve the amendment. If the Board decides to approve the Fundamental Bylaws change that will trigger Section 1.3 of Annex D, Approval Action Community Forum. In anticipation of Board approval, an Approval Action Community Forum is tentatively planned for ICANN66 (if requested, the Forum occurs either within 30 days of the Board’s approval, or at the next scheduled ICANN meeting). As you may know, the GNSO Council has re-established a Drafting Team<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=102143482> that is developing guidelines for the GNSO’s roles and obligations as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Community. According to its timeline<https://community.icann.org/display/GBIDT/DT+Timeline+and+Background+Documen...>, the Drafting Team anticipates providing all guidelines and templates to the GNSO Council to review by October 2019. However, the Drafting Team expects to complete its review of the guidelines and templates for Section 1.3 of the Bylaws, the Approval Action Community Forum, by 24 July 2019. In any case, those guidelines will be available to guide the GNSO’s engagement in the Approval Action Community Forum at ICANN66 and its decision whether or not to approve the Fundamental Bylaws Amendment via a simple majority vote on a motion according to the deadline of 21 days following the end of the Forum. This Approval Action will afford the GNSO Council the first opportunity to act in its role as a Decisional Participant using the guidelines and templates developed by the Drafting Team. If the GNSO Council would like a short briefing on this issue at its meeting on 18 July there is time allotted in the agenda under Any Other Business. In addition, please feel free to direct any questions you may have for staff to this list. Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Date: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:01 AM To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] [ICANN Community Leaders] 11 July Update [http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=507bdd88-cdb1-40c9-8c70-c3dec8dd2aac&a=11220258...] Thursday, 11 July 2019 ICANN Community Leadership Digest [https://files.constantcontact.com/304b3fd3501/31f30ab5-1445-45c3-aef7-c0ea4e...] This twice-weekly digest helps ICANN community leaders track requests and provides updates from ICANN org. TABLE OF CONTENTS Information Sharing · NEW: NextGen@ICANN Survey · REMINDER: Update and Information on IRP IOT Re-Composition · REMINDER: Planning Assumptions for Subsequent Procedures for New gTLDs Public Comment · Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews · Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules · Fundamental Bylaws Amendment Proposal -- IANA Naming Function Review · Revisions to the ICANN Bylaws re SSAC and RSSAC Leadership · Proposed IANA SLAs for Publishing LGRs/IDN Tables · Draft Final Report of the Second Country Code Names Supporting Organization Review · Draft Financial Assumptions & Projections and Operating Initiatives for the Development of the Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Operating & Financial Plan · Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System · Proposed Definition of Name Collisions and Scope of Inquiry for the Name Collisions Analysis Project Information Sharing NEW: NextGen@ICANN Survey Executive: Sally Costerton, Senior Adviser to President and Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement FOR: All Community Leaders INFORMATION SHARING The ICANN organization is initiating a community consultation to identify improvement opportunities for the NextGen@ICANN Program. The review will start with gathering community input about several aspects of the NextGen@ICANN Program, including its purpose, goals, processes, and synergies with the ICANN academic community. The survey is intended for all ICANN community groups; individuals are encouraged to work with their relevant Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, stakeholder groups, and constituencies. Based on the input received from the survey, ICANN org will draft a proposal for program improvements that will be published for Public Comment. Once all feedback is received, ICANN org will prepare the final proposal for program improvements. Survey [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> (PDF with background at the beginning and questionnaire questions at the end) Background about the Community Consultation [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Sally Costerton's blog about the NextGen@ICANN Community Consultation [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> NextGen webpage [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> REMINDER: Update and Information on IRP IOT Re-Composition Executive: John Jeffrey, General Counsel FOR: All SO/AC Chairs INFORMATION SHARING As the ICANN Board committee with oversight responsibility of ICANN's accountability mechanisms, the Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) considers the work of the [Independent Review Process (IRP)] Implementation Oversight Team (IOT) to be paramount to ICANN's accountability...we seek your help in finding additional volunteers within the community that meet the qualifications identified in the attached letter, outlining skills and experience requirements, to join the IOT and help to conclude its work in a timely fashion. Read more [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...>. REMINDER: Planning Assumptions for Subsequent Procedures for New gTLDs Executive: Cyrus Namazi, Senior Vice President, Global Domains Division FOR: All Community Leaders INFORMATION SHARING In December 2015, the GNSO initiated a Policy Development Process (PDP) to determine if changes to existing policy recommendations are needed before the next round of gTLDs. The PDP Working Group expects to publish its final report with its recommendations by December 2019. These recommendations may lead to procedural changes for subsequent rounds of gTLD applications, which ICANN org must implement and manage. In the course of our preparatory work toward the planning and implementation of the new policy, ICANN org has compiled a number of fundamental operationally focused assumptions to help with the preliminary planning and operational readiness of the organization. These assumptions have been shared with the ICANN Board, and now ICANN org would like to share them with relevant parts of the community. Public Comment Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Monday, 15 July 2019 Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Friday, 19 July Fundamental Bylaws Amendment Proposal -- IANA Naming Function Review [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Friday, 26 July 2019 Revisions to the ICANN Bylaws re SSAC and RSSAC Leadership [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Friday, 26 July 2019 Proposed IANA SLAs for Publishing LGRs/IDN Tables [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Friday, 26 July 2019 Draft Final Report of the Second Country Code Names Supporting Organization Review [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: 4 August 2019 Draft Financial Assumptions & Projections and Operating Initiatives for the Development of the Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Operating & Financial Plan [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Monday, 5 August 2019 Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Friday, 9 August 2019 Proposed Definition of Name Collisions and Scope of Inquiry for the Name Collisions Analysis Project [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> Close Date: Monday, 12 August 2019 Volume 1, Issue 31 | Archive [r20.rs6.net]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3...> | Next Issue: Monday, 15 July 2019 ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Unsubscribe so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org [visitor.constantcontact.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__visitor.constantcontact...> Update Profile [visitor.constantcontact.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__visitor.constantcontact...> | About Constant Contact [constantcontact.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.constantcontact.com_...> Sent by david.olive@icann.org<mailto:david.olive@icann.org> in collaboration with [Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.][constantcontact.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.constantcontact.com_...> Try email marketing for free today! 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