Dear all, Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 11 March 2020 at 20:00 UTC. Draft GNSO Council Agenda 11 March 2020 Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access: https://community.icann.org/x/YwdxBw This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures<https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018 For convenience: * An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. GNSO Council meeting held at 20:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/qwknzmy 13:00 Los Angeles; 16:00 Washington DC; 20:00 London; (Thursday) 01:00 Islamabad; (Thursday) 05:00 Tokyo; (Thursday) 07:00 Melbourne GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast Listen in browser: http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01<http://stream.icann..org:8000/stream01> Listen in application such as iTunes: http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01.m3u Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call. ___________________________________ Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins) 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<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2019/minutes/minutes-gnso-...> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 23 January 2020 were posted on 10 February 2020 Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 20 February 2020 will be posted on 6 March 2020. Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes) 2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project> and Action Item List. Note, the review of the Projects List will be a substantive agenda item for this Council meeting.<https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg> Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) * None Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Projects List Review (70 minutes) During the GNSO Council’s Strategic Planning Session in January 2020, the Council agreed that close review of the GNSO Projects List <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project> is a critically important part of its role as manager of the PDP process. The Council also acknowledged that due to full agendas and time constraints, a thorough review of the project list during Council meetings in the past was often not feasible . With a pipeline full of additional new work and an already brimming current set of projects, ensuring that current work is as well positioned as possible to succeed, but also recognizing areas of concerns, are important areas of focus for the GNSO Council. Here, the Council will conduct a thorough and detailed review of the Projects List. This item was deferred from the February 2020 GNSO Council meeting. 4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 4.2 – Council discussion 4.3 – Next steps Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan (30 minutes) Continuing the theme from item 4 of this agenda, the GNSO Council acknowledged that there are limited resources available for policy development activities and related work. This resource limitation means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work as noted in item 4, but also prioritize the new work waiting in its pipeline. At the Strategic Planning Session, Councilors participated in an informal and non-binding ranking survey, which was used as a “sense of the room.” This informational survey result was shared with Councilors to then share with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, to gain a better sense of the various groups’ top priorities. The Council touched on this topic briefly during the February Council meeting but will devote a larger block of time during its March meeting. Here, the Council will continue its discussions on which new work should be prioritized for initiation, when capacity within the community becomes available. 5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership) 5.2 – Council discussion 5.3 – Next steps Item 6: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (0 minutes) * None _______________________________ 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-procedu... 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