Hi All, The Board will seek to address concerns raised by the GNSO at the meeting later today. Stay tuned. Thanks, Greg From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> On Behalf Of Anne ICANN via council Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 4:41 AM To: Terri Agnew via cou. <council@gnso.icann.org>; Paul McGrady <paul@elstermcgrady.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [council] Fwd: [FormerMembersCCWG-AP] ICANN Grant Program session at ICANN78 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Council, We just learned in the ICANN Grant Program presentation taking place now that the Board intends to take action THIS AFTERNOON to modify CCWG Final Recommendation #7 regarding amendment of the ByLaws. The slide states that this decision will be reviewed after the first grantmaking round to determine whether the alternative proposal is adequate to control the risks that the ByLaws amendment recommended by the CCWG were intended to address. Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2024 anneicanngnso@gmail.com<mailto:anneicanngnso@gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Anne ICANN <anneicanngnso@gmail.com<mailto:anneicanngnso@gmail.com>> Date: Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [FormerMembersCCWG-AP] ICANN Grant Program session at ICANN78 To: Giovanni Seppia <giovanni.seppia@icann.org<mailto:giovanni.seppia@icann.org>> Cc: FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org<mailto:FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org> <FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org<mailto:FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org>>, Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez@icann.org<mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org>>, Terri Agnew via cou. <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>>, Becky Burr <becky.burr@board.icann.org<mailto:becky.burr@board.icann.org>> Thank you Giovanni. Please note that GNSO Council is in receipt of a letter from Xavier regarding the issue that has been addressed on this list in relation to the CCWG Final Report Recommendation to the Board to amend the ByLaws to protect grants from being overturned using the Accountability mechanisms. In this regard, not much discussion has occurred on this list since Erika sent an email stating that the Co-Chairs of the CCWG support the Final Recommendation as previously adopted by the Board to amend the ByLaws. A status update to this list and to those copied would be appreciated. The GNSO Council had sent a letter stating that any alternate solution varying the Final Report should have the approval of all CCWG Chartering Organizations. This is because Chartering Organization approval of CCWG Final Recommendations is a Fundamental Principle of the CCWG Working Group guidelines. The response to the GNSO Council contained in the most recent letter from Xavier will be under discussion as an agenda item at the next GNSO Council meeting. (Please note Council members are copied on this email.) A hybrid solution has been proposed on this list, whereby the first $10M could be granted in a timely manner with a ByLaws amendment process to be followed for the next and subsequent grant application rounds. We look forward to hearing from ICANN in relation to this alternative proposal from some of the former members of the CCWG. (Raising this suggestion on the list should not in any way be interpreted as agreement by the GNSO Council to that proposal.) Thank you, Anne Former CSG Voting Delegate to the CCWG Auction Proceeds Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2024 anneicanngnso@gmail.com<mailto:anneicanngnso@gmail.com> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 3:09 AM Giovanni Seppia <giovanni.seppia@icann.org<mailto:giovanni.seppia@icann.org>> wrote: Dear former members of the CCWG-AP, I would like to inform you that a Grant Program update session<https://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4Ig/icann-grant-program> is scheduled for tomorrow, 26 Oct at 13:15 local time in Hamburg (11:15 UTC), at ICANN78. We will provide updates on the status of the program as we progress on the implementation design. Kind regards, Giovanni _______________________________________________ FormerMembersCCWG-AP mailing list FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org<mailto:FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/formermembersccwg-ap _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.