Hello All, The NCSG wishes to clarify that we are not clear about agenda Item 4, which calls for a Council vote on providing guidance to the Implementation Review Team (IRT) for IGO-INGO Curative Rights. While the NCSG acknowledges the Council’s essential role in ensuring that implementation remains consistent with the intent of consensus policy recommendations, we are concerned that the current motion timeline does not allow for a sufficiently thorough consideration of the issue. The proposed guidance involves a significant interpretation of Recommendations 3 and 4, specifically concerning the timing and circumstances under which new arbitral proceedings may be initiated. Given that this interpretation may deviate from the literal language of the Final Report which mirrors established UDRP and URS timelines the NCSG believes that more time is required for deliberation to have a better understanding of the issue. Therefore, the NCSG requests additional time to review the specific recommendations and the IRT's rationale before the Council proceeds to a formal vote.If this is not possible and impedes the IRT's work, a few of us will abstain and read this statement. Farzaneh On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM Terri Agnew via council <council@icann.org> wrote:

Dear all,

A few reminders of prep for the Council meeting on 15 January 2026 at 05:00 UTC

1. Have question on prep materials for this meeting? Check out the Council Preparatory Materials Cheat Sheet found here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQ9fqEjD-inZWpni7tx_EKij6_19oGvi/edit?us...>.

a. Question of the month and answer found on materials cheat sheet: where can the mailing list archives be found?

2. *All documents* mentioned on the Council agenda <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/kIAtJ> will be listed on the Document wiki page <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYBPJ> for easy referral. If there are any topics you would like to see appear on *future Council agendas*, please do not hesitate to add them to the Council Topics Google doc. <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1FSNlAHTjbWAzK...>

3. Please consult the Project Management Portfolio, <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/WQyfBg> in particular the Action Decision Radar <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/cAyfBg> and the Project List <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/ZAyfBg> .

4. *If you fear you may run into connectivity issues or may not make it on the call*, please have an officer of your SG/C fill in the Council Absence Notification form <https://www.icann.org/forms/gnso_notification>.

Thank you!

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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