Update from the SOAC chairs meeting on Review of Reviews
Hi Councilors, The council small team on Review of Reviews is still doing its work but due to the time sensitive nature of some of the decisions SO/AC chairs are making, I wanted to share an update of what came out of the last SOAC chairs meeting. In the SO/AC chairs meeting on August 31st, a stable draft charter of a Cross Community Group (CCG) was agreed upon which I have attached to this email. Because of the time critical nature of the anticipated work of the CCG and the anticipated deliverables coded in the charter that are expected by the ICANN84 meeting, while also acknowledging that SOs and ACs still need to discuss the charter draft according to their internal processes for formal approval, the SOAC Chairs agreed to formally send the stable draft to the board with a caveat that formal approval from SOs and ACs is pending. It is also leadersip's understanding that the board will be requesting nominating organisations to nominate their nominees for the CCG group for the group to start working circa mid-late August. For GNSO nominations, we think the SSC should be tasked with this. As a result, leadership is sharing this stable draft, with the expectation that councillors will discuss the charter with their groups before our August meeting and ideally, only egregious errors or omissions will be expected to alter the stable draft. Finally, on the topic of bylaws amendment, there was support from the SOAC chairs to have the board proceed with the the bylaws amendment in parallel to the CCG work. Our understanding again is that the board intends to lead this bylaws amendment process and will formally communicate this to the community. I have also attached the letter sent to the board by the SOAC chairs. Remain blessed, Tomslin
Hi all Following on from Tomslin’s email below, please see attached the Motion to approve the charter for the Cross Community Group on Reviews and to commence the selection process. For the avoidance of doubt, this serves to replace the IPC’s deferred Motion from last meeting, which has been superseded by events and therefore is withdrawn. best Susan Payne Head of Legal Policy Com Laude T +44 (0) 20 7421 8250 Ext 255 [cid:image001.png@01DC055B.244A8AA0] <https://comlaude.com/> Follow us on LinkedIn<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/pRkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> and YouTube<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/bhkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> From: Tomslin Samme-Nlar via council <council@icann.org> Sent: 02 August 2025 00:03 To: Council@icann.org; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: Julie Bisland via Gnso-secs <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: [council] Update from the SOAC chairs meeting on Review of Reviews Hi Councilors, The council small team on Review of Reviews is still doing its work but due to the time sensitive nature of some of the decisions SO/AC chairs are making, I wanted to share an update of what came out of the last SOAC chairs meeting. In the SO/AC chairs meeting on August 31st, a stable draft charter of a Cross Community Group (CCG) was agreed upon which I have attached to this email. Because of the time critical nature of the anticipated work of the CCG and the anticipated deliverables coded in the charter that are expected by the ICANN84 meeting, while also acknowledging that SOs and ACs still need to discuss the charter draft according to their internal processes for formal approval, the SOAC Chairs agreed to formally send the stable draft to the board with a caveat that formal approval from SOs and ACs is pending. It is also leadersip's understanding that the board will be requesting nominating organisations to nominate their nominees for the CCG group for the group to start working circa mid-late August. For GNSO nominations, we think the SSC should be tasked with this. As a result, leadership is sharing this stable draft, with the expectation that councillors will discuss the charter with their groups before our August meeting and ideally, only egregious errors or omissions will be expected to alter the stable draft. Finally, on the topic of bylaws amendment, there was support from the SOAC chairs to have the board proceed with the the bylaws amendment in parallel to the CCG work. Our understanding again is that the board intends to lead this bylaws amendment process and will formally communicate this to the community. I have also attached the letter sent to the board by the SOAC chairs. Remain blessed, Tomslin ________________________________ The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient. They may not be disclosed, used by or copied in any way by anyone other than the intended recipient. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender (deleting the body of the email and attachments in your reply) and immediately and permanently delete it. Please note that Com Laude Group Limited (the “Com Laude Group”) does not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments. The Com Laude Group does not accept liability for statements which are clearly the sender's own and not made on behalf of the group or one of its member entities. The Com Laude Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 10689074 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England. The Com Laude Group includes Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 5047655 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Valideus Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 6181291 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Demys Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC197176 and registered office at 15 William Street, South West Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 7LL Scotland; Consonum, Inc. dba Com Laude USA and Valideus USA, a corporation incorporated in the State of Washington and principal office address at Suite 332, Securities Building, 1904 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98101; Com Laude (Japan) Corporation, a company registered in Japan with company number 0100-01-190853 and registered office at 1-3-21 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0033, Japan; Com Laude Domain ESP S.L.U., a company registered in Spain and registered office address at Calle Barcas 2, 2, Valencia, 46002, Spain. For further information see www.comlaude.com<https://comlaude.com>
Excellent redraft to reflect the course of events. Thanks especially to Lawrence, Tomslin, and Susan. I will second this Motion, while noting that it is important for the community to pay very close attention to the Bylaws amendment drafting process, which is now in the hands of the Board alone. Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026 anneicanngnso@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM Susan Payne via council <council@icann.org> wrote:
Hi all
Following on from Tomslin’s email below, please see attached the Motion to approve the charter for the Cross Community Group on Reviews and to commence the selection process.
For the avoidance of doubt, this serves to replace the IPC’s deferred Motion from last meeting, which has been superseded by events and therefore is withdrawn.
best
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*From:* Tomslin Samme-Nlar via council <council@icann.org> *Sent:* 02 August 2025 00:03 *To:* Council@icann.org; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> *Cc:* Julie Bisland via Gnso-secs <gnso-secs@icann.org> *Subject:* [council] Update from the SOAC chairs meeting on Review of Reviews
Hi Councilors,
The council small team on Review of Reviews is still doing its work but due to the time sensitive nature of some of the decisions SO/AC chairs are making, I wanted to share an update of what came out of the last SOAC chairs meeting.
In the SO/AC chairs meeting on August 31st, a stable draft charter of a Cross Community Group (CCG) was agreed upon which I have attached to this email.
Because of the time critical nature of the anticipated work of the CCG and the anticipated deliverables coded in the charter that are expected by the ICANN84 meeting, while also acknowledging that SOs and ACs still need to discuss the charter draft according to their internal processes for formal approval, the SOAC Chairs agreed to formally send the stable draft to the board with a caveat that formal approval from SOs and ACs is pending.
It is also leadersip's understanding that the board will be requesting nominating organisations to nominate their nominees for the CCG group for the group to start working circa mid-late August. For GNSO nominations, we think the SSC should be tasked with this.
As a result, leadership is sharing this stable draft, with the expectation that councillors will discuss the charter with their groups before our August meeting and ideally, only egregious errors or omissions will be expected to alter the stable draft.
Finally, on the topic of bylaws amendment, there was support from the SOAC chairs to have the board proceed with the the bylaws amendment in parallel to the CCG work. Our understanding again is that the board intends to lead this bylaws amendment process and will formally communicate this to the community.
I have also attached the letter sent to the board by the SOAC chairs.
Remain blessed, Tomslin ------------------------------ The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient. They may not be disclosed, used by or copied in any way by anyone other than the intended recipient. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender (deleting the body of the email and attachments in your reply) and immediately and permanently delete it. Please note that Com Laude Group Limited (the “Com Laude Group”) does not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments. The Com Laude Group does not accept liability for statements which are clearly the sender's own and not made on behalf of the group or one of its member entities. The Com Laude Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 10689074 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England. The Com Laude Group includes Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 5047655 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Valideus Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 6181291 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Demys Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC197176 and registered office at 15 William Street, South West Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 7LL Scotland; Consonum, Inc. dba Com Laude USA and Valideus USA, a corporation incorporated in the State of Washington and principal office address at Suite 332, Securities Building, 1904 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98101; Com Laude (Japan) Corporation, a company registered in Japan with company number 0100-01-190853 and registered office at 1-3-21 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0033, Japan; Com Laude Domain ESP S.L.U., a company registered in Spain and registered office address at Calle Barcas 2, 2, Valencia, 46002, Spain. For further information see www.comlaude.com <https://comlaude.com> _______________________________________________ council mailing list -- council@icann.org To unsubscribe send an email to council-leave@icann.org
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Hello Susan, Confirming receipt of the motion and have posted it on the Motions wiki page<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/RKifBg>. We have Anne listed as the second. Thank you! Kind regards, Julie -- Julie Bisland Policy Team Supporting the GNSO From: Susan Payne <susan.payne@comlaude.com> Date: Monday, August 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM To: "Council@icann.org" <council@icann.org> Cc: GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com>, GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: Motion to approve the CCG on Reviews Hi all Following on from Tomslin’s email below, please see attached the Motion to approve the charter for the Cross Community Group on Reviews and to commence the selection process. For the avoidance of doubt, this serves to replace the IPC’s deferred Motion from last meeting, which has been superseded by events and therefore is withdrawn. best Susan Payne Head of Legal Policy Com Laude T +44 (0) 20 7421 8250 Ext 255 [cid:image001.png@01DC052E.22F2E350] <https://comlaude.com/> Follow us on LinkedIn<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/pRkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> and YouTube<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/bhkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> From: Tomslin Samme-Nlar via council <council@icann.org> Sent: 02 August 2025 00:03 To: Council@icann.org; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: Julie Bisland via Gnso-secs <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: [council] Update from the SOAC chairs meeting on Review of Reviews Hi Councilors, The council small team on Review of Reviews is still doing its work but due to the time sensitive nature of some of the decisions SO/AC chairs are making, I wanted to share an update of what came out of the last SOAC chairs meeting. In the SO/AC chairs meeting on August 31st, a stable draft charter of a Cross Community Group (CCG) was agreed upon which I have attached to this email. Because of the time critical nature of the anticipated work of the CCG and the anticipated deliverables coded in the charter that are expected by the ICANN84 meeting, while also acknowledging that SOs and ACs still need to discuss the charter draft according to their internal processes for formal approval, the SOAC Chairs agreed to formally send the stable draft to the board with a caveat that formal approval from SOs and ACs is pending. It is also leadersip's understanding that the board will be requesting nominating organisations to nominate their nominees for the CCG group for the group to start working circa mid-late August. For GNSO nominations, we think the SSC should be tasked with this. As a result, leadership is sharing this stable draft, with the expectation that councillors will discuss the charter with their groups before our August meeting and ideally, only egregious errors or omissions will be expected to alter the stable draft. Finally, on the topic of bylaws amendment, there was support from the SOAC chairs to have the board proceed with the the bylaws amendment in parallel to the CCG work. Our understanding again is that the board intends to lead this bylaws amendment process and will formally communicate this to the community. I have also attached the letter sent to the board by the SOAC chairs. Remain blessed, Tomslin ________________________________ The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient. They may not be disclosed, used by or copied in any way by anyone other than the intended recipient. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender (deleting the body of the email and attachments in your reply) and immediately and permanently delete it. Please note that Com Laude Group Limited (the “Com Laude Group”) does not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments. The Com Laude Group does not accept liability for statements which are clearly the sender's own and not made on behalf of the group or one of its member entities. The Com Laude Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 10689074 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England. The Com Laude Group includes Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 5047655 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Valideus Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 6181291 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Demys Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC197176 and registered office at 15 William Street, South West Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 7LL Scotland; Consonum, Inc. dba Com Laude USA and Valideus USA, a corporation incorporated in the State of Washington and principal office address at Suite 332, Securities Building, 1904 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98101; Com Laude (Japan) Corporation, a company registered in Japan with company number 0100-01-190853 and registered office at 1-3-21 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0033, Japan; Com Laude Domain ESP S.L.U., a company registered in Spain and registered office address at Calle Barcas 2, 2, Valencia, 46002, Spain. 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