Dear DT colleagues,

Correspondence with Council leadership to update on our progress and begin preparing for Montreal, below.

Best wishes,

Heather

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From: Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Trial Run: Approval Action - Fundamental Bylaws Amendment regarding the IANA Naming Function Review Composition
To: Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org>
Cc: Drazek, Keith via Gnso-chairs <gnso-chairs@icann.org>, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com>, Pam Little <pam.little@alibaba-inc.com>


Thanks very much, Ariel, for providing these (as yet draft) guidelines and the timeline. The GNSO DT is winding up its work in the next 12 days to be in a position to provide you with the complete set of Guidelines and Templates for carrying out EC Responsibilities. The timing of the ccNSO's action is a tiny bit unfortunate (I would have loved to have our full slate of Guidelines and Templates approved by Council beforehand), but as it's quite an uncontroversial amendment to the Bylaws, I personally don't think we're faced with a real panic here. As the DT won't be able to send you the final version of this guideline until Monday 14th October (it will receive a final review next week by a DT member for completeness' sake, and ICANN Legal is also reviewing for any issues) we thought it best to communicate the pre-final version to you to help Council prepare.

All going to plan, you will be able to put on the October agenda the DT's full package of Guidelines and Templates (notably missing one thing, the Joint Consultation Guidelines, still in progress with ccNSO and to be finalised prior to ICANN66, as per my earlier email on this topic). The full package is lengthy and complex, so that suggests there are two possible paths - you might wish to put the item as a discussion item in October, then vote in November (at which point you could also vote on the ccNSO Joint Consultation Guidelines) and have the benefit of between now and ICANN66 for all those who want to do a deep dive into the docs. Alternatively, you could go straight to voting item in October, and then vote solely on the ccNSO Joint Consultation Guideline in November in Montreal. Both are do-able, it's really Council's prerogative/workload at present. 

Regardless of the path you choose, DT members (I and others) will be very happy to attend the relevant Council meetings to explain or answer any questions. 

I'm also very happy to talk you through anything or help in any way in preparation for the Community Forum scheduled in Montreal.

Best wishes,

Heather

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:17 AM Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org> wrote:

Hello Keith and all,

 

As you may be aware, the GNSO Bylaws Drafting Team has developed a proposed guideline in response to Approval Action, including the current one regarding the approval of Fundamental Bylaws Amendment regarding the IANA Naming Function Review Composition. Although the guideline has not been finalized by the Drafting Team or formally adopted by the GNSO Council, it may be helpful to leverage this opportunity and conduct a “trial run” based on the proposed guideline. 

 

According to the draft ICANN66 schedule, the Approval Action Community Forum will be held on Sunday, 3 November at 8:30-9:00 local time for the purpose of considering the proposed amendments.

 

To simplify the process, staff have developed two timetables of GNSO actions before and after the Approval Action Community Forum: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Q6nQj9V9lOI4044ZWzPQP4_GDB_mr3B-tjOva27EMc/edit?usp=sharing

 

We also copied Heather in this email, so she could provide counsel/clarification as needed. 

 

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. 

 

Best Regards,

Julie & Ariel 

 

 

From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "Drazek, Keith via council" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Reply-To: "Drazek, Keith" <kdrazek@verisign.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 1:45 PM
To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>
Subject: [council] ACTION REQUESTED: Empowered Community "Approval Action Community Forum" in Montreal -- GNSO Council and SG/C Views

 

Hi all,

 

On 19 September 2019, the ICANN Board Secretary delivered this letter [icann.org] to the Empowered Community, providing formal notice to the EC Administration and Decisional Participants that on 8 September 2019, the ICANN Board approved an amendment to the Fundamental Bylaws at Article 18, Section 18.7(b) regarding changes to the IANA Naming Function Review Team composition.

 

As you’ll recall, the ccNSO proposed this amendment due to difficulties in identifying a non-ccNSO ccTLD manager for the IFRT.

 

Within the Fundamental Bylaws Amendment Process, the Empowered Community now requires an Approval Action Community Forum to convene for the purpose of considering the proposed amendments. The EC Administration has already requested that the Approval Action Community Forum convene during ICANN’s 66th public meeting. ICANN and any Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee may deliver to the EC Administration its views and questions on the Approval Action in advance of the Approval Action Community Forum.

 

ACTION: As such, to help inform Council deliberations in advance of ICANN 66, please share this with your respective SGs and Cs to identify any concerns or questions.

 

The Empowered Community Approval Action Process is set out in full at Annex D, Section 1 of the ICANN Bylaws. The timeline for the Empowered Community’s exercise of this Approval Action Process will be tracked, including the associated deadlines, at https://www.icann.org/ec [icann.org]

 

Thanks in advance,

Keith