Happy New Year to all!

Noting that we have a motion before Council for the adoption of the Charter, I wanted to remind us all and also make sure we are comfortable with where the text of the Charter now stands. Thank you to the work that we have collectively done to get to this stable version. Thank you to all who have reviewed and provided input, thank you also to staff who have resolved a few requests in the text. I note that there is still one (by my reading) open comment regarding q3 and q5 in the charter questions.

Charter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKQqjuSY-puI8cTfaAktad60IimVkuHSmBikC2P6JpI/edit?usp=sharing

If I may suggest, that the first choice is we could either keep the text as is (even with the slight duplication on impact) as it represents compromise text between several SG/Cs after a series of productive calls – I note this is the preference of NCSG as articulated by Farzi in the link above.

Alternatively, if we do want to streamline for the sake of the PDP’s work to focus impact on q5, I will suggest again here (extracted from the link above, for more context and comments from small team member please go to the document):

Defining "investigation": What constitutes a "reasonable investigation" by a registrar? What investigation steps are required or recommended? Are the criteria for investigation proportionate and necessary? ~~What is the impact of this investigation on domain name registrants?~~

Do associated domain checks have a negative impact on domain name registrants and if they do, are there remedies?

Justine also has an alternate formulation for q5, extracted here for your convenience:

If the associated domain checks have an adverse impact on domain name registrants, are there corresponding remedies?

Thoughts from the small team members on the above and any other comments?

Best,

Jen

From: jen@dot.asia <jen@dot.asia>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 7:34 PM
To: 'gnso-dnsabuse-smallteam@icann.org' <gnso-dnsabuse-smallteam@icann.org>
Subject: Comments and items to be resolved - Updated Charter and Action Items

Dear All,

Thank you for those who input edits and comments by the deadline – we note that there are a few unresolved comments. We can take this up when ICANN returns from holiday break. Please also note that I will be sending the draft motion to the council list shortly as well for those of us who would like some time to take a look or still have working days ahead before we all return fresh for 2026.

Charter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKQqjuSY-puI8cTfaAktad60IimVkuHSmBikC2P6JpI/edit?usp=sharing

Wishing all a restful holiday season.

Best,

Jen

From: John Emery via gnso-dnsabuse-smallteam <gnso-dnsabuse-smallteam@icann.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2025 12:42 AM
To: gnso-dnsabuse-smallteam@icann.org
Subject: [gnso-dnsabuse-smallteam] Updated Charter and Action Items

Hello All,

Thank you again for working diligently this week, we appreciate all the compromises that have been made to get to this stage of the Charter. Staff has cleaned up the Charter questions and updated the agreed upon Membership Structure.

ACTION ITEM: Please review the Charter with your respective groups and add any input into the document (and comment on other’s input) by 23:59 UTC on Tuesday 23 December.(This timing will allow U.S.-based staff to send to Council prior to the ICANN holiday closure).

Please pay special attention to the charter questions and the membership model in your review.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKQqjuSY-puI8cTfaAktad60IimVkuHSmBikC2P6JpI/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you,

John R. Emery, Ph.D.

Policy Development Support Senior Specialist

Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)