Dear All,

Please see below the action items and brief notes from today’s SOI Task Force meeting on Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 14:00 UTC.  These also are posted to the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/x/yYXOCg.

Kind regards,

Marika and Julie

GNSO SOI TF Meeting on Wednesday 12 April at 14:00 UTC

ACTION ITEMS:

1. TF members to review the attached draft report and send comments if any to staff via the list.
2. Staff to schedule a placeholder meeting for 26 April.

Notes: 

1. Welcome

2. Further comments and/or suggestions to resolve current stalemate on exemption language, if any

• Question: Is the plan to send the report to council with or without the redlines and highlights that we have today? Answer: Some redlines will be kept to indicate changes to the SOI language.
• Position statements will be included.
• Do seem to have agreement on the other proposed changes, but without agreement on the exemption language we can’t move forward on the other changes.

3. Consider proposed timeline for finalization of report:  See attached document.

a. Deadline for review of draft recommendations report – 21 April

b. Placeholder TF meeting to resolve any outstanding issues in report – 26 April

c. Submit recommendations report to CCOICI – 28 April

• Encourage TF members to review and appreciate any comments.
• TF members to let staff know on the list if more time is needed beyond the deadlines suggested above.

Report:

3. Consensus Designations: Line at the top of page 5, consider how to make this more clear – suggest instead of “essential elements” change to “exemption language”.  Update to be more specific that the reference is to the exemption language as being essential.

2. SOI Recommendations:

Page 7: Yellow highlight of latest language.

3.0 Proposed Updates to the GNSO Operating Procedures

• Redlines reflect agreed proposed changes, but these cannot move forward unless the issues with the exemption language is resolved.

Annex A: Statements

• Make sure TF members who represent groups have sent in their statements for inclusion.

ACTION ITEM: TF members to review the attached draft report and send comments if any to staff via the list.

4. AOB: Confirm next steps & action items

• Timing – how long will the CCOICI need to deliberate?  Need to reconvene and they will need to decide how they want to deal with this issue, then we can see how long that might take to get it to Council.  May consider bringing in a facilitator, or look at other suggestions.
• Legal analysis: Never got a specific question and agreement that it would help move the conversation forward.  Did not have agreement on that, although the CCOICI and/or Council could consider that approach.
• Staff to schedule a placeholder meeting for 26 April.

ACTION ITEM: Staff to schedule a placeholder meeting for 26 April.