Hi Lars and all IRT Team Members,

Further to our discussion this past Tuesday, I am pasting below the language from Council's Response to the ICANN Staff Sub Pro ODP team in relation to the effect of Implementation Guidance.  This is from the GNSO Council Response to Question Set #6  (not #4 as I had thought.)  Hopefully this Response from Council is helpful generally on the topic of variation from Implementation Guidance.

"In short, implementation guidance remains a strong recommendation as opposed to a
requirement. As referenced in the Preamble to the Sub Pro Final Report, ICANN should
specify any “circumstances where there may be valid reasons not to take such guidance exactly
as described…” In such circumstances, Council believes that consultation with the IRT, the
Guidance Process Team, or the Council itself (e.g. via a request for GNSO Input) is in order
prior to the adoption of alternatives to the specified Implementation Guidance. In all cases, the
implementation should be accomplished in a manner that achieves the objectives laid out in the
implementation guidance even if the mechanism of implementation differs slightly from that
contained in the final report."

Thank you,
Anne


Anne Aikman-Scalese
GNSO Councilor
NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2024


On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 7:15 AM Next Round Policy Implementation <NextRound_PolicyImplementation@icann.org> wrote:

Dear All, 

 

The recordings for Meeting #25 of the SubPro IRT held on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 13:00-14:00 UTC are published on the meeting wiki page.

 

These include:

  • Attendance 
  • Audio recording
  • Zoom recording (including audio, visual, rough transcript, chat)

 

For additional information, you may consult the mailing list archives and the main wiki page.

 

Best regards,

Elisa

 

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