<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_4365605581028900663m_-1328295903378029098gmail-m_7755101251440159443gmail-docs-internal-guid-1c692b04-81a8-9241-ecb1-c06f865ab119"><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi all,<br class="m_4365605581028900663m_-1328295903378029098gmail-m_7755101251440159443gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_4365605581028900663m_-1328295903378029098gmail-m_7755101251440159443gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am sending here a sumamry I drafted of the previous GNSO meeting, held in the 24th May. You can find below:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Recordings: <a href="https://participate.icann.org/p7010yxpn65/" target="_blank">https://participate.icann.org/p7010yxpn65/</a> and <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-24may18-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-24may18-en.pdf</a></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Agenda <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-24may18-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-24may18-en.pdf</a> </span></font></li></ul><ul><li><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Adoption of Revised Charter for the GNSO Standing Selection Committee</span></u></b><br></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><p></p>The SSC conducted a review of its charter and proposed some changes there for clarification and based on what it experienced during the previous selections. As reminder, the SSC got tasked by GNSO council to conduct several appointments like those for SSR2, ATRT3, GNSO liaison to GAC and so on. </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">The motion was put for vote to approve the amended charter and confirm the appointment of chair and vice-chair of SSC. The motion passed unanimously while there was some discussion to clarify about nomcom representation within SSC. The NCSG members in the SSC supported the amendments within the committee.<br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"></p><ul><li><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights </span></u></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Protection Mechanisms </span></u></b></li></ul><p></p>This working group has been in activity for several years now and the council got update from the GNSO liaison about the next steps as the working group faced some issues in latest months including an appeal regarding consensus call process followed by the co-cahirs. The liaison is supporting the working group to work toward final report and assessing concensus around the proposed options. As policy manager , the council is pushing for the working group deliver final recommendations asap to end the PDP and review the recommendations, as we also know that GAC has interest on this topic.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"></p><ul><li><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Review of the Customer Standing Committee </span></u></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(CSC) Charter</span></u></b></li></ul><p></p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">A small team of councillors reviewed the amended charter for the CSC and gave updates to the council about the findings and a draft comment. It was advised to council to support the amendments and suggested few edits for clarity and for more consideration for diversity. The comment was submitted on behalf of council later by the public comment deadline with non-objection from GNSO council
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"></p><ul style="white-space:pre-wrap"><li><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Short-Term and Long-Term </span></u></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Options to Adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews</span></u></b></li></ul><p style="white-space:pre-wrap"></p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">ICANN published 2 public comments regarding the adjustment of timeline for specific reviews. Some councillors raised concern that RDS WHOIS2 review was included by staff in the public comment without consulting the review team itself. That was adjusted lately as the review team is already in advanced stage of its work.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
There were also concerns with regard to suspsion of SSR2 and the ndependence of reviews to ICANN as those reviews are important accountability mechanisms.
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><br></p></font>The council agreed to fill responses to the public comments with a team of volunteers.<font face="Arial">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"></p><ul><li> <b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Next steps following adoption </span></u></b><b style="font-size:11pt"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">of ICANN Board Temporary Specification</span></u></b></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><br></p></font>The discussion was continuation fot the webinar held between council and stakeholder group and constituency chairs in the same week to go through the options included in document prepared by staff and GNSO council leadership regarding the next steps to be followed by GNSO in response to the temporary specification approved by ICANN board for whois compliance with GDPR. </div><div><br></div><div>The discussion covered the need of an Expedited PDP and the process we should follow including timeline and prep work that is needed, the selection of leadersip, composition of the team and how to use the learnings from PDP 3.0 discussion paper. <br><font face="Arial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:10.5pt"> </span><br></p></font>The call was held just after the adoption by board of the temporary specification and so all parties were stil disgesting the changes there and reviewing it as that has impact on the scope of the EPDP. The council had later on the 5th June a call with Board to cover several questions raised during council call and collected from SG/C afterwards.<font face="Arial">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white"><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;background:white"><font color="#000000">The discussion will continue with am extraordinary council meeting to be held in Tuesday 12th June only covering the next steps for temporary specifcation. .</font></span><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%"></p><ul><li><b style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">AOB</b></li></ul><p></p></font><ol><li>there was an update of the latest draft for GNSO schedule for ICANN62</li><li>there was also an update on the ICANN FY19 ICANN Operating and activities from the Standing Committee on ICANN Budget and Operations (SCBO), asking for input on the reponse from ICANN to the SCBO comment on behalf of council submittted on FY19 budget public consultation.<br></li></ol><font face="Arial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:8pt 0mm 0.0001pt;background:white;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span>Best Regards,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span>Rafik Dammak</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0mm 0mm 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">NCSG Policy Committee Chair</span></p></font></div></div></span></div>
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