<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">On the PDP 3.0, i would encourage our NCSG members to read the proposed Implementation plan and suggest us the way you want us to carry this work. Many of these recommendations have great value to improve the way PDP work but we also need to be careful and think twice on how some of them might affect our group.<div><br></div><div>As an NCSG Councilor and member of the small team that was formed to develop a concrete strategy, i think we need to hear what are your thoughts on all the suggested improvements while we are still able to shape their content (not when the implementation phase will be concluded).</div><div><br></div><div>The WG membership composition is one issue (as presented by Ayden) that we need to agree on as a group. My worry is that there is a risk to lose the only WG model that is open and have everything be « closed », hence weakening the multistakeholder model of the PDP process. I do think too that as a civil society body within ICANN, with only restricted membership compositions for WG, we might be the most vulnérables in our position to advance our causes, since most of what we do at ICANN is voluntary while many from the other side are paid to be at ICANN, advancing the interests of their clients.</div><div><br></div><div>On the need to enforce the WG leadership powers to remove any « disturbing » member, we need to agree. The GNSO WG Operating Procedures are already clear on this but some of us are worried that this might lead to some form of « deux poids deux mesures » as we say in French and lead to an arbitrary removal of a member, including some of our members who are vocal on some of the issues we care about as civil society.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe we should discuss here these issues as well as some of the issues related to GAC, as presented by Farzi.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Arsene<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 26 Jan 2019, at 19:21, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@FERDELINE.COM">icann@FERDELINE.COM</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Farzi,<br></div><div><br></div><div>In regards to PDP 3.0, we discussed this in Los Angeles this week at the Council's Strategic Planning Session. We have now formed a small team (inclusive of three NCSG members) who will work on developing the implementation strategy. I think we should be weary here, as there is a desire from some stakeholders for GNSO working groups to have restricted membership compositions that would not necessarily reflect the GNSO Council's current, balanced bicameral structure. However it is important to note that not all NCSG Councilors share this concern of mine and some think a restricted membership model (rather than the current, open, bottom-up model) would serve non-commercial interests better.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ayden <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br></div><div> On Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:21 AM, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@GMAIL.COM">farzaneh.badii@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Rafik, thanking you is not the most sincere reaction, we should step up and help. Your hours of voluntary work for GNSO and NCSG is underappreciated and goes sometimes unnoticed by us which I apologize for. You take on many many tasks and I think it is time for others to step in and help. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Now in response to your report: <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> I am truly disappointed in how GNSO Council is treating GAC requests nowadays. Curative Rights is only one example of this- the PDP on curative rights reached consensus, issued a consensus-based recommendation. Everything is procedurally done right. By no means, the Council should be apologetic and delay the approval. This is endangering our governance mechanism. GAC members attend PDPs infuse their policy views, they then delay the approval of a policy that has reached consensus by PDP at the GNSO Council!! (correct me if I am wrong on that) and then they have the right to again advise the board on the course of action it should take. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I think our council members should be wary of this trend. GNSO Council is there to make policy! Not to accommodate GAC requests. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">When over Red Cross issue we deferred the motion, we were cautioned and even criticized and told to respect the process and the consensus-based recommendations (which were awful and still awful). We actually did respect the process but had to make our point. We did not stop the PDP recommendation to finalize despite our every right to do so. Is anyone cautioning the GNSO Council for accommodating GAC requests?<br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Where is GAC's respect for the process? Isn't GAC meddling with PDP recommendation approval at Council level disrespecting the process because it is not getting what it wants? How many times do we have to go back and tell a PDP, your years of negotiations in good faith was not good enough for GAC so here you go, do it again? <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">@ Councilors: do you have guidelines in mind about replenishment of ICANN reserve funds? <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Regarding EPDP: I find the Board's letter and their request to know about our plan B if EPDP fails very distasteful. Especially when EPDP team was doing its best despite ICANN (and Board) late to the game GDPR action. They know about the EPDP timeline, we are not behind our work. If they had concerns they should have raised them when presented with the timeline. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As to PDP 3.0 implementation, sorry if I missed a briefing, can one of the councilors tell us if there are important items we should pay attention to or how they have decided on the matter? I hope 3.0 also has measures about not re-opening issues at the request of GAC. We can be efficient, come to consensus and compromise but if GAC can just re-open whatever it does not like, well ... then PDP version 5.000,000 would not help either. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Farzaneh <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh</span><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 8:27 AM Olévié Kouami <<a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr"></p><div>Thann you son much dear Rafik.<br></div><div> Jeep up thé great work !<br></div><div> Warm regards.<br></div><div> Olévié<br></div><p></p><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Le 21 janv. 2019 04:10, "Rafik Dammak" <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hi all,</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I am sending here a summary of the previous GNSO council meeting held in the 20th December. This summary is to highlight some topics discussed during the call and actions taken by council. You can find here the </span></span></span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Final+Agenda+20+December+2018" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Agenda</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">,</span></span></span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Documents+20+December+2018" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> Documents</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">, </span></span></span></span><a href="https://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-20dec18-en.mp3" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">MP3 Recording</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">, </span></span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-20dec18-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Transcript</span></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">.</span></span></b></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">As usual, there were the usual admin items and there were four items on the Consent Agenda:</span></span></span></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/OgD_BQ" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Motion</span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:10pt">to adopt the GNSO Council response to the GAC Communique.</span></span></span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/OgD_BQ" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Motion</span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size:10pt">to approve the nomination of Andrew Mack to serve as the ICANN Fellowship Program mentor, as he was selected by the Selection Standing Committee (SSC).</span></span></span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Confirmation of Heather Forrest to serve as the GNSO Representative to the ICANN Fellowship Program Selection Committee for the remainder of the 2-year term.</span></span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Confirmation of the leadership for the GNSO Standing Selection Committee (Chair: Susan Kawaguchi, Vice-Chairs: Poncelet Ileleji and Erica Varlese)</span></span><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-size:10pt">.</span></span><br></p></li></ul><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP WG</span></span></b></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The Council leadership and staff developed a summary document (</span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/igo-ingo-crp-access-final-28nov18-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Summary Paper</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> and </span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/igo-ingo-crp-procedural-options-council-29nov18-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Slide Deck</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">) to discuss the possible options, procedures-wise, for council to consider regarding the IGO-INGO working group recommendations. It was also an opportunity to remind the council about background.</span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The focus was regarding the 5 recommendations and in particular recommendation #5. The suggestion was to approve the recommendations 1-4 , while accepting the recommendation 5 (not approving it yet) and referring it to RPM WG. Council also discussed about </span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-council-to-ismail-14jan19-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">communicating with GAC</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">. The discussion will continue in the next council meeting.</span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Temporary Specification for Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP)- Recurring Update</span></span></b></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></span></b></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP gave the monthly update on EPDP progress, taking opportunity to remind that the Public Comment on the EPDP Initial Report was closing on Friday 21st December.</span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The EPDP team continued its deliberations while waiting for the public comment closing. The EPDP team also discussed about sending letter to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) but that had been put on hold until the Final Report is ready as was recommended before (an </span></span></span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-December/022157.html" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">explanatory letter</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> was sent to GNSO council). There was also an update regarding seeking legal counsel support and following CCWG example with a small legal team setup in order to draft questions for the legal counsel. The planned F2F meeting in Toronto was mentioned and the EPDP team met last week there to continue the work on reviewing the public comments.</span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">There was also mention of the ICANN Board </span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-drazek-14nov18-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">letter</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> to council regarding a plan B or backup in case the EPDP team didn’t meet the deadline. The council leadership drafted a </span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-council-to-icann-board-10jan19-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">response</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> that was accepted by council without objection in10th January.</span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">ICANN Reserve Fund</span></span></b></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">It was</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">reminded to councilors that during ICANN63, the Board passed a resolution to replenish the ICANN Reserve Fund from the auction proceeds amongst others and it was suggested the topic to be for discussion by GNSO council. Erika Mann as the co-chair of the CCWG Auction Proceeds gave an update to the GNSO Council on the matter:</span></span></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">ICANN Board is the guardian of fiduciary duties of the organization, and will not make any decision which would lead to a negative impact on that role.</span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">It would be helpful for the GNSO to send guidance or principles to the Board which reflect upon the GNSO opinion concerning the replenishing of the Reserve Fund, stating the non conflictual points: any kind of replenishment outside of the Operational Budget, should not be used for operational purposes. This would tighten control on the operational budget.</span><br></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Some councillors shared their concerns from their groups standpoint that there was no prior consultation on the matter (including with CCWG on Auctions proceeds) and that is contradictory to previous insurances from the board. It was suggested that GNSO Council can put forward some guidelines or principles regarding how reserve funds should be replenished, and communicate its concerns to the ICANN board.</span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">GNSO Policy Development Process 3.0 Implementation Plan</span></span></b></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The </span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-implementation-plan-10dec18-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">GNSO PDP3.0 Implementation Plan</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> was and councilors asked to review the document and provide feedback before the GNSO Strategic Planning Session in January 2019, as it will be discussed during that meeting this week.</span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">COUNCIL DISCUSSION - 2019 Strategic Planning Session</span></span></b></span><br></p><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Several information regarding the coming SPS meeting was shared with councillors, including the presence of James Bladel as past GNSO Council Chair and also board members attending the session</span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The meeting </span></span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-council-strategic-planning-session-2019-07dec18-en.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">agenda</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> was shared and councillors were informed that reading materials would be sent and should be read prior to the meeting.</span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">ANY OTHER BUSINESS</span></span></b></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">Existing ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law Implementation Advisory Group - Next steps for Call for Volunteers</span><br></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">This will be triggered when the EPDP team delivers its Final Report. The GNSO Council will evaluate the impact of consensus policy recommendations and made decision if a drafting team formation is deemed necessary.</span></span></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">Draft ICANN Operating Plan and Budget - Next steps for the Standing Committee on ICANN’s Budget and Operations.</span><br></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The Standing Committee on Budget Operations (SCBO) will work on draft comment on the </span></span></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy20-budget-2018-12-17-en" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">FY20 Draft ICANN Operating Plan and Budget</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"> for GNSO council consideration.</span></span></span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">ICANN64 Planning: quick update from staff regarding the GNSO schedule for ICANN64 in Kobe.</span><br></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10pt">Staff added as additional AOB the </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-standards-2018-12-17-en" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">Updated Operating Standards for Specific Reviews Public Comment</span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt">. There is small team of volunteers from council to work on draft comment to be presented later.</span></span><br></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">This is a short summary of the meeting. I will be glad to answer your questions or if you want more details about a specific topic.</span></span></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Best Regards,</span></span></span></span><br></p></span><div><br></div><div>Rafik Dammak<br></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>