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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I have delayed sending in the topics for our discussion with the Board in Kobe, for a number of reasons including the lack of discussion on this list as to what we ought to discuss. I am glad I did, I find this
discussion of the recent Board meetings in Los Angeles has interesting issues in it, and invite you once again to consider possible topics for our discussion with the Board in Kobe.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Kind regards, <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Stephanie Perrin</div>
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<td>[So-ac-sg-cleaders] Chair’s Blog: Wrapping up the Los Angeles Workshop - ICANN</td>
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<td>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:29:18 +0000</td>
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<td>David Olive <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">
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<td>Sally Newell Cohen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sally.newellcohen@icann.org">
<sally.newellcohen@icann.org></a>, Emily Crane Pimentel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:emily.pimentel@icann.org">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
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153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board
recently met in Los Angeles for our first workshop of 2019. As you may have read in my <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/chair-s-blog-a-preview-of-the-los-angeles-board-workshop" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" moz-do-not-send="true">preview
blog</a>, we held three public sessions on the progress of the Board's FY19 priorities, an overview of track five of the Geographical Names as TLDs Policy Development Process, and a planning session to consider the recommendations outlined in the Cross Community
Working Group on the Accountability Work Stream 2.</span></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We followed the agenda as detailed in the preview blog, using the session dedicated to proposed Board resolutions to discuss, at length, the reconsideration requests that the Board would consider at its
meeting later that morning. We also had the pleasure of having lunch with the Generic Name <abbr title="Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing:
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Organization</abbr> (<abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153,
153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">GNSO</abbr>)
Council, which had its own meeting nearby at the same time.</span></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In this blog, I will share some of the more salient discussions from the Board workshop, as well as provide a summary of the key resolutions the Board passed during the public Board meeting and during
another Board meeting held earlier this month.</span></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0);">Tracking Legislation & Regulations</span></font></h3>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
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rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> President
and CEO Göran Marby led an interactive session on the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
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rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> org's
work to track legislation and regulations that could impact <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box;
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its mission. We had a robust discussion about how <abbr title="Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
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appropriately engage with governments to educate and help avoid unintended consequences. Our discussion focused on determining transparency around how we engage on legislative or regulatory initiatives, and ensuring that any actions we take are within our
remit and our mission, while not taking political views of legislation.</span></font></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Göran will develop a proposed approach on these engagement efforts and will share it with the <abbr title="Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:
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margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">
<font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0);">Strengthening <abbr title="Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:
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Multistakeholder Model of Governance</span></font></h3>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We also held a session on <abbr title="Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box;
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governance. If you recall, the second objective of our draft strategic plan is to improve the effectiveness of our multistakeholder model of governance – a model that grew to fit our needs. However, as <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
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153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> continues
to evolve, and as our environment becomes more complex and higher in risk, our governance must also evolve; without compromising our deeply valued bottom-up decision-making process.</span></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In line with that objective, at ICANN63 in Barcelona, the Board started a community-wide dialogue on this topic. Discussions with the community in multiple fora revealed several common issues.</span></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At ICANN64 in Kobe, the Board would like this dialogue to continue to make sure we hear all stakeholders and have a fuller understanding of these issues. That dialogue will take place in a face-to-face
session. The Board recognizes the importance of participating in this dialogue, but not leading it. As a result, an outcome from the Board workshop was to direct Göran to appoint a facilitator who has good knowledge of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box;
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its processes and accountability mechanisms, and is a long-time member of the community to guide us through a bottom-up dialogue. Board members look forward to participating in these discussions as part of the larger community.</span></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0);">Next Round of New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)</span></font></h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin:
0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For many years now, the Board has made it clear that no new date for a next round of new gTLDs will be set until the community has completed the various reviews related to the previous round. The reviews
are expected to come to an end within the next 12 months. In addition, since the launch of the previous round, we have seen an expansion of the domain name space, with over one thousand top-level domain names added to the root.</span></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Based on this, the Board directed Göran to confirm the status of these reviews and to present the Board with suggestions on the preparatory work required for the possible launch of a subsequent round of
new gTLDs. The Board intends to review these suggestions at its meeting next month in Kobe.</span></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0);">Community Recommendations</span></font></h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin:
0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In two separate sessions, the Board reviewed recommendations from the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team's report and recommendations outlined in the Cross Community Working Group
on the Accountability Work Stream 2 <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-acct-ws2-final-27mar18-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" moz-do-not-send="true">Final Report</a> [PDF, 444 KB]. After these discussions
and prior to making any final decisions, the Board has instructed Göran to develop costed implementation and feasibility plans and timelines as part of the information to present back to the Board for a discussion on next steps. The Board also discussed the
community's role in prioritizing resources to implement the work recommended across various reviews.</span></p>
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margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">
<font size="3" color="#000000"><span style="caret-color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><abbr title="Root Server System Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color:
rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">RSSAC</abbr> and <abbr title="Security and Stability Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color:
rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">SSAC</abbr> Advice</span></font></h3>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin:
0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Board discussed the Root Server System <abbr title="Advisory
Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153,
153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">Advisory
Committee</abbr>'s proposal for a <abbr title="Domain Name
System" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153,
153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">DNS</abbr> Root
Server System (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" moz-do-not-send="true">RSSAC037</a> [PDF, 2.59 MB]) governance model as well as the <abbr title="Security –
Security, Stability and Resiliency (SSR)" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153,
153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">Security</abbr> and <abbr title="Security, Stability and Resiliency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153,
153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">Stability</abbr> <abbr title="Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box;
unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr;
border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help;
transition: all 0.2s;">Advisory
Committee</abbr>'s <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/NCAP" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" moz-do-not-send="true">Name Collision Analysis Project</a> plan. In both instances, we had fruitful discussions where we identified
next steps for <abbr title="Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing:
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and the community to work together and make progress toward implementation of the plans.</span></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255,
255, 0);">Board Resolutions</span></font></h3>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On 16 January 2019, before we met in Los Angeles we held a telephonic meeting of the Board and passed four resolutions, including:</span></p>
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<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-01-16-en#1.a" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Establishment
of Board Working Group on Anti-Harassment</a> as part of efforts to implement our <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/community-anti-harassment-policy-2017-03-24-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Community
Anti-Harassment Policy</a> and to continue to take all appropriate and reasonable steps to help create a harassment-free environment for the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width:
1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color:
rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all
0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> community.</span></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; height: inherit; margin:
0px 0px 15px 20px; line-height: 1.4rem;">
<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-01-16-en#2.a" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Consideration
of Reconsideration Request 18-10: The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization</a>, while denying the request that sought reconsideration of Board Resolution <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-10-25-en#2.d" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">2018.10.25.18</a>,
the Board reiterated that this resolution was taken with the clear intention to grant the President and CEO the authority to progress the facilitation process between the ACTO member states and the Amazon corporation with the goal of helping the involved parties
reach a mutually agreeable solution. The Board plans to consider next steps in Kobe at ICANN64.</span></font></li></ul>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On 27 January 2019, we held a public Board meeting and passed several resolutions, including:</span></p>
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0px 0px 15px 20px; line-height: 1.4rem;">
<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-01-27-en#1.b" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Acceptance
of GNSO2 Review Working Group's Implementation Final Report</a> of the second <abbr title="Generic Names
Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing:
border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction:
ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);
cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">GNSO</abbr> Review
issued by the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting
Organization" style="box-sizing: border-box;
unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr;
border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help;
transition: all 0.2s;">GNSO</abbr> Review
Working Group, which marks the completion of this important review.</span></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; height: inherit; margin:
0px 0px 15px 20px; line-height: 1.4rem;">
<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-01-27-en#1.c" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Consideration
of the At-Large <abbr title="Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width:
1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor:
help; transition: all 0.2s;">Advisory
Committee</abbr> Detailed Implementation Plan</a>including the phased approach contained within.</span></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; height: inherit; margin:
0px 0px 15px 20px; line-height: 1.4rem;">
<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-01-27-en#1.g" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Reaffirming
the Temporary Specification for <abbr title="generic Top
Level Domain" style="box-sizing: border-box;
unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr;
border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);
cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s;">gTLD</abbr> Registration
Data</a> for an additional 90 days. Under the procedures for adopting Temporary Policies outlined in the <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registries/registries-agreements-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Registry
Agreement</a> and <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registrars/registrars-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Registrar Accreditation Agreement</a>, the Board must reaffirm
the adoption every 90 days, and may continue to do so for no more than a year.</span></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; height: inherit; margin:
0px 0px 15px 20px; line-height: 1.4rem;">
<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-01-27-en#2.c" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;
clear: both;" moz-do-not-send="true">Adopted
"<abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi:
bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width:
1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor:
help; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr> Advice:
Barcelona Communiqué (October 2018)"</a> in response to items of <abbr title="Governmental Advisory
Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box;
unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr;
border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help;
transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr> advice
in the Barcelona Communiqué and the Panama Communiqué.</span></font></li></ul>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For more details about the public Board meeting and the resolutions passed, please see the <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2019-board-meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" moz-do-not-send="true">Board
Page</a>.</span></p>
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0px 0px 1.25rem;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I will write to you again ahead of the Board workshop preceding ICANN64 in Kobe.</span></p>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">David A. Olive<br>
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