<div dir="ltr"><div>hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry for the delay, I am sharing the summary we received from ICANN for the call with the ICANN board and I responded to make some clarification that independent studies are for PDP input.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Hi Rafik, Wisdom, and Juan</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the calls with me and with Kurtis and I recently. P<span style="color:black">lease find a brief summary of our recent discussion between the NCSG leadership and the ICANN CEO and myself. As part of our efforts to improve
communication with the community we are providing these summaries in a manner that you can share them with your communities. The notes reflect the discussion areas the NCSG raised, with key takeaways or observations from each topic. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any differing recollections of the discussion, please advise and we can review. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ICANN President & CEO noted that this is on the GNSO Council’s action decision radar. ICANN will support the decision that the GNSO Council eventually makes.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NCSG leadership asked about the possibility of community groups having access to independent counsel and research via the ICANN budget. Being able to request these studies will allow community groups to guide
the scope of policy work under consideration and enlist the assistance of independent experts to frame the policy issues in a neutral way.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ICANN President & CEO noted that ICANN has commissioned independent studies on various topics of broad community interest (e.g., DNS abuse) that have been publicly shared for information and as background to
community decisions on whether and how to undertake specific policy work. <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As a follow up item – I did want to highlight the work the ICANN org team did to review the policy implementation and provide data for the community to assist in their decision and chartering of potential policy
work to improve the UDRP Policy - <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/udrp-status-report-13jul22-en.pdf" target="_blank">
https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/udrp-status-report-13jul22-en.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Other similar reports can be found here:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/implementing-policy-at-icann-01-01-2020-en" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/implementing-policy-at-icann-01-01-2020-en</a><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NCSG leadership commented that the ICANN Learn platform currently includes courses on some, but not all, of the SOAC groups. For instance, there are courses on the CSG but none on NCSG.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Russ Weinstein agreed to look into the matter.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The group noted ongoing community work on a number of topics, such as the Review of Reviews, DNS abuse, and root server governance.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Russ Weinstein commented that improving the efficiency and effectiveness of policy development requires a look at the policy lifecycle in its entirety. All parties, including ICANN, need to work together throughout
all its phases to ensure timely decision making and the provision of relevant and constant input.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ICANN President & CEO thanked the NCSG for its letter, as it provided an opportunity for ICANN to clarify its position and its role and responsibilities in relation to the governance process.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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