<div dir="auto"><div><div>FYI below</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Terri Agnew via council</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:council@icann.org">council@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, 30 May 2025, 10:59<br>Subject: [council] Proposed Agenda | GNSO Council Meeting | Wednesday, 11 June 2025<br>To: <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:liaison6c@icann.org">liaison6c@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@icann.org">liaison6c@icann.org</a>><br>Cc: GNSO-Secs <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below the agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 11 June 2025 at 11:45 UTC (13:45 CEST)  This will be posted on the
<a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/IKafBg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">agenda wiki page</a> shortly.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Terri<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Policy Team Supporting the GNSO</span><span style="background:white"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">GNSO Council Agenda 11 June 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/2KefBg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/2KefBg</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">This agenda was established according to the</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-15mar23-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">
 GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a><span style="color:black"> v3.5, updated on 15 March 2023.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For convenience:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at 11:45 UTC:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2zjh8rfh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://tinyurl.com/2zjh8rfh</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">04:45 Los Angeles; 07:45 Washington DC; 12:45 London; 13:45 Paris; 14:45 Moscow; 21:45 Melbourne</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation
<span style="background:white">[Published 24 hours prior to meeting]</span>:<span style="background:white">
</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://icann83.sched.com/event/246XL/gnso-council-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><b><span style="color:#1155cc;background:white">https://icann83.sched.com/event/246XL/gnso-council-meeting</span></b></a><b><span style="background:white"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">___________________________________</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (5 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/transcript/transcript-gnso-council-10apr25-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">Minutes</span></a>
 of the GNSO Council Meeting on 10 April 2025 were posted on 24 April 2025.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting on 15 May 2025 will be posted on 02 June 2025.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (5 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#0052cc">Projects List</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0052cc">
</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">and</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#172b4d">
</span><span style="color:#0052cc">Action Item List. </span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Deferral of Whois Implementation Advisory Group work</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Prioritization of Upcoming Work (35 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">During the GNSO Council’s
<a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsocouncilmeetings/pages/111126815/GNSO+Council+Working+Session+2+of+3+-+ICANN82" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<span style="color:#1155cc">second Working Session at ICANN82</span></a>, the Council discussed its immediate and longer term pipeline of work, including work that the Council has previously committed to, e.g. Latin Diacritics, RPMs Phase 2, and potential areas
 of work in the future, e.g. DNS Abuse, RDDS, New gTLDs, Expiration Policies, and the Transfer Policy (new dispute mechanism).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will begin a detailed discussion of the prioritization of its upcoming work, understanding that all of this work cannot proceed
 concurrently.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">4.1 - Introduction of Topic (Greg DiBiase, GNSO Chair) </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">4.2 - Council Discussion</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">4.3 - Next Steps</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE - Update from Board Readiness Small Team (15 minutes) </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">During the 2023 GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session (SPS), the GNSO Council agreed that it should seek to limit the likelihood of the Council approving PDP
 recommendations that the ICANN Board is ultimately unable to adopt. To that end, the Council discussed the desire to ensure it submits “board-ready policy recommendations” to the Board, to the extent possible. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Generally speaking, a policy recommendation is considered board ready when the recommendation is likely to achieve board adoption, i.e., the recommendation has
 been approved by a GNSO Supermajority Vote and will most likely be considered by the Board to be in the best interests of ICANN Community and ICANN org.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In August 2024, a Council Small Team began meeting to further discuss the topic of board readiness. Specifically, the Small Team was tasked by GNSO Council to:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Develop a survey/questionnaire related to the Board’s rejection/non-adoption of policy recommendations, which may be administered to relevant PDP Chairs, PDP WG members, ICANN org Support Staff, and Board members. (Examples: EPDP Temp
 Spec Phase 1 and 2; Subsequent Procedures)</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#292a2e;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="color:black">Administer the survey/questionnaire and conduct interviews with relevant PDP Chairs, PDP WG members, ICANN org Support Staff, and Board members. </span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#292a2e;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="color:black">Synthesize the findings from the survey/questionnaire and interviews into a set of findings and develop a set of recommendations intended to inform Council work on improving Board readiness.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Over the past few months, the Small Team has been conducting interviews with community members, Board members, and staff members.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will hear an update on the Small Team’s progress.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">5.1 - Introduction of Topic<span style="background:white"> (Kurt Pritz, Small Team Lead)</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">5.2 - Council Discussion</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">5.3 - Next Steps</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE - Progress Update from Council Accuracy Small Team (15 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">During the Council’s
<a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsocouncilmeetings/pages/111126022/Final+Proposed+Agenda+2025-03-12" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
March 2025 meeting</a>, the Council agreed to form a dedicated small team on accuracy, which would be tasked with: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Reviewing the written input received on the Council’s threshold questions; and<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:.25in;background:#fefefe;vertical-align:baseline">
Providing a detailed summary of the input received, taking into consideration the potential other sources that can inform the discussion - i.e. (but not limited to) INFERMAL study, EU NIS2 cooperation group, recommendation CC.1, and provide a recommendation
 to the Council on how to best make progress on the topic of registration data accuracy, e.g., relaunch scoping team with updated assignment, request Issues Report, request additional study (including the recommended form and aim of the study), etc.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Small Team, led by Paul McGrady, began meeting on 15 May 2025.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will hear an update on the small team’s progress. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">6.1 - Introduction of Topic (<span style="background:white">Paul McGrady, Small Team Lead</span>) <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">6.2 - Council Discussion<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">6.3 - Next Steps</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL UPDATE: Status Update from DNS Abuse Small Team (15 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#fefefe">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">During the Council’s
<a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsocouncilmeetings/pages/111126022/Final+Proposed+Agenda+2025-03-12" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
March 2025 meeting</a>, the Council agreed to form a dedicated small team on DNS Abuse, which would be tasked with: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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evaluating DNS Abuse mitigation efforts across ICANN (e.g., by the CPH, other community groups, and potentially industry firms focusing on DNS whether briefings from such abuse groups would aid the small team. Similar to the first iteration of the DNS Abuse
 small team, conduct outreach to the broader ICANN community, seeking their input on items specifically suitable for policy development). <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:#fefefe;vertical-align:baseline">
reviewing the recommendations that were proposed by the DNS Abuse Small Team in 2022<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:#fefefe;vertical-align:baseline">
assessing the impact of the Contract amendments on DNS abuse mitigation efforts. <u></u><u></u>
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How have the amendments helped ICANN Compliance enforce DNS Abuse mitigation? Have they empowered ICANN Compliance to undertake proactive (as opposed to reactive ) enforcement measures?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:#fefefe;vertical-align:baseline">
Can the requirements outlined in the amendments be further clarified to enable more effective DNS Abuse mitigation by registrars and registries? <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:#fefefe;vertical-align:baseline">
Can such clarifications be addressed via additional efforts such as focused ICANN policy development, or via other methods such as incremental improvements on industry best practices? What other actions should be taken in order to bring transparency and accountability
 to the mitigation measures (standardizing “evidenced and actionable” complaints and response rates for example)? Or even, a practice of reviewing portfolios of malicious registrations rather than one by one, for example. <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:#fefefe;vertical-align:baseline">
Assess the human rights impact of the DNS abuse mitigation measures <u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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Discussing with relevant stakeholders and providing a summary on the insights from the INFERMAL study and how these insights can help inform next steps on DNS Abuse.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Small Team, led by Jennifer Chung, began meeting on 15 May 2025.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:#fefefe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will hear an update on the small team’s progress. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">7.1 - Introduction of Topic (Jennifer Chung, Small Team Lead) </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">7.2 - Council Discussion</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">7.3 - Next Steps</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Item 8: Any Other Business (25 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:200%;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292a2e">8.1 - Update on Reviews -
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/sinha-to-holen-et-al-27may25-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">Letter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292a2e">
 from ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:200%;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#292a2e">8.2 - Open Mic</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">See</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1155cc">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">See
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-15mar23-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-15mar23-en.pdf</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">References for Coordinated Universal Time of 11:45 UTC</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Local time between March and November in the NORTHERN hemisphere</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">See
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/</span></a><span style="color:black"> for Dates for Daylight Saving
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 04:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6  05:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 07:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 08:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 12:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Paris, France (CEST) UTC+2  13:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Moscow, Russia (MSK) UTC+3 14:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Singapore (SGT) UTC+8  19:45</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Melbourne, Australia (AEST) UTC+10 21:45 </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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 http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a><span style="color:#172b4d;background:white"> and
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2zjh8rfh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://tinyurl.com/2zjh8rfh</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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