GNSO Council resolution 30 November 2017

Fri Dec 1 04:05:22 EET 2017

Hi all,

Please find below the motions voted at the last GNSO council call.
Please feel free to ask any question about those resolutions.

Best,

Rafik

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Dear all,

The following resolutions were adopted by the GNSO Council at its meeting
on Thursday, 30 November 2017.

*Adoption of the GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué for submission to the ICANN
Board*

Submitted by Donna Austin

Seconded by Rafik Dammak

Whereas,

1. The Governmental Advisory Committee advises the ICANN Board on issues of
public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between
ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or international
agreements. It usually does so as part of a Communiqué, which is published
towards the end of every ICANN meeting.

2. The GNSO is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN
Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains.

3. The GNSO has expressed a desire to provide feedback to the ICANN Board
on issues in the GAC Communiqué as these relate to generic top-level
domains to inform the ICANN Board as well as the broader community of past,
present or future gTLD policy activities that may directly or indirectly
relate to advice provided by the GAC.

4. The GNSO hopes that the input provided through its review of the GAC
Communiqué will further enhance the co-ordination and promote the sharing
of information on gTLD related policy activities between the GAC, Board and
the GNSO.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council adopts the GNSO Review of the Abu Dhabi GAC Communiqué
(see https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-30nov17-en.pdf)
and requests that the GNSO Council Chair communicate the GNSO Review of the
Abu Dhabi GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board.

2. The GNSO Council requests that the GNSO Chair also informs the GAC Chair
of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.

Vote Results[gnso.icann.org]
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*Motion to Refer IRTP Part C Privacy / Proxy Registrations Implementation
Issues to PPSAI IRT*

Submitted by Darcy Southwell

Seconded by Donna Austin

1. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council sent a letter
(see https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/bladel-to-
crocker-01dec16-en.pdf) to the ICANN Board on 1 December 2016 regarding
implementation concerns with the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy ("Transfer
Policy") – Part C for privacy/proxy registrations. Specifically, the
concerns relate to whether the addition/removal of a privacy/proxy service
potentially triggers the 60-day inter-registrar transfer lock described in
the updated Transfer Policy. The policy recommendations were silent with
respect to the addition/removal of privacy/proxy services, and at the time
the policy was implemented, the current issue and potential harms described
by the GNSO Council were not brought to ICANN org's attention.

2. In this letter, the GNSO Council requested the Board to instruct ICANN
Org to work with the Registrar Stakeholder Group and other interested
parties to evaluate alternatives for the implementation concerns related to
Transfer Policy Part C.

3. On 16 March 2017, the Board instructed the ICANN President and CEO, or
his designee(s), to work with the Registrar Stakeholder Group and other
interested parties to evaluate alternatives for the implementation concerns
related to Transfer Policy Part C and to report back to the GNSO Council
with the results of the discussion.” During this time, enforcement of the
policy related to this specific issue has been deferred.

4. The Registrar Stakeholder Group discussed this issue and reached out to
other interested parties to evaluate alternatives for the implementation
concerns related to IRTP Part C and recommended that this issue is further
evaluated by the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues
Implementation Review Team (PPSAI IRT) as this group is best placed to
determine if/how implementation of IRTP Part C for privacy / proxy
registrations can be carried out.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council directs the PPSAI IRT to consider the issue of
privacy/proxy registrations and IRTP Part C as outlined in the annex to the
GNSO Council letter (see https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/bladel-to-
crocker-01dec16-en.pdf) and to put forward recommendations for
implementation that are consistent with the IRTP Part C policy
recommendations as well as the PPSAI policy recommendations.

2. The GNSO Council requests that this work be undertaken only after the
upcoming PPSAI IRT comment period, and that if it appears as though it will
cause any significant or unreasonable delay in implementation of
privacy/proxy service accreditation implementation, that the GNSO Council
Liaison must alert the Council.

3. The GNSO Council encourages registrars and other impacted parties to
join the PPSAI IRT to collaborate in these discussions.

4. The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Council Liaison to the PPSAI IRT (in
consultation with ICANN org and the IRT) provides regular updates on the
timeline for incorporating the issue of privacy/proxy registrations and the
Transfer Policy into the work of the PPSAI implementation plan. Where
issues emerge during implementation that may require possible policy
discussion, the Council requests GNSO Council Liaison to the PPSAI IRT to
escalate these issues using the designated procedure outlined in the Final
Recommendations Report on Policy & Implementation.

5. The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Council Liaison to the PPSAI IRT to
communicate this decision to the PPSAI IRT as soon as possible.

Vote Results[gnso.icann.org]
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*Motion – Confirmation of GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community
Administration*

Submitted by: Donna Austin

Seconded by: Rafik Dammak

Whereas,

1. The GNSO Council adopted the proposed process and criteria for the
selection of the GNSO representative to the Empowered Community
Administration during its meeting on 28 June 2017 (see
https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201706).

2. Per that process, the GNSO Council confirmed on 9 November 2017 that the
GNSO Chair (currently Heather Forrest) will represent the GNSO as the
Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration on an
interim basis.

3. Per that process, the GNSO Council leadership team subsequently met to
agree who from the Council leadership should perform the role of GNSO
representative to the Empowered Community Administration and communicated
this decision to the Council during its call on 30 November 2017.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council hereby confirms Heather Forrest will represent the GNSO
as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration
until the end of the ICANN Annual General Meeting (ICANN63).

2. The GNSO representative shall act solely as directed by the GNSO Council
in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws and other related GNSO Operating
Procedures.

3. The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Secretariat to communicate this
decision to the ICANN Secretary which will serve as the required written
certification from the GNSO Chair designating the individual who shall
represent the Decisional Participant on the EC Administration.

Vote Results[gnso.icann.org]
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Thank you,

Nathalie
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