GNSO: summary of the previous meeting for the next NCSG policy call on 20.02.2018

[Tatiana Tropina]

*Dear NCSG members,as a preparation the policy call on Tuesday, 20th of
February 2018, I would like again to share some information about the
previous GNSO meeting to ensure that you can catch up with what is going on
and see the continuity in the work of GNSO: some of the issues we discussed
at the previous meeting are still pending resolution for the next one. The
previous GNSO meeting took place in Los Angeles, USA, on January, 30th. It
was a part of the GNSO strategic planning meeting - you might remember the
blog post <https://t.co/9amvbZyLt1> written by the GNSO Council Chair,
Heather Forrest.I am going to provide a brief overview of the discussion,
linking some of the issues to the next GNSO meeting (and to the NCSG policy
call on Tuesday). In summary, on 30th of January, 2018, the GNSO Council
discussed the following issues (and passed a couple of motions):   1. Voted
for the motion <https://community.icann.org/x/bACfB> (you will find it
following the link as a second motion), to adopt the proposed revisions to
the GNSO Operating Procedures and the recommended amendments to the ICANN
Bylaws. The subject of this motion was discussed during the GSNO Council
Strategic Planning session earlier. Taking into account the importance of
the motion, for the voting for this motion the usual voting threshold of a
simple majority got suspended, in favour of a super-majority. The motion
was passed by the GNSO councilors unanimously. You can check the  new
version <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf> of
the GNSO Operating Procedures. 1. Discussed the  motion
<https://community.icann.org/x/bACfB> on the Adoption of the Charter
related to the next steps for the ICANN Procedure of Handling WHOIS
conflicts with Privacy Law. The motion, which was put forward for voting,
was deferred for the next GNSO meeting as the councilors, after discussion
the  content in length, decided that more consideration is needed before
the adoption of the Charter and creation of the group that is going to deal
with the issues. The reasons for postponing the adoption of the motion were
the heavy current workload in terms of Policy Development Process (PDP)
Working Groups (WG) and Implementation Review Teams (IRT), the possible
overlap with parallel discussions and work efforts about the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), the uncertainty with regard to the start date
of the group’s activity and community staffing. As the decision making was
postponed, you can follow the discussion about this motion on the GNSO
Council meeting on 22nd of February, 2018: it is one of the agenda items
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Documents+22+February+2018>
(item 4) for the next meeting. 1. Discussed the updates on potential FY19
GNSO Additional Budget Requests (ABRs). The requests that were to be put
forward by the 31 January 2018 deadline considered travel support for PDP
Chairs, GNSO Council Strategic Planning session and Working Group Enrolment
(WGE). We discussed this in details on the last NCSG Policy call before the
GNSO meeting. The councilors supported the idea of the yearly GNSO Council
Strategic Planning session, however, suggestions were made to modify the
format, duration and dates to accommodate budget requirements. Travel
support for the PDP Chairs also gathered support. 1. Discussed the GNSO
Council Public Comment to the Proposed Incremental Changes to the ICANN
Meetings Strategy. The response, prepared by GNSO Councilors, concerned
mainly the three-meeting structure. The Council was agreed to keep the
substance of the response within the scope of the Public Comment request
and to carry on discussing the higher-level comments at a Council level. 2.
Discussed the GNSO Council Public Comment
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-comments-operating-standards-19jan18-en.pdf>
on Operating Standards for ICANN’s Specific Reviews. The Council agreed
that the comments have to go through the revisions based on the discussion
and submitted.  3. Discussed the Letter from GNSO Council to SO/AC
leadership concerning the SSR2-RT. You probably saw recently the
correspondence forwarded to the NCSG mailing list concerning this letter.
You can find this correspondence following the links: - SOAC Chairs
Statement on status of SSR2 Review 2018-02-12
<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-February/020905.html>- SSR2
Review follow up
<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-February/020906.html>- MSSI
Support for SSR2-RT
<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-February/020911.html>It was
also noted that the Standing Selection Committee (SSC) was reviewing the
skills matrix which was prepared by the SSR RT members and working on
identifying a pool of candidates to replace James Gannon as one of the GNSO
appointed SSR RT members after his resignation. Councilors also discussed
the idea of bringing an external facilitator being into SSR-RT to remove
the perception of RT management by the SOAC Chairs. Several members of the
Council highlighted the importance of the principle of the independence of
review teams in general. The SSR2-RT is still on the agenda of the GNSO for
the next meeting - you will see that one of the agenda items
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Documents+22+February+2018>
- item 5 - is the motion to nominate a GNSO Replacement Candidate for
Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team.
1. Under any other business, the Council discussed the planning for ICANN61
and the GNSO strategic session. If you are interested in more details
concerning any items from the summary above, you can listen to the MP3
Recording <https://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-30jan18-en.mp3>
meeting, or check the Adobe Connect recording
<https://participate.icann.org/p8x5fekpqd6/> and Adobe Chat Transcript
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-30jan18-en.pdf>.
Or, if you prefer to read, here is the link to the transcript
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-30jan18-en.pdf> of
the meeting. Please don’t hesitate to contact me or any other GNSO
Councillors if you have any further questions!  See you on the monthly NCSG
policy call tomorrow (Tuesday)!Warm regards,Tatiana *
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