Summary of GNSO Council meeting 19 July 2018

Mon Jul 30 07:14:00 EEST 2018

Rafik,
Thanks for the update

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:33 AM Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

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> *Hi all,I am sending here a summary of the last GNSO Council meeting held
> the 19th July 2018.  It is highlights of some important points and I may
> have missed some. For more details, you can find here the transcripts
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-19jul18-en.pdf>,
> recordings <https://participate.icann.org/p4cbllu86zg/>, agenda
> <https://community.icann.org/x/DoNHBQ>, and documents
> <https://community.icann.org/x/8YLpB> for consultation. Other councilors
> may add their thoughts on the different topics below.IGO-INGO Access to
> Curative Rights Protection MechanismsThe GNSO Council received the Final
> Report
> <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/igo-ingo-crp-access-final-17jul18-en.pdf>
> from IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (CRP) PDP
> Working Group as it requested in on the council June meeting. It also voted
> in the related motion <https://community.icann.org/x/DYNHBQ> which gives a
> lot of background details about the history of this PDP and the rationale
> behind it.The council notes: “that several inconsistencies between GAC
> advice and consensus recommendations from the IGO-INGO PDP WG have yet to
> be reconciled, including on the topic of appropriate protections for IGO
> acronyms (both preventative and curative). The GNSO Council notes that
> until these issues are resolved, IGO acronyms remain reserved on an interim
> basis at the second level of the domain name system for those gTLDs
> delegated under the 2012 New gTLD Program round.”The next step is to review
> the final report by the council for consideration (vote) and explore how to
> deal with the inconsistencies between the GAC advice and previous WG
> recommendations. The current recommendations may not respond to GAC
> concerns and so the board too.Initiation of Expedited Policy Development
> Process on the ICANN Board Temporary Specification on gTLD Registration
> DataAs you may know already the GNSO council voted on the motion
> <https://community.icann.org/x/DYNHBQ> requiring GNSO Council to initiate
> an EPDP on the Temporary Specification
> <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/temp-spec-gtld-rd-epdp-initiation-request-19jul18-en.pdf>
> and adopted the EPDP’s charter
> <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/temp-spec-gtld-rd-epdp-19jul18-en.pdf>.
> The motion confirmed the EPDP team chair Kurt Pritz who was selected by the
> group comprised of GNSO council leadership and Standing Selection Committee
> chair and vice-chair based on the received expression of interests. 3 of
> NCSG councilors abstained and as by the GNSO Operating procedures made
> those statements to explain their rationale for the abstention: Tatiana
> Tropina (abstention statement <https://tinyurl.com/yc74nvrb>), Ayden
> Férdeline (abstention statement <https://tinyurl.com/ycf4m7f8>) and
> Stephanie Perrin (abstention statement <https://tinyurl.com/yb8n8b6g>).I
> volunteered and was appointed as GNSO council liaison the EPDP team. As you
> know, NCSG also made its appointment for representatives and alternates (6
> + 3) to EPDP team last week and announced  in NCSG list. The EPDP team will
> have its first conference call this Wednesday 1st August an streaming
> audiocast should be available and will be shared. The working space for the
> EPDP team is here
> <https://community.icann.org/display/EOTSFGRD/EPDP+on+the+Temporary+Specification+for+gTLD+Registration+Data>.Short-
> and Long-Term Options to Adjust the Timeline for Specific Reviews and
> Organizational ReviewsCouncil got  an update on the short-term
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/specific-reviews-short-term-timeline-2018-05-14-en>
> and long-term
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-long-term-timeline-2018-05-14-en>
> review options paper response from the small drafting team with highlights
> on which recommendations the council should cover. As a reminder, NCSG has
> its own response to the 2 public comments (here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VItIeJMKjQMinu_IvJ1uJOvXSfTc_4U5ay_k7F6beOQ/edit>
> and here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oh6cxVsFJXheU94A2ieivuz6komPn8fI9f_i_hMqgg8/edit>
> ). The draft comment for council was shared later (attached) in council
> mailing list for review.Consideration of CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final
> ReportThe council got  an update on the CCWG’s Final Report
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-acct-ws2-final-27mar18-en.pdf>
> with highlights on what Council would need to consider prior to conducting
> a vote. As chartering organization, the GNSO will need to vote for approval
> or not of the  CCWG WS2 final report. Councillors are tasked to consult
> with their respective stakeholder groups and constituencies regarding the
> vote on report approval.GNSO Policy Development Process 3.0The summary
> paper
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-discussion-paper-11may18-en.pdf>
> ,which includes input received during the session on san Juan meeting GNSO
> session and was prepared by GNSO council leadership with staff, was shared
> with the Council to request input. The stakeholder groups and
> constituencies have till the 15 August 2018 to provide suggestions. There
> was discussion on how to reflect wider community recommendations and how to
> ensure that this initiative makes progress before the new GNSO Council is
> seated at Annual General Meeting (AGM) in October 2018.  The GNSO council
> Leadership was tasked to to develop proposed plan and timeline to advance
> the project in preparation for a public consultation at ICANN63.Instruct
> the Standing Selection Committee to reconfirm the GNSO appointments on the
> Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3)  Unfortunately
> one of the selected candidates Stephane Van Gelder passed away this year
> and there is a need to fill the vacancy. It was suggested that the Standing
> Selection Committee (SSC)  to check with selected candidates to confirm if
> they are still interested to serve on the ATRT3 since they were selected a
> while ago. The council will also need to check about the expected timeline
> for ATRT3 as it will depend on the outcome of the current public comments
> on short-term review. Another task is to check if there is any need for
> additional call for volunteers and if it is planned.ANY OTHER
> BUSINESSICANN63 planning: the preparation for ICANN 63 schedule already
> started and GNSO Council leadership with staff will prepare the GNSO
> schedule.GNSO Review of the GAC Communiqué: Council got an update on the
> current status of the GNSO Review of the GAC Communiqué and council
> response prepared by volunteers. You can find the GNSO response here as it
> was already sent to Board prior to the call between Board and GAC this
> week.The next GNSO Council Meeting will take place is scheduled for the 16
> August 2018 at 21:00 UTC and as usual we will have our NCSG Policy Call
> prior to it.Please feel free to ask my any question or clarification about
> those topics.Best Regards,Rafik Dammak*
>
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