[council] Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 29 November 2018 at 12:00 UTC

Sat Nov 24 18:50:14 EET 2018

Thanks Rafik.

I must have missed it, when is the NCSG policy call and time?
Cheers,

Tomslin
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 00:53, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> please find below the GNSO Council meeting agenda for next week 29th
> November 12:00UTC. You can follow the council call streaming with this link
> http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__stream.icann.org-3A8000_stream01&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=zgkoT0MW1YpCkTwgoQvLp_0mNbhePduvejEhv08Bxmw&s=nojYo9ROhg_17vhA1Z8nMMegeVrn_AbybJWqtrSF7xw&e=>.
> As usual, we will have our NCSG Policy call prior to it to go through the
> agenda and discuss policy topics.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rafik Dammak
>
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>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Please below find the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting
> on 29 November 2018 at 12:00 UTC.
> Final GNSO Council Agenda 29 November 2018
>
> Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered
> on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:
> https://community.icann.org/x/wRVpBQ
> <https://community.icann.org/x/lwHVBQ>
>
> This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf> v3.3,
> updated on 30 January 2018
>
> For convenience:
>
>    - An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is
>    provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
>    - An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the
>    absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this
>    agenda.
>
>
>
> Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC:  https://tinyurl.com/yaojzutp
>
> 04:00 Los Angeles; 07:00 Washington; 12:00 London; 17:00 Islamabad; 21:00
> Tokyo; 23:00 Melbourne
>
>
>
> GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast
>
> Listen in browser: http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01
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> Listen in application such as iTunes:
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>
>
>
> Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not
> be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.
>
> ___________________________________
>
> *Item 1. Administrative Matters (5 mins)*
>
> 1.1 - Roll Call
>
> 1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest
>
> 1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda
>
> 1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the
> GNSO Operating Procedures:
>
> Minutes
> <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/minutes-council-27sep18-en.pdf>
> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 25 September 2018 were posted on the 13
> October 2018
>
> Minutes part I
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-1-24oct18-en.pdf> and part
> II <https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-2-24oct18-en.pdf>of
> the GNSO Council meetings on the 24 October 2018 were posted on the 12
> November 2018
>
>
>
> *Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (15 minutes)*
>
> 2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes /
> topics, to include review of Projects List
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project>and Action Item List
> <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg>
>
> *Item 3. Consent Agenda (5 minutes) *
>
>    - Motion <https://community.icann.org/x/lQHVBQ> to adopt the GNSO
>    Council response to the GAC Communiqué.
>    - Motion <https://community.icann.org/x/lQHVBQ> for the confirmation
>    of GNSO representative to the Empowered Community Administration.
>
> *Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights
> Protection Mechanisms (15 minutes)*
>
> The IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP WG had
> worked to resolve a final recommendation relating to IGO jurisdictional
> immunity and registrants’ rights to file court proceedings. The WG has
> determined consensus on a set of options for this final recommendation, as
> well as for all other recommendations. The WG Chair proposed his
> determination of consensus levels for all recommendations, which the WG
> affirmed. On 27 June 2018, the GNSO Council passed a resolution
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201806>, thanking the PDP
> WG for its efforts and requesting that it submit its Final Report in time
> for the 19 July 2018 Council meeting.
>
> After having agreed on consensus levels for its final recommendations, the
> WG considered the text of its Final Report. On 9 July 2018, the PDP WG
> submitted its Final Report
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-crp-access-final-17jul18-en.pdf>
> to the GNSO Council for its consideration, which contains five consensus
> recommendations and three minority statements, documenting their
> disagreement either with one or more of the final recommendations or other
> parts of the Final Report.
>
> There remain several inconsistencies between GAC advice and consensus
> recommendations from the IGO-INGO PDP WG, which have yet to be reconciled,
> including on the topic of appropriate protections for IGO acronyms (both
> preventative and curative). During its 19 July Council meeting, the Council
> resolved <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201807> to accept
> the Final Report from the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Mechanisms PDP
> Working Group and has begun considering the topic of curative rights
> protections for IGOs in the broader context of appropriate overall scope of
> protection for all IGO identifiers.
>
> On 9 October 2018, the Council held a question and answer webinar to
> review the recommendations and to ask itself a series of questions, 1) Does
> the Council believe that the PDP has addressed the issues that it was
> chartered to address (i.e. What questions/topics was the Working Group
> chartered to consider, did it consider those charter topics/questions, and
> did it do so in a legitimate way)?; 2) Has the PDP followed due process?;
> and 3) Did the PDP Working Group address GAC advice on the topic?
>
> A motion to consider the Final Report was originally on the 24 October
> 2018 Council meeting agenda but was withdrawn due to concerns around both
> the process followed by the PDP, as well as the substance of the PDP WG’s
> recommendations. Council leadership and staff have developed a summary
> document [INSERT LINK WHEN READY] that lists issues raised by Councilors,
> options available, and potential considerations.
>
> Here, the Council will consider the options available and discuss
> appropriate next steps.
> 4.1 – Presentation of topic (Council Leadership)
>
> 4.2 – Council discussion
>
> 4.3 – Next steps
>
>
>
> *Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Temporary Specification for Registration Data
> Expedited Policy Development Process - Recurring Update (25 minutes)*
>
> On 19 July 2018, the GNSO Council resolved
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20180719-2> to initiate
> the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary
> Specification for gTLD Registration Data and adopt the EPDP Team Charter
> <https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/temp-spec-gtld-rd-epdp-19jul18-en.pdf>.
> Given the challenging timeline for the EPDP and the GNSO Council’s role in
> managing the PDP process, the Council has agreed that including a recurring
> update on the EPDP for each Council meeting is prudent.
>
> Here, the Council will receive an update from the GNSO Council liaison to
> the EPDP.
>
> 5.1 – Update (Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP and EPDP
> vice-chair)
>
> 5.2 – Council discussion
>
> 5.3 – Next steps
>
>
>
> *Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – ICANN Reserve Fund (15 minutes)*
>
> The ICANN Reserve Fund was created in 2007 with a target level set at a
> minimum of 12 months of Operating Expenses. It has been funded through
> operational excesses. Over the past years, ICANN's operations have grown,
> its risk profile has evolved, and withdrawals have been made to fund the
> IANA stewardship transition expenses.
>
> On 6 March 2018, ICANN Org sought public comment
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-replenishment-2018-03-06-en>
> on the Reserve Fund replenishment strategy, to bring the Reserve Fund to
> its minimum target level of 12 months.
>
> During the 25 October 2018 meeting of the ICANN Board, two resolutions
> were adopted to transfer funds to the Reserve Fund. The first
> <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-10-25-en#2.c>
> transferred US$3,000,000 from the Operating Fund. The second
> <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-10-25-en#2.f>
> allocated US$36,000,000 of auction proceeds to the Reserve Fund. Several
> Council members expressed concern that auction proceeds were utilized for
> this purpose, diminishing the pool of allocatable funds available to the
> recommendations of the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross-Community Working
> Group (CCWG).
>
> Here, the Council discuss potential issues and determine if any remedial
> actions may be necessary at the Council level.
>
> 6.1 – Presentation of topic (Council Leadership)
>
> 6.2 – Council discussion
>
> 6.3 – Next steps
>
>
>
>
> *Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Discussion of the Inter-Registrar Transfer
> Policy (IRTP) Policy Status Report (15 minutes) *
> The Consensus Policy Implementation Framework (CPIF) provides guidance to
> ICANN org and the community for implementing policy. However, there is
> minimal guidance in this document or in other documentation around the
> review of implemented policies adopted by the GNSO Council. In some cases,
> a review is explicitly mandated as an element of the PDP WG’s
> recommendations to the Council, but in some cases, the recommendations are
> silent in this respect.
>
> ICANN org, in consultation with the Council, prepared a draft framework on
> the approach for post-implementation reviews of Council adopted policy
> recommendations. The framework provides guidance on a number of questions
> (e.g., When should a review be initiated when there is no PDP
> recommendation to do so? What triggers should initiate a review? What are
> the expected outcomes of the review? Etc.).
>
> During its 26 April 2018 meeting, the Council tentatively agreed to have
> ICANN org conduct a review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP).
> ICANN org utilized the draft framework for conducting the
> post-implementation review of the IRTP. On 14 November 2018, ICANN org
> published
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/irtp-status-2018-11-14-en> the
> IRTP Policy Status Report for public comment.
>
>
> Here, the Council will receive an update on the report, discuss its
> initial reactions, and consider next steps.
>
> 7.1 – Presentation of materials (Brian Aitchison)
>
> 7.2 – Council discussion
>
> 7.3 – Next steps
>
>
>
> *Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (10 minutes)*
>
>
>
> 8.1 - Update on the Council Strategic Planning Session
>
> 8.2 - Permanent GNSO representative to the Fellowship Selection Committee
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11,
> Section 11.3(i))
>
> See https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11.
>
> Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating
> Procedures, Section 4.4)
>
> See
> https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf
>
>
>
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