[Summary] GNSO Council meeting report 24th October

Mon Nov 26 01:26:01 EET 2018

hi all,

I am sending here a summary of GNSO Council public meeting during ICANN63
in Barcelona. I tried to highlighting the main points and focusing on GNSO
council related sessions only. There were also PDP sessions such EPDP, new
gTLD subsequent procedures or RPM but I believe the active participants
there from NCSG can give updates.

You can find the recordings and transcripts for all GNSO council meetings
below:

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   GNSO Working Session: https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901643
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   Joint Meeting: GAC and GNSO:
   https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901609
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   Joint Meeting: ccNSO & GNSO Councils:
   https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901646
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   GNSO Council Meeting part I:
   https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901654
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   GNSO Council Meeting Part II :
   https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901655
   <https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901655>
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   GNSO Council Wrap-Up: https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings/901659

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   GNSO Public meeting Part I

The agenda is here
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/agenda-council-1-24oct18-en.pdf>
and motions here
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+24+October+2018>

Consent Agenda

There were two items on the Consent Agenda:

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   Reconfirmation of Julf Helsingius as GNSO Council Liaison to the
   Governmental Advisory (congratulations to Julf for one more term as liaison
   to GAC)
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   Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board regarding the adoption of the
   Final Report from the Reconvened Working Group on Red Cross Names Policy
   Development Process (PDP) Working Group. The recommendations are currently
   subject to public comment
   <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/red-cross-names-consensus-policy-2018-11-21-en>
   .

Confirmation of Standing Committee on ICANN’s Budget and Operations (SCBO)
Charter

The motion was voted unanimously to adopt the SCBO charter in permanent
basis and to initiate a call for volunteers to join as subject matter
experts (please check NCSG call for candidates here
<https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;10ee4610.1811> ).
The SCBO is tasked to continue the work on reviewing and commenting ICANN
budget and planning cycles, and providing that to the council for
consideration.

GNSO Policy Development Process 3.0

The final report
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/pdp-increase-effectiveness-efficiency-23oct18-en.pdf>with
the recommendation for PDP 3.0 improvements was approved unanimously and
that initiates the work on implementation plan by GNSO staff and current
council leadership. The council leadership will keep the council updated
about progress on regular basis. The effort should be monitored closely
since it will impact PDP.

Termination of the Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service
(RDS) to replace WHOIS Policy Development Process

The RDS WG was on hold since ICANN61 due to the GDPR related discussions
and possible duplication of work. With the initiation of EPDP effort, it
becomes clear to the working group leadership that is better to terminate
the RDS WG. This is a rare outcome of any PDP (I cannot recall a case where
a PDP was terminated other than the vertical integration working group due
to lack of consensus). There are lessons to be learned from this WG and the
WG leadership shared it with the council
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/summary-rds-org-lessons-learned-23oct18-en.pdf>.
The findings from the RDS WG should be used as input for other efforts.

IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms

The related motion was withdrawn prior to the start of the GNSO Council
meeting. The rationale behind the withdrawal can be explained as due to
several concerns raised previously (e.g. the WG co-chairs) but also the
letter
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/ismail-to-forrest-et-al-21oct18-en.pdf>
sent from GAC to GNSO council. The topic will be discussed again in the
next GNSO Council meeting to explore the different options to deal with the
issue.

Temporary Specification for Registration Data Expedited Policy Development
Process - Recurring Update

The GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP gave the regular update to council. He
highlighted that the Initial Report is planned for November 2018 instead of
. Barcelona meeting (the initial report was finally published in 21st
November for public comment
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/epdp-gtld-registration-data-specs-initial-2018-11-21-en>).
He also gave comment about the triage process and working methods such as
the tools for the data element and purposes workbooks or using small teams
to make progress on several areas. It was also noted that on the GNSO
Council’s recommendation, the format of the EPDP newsletter
<https://community.icann.org/display/EOTSFGRD/GNSO+Council+Updates> was
updated to indicate the progress against the timeline. It was also
highlighted that F2F meetings helped the EPDP team on its work thanks to
professional facilitators too. There were also comment urging on using
legal counsel to help on  EPDP discussion and determine the legality of the
recommendations. Latest update
<https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;74f1b525.1811> on
EPDP was shared last week by our representatives there.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

- Assign the Call for SOs/ACs to Nominate Fellowship Program Mentors to the
SSC

Heather Forrest gave an update on the initial meeting on Fellowship Program
Mentors as she is the temporary GNSO representative to the fellowship
selection committee. The expression of interest for fellowship mentors is
ongoing (nomination process for NCSG
<https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;fc030290.1811>)

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   Thank you to outgoing Councilors

Stephanie Perrin(NCSG), Susan Kawaguchi (BC), Heather Forrest (IPC) and
Donna Austin (RySG) reached term limit as councilors and were thanked for
their service. A lot of appreciation was shared with Heather and Donna as
they were respectively GNSO chair and GNSO council vice-chair. As a
vice-chair, I am missing working with them and I can say that the last year
was a great experience to be part of the council leadership team.

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   GNSO Public meeting Part II

This meeting is the first for the new council (Elsa Saade as new councilor
from NCSG in addition to those from other groups) and started with the
election of  GNSO chair.

Chair election

Two nominations were received for this position, Keith Drazek and myself.
After 2 rounds, Keith was elected as GNSO chair (details of the vote here
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-2-24oct18-en.pdf>) for
one year.

GNSO Empowered Community Roles and Responsibilities – GNSO Operating
Procedures Templates and Guideline Development:

The council was reminded about the remaining work related to the empowered
community concerning the creation of templates and other steps
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-template-guidance-list-15may18-en.pdf>.
A new drafting team composed of councilors and volunteers will continue the
work and call for volunteers will be issued soon.

Any Other Business

The council was informed that ICANN board will consider a resolution
<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-10-25-en#2.c>
(which was approved in last day of Barcelona meeting) about the reserve
funds which is impacting the auction's proceeds and so the CCWG work (public
comment
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-initial-2018-10-08-en>ongoing
on the CCWG recommendation).

Please feel free to ask any question or request any clarification.

Best Regards,

Rafik Dammak
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