[Ncsg-discuss] February 12th GNSO Council meeting summary

[Pedro de Perdigão Lana]

Hi Benjamin!

Thanks so much for the update - does the mention for RPM Phase 2 means it
is now included in the prioritization list? I believe I remember this was a
topic that was not prioritized during the ICANN84 last open GNSO Council
Meeting, although the CSG wanted it included. We have it listed now?

Cordiag

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Em qui., 19 de fev. de 2026 17:51, Christabel Mebaghandu <
00001e119e64fa85-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> escreveu:

> Dear Benjamin,
>
> Thank you very much for the comprehensive summary! I take note of the
> discussion surrounding SSAD/RDRS and look forward to future developments. I
> appreciate the Council's efforts.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> *Christabel Mebaghandu, MIEEE MNCS fNSIG.*
>
> *Chief Technology Officer*
> Civil Center for Peace Justice and Development
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> *From:* NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on behalf of
> Benjamin Akinmoyeje <00001df8ed30e9c4-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 February 2026 04:35
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> *Subject:* February 12th GNSO Council meeting summary
>
> Dear NCSG members,
> Good day, and I hope your day is going well.
>
> As one of your elected representatives on the GNSO Council, I would like
> to share a quick recap of the last GNSO Council meeting.
>
> There was a short update on the discussion from SPS about updating the
> projects list and the action decision radar for GNSO councilors to
> improve accessibility, based on suggestions from newer councillors who
> are endeavouring to highlight upcoming voting items by flagging them more
> clearly in those tools.
> The chair also mentioned that during the SPS discussion, the Council
> leadership began drafting improvements to the GNSO Council liaison documents
> to help the Council's current and future liaisons understand the liaison
> role and provide updates.
>
> The last GNSO council meeting was held on the 12th February 2026. The
> meeting was particularly unique, as it featured 3 councilors giving updates
> on their respective SOIs, and ICANN Board members in attendance as guests.
>
> We had two voting items on the agenda: the* first * was the consent vote
> on the SSC's choice for the  GNSO-nominated ICANN Fellowship Program
> Mentor, Imran Hossen. The vote confirmed the choice.
>
> The* second *Council voting agenda item was on the SCCI's proposed three
> (3) recommendations in its Final Report, as part of its review of the
> Standing Committee on Continuous Improvement (SCCI) Policy Status Report
> (PSR), proposed courses of action for each of the three processes - EPDP,
> GGP, and GIP. The Council previously reviewed the recommendations at the
> last meeting. The Council voted on the SCCI’s recommendations.
>
> Thereafter, we had the ICANN Board caucus representative on SSAD, Wes
> Hardiker, David Lawrence, and Greg DiBiase, come to discuss the SSAD's next
> steps. The discussion was about the RDRS Standing Committee's
> recommendation (recommendation 5, non-adoption) that, following the RDRS
> pilot results, the SSAD 18 recommendations should not be adopted as a
> package by the ICANN board. Suggest that the GNSO Council develop
> supplemental recommendations addressing all concerns in the SSAD
> recommendation. ICANN Board member Wes Hardaker discussed the rationale
> behind the board's decision. Also, former council member and currently
> Gregory DiBiase, supported the same point and mentioned the alignment paper
> that ICANN published to align certain policies. The board members
> appreciated the support they have received from the GNSO council in moving
> forward with their non-adoption of the SSAD recommendations and managing
> the situation with the ICANN community.
>
> We also discussed with the GNSO Liaison to the GAC  on the ICANN85 GAC and
> GNSO Bilateral Proposed Agenda, with the following topics as agenda items:
> DNS Abuse, RDRS/SSAD, Urgent Requests/Law Enforcement Authentication(top 3
> important discussions they are interested in); there was a concern to make
> the meeting participatory instead of just reporting GNSO activities to the
> GAC. Also, the NCSG expressed a desire to include a discussion of Human
> Rights.
>
> Finally, the GNSO Council vice chair led the discussion on prioritizing
> work. She mentioned that the council currently uses the Action Decision
> Radar (ADR) to display its current tasks. She shared some recent updates to
> the ADR, but it is not a prioritization tool. She also shared the three
> ideas currently being considered for the prioritization tool.
> 1. A scheduling tool that shows tasks and their due dates
> 2. A tool acts as a parking lot for tasks and items the council should
> consider.
> 3. A platform with a voting and ranking system allows the council to know
> which tasks to take on next.
> The vice chair also listed some items for the updated prioritization
> document: RPM phase 2, the Next gTLD program, DNS Abuse mitigation, and the
> Expired domain deletion policy. She also highlighted NCSG's interest in
> prioritizing the Transfer Policy.
> A portion of the council supported a numerical ranking of topics, followed
> by a substantive discussion to provide context. The NCSG pushed back on
> ranking as a means to prioritize topics. The vice chair encouraged the NCSG
> to articulate its preferred options for a prioritization mechanism.
>
> I encourage other councillors to chime in. And I encourage community
> members to review the GNSO meeting recording to stay abreast of council
> deliberations.
>
> I look forward to your feedback and discussions on some of these issues.
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Benjamin
>
>
>
>
>
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