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

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

Dear Pedro,
Thank you for the feedback. A draft prioritization document was reviewed at
the GNSO SPS meeting, and the RPM Phase 2 is listed in it. Yes, I believe
so.

We can have councilors present at the SPS meeting to provide more insight
on this, @Farzaneh Badiei <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> @Tapani Tarvainen
<tapani.tarvainen at effi.org>

Kind regards,
Benjamin

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:58 PM Pedro de Perdigão Lana <
00001ebb4caf3a2f-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
> *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
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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*
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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
>> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> *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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