[NCSG-PC] Agenda for PC meeting / Sunday 12th March 17:00 Copehangen

Tue Mar 7 21:33:48 EET 2017

Hi Rafik,

There should be plenty of time for leftover topics on constituency day
now that the planned RySG visit didn't materialize.

Tapani

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 08:44:16AM +0900, Rafik Dammak (rafik.dammak at gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> as I shared in a previous email, we have to plan for our policy committee
> session this Sunday.
> 
> as draft agenda and open for discussion and amendments:
> 
> 1- Review of GNSO council agenda
>      - Motions discussions/voting
> 2- Topics for discussions:
>     - Board seat election: process and timeline
>     - Ongoing PDPs: any reports from the Saturday sessions
>     - Workstream 2: any reports from full-day meeting
>     - meeting with Data Protection Commissioners prep (TBC)
>     - Public consultation: any statement from NCSG
> 3- AOB
> 
> We should have action items to follow-up those discussions.
> 
> if we cannot cover all topics, we may meet informally during the week and
> take notes of our discussions, sharing them in PC list for record. We also
> have NCSG CD  and I would like to ask Tapani if we can cover remaining
> topics in that day without jeopardizing other agenda topics.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Rafik
> 
> for reference I copied the Council agenda below:
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 1. Administrative Matters (5 mins)*
> 
> 
> 
> 1.1 - Roll Call
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> 1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest
> 
> 
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> 1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda
> 
> 
> 
> 1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the
> GNSO Operating Procedures:
> 
> 
> 
> Minutes of the meeting of the GNSO Council on 19 January 2017, posted on 10
> February 2017.
> 
> Minutes of the meeting of the GNSO Council on 16 February 2017, will be
> posted on 8 March 2017.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)*
> 
> 
> 
> 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 (10 mins)*
> 
> 
> 
> *3.1 – Confirmation of GNSO Co-Chair for the Cross Community Working Group
> on New gTLD Auction Proceeds*
> 
> 
> 
> In November 2016, the GNSO Council had approved the Charter for the new
> Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on New gTLD Auction Proceeds and
> appointed Jonathan Robinson as the GNSO co-chair to the group in December
> 2016 (https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20161215-1). On 9
> February 2017, Jonathan Robinson informed the CCWG and the Council that he
> will be stepping down as GNSO co-chair, and requested that the Council
> appoint a successor as soon as is reasonably possible (http://mm.icann.org/
> pipermail/ccwg-auctionproceeds/2017-February/000080.html). As directed by
> the Council following its meeting on 16 February, staff issued a Call for
> Volunteers on 1 March (https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-March/
> 019785.html). Councilor Erika Mann responded to the Call and volunteered
> her services (https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-March/019786.html)
> Here the Council will discuss and, if appropriate, approve Erika’s
> candidacy for appointment as the new GNSO co-chair to this CCWG.
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 4. COUNCIL VOTE – Approval of Charter for a New GNSO Standing
> Selection Committee (15 minutes)*
> 
> On 13 December 2016, Councilors Susan Kawaguchi and Ed Morris circulated
> for the Council’s consideration a draft document proposing a set of
> criteria and a uniform process for the selection of GNSO representatives to
> future Review Teams, including for the various reviews mandated by the
> ICANN Bylaws, and other ICANN structures for which the GNSO will need to
> appoint, nominate or endorse candidates (https://gnso.icann.org/en/
> drafts/gnso-appointments-procedure-13dec16-en.pdf). Following further work
> on the draft document by Susan, Ed and the Council leadership, a proposed
> Charter to create a GNSO Standing Selection Committee that will conduct
> future selections based on agreed, uniform criteria and a documented
> process was circulated to the Council on 6 February 2017 (
> https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-February/019734.html) and
> discussed at the Council meeting on 16 February. Here the Council is
> expected to complete its discussions on the remaining open items regarding
> the draft Charter, and vote on a motion to create the new GNSO Standing
> Selection Committee.
> 
> If the new Committee is established, its initial tasks are expected to
> include proposing a slate of GNSO nominees for the upcoming Registration
> Directory Services and Accountability and Transparency Review Teams, as
> well as possibly assisting with the proposed establishment of a Standing
> Panel for Independent Review Processes (see Agenda Item 6, below).
> 
> 4.1 – Presentation of motion (James Bladel) https://community.icann.org/x/
> lJvRAw
> 
> 4.2 – Council and community discussion
> 
> 4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 5. COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Updated Charter for the Cross Community
> Working Group on Internet Governance (20 minutes)*
> 
> 
> 
> At its Public Meeting at ICANN57 in Hyderabad, India, on 7 November 2016,
> the GNSO Council had approved a motion conditioning the future
> participation of the GNSO as a Chartering Organization of the CCWG on
> Internet Governance (CCWG-IG) upon a comprehensive review of the group’s
> Charter by the CCWG-IG, in accordance with the Framework of Uniform
> Principles for CCWGs that had been adopted recently by the ccNSO and GNSO
> Councils (http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/uniform-framework-
> principles-recommendations-16sep16-en.pdf). In its resolution, the GNSO
> Council had noted that the CCWG-IG’s future work is expected to be subject
> to a clear work plan, with regular updates and clear deliverables, and had
> requested that, by ICANN58, the CCWG-IG was to report on its findings,
> which report may include a revised charter or a recommendation to
> reconstitute the group under a new structure
> (https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions
> - 20161107-3 <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20161107-3>).
> 
> 
> 
> Here the Council will receive an update and report from the CCWG-IG
> co-chairs, and discuss next steps in relation to the GNSO’s continued
> participation as a Chartering Organization of this CCWG.
> 
> 
> 
> 5.1 – Update and report (CCWG-IG co-chairs)
> 
> 
> 
> 5.2 – Council and community discussion
> 
> 
> 
> 5.3 – Next steps
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 6. COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Activities of the CCWG-Accountability
> Independent Review Process Implementation Oversight Team (15 minutes)*
> 
> 
> 
> On 28 February 2017, the Independent Review Process Implementation
> Oversight Team (IRP IOT) of the ongoing CCWG-Accountability informed all
> ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SO/ACs) that SO/ACs
> will shortly be expected to work with ICANN to establish a Standing Panel
> for future IRPs brought under the revised ICANN Bylaws (
> https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-March/019790.html) This is a
> four-step process that needs to be completed in order for the
> newly-constituted IRP under the revised ICANN Bylaws to be used. Here the
> Council will receive an update from the GNSO’s participants in the IRP IOT,
> and discuss next steps in relation to this request and any additional
> actions that are expected to be forthcoming in the near term for the GNSO
> Council and community.
> 
> 
> 
> 6.1 – Update and report (CCWG-Accountability IRT IOT representatives)
> 
> 
> 
> 6.2 – Council and community discussion
> 
> 
> 
> 6.3 – Next steps
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Proposed Council Request in relation to
> Letter from Thick WHOIS Implementation Review Team (10 minutes)*
> 
> On 15 December 2016, the Thick WHOIS Implementation Review Team (IRT) sent
> a letter to the GNSO Council describing a number of privacy law
> developments and how the IRT has considered them (see
> https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/irt-to-gnso-council-15dec16-en.pdf).
> The letter noted that the IRT’s implementation plan has been published for
> public comment (see https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-
> implementation-gnso-thick-rdds-whois-transition-2016-10-26-en) and that the
> IRT does not currently expect the developments in question to affect the
> timeline for transition to thick WHOIS. The Council discussed the letter at
> its meeting on 19 January 2017, at which Councilors Erika Mann and Michele
> Neylon volunteered to draft a possible response to the IRT from the Council
> for Council consideration. On 2 February 2017, Councilor Erika Mann
> circulated a draft Council request for an update on the legal review that
> had been done previously (https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-
> February/019729.html). Here the Council will continue its discussion of the
> draft request with a view toward deciding on its further actions on this
> topic, including whether and when to request the update, and whether the
> scope of the request (if one is to be sent) should remain unchanged from
> the previous legal review.
> 
> 7.1 – Status summary (Council Chairs and Erika Mann)
> 
> 7.2 – Council and community discussion
> 
> 7.3 – Next steps
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 8: JOINT DISCUSSION – Meeting with ICANN’s Global Domains Division
> (30 minutes)*
> 
> 
> 
> At previous ICANN Public Meetings, the GNSO Council and community had held
> regular discussion sessions with senior staff from ICANN’s Global Domains
> Division (GDD). This section of the Council’s Public Meeting at ICANN58 has
> been added to allow the GNSO community to interact with GDD senior staff,
> to discuss topics of current interest to the GNSO.
> 
> 
> 
> 8.1 – Introductions (Council Chairs and GDD senior staff)
> 
> 
> 
> 8.2 – Open discussion
> 
> 
> 
> *Item 9: OPEN MICROPHONE & ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)*