[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [council] UPDATED Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 20 May 2021 at 19:00 UTC

[Tomslin Samme-Nlar]

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Subject: [council] UPDATED Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 20 May
2021 at 19:00 UTC
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* Dear all,   Please find below the final proposed agenda for the
GNSO Council Meeting on 20 May 2021 at 19:00 UTC. *
*Draft GNSO Council Agenda 20 May 2021 *
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/1YO1CQ

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures
 [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-24oct19-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnLgNMmBY$>
v3.5,
updated on 24 October 2019
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.


GNSO Council meeting held 19:00 UTC

Coordinated Universal Time: 19:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/kd22xp43
 [tinyurl.com]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tinyurl.com/kd22xp43__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnMubxUv9$>

12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris; 22:00
Moscow; (Friday) 05:00 Melbourne

GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation:
*https://icann.zoom.us/j/91968032290?pwd=N1pXV3ZvaGxZREVYMjhWemo3TVlPZz09*
 [icann.zoom.us]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icann.zoom.us/j/91968032290?pwd=N1pXV3ZvaGxZREVYMjhWemo3TVlPZz09__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnLslzQBp$>

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 (10 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 [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2021/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-08apr-21-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnAUxjgzL$>of
the GNSO Council meeting on 08 April 2021 were posted on 22 April 2021.
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 22 April 2021 were posted on xx May
2021.

*Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)*
2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes /
topics, to include review of Projects List [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnD9Hk9cM$>
and Action Item List.  <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg>



*Item 3: Consent **Agenda** (5 minutes) *

   - Appointment of the GNSO Council liaison to the System for Standardized
   Access/Disclosure Operational Design Phase - Janis Karklins

*Item 4: **COUNCIL** VOTE - *Adoption of the motion
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+20+May+2021>
for
the GNSO Council response [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/fouquart-to-botterman-07may21-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnB3L67Kf$>
to
GAC ICANN70 Communique
4.1 Presentation of motion
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+20+May+2021>
 (Council leadership)
4.2 Council discussion
4.3 Council vote (Voting Threshold: Simple Majority vote of each House)

*Item 5: **COUNCIL** VOTE - Initiation of the Expedited Policy Development
Process on Internationalized Domain Names and Approval of the EPDP Team
Charter (20 minutes)*
During the Council’s October 2020 meeting, the Council agreed to launch a
call for volunteers and to establish a drafting team to develop a draft
charter and an EPDP initiation request for the IDN Policy Track 2. The
Council agreed at the time that an EPDP was appropriate [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/draft-epdp-idn-policy-2-11oct20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnFGKDdCj$>
for
this topic because it has been “substantially scoped previously such that
extensive, pertinent background information already exists” which at this
stage, also includes the IDN-related Outputs from the New gTLD Subsequent
Procedures PDP that the Council approved [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2021*202102__;Iw!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnACcE0tf$>
on
18 February 2021.
That drafting team met for the first time on 8 December 2020 and since then
has steadily made progress, recently completing its work prior to the May
Council meeting. On 10 May 2021, the drafting team shared the Expedited
Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names Initiation
Request and Charter with the Council. [LINKS TO BE PROVIDED WHEN AVAILABLE]
Here, the Council will vote to initiate the Expedited Policy Development
Process on Internationalized Domain Names, as well as to adopt the Charter.
5.1 - Brief presentation on the topic (Dennis Tan, Chair of drafting team)
5.2 - Presentation of motion
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+20+May+2021>
(Maxim
Alzoba)
5.3 – Council discussion
5.4 – Council vote (voting threshold: GNSO Supermajority for both the
initiation of the EPDP and for approval of the EPDP Team Charter)
*Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as outlined in ICANN’s
Bylaws as the GNSO ‘shall be responsible for developing and recommending to
the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and
other responsibilities of the GNSO as set forth in these Bylaws’
(Art.11.1). Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out
in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process and Annex A-1: GNSO Expedited
Policy Development Process of the ICANN Bylaws.*

*Item 6: **COUNCIL** BRIEFING - Briefing on SAC115 (30 minutes)*
The topic of DNS abuse was not explicitly identified in the charter of the
New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP (SubPro). However, it was a topic of
interest identified by the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice
Review Team (CCT-RT), which made recommendations regarding the subject. In
considering the CCT-RT Final Report, the ICANN Board took varying actions
on 35 total recommendations, accepting some, passing through others, and
placing some in a pending status (see scorecard
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-final-cct-recs-scorecard-01mar19-en.pdf>).
SubPro considered the CCT-RT recommendations related to DNS abuse (i.e.,
14, 15, and 16) though they remain in a “Pending” status” (with the
exception of recommendation 16, which was partially passed through) and
have not been approved by the ICANN Board.
On 27 April 2020, the SubPro Co-Chairs sent a letter [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/neuman-langdon-orr-to-drazek-27apr20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnG4-Dyad$>
to
the GNSO Council to share the then current thinking of the Working Group on
the topic of DNS abuse, which was to recommend that a holistic solution
will be needed in all gTLDs, not just new gTLDs. The Council was briefed on
this expectation during its May 2020 Council meeting. The Board took
further action
<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-10-22-en#2.a>
on
some of the pending recommendations during its meeting in October of 2020,
approving recommendation 16, though 14 and 15 remain in a pending state
(see scorecard [icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://icann.org/en/system/files/files/cct-pending-recs-board-action-22oct20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnMplAFsC$>
).
The SubPro WG has since submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council,
confirming its approach to not make DNS abuse recommendations, and instead
suggesting the holistic approach to all gTLDs; the GNSO Council adopted the
Final Report and relevant Outputs during its February 2021 Council meeting.
The GNSO Council has not decided whether to take any actions on DNS abuse
as it seeks to better understand the community’s definitions of DNS abuse
and where there remain gaps in the community’s ability to combat DNS abuse
in an effective manner. As part of this educational and level-setting
exercise, the GNSO Council received a briefing from the Contracted Parties
House DNS Abuse Group to provide an update on its work and to facilitate a
discussion on the topic during its 22 April 2021 meeting. The level-setting
exercise continues with a briefing from the SSAC on SAC115
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-115-en.pdf>.
Here, the Council will receive an update from the SSAC on SAC115 and engage
in dialogue on DNS abuse.
6.1 – Introduction of topic (Council Leadership)
6.2 – Briefing and Council discussion (SSAC members names to be added upon
receipt)
6.3 – Next steps

*Item 7: **COUNCIL** DISCUSSION - IGO Work Track Update (15 minutes)*
On 18 April 2019, the Council voted
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+18+April+2019>
 to approve recommendations 1-4 of the Final Report from the  IGO-INGO
Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP WG. The Council also
resolved to not approve Recommendation 5 and, ”directs the Review of All
Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs (RPM) PDP to consider, as part of
its Phase 2 work, whether an appropriate policy solution can be developed
that is generally consistent with Recommendations 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the PDP
Final Report and:

   - accounts for the possibility that an IGO may enjoy jurisdictional
   immunity in certain circumstances;
   - does not affect the right and ability of registrants to file judicial
   proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction;
   - preserves registrants’ rights to judicial review of an initial UDRP or
   URS decision; and
   - recognizes that the existence and scope of IGO jurisdictional immunity
   in any particular situation is a legal issue to be determined by a court of
   competent jurisdiction.”

In respect of that resolution, the GNSO Council prepared an Addendum
 [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpms-charter-addendum-09jan20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnIa5q5mC$>
 to the RPMs PDP charter to support work related to Recommendation 5 and
approved [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020*202001__;Iw!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnOC60siD$>
 it during its January 2020 Council meeting. During its September 2020
Council meeting, the Council agreed to initiate both the Expressions of
Interest process to identify a single, qualified Work Track Chair and issue
a call for Members and Observers to join the IGO Work Track. Led by Chris
Disspain as the Chair, the Work Track has been meeting since late February
of 2021. The Work Track has sought to make meaningful progress within the
bounds of the Addendum, with members recognizing that this foundational
discussion will influence how the group will work and thus, what its work
plan should look like. During its April meeting, the Council received a
brief update and acknowledged the work track’s Work Plan
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/164626455/RPM-IGO-CRWT_Project_Package_20210331.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1619973113000&api=v2>
(April
package here
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/164626455/RPM-IGO-CRWT_Project_Package_20210430.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1620398307000&api=v2>
).
In chartering this work, the GNSO Council expected that the work should be
completed in an efficient manner and that frequent updates to the Council would
be helpful to ensure an effective outcome. After the brief update during
the April meeting, the update during the May meeting is anticipated to be
more detailed.
Here, the Council will receive an update on the progress of the Work Track.
7.1 – Update (John McElwaine, GNSO Council Liaison & Chris Dispain, WT
Chair)
7.2 – Council discussion
7.3 – Next steps

*Item 8: **COUNCIL** DISCUSSION - Status Update Regarding EPDP Phase 2A (10
minutes)*
On 21 October 2020, the GNSO Council approved the initiation
 [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020*202010__;Iw!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnCBZCVJS$>
of
EPDP Phase 2A, to examine the topics of legal/natural and feasibility of
unique contacts. In doing so, the Council required that:
"[a]t the latest 3 months after reconvening, the Chair of the EPDP Team and
GNSO Council Liaison to the EPDP will report back to the GNSO Council on
the status of deliberations. Based on this report, which is expected to
include an update on progress made and the expected likelihood of consensus
recommendations, the GNSO Council will decide on next steps, which could
include providing additional time for the EPDP to finalize its
recommendations or termination of the EPDP if it is clear that no progress
is being made or consensus is unlikely).”
During the March Council meeting, the Chair of the EPDP Team and GNSO
Council Liaison to the EPDP shared a presentation
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/155192465/EPDP%20Phase%202%20Council%20update%20-%2024%20March%202021%20FINAL%5B1%5D%20%20-%20%20Read-Only.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1616514677000&api=v2>
and
provided an update to the Council. The Council agreed that more time should
be afforded to continue to make progress. The EPDP Team has since received
responses from Bird & Bird to the EPDP Team’s Legal Committee’s questions
and is considering that feedback in seeking to progress its work.
Here, after having received a brief update durings its April meeting, the
GNSO Council Liaison to the EPDP will provide a more thorough update on the
EPDP Team’s progress to the Council.
8.1 – Introduction of topic (Philippe Fouquart, GNSO Council liaison &
Keith Drazek, EPDP-P2A Chair)
8.2 – Council discussion
8.3 – Next steps

*Item 9: **COUNCIL** DISCUSSION - Accuracy Scoping Team (15 minutes)*
During its October 2020 meeting, the GNSO Council confirmed its intent to
launch a scoping team on the topic of accuracy based on a proposal from the
previous Council leadership team (see here [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-2-priority-2-items-10sep20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnPuj4Qiv$>for
the proposal). On 4 November 2020, the GNSO Council wrote
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/fouquart-to-swinehart-04nov20-en.pdf>
to
ICANN org, requesting the preparation of a briefing document outlining both
the existing accuracy requirements and programs as well as the impact that
GDPR has had on implementing and enforcing the identified requirements and
programs. This briefing is intended to inform an accuracy scoping team that
the GNSO Council envisioned initiating, which would be tasked with
furthering the community’s understanding of the issue and assist in scoping
and defining the issue (see here [gnso.icann.org]
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-2-priority-2-items-10sep20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnPuj4Qiv$>).
On 10 December 2020, ICANN org responded
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/swinehart-to-fouquart-10dec20-en.pdf>
to
confirm its understanding of the request and to commit to delivering that
briefing by 26 February 2021. ICANN org timely delivered the briefing
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/swinehart-to-fouquart-26feb21-en.pdf>.
In addition to the briefing providing an overview of accuracy requirements
and programs and the impact of GDPR on these, ICANN org also included a
suggestion that a study to measure accuracy of registration data might be
beneficial. In parallel to the request for the briefing, ICANN SO/AC/SG/Cs
were requested to start thinking about whether their groups would be
interested to participate in a scoping team once created. To date, the BC,
ISPCP, RySG, IPC and GAC have expressed an interest and identified
potential volunteers with relevant knowledge and expertise. The
Council discussed
this briefing and potential next steps during its Extraordinary Meeting on
08 April 2021.
Following the meeting, Council leadership, with the support of the GNSO
Support Staff, worked together to develop a set of proposed next steps
<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-April/024662.html> for dealing
with the topic of accuracy, which was shared on 23 April 2021. Feedback was
sought from Councilors by 07 May 2021.
Here, taking into account feedback received, the Council will discuss next
steps for the scoping team.
9.1 – Introduction of topic (Council Leadership)
9.2 – Council discussion
9.3 – Next steps


*Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)*
10.1 - Presentation of GNSO Council sessions for ICANN71 and their set up
10.2 - Next steps regarding the proposed Framework for Continuous
Improvement

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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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!v08JDrIV9SGPS-PmKYIXkgJY9AgVANEbq2b4A9KC9w0ancbRvOPRiDthxPwiN0eMJiwcnMlctOPf$>
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