[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [council] FW: Update on the Grant Program Implementation

Mon Aug 21 11:38:50 EEST 2023

FYI

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From: Sebastien--- via council <council at gnso.icann.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023, 7:03 pm
Subject: [council] FW: Update on the Grant Program Implementation
To: COUNCIL at GNSO.ICANN.ORG <council at gnso.icann.org>, GNSO-Chairs <
gnso-chairs at icann.org>, gnso-secs at icann.org <gnso-secs at icann.org>

Dear Council Colleagues,

Please find below an email I received from Xavier Calvez with updates on
the Grant Program Implementation. This will be discussed as our last AOB
next week.

Given our usual time squeeze at the end of our meetings, please make sure
you come ready with questions – possibly sending them in advance to ensure
we can source answers.

Kindly,

*Sebastien Ducos*

GoDaddy Registry | Senior Client Services Manager

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+33612284445

France & Australia

sebastien at registry.godaddy

*From: *Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>
*Date: *Saturday, 12 August 2023 at 01:22
*To: *XXX

*Cc: *Tripti Sinha <tripti.sinha at board.icann.org>, Maarten Botterman <
maarten.botterman at board.icann.org>, Sally Costerton <
sally.costerton at icann.org>, David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>, Giovanni
Seppia <giovanni.seppia at icann.org>
*Subject: *Update on the Grant Program Implementation

Dear SO/AC Chairs,

I am contacting you in your capacity as Chairs of the Chartering
Organizations of the Cross-Community Working Group on Auction Proceeds
(CCWG-AP). After the CCWG-AP concluded its work in 2020, each Chartering
Organization approved the report before it was provided to the ICANN Board
for consideration. As you may have seen in blog posts and community
sessions, the ICANN Board adopted the CCWG-AP recommendations, and ICANN
org is working toward implementation. Attached you will find an update that
I sent to the former members of the CCWG-AP (as appointed by your
organizations).

Last month, the ICANN Board Chair also sent an email to the former members
of the CCWG-AP to inform them of the Board’s intention to direct ICANN org
to change the implementation path of the CCWG-AP’s Recommendation 7, which
was focused on limiting the use of ICANN’s accountability mechanisms to
challenge individual application decisions made by the independent
assessment panel. As part of its recommendation, the CCWG-AP included that
this limitation should be achieved through changing the ICANN Bylaws on the
Reconsideration Request and Independent Review Processes to specify this
carve out. Instead of touching ICANN’s core accountability mechanisms in
the Bylaws, the ICANN Board intends to now direct ICANN org to achieve this
recommendation through the applicant terms and conditions that grant
applicants will agree to when submitting their grant application. More
information can be found in the attached email.

Because the Board is looking to direct ICANN org to implement the CCWG-AP’s
recommendation to limit access to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms in a
different manner than the CCWG-AP contemplated, the Board agreed it was
important to give advance notice to those who formed that
recommendation. At the same time, acknowledging that the chartering
organizations approved the CCWG-AP Final Report and its recommendations, we
are also providing this information directly to the Chartering
Organizations. In addition, we will make sure that an email exchange with
one of the former CCWG-AP members in response to the Chair’s email is moved
to a publicly archived mailing list so that there is a transparent record
of these communications. A copy of that exchange is also provided for your
reference.

The Board recognizes the significance of its forthcoming action - both in
terms of maintaining the community working group’s recommendation to limit
access to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms and in identifying a new,
limited path forward to doing so that does not involve changes to these
most fundamental of ICANN Bylaws. When taken, the Board’s resolution will
be accompanied by a detailed rationale acknowledging the uniqueness of this
situation along with the Board’s acknowledgement that contracts should only
be considered as tools for limiting the use of ICANN’s accountability
mechanism when the community has recommended that access to accountability
mechanisms be limited in specific circumstances.

The ICANN org team looks forward to providing further public updates on the
progress of the ICANN Grant Program across various communication avenues.
The creation of the former CCWG-AP members list is one of them, as is this
email to you. Recognizing that the former members of the CCWG-AP now act in
their individual capacity, please let us know if you are comfortable in
having them engage in this conversation or whether it should be
held differently.

Please let me know any question you may have.

Kind regards,

Xavier

In copy:

Tripti Sinha, ICANN Board chair

Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board member, chair of the Board Caucus on the
Grant Program

Sally Costerton, ICANN President and CEO

David Olive, SVP Policy Development and Support

Giovanni Seppia, VP Implementation Operations

Xavier Calvez

ICANN

*SVP Planning and CFO*

*12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300*

*Los Angeles, California 90094*

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*Office phone:* +1 310 301 5800

*Cell phone:* +1 805 312 0052

*Skype:* Xavier.calvez.icann

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