[NCSG-PC] Discussion with CSG leadership

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi all,

a reminder, any feedback/input regarding the board meeting agenda in day 0?

Best,

Rafik

Le ven. 10 juil. 2026 à 08:05, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> I had a call with Mason who is chairing CSG for this turn and we discussed
> Day 0 agenda and GNSO chair election.
>
> For day 0, we agreed on a meeting with the board , asking to be at the end
> of the day and to have a cocktail with them. In a more substantial matter,
> they asked our feedback about this draft agenda for the meeting with the
> board;
>
> A.  State of the DNS from the Non-Contract Parties' view
> 1. Accuracy of Registrant Data
> 2. Access to Registration Data
> 3. Registrar non-compliance with RDP
> 4. DNS Abuse
> B.  Future issues impacting the DNS
> 1. Artificial Intelligence (from the NCPH perspective)
> 2. ICANN structural review requirements
> 3. Government intervention
>
> I was clear that we are not necessarily supporting all those topics. They
> want us to present as NCPH but share the different views from each side. So
> the questions :
> - what we want to keep, what we want to drop from above
> - what we want to amend and change
> - what we want to add instead
> - what will be your idea for presenting those topics
>
> Let me know what you think and if you have any other suggestions for the
> day 0 agenda. I suggested we can shape the day to discuss the topics we
> want to share with the board and other admin topics like board seat 14.
>
> Regarding the second topic, for the GNSO chair election, CSG has a
> candidate and is asking if we can nominate and support him for
> election, knowing that CPH has 2 interested candidates. I made clear that
> nomination and voting are 2 separate matters.
>
> The proposed candidate is Vivek and I said that we will have an interview
> with him as we do like for any candidate. So we will schedule that in the
> coming days.
>
> On other hand, I brought concerns about the supposed "gentlemen agreement"
> for alternance between CPH and NCPH as NCSG was never part of it and
> neither got a NCSG chair. I want to discuss this with CSG and CPH as it
> should be changed and formalized.
>
> Let me know your thoughts.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
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