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GNSO Council Meeting #5 of 2022 held on 19 May 2022 


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GNSO Council Meeting #5 of 2022 held on 19 May 2022 

Full Agenda  |  Motions  

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda - None
  • Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adoption of the Revised Charter for the Standing Selection Committee 
  • Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Report and Recommendations From the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs 
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO PDP Improvements - Tracking and Coordination Discussion Paper
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of SSAD Light on Other Work
  • Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro ODP Update 
  • Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro GGP
  • Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team Update
  • Item 11: Any other business
    • 11.2 SOAC Chairs Roundtable Update
    • 11.3 ICANN74 Planning

For notes on highlighted items click on MATTERS OF INTEREST tab above


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Matters of interest to ALAC/At-Large

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 09 March 2022 were posted on 24 March 2022.

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 14 April 2022 were posted on 29 April 2022.

  • Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Report and Recommendations From the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs 
    • Council will consider and vote on the motion (put by GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP, John McElwaine) to adopt the EPDP Team’s Final Report of 4 April 2022.
    • Council voting threshold: Supermajority (per GNSO Operating Procedures)
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO PDP Improvements - Tracking and Coordination Discussion Paper
    • Council will discuss a staff support team-developed discussion paper aimed at improving PDP tracking and coordination, which;
      • provides an overview of the different initiatives and projects,
      • suggests a possible approach for managing these different initiatives by focusing on 1) which elements could be implemented with relatively minimal effort, 2) which elements could be implemented with some effort, 3) which elements need careful planning and consideration before these can be implemented.
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of SSAD Light on Other Work
    • Council had met with the ICANN Board on 8 March during ICANN73, just prior to the March Council meeting and discussed the ODA and the efforts of the Council small team set up to review the ODA in detail.
    • The small team delivered its preliminary report to Council on 4 April 2022.

    • As part of the small team’s consultations with ICANN org, the org provided an SSAD Light Design Concept overview, guided by the proof of concept contained in the preliminary report. The paper anticipates a six week effort to produce the SSAD Light Design Concept paper. Notably, the resources needed to produce that document are responsible for other areas of work and developing the document will delay the timelines for each of the following projects/initiatives by 1.5 months:

      • SubPro ODP
      • CZDS 3.0
      • EBERO Program and DEA improvements
    • While ICANN org resources are directed by the ICANN Board, Council may want to provide input to the Board if there are concerns about the impact to these projects.
  • Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro ODP Update
    • Council will receive an update from the liaison and discuss next steps
  • Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro GGP
    • The ICANN org SubPro ODP team had shared question set #2 with Council’s liaison to the ODP on 11 February 2022, who subsequently shared the questions and an update with Council. While the question set was specifically about the topic of Applicant Support, it introduced broader procedural concerns, about whether the level of substantive work recommended by SubPro to be conducted by an IRT, would be beyond the commonly understood scope of the IRT.
    • Council agreed that it should explore finding avenues to complete that level of substantive work in advance of the expected IRT that would be convened upon ICANN Board adoption of the SubPro Outputs. The potential model to address this work is the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP).
    • Council will discuss the draft GGP Initiation Request and discuss next steps.
  • Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team Update
    • Council will receive an update on the progress of the Scoping Team.
    • Scoping Team Chair - Michael Palage has submitted a Project Change Request (PCR) for Council's consideration; the PCR seeks to extend the timeline of the Scoping Team's work in order to deliver the write up for assignments #1 and #2 at the latest shortly after ICANN74. The write up for assignments #1 and #2 may include recommendations for further work to be undertaken to gather data to help inform the group’s deliberations on assignments #3 and #4. This work is expected to focus on data gathering that does not involve access to registration data as further clarity on that aspect is being pursued separately. If the Council supports these recommendations, this work could continue.
  • Item 11: Any other business
    • 11.2 SOAC Chairs Roundtable Update
    • 11.3 ICANN74 Planning


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GNSO Council Meeting #4 of 2022 held on 14 Apr 2022 

Full Agenda   

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda - None
  • Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Small Team Reviewing the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Operational Design Assessment Preliminary Draft Report
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Overview of the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protection for IGOs Final Report
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - DNS Abuse Small Team Update
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Closed Generics Small Team Update
  • Item 8: Any other business
    • 8.1: ICANN74 update and planning
    • 8.2: Council expertise survey reminder

For notes on highlighted items click on MATTERS OF INTEREST tab above


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Matters of interest to ALAC/At-Large

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 17 February 2022 were posted on 07 March 2022.

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 09 March 2022 were posted on 24 March 2022 .

  • Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Small Team Reviewing the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Operational Design Assessment Preliminary Draft Report
    • The small team delivered its preliminary report to Council on 4 April 2022.
    • Council will discuss the small team’s preliminary report and discuss next steps, including providing an update to the ICANN Board on the status of work and expected timing
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Overview of the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protection for IGOs Final Report
    • This EPDP Team reached full consensus on its five recommendations and delivered its Final Report on 4 April 2022

    • Council will receive an overview of the five recommendations contained in the EPDP Team’s Final Report.  Presentation

    • While the Council will not be voting on the Final Report during this meeting, a draft motion was also shared on 4 April 2022, which continues a recent practice of the Council reviewing and discussing PDP/EPDP final reports in detail prior to voting on them, generally at the subsequent meeting.

  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - DNS Abuse Small Team Update

    • Council sent outreach letters to the ALAC, GAC, SSAC, and the DNS Abuse Institute, with input due on 4 April 2022 (after an extension was granted).

    • The small team has worked to more precisely understand its work, developing and discussing a draft work plan. The work is broken into several phases, starting with the aforementioned outreach to the community, understanding the current landscape of DNS abuse, considering which elements of DNS abuse appear inadequately mitigated AND are in scope for GNSO policy making (if any), then making recommendations on next steps to the Council.

    • The small team will provide an update on its efforts and explain expected next steps.  

  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Closed Generics Small Team Update
    • On 6 March 2022, the ICANN Board sent a letter to both the GNSO and the GAC, inviting them to “explore a mutually agreeable way forward, for which the Board could facilitate a dialogue to formulate a workable framework to identify and handle closed generic applications for the immediate next round of new gTLDs.” ICANN org's draft Framing Paper to support the potential collaboration between the GNSO and the GAC followed so after.
    • Council established a small team to consider both the letter and framework, to determine next steps, relying on an assignment form to help make clear the narrow ask of the small team (i.e., whether the GNSO Council is open to working with the GAC to seek to develop a framework on closed generics). All of the more substantive steps, both to  determine the parameters and modalities for a potential GNSO/GAC joint group, as well as seeking to establish a framework for closed generics, are out of scope for this small team.
    • Council will received an update on the small team's work.


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Special Summary Report of 14 Apr 2022 Meeting to ALT-PLUS

For brevity, I will just highlight a few things here. For some of the issues, you can glean a wider perspective from GNSO Council Apr 2022 Matters of Interest and the meeting records from GNSO Council Apr 2022 Meeting Records.

1. SSAD ODA

  • Council SSAD ODA small team lead Sebastien Ducos spoke to the small team's preliminary report and essentially asked Council for support to provide ICANN Board with an update (in response to concerns as to the SSAD's financial sustainability) and to pursue further work on the recommended "proof of concept" referred to in the said report.

NB. Alan Greenberg has presented on the preliminary report to CPWG on 6 Apr.   

2. EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protection for IGOs Final Report

  • Council received a presentation of the 5 recommendations from this EPDP's Chair, Chris Disspain, which he noted as having had full consensus within the EPDP (ALAC included). As per normal practice, Council will only vote on a motion to the recommendations at Council's May 2022 meeting (i.e. the meeting following which a motion on a final report is submitted).

NB. Yrjo Lansipuro and I had presented on the substance of the Final Report to CPWG on 23 Mar, and Yrjo has provided updates re its consensus designation thereafter.

3. DNS Abuse

  • Council DNS Abuse small team co-lead Mark Datysgeld spoke to the team's draft work plan comprising several phases, starting with outreach to the community, to understand the current landscape of DNS abuse, considering which elements of DNS abuse appear inadequately mitigated AND are in scope for GNSO policy making (if any), and ultimately to make recommendations on next steps to the Council.
  • Small team has received initial inputs from ALAC, GAC, SSAC and DNSAI; followed by BC, and is currently awaiting submissions from other SG/Cs.

NB. In other words, there is nowhere near any concrete output yet.

4. Closed Generics

  • To be clear, the GNSO Council Small Team on Closed Generics wasn't charged with substantive content-specific tasks, but instead it had only been charged with recommending whether GNSO should accept the Board's invitation to dialogue with the GAC. Also, there were remarks on the unrepresentative nature of the small team even though it was open to any councilor to volunteer for.
  • The small team has had one meeting so far, which was spent attempting to resolve NCSG's objection to the Board-proposed GNSO-GAC Dialogue mechanism based on several grounds, inter alia - 
    • unconventional and not provided for within GNSO processes or the ICANN Bylaws, 
    • sets precedent for opening settled PDP for re-litigation, 
    • gives GAC undue influence over Closed Generics (or any matter under the remit of GNSO per the Bylaws).
  • Council discussed NCSG's objection and informally resolved to ask the small team to continue its work, on the assumption that Council will accept the Board's invitation to dialogue with GAC and specifically, in particular on how Council should approach the dialogue.

NB. Do note that (a) GAC has accepted the Board's invitation to dialogue with GNSO and Manal's letter to Maarten of 10 Mar 2022 clearly welcomed ALAC's participation in a consultation process on Closed Generics; (b) Philippe had also suggested that the small team may wish to consider the feasibility of ALAC's participation in the dialogue.

5. ICANN74 planning

  • I raised the question whether there might be an ALAC-GNSO Council bilateral at ICANN74; due to brevity in length of ICANN74 and associated challenges of insufficient resources (suitable time, room and staff support) it is now thought that a meeting between the Leaderships of ALAC and GNSO Council would be a better approach to continue any intersessional work between the 2 groups.


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ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Session during ICANN73 on 9 Mar 2022


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ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Session during ICANN73 on 9 Mar 2022

The ALAC and the GNSO resumes the practice of having a bilateral session during ICANN meetings and which now involves the full GNSO Council.  At ICANN73, the conversation will commence on four pre-identified topics and which are expected to progress into intersessional exchanges and/or bilateral session at future ICANN meetings.

Presentation

Agenda:

  1. Introduction and housekeeping - Staff (2 min)
  2. Welcome - Maureen Hilyard, Philippe Fouquart (1 min) 
  3. Overview of session - Justine Chew (2 min)
  4. Conversation Topics
    1. System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Assessment (SSAD ODA) (5 min intervention by Sebastien Ducos)
    2. Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase (SubPro ODP) (10 min intervention by Jeff Neuman)
    3. DNS Abuse Mitigation (5 min intervention by Mark Datysgeld & Paul McGrady)
    4. Priorities for 2022 
      1. GNSO priorities - Philippe Fouquart, Sebastien Ducos & Tomslin Samme-Nlar (10 min intervention)
      2. ALAC/At-Large approach to member/volunteer engagement and expectations - Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Alan Greenberg & Roberto Gaetano (10 min intervention)
  5. Discussion (15 min)
  6. Closing remarks - Justine Chew 

For notes on highlighted items click on SUMMARY tab above


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ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Session during ICANN73 on 9 Mar 2022

  • Topic 1 (4a): System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Assessment (SSAD ODA) 
    • ALAC: How does Council intend to proceed with its recommendations on the SSAD given the concerns raised by the ICANN Board, which also reflect concerns contained in the ALAC's Statement of 24 Aug 2020?
    • GNSO Council SSAD ODA Small Team:
      • Noted that community has raised that the SSAD ODA does not provide all the answers in considering SSAD recommendations for implementation.
      • SSAD is a big project, there are questions on the financial sustainability, usage, etc. Possibility of a pilot in order to test a few hypotheses.
      • Still early days for GNSO and small team to review. Small team will go back to the GNSO Council and then to the Board. 
  • Topic 2 (4b): Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase (SubPro ODP)
    • ALAC: Could Council provide an update on the SubPro ODP process, including questions being discussed with the ICANN Org SubPro ODP Team? What is Council doing within the ODP process to address known issues for the next round?
    • GNSO Council Liaison to SubPro ODP: 
      • ICANN Org is responsible for implementation of SubPro Outputs (i.e. affirmations, recommendations, implementation guidance). ICANN Org SubPro ODP team is led by the Global Domains and Strategy department.
      • Noted that two sets of questions have been received from SubPro ODP team
      • GNSO submitted answers to the first set and are working through the second set. GNSO Council discussed set #2 questions over two meetings: recognition that there is much work to be done still regardless of whether the work is classified as policy or implementation. GNSO Council is exploring if some of the work can be done now. 
  • Topic 3 (4c): DNS Abuse Mitigation
    • ALAC: Has Council arrived at any next steps regarding DNS Abuse? How would Council take on board inputs/efforts from other parts of the ICANN Community on such next steps? Would Council be able to share an indication of its plan and timeline for such next steps?
    • GNSO Council DNS Abuse Small Team: 
      • GNSO council has sent outreach forms to the community (including ALAC). with responses expected by end of March.
      • No agreement reached yet on definition(s) of DNS Abuse; looking for community input to arrive at aspects that can be addressed by policy/policy development so that a more complete policy action can be scoped towards something attainable.
      • Will regroup at the end of March, they will have a meeting. 
  • Topic 4 (4d): Priorities for 2022
    • i. GNSO: SSAD, SubPro, DNS Abuse, IDNs, IGO, and Scoping Team on Data Accuracy
    • ii. ALAC: Member Engagement - implementation of recommendations from (a) the ALS Mobilization Working Party Final Report, and (b) the Unaffiliated Individual Members Mobilization Working Party Final Report


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GNSO Council Meeting #3 of 2022 held on 9 Mar 2022 during ICANN73


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GNSO Council Meeting #3 of 2022 held on 9 Mar 2022 during ICANN73, over 2 parts, and including a Council Wrap-up Session on 10 Mar 2022

Full Agenda  |  Motions  |  Council Wrap-up Agenda  

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Nominating Committee Outreach Subcommittee Outreach
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Small Team Reviewing the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Operational Design Assessment / Debrief From Meeting With the ICANN Board
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the SubPro ODP / Debrief From Meeting With the ICANN Board
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - DNS Abuse Small Team
  • Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Dialogue With ICANN’s Global Domains and Strategy (GDS) Department
  • Item 9: Any other business
    • Question - "How does ICANN ensure the openness (including accessibility) of the Internet in conflict situations and how does ICANN manage the impact on the security and stability of the Internet?"

Council Wrap-up

  • Item 1: Welcome
  • Item 2 / 8: PDP 3.1/PDP 4.0: improving engagement with the Board; improving engagement with GDS; modifying Consensus Policies - pulling the threads together
  • Item 3: Additional SubPro Work
  • Item 4 / 9: Continuation - Question - "How does ICANN ensure the openness (including accessibility) of the Internet in conflict situations and how does ICANN manage the impact on the security and stability of the Internet?"
  • Item 5: UDRP Policy Status Report – is Council public comment needed?
  • Item 6: AOB

For notes on highlighted items click on MATTERS OF INTEREST tab above


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Matters of interest to ALAC/At-Large

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 20 January 2022 were posted on 03 February 2022.

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 17 February 2022 were posted on 07 March 2022.

  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
    • Reappointment of Becky Burr to seat 13 on the ICANN Board. The CPH has reappointed Becky Burr for Seat 13 on the ICANN Board of Directors. This agenda item is intended to acknowledge the selection and confirm that the notification process as outlined in Section 7.25 of the ICANN Bylaws will be completed subsequently.
    • Motion to extend the GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot Project by adding implementation of specific WS2 items.
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Small Team Reviewing the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Operational Design Assessment / Debrief From Meeting With the ICANN Board
    • Council will receive an update on the status of the small team set up to review the ODA in detail, focusing on:
      • Whether the ODA has correctly interpreted the intent of the SSAD recommendations in the proposed implementation;
      • Whether the ODA has overlooked any key aspects of the SSAD recommendations that should be factored in by the ICANN Board when it considers the recommendations;
      • Its view on the concerns identified by the ICANN Board and potential options that could be considered, either in the form of changes to the proposed implementation or the policy recommendations themselves, to address these concerns(note, these are expected to be high level suggestions at this stage);
      • Any other aspects that help inform the Council’s deliberations and consultation with the ICANN Board.
    • Council will also hold a debrief from the 08 March meeting with the ICANN Board.
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the SubPro ODP / Debrief From Meeting With the ICANN Board
    • Council will receive an update from the liaison, as well as hold a debrief from the meeting with the ICANN Board
      • Potential GNSO-GAC dialogue on way forward for Closed Generics suggested to be kept separate to Additional SubPro Work.
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - DNS Abuse Small Team
    • Council will receive an update from the small team on its efforts
      • Outreach has been made first to ALAC, GAC, SSAC and DNS Abuse Institute to obtain input on what DNS abuse issues are best mitigated via policy development specifically, if any, as a mechanism to help determine the Council’s next steps on DNS abuse.

Action by ALAC Liaison

  •  To ensure ALAC input is understood by Council and DNS Abuse Small Team.

    See TAB under 'POST GNSO COUNCIL MEETING DEVELOPMENTS' section for easier tracking. 

  • Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Dialogue With ICANN’s Global Domains and Strategy (GDS) Department
    • Council will receive a high-level update on GNSO-related work being performed by GDS, as well as look ahead to work on the horizon, including the impact on resources. The dialogue is also expected to include discussion on how the shared portfolio of work can be executed more effectively and efficiently.

Under Council Wrap-up

  • Item 2 / 8: PDP 3.1/PDP 4.0: improving engagement with the Board; improving engagement with GDS; modifying Consensus Policies - pulling the threads together

Action by ALAC Liaison

  •  To review in due course draft discussion paper prepared by staff to highlight specific areas, and assess for impact to ALAC/At-Large (if any) 

    See TAB under 'POST GNSO COUNCIL MEETING DEVELOPMENTS' section for easier tracking. 

  • Item 3: Additional SubPro Work

Action by ALAC Liaison

  •  To review in due course an initiation of the request for the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP), and to ensure role for ALAC/At-Large in resulting process.

    See TAB under 'POST GNSO COUNCIL MEETING DEVELOPMENTS' section for easier tracking. 



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GNSO Council Meeting #2 of 2022 held on 17 Feb 2022

Full Agenda  |  Motions  

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Pilot 
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on GNSO Council Implementation of Workstream 2 (WS2)
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN73 Planning
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Next Steps for Strategic Planning Session Action Items
  • Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

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Matters of interest to ALAC/At-Large

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 16 December 2021 were posted on 03 January 2022.
    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 20 January 2022 were posted on 03 February 2022.
  • Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Pilot 
    • Council will receive an update on the CCOICI and consider any potential next steps Slide deck
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on GNSO Council Implementation of Workstream 2 (WS2)
    • Council will receive and discuss an update on the GNSO Council’s Implementation of WS2 by ICANN org staff Slide deck
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN73 Planning
    • With ICANN73 approaching, the GNSO Council will discuss its upcoming meetings, which includes a public Council meeting, a wrap-up meeting, and several bilateral meetings. The Council will first receive a brief update from GNSO Support staff, then proceed to prepare for its discussions with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), the ICANN Board, and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC).
      • GAC - Anticipated topics are likely to include the Operational Design Phase (ODP) for the System for Systemized Access/Disclosure (SSAD, DNS abuse, and the ODP for New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro).
      • ICANN Board - The GNSO Council will have suggested topic(s) by 17 February, The Board has suggested the following topics:
        • What are your key priorities for ICANN work in 2022, how do these priorities help achieve ICANN’s common objectives as expressed in the FY 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, and how do you see Community, Board and org moving forward together on a way to achieve these?
        • If any, what suggestions would you have to enhance ICANN’s effectiveness and efficiency with regards to the process of implementation after adoption of a PDP or Review recommendations?
      • ALAC - Anticipated topics are the ODP on the SSAD, ODP on SubPro, DNS abuse, and modifying consensus policy. Full list of topics submitted by ALAC
  • Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS
    • 8.1 – EPDP Phase 2 small team update
    • 8.2 – DNS abuse small team update
    • 8.3 – SubPro ODP Update - 14 Feb update. (SubPro ODP Timeline) 
    • 8.4 - GNSO Chair 2022 Election Timeline
    • 8.5 - GNSO council Representative WS2 Community Coordination Group - Olga Cavalli


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Special Summary Report of 17 Feb 2022 Meeting to ALT-PLUS

For brevity, I will just highlight a few things here. You can glean a wider perspective from GNSO Council Feb 2022 Matters of Interest and the meeting records from GNSO Council Feb 2022 Meeting Records

ALAC-GNSO Counciil Bilateral at ICANN73

  • The final list and text that were submitted for consideration by Council are found here, namely:
    • (1) SSAD ODA; 
    • (2) SubPro ODP; 
    • (3) DNS Abuse Mitigation; and 
    • (4) GNSO Priorities - Work Stream 2, impact of GDS Paper on Modifying gTLD Consensus Policies
  • While Council Members did not specifically react to our submission, Council Chair noted that there is significant overlap between the issues raised by the ALAC and the GAC - i.e. SSAD ODA, DNS Abuse next steps, and SubPro ODP, and invited councilors to provide comments post meeting for the separate Prep calls with the ALAC, GAC (and the Board), respectively.

(1) SSAD ODA 

  • GNSO Council small team has had 2 calls, with limited progress to report (Council small team lead is Sebastien Ducos)
  • So far have focused on the remit of the small team - answering Board's letter to Council vs. in-depth analysis of the SSAD ODA vs. possible outcomes
  • Small team resolved to come up with a list of clarifying questions for ICANN org by next week

(2) SubPro ODP

  • Latest update by GNSO Liaison Jeff Neuman is available: 14 Feb update. (SubPro ODP Timeline) 
  • To note especially is ICANN SubPro ODP Team's questions regarding SubPro recommendations on a dedicated IRT for Applicant Support 
    • Context: Apart from the more general IRT for SubPro following (any) Board approval of the SubPro Outputs (which in turn is now only expected after the SubPro ODP is concluded), SubPro PDP WG had recommended for a dedicated IRT for Applicant Support with requisite skill sets relating to program grant-type work 
    • While ICANN SubPro ODP Team doesn't have an issue with such a dedicated IRT, it appears that such a dedicated IRT is being tasked with non-regular implementation work which likely involves or encroaches into policy-making, so, in effect empowering this dedicated IRT with policy-development functions normally held exclusively by GNSO
    • Jeff suggests that if Council believes there is policy development is involved then it may be useful for Council to initiate work by community in this area specifically without waiting for Board's decision on the SubPro Output as a whole and overcoming the delay of starting work which needs to happen anyway  
    • It is for Council to determine whether it makes sense to convene a special community group to include GAC and ALAC (but not a PDP) to do the required work
  • There will be a SubPro ODP Team update during ICANN73 to present updated assumptions based on work done so far

(3) DNS Abuse Next Steps

  • GNSO Council small team had initial call last week (Council small team co-leads are Mark Datysgeld and Paul McGrady)
  • Small team resolved to recommend outreach by Council to groups most interested in topic i.e. ALAC, GAC, SSAC, DNS Abuse Institute to ask for help in defining what they think are the problems that need to be solved, in particular to identify issues which could be solved by policy development, and to bring those back to Council

So, ALAC can expect to receive a request/letter from Council on this in due course and we might want to set up our own ALAC/CPWG small team to develop a response

(4) GNSO Priorities



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