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GNSO Council Meeting #12 of 2022 held on 15 Dec 2022 

• Agenda
• Matters of Interest
• Meeting Details
• Meeting Record
• Special Summary Report

GNSO Council Meeting #12 of 2022 held on 15 Dec 2022

Full Agenda  |  Motions 

• Item 1: Administrative Matters
• Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
• Item 3: Consent Agenda
• Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adopting the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvements (CCOICI)’s Work Stream 2 (WS2) Recommendations Report 
• Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Expired Domain Deletion Policy and the Expired Registration Recovery Policy Next Steps
• Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Debrief From Council-Specific SubPro Operational Design Assessment (ODA) Webinar and Q&A
• Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Review Implementation Prioritization Supplemental Fund for Implementation of Community Recommendations (SFICR) Request - Council Role?
• Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

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

Matters of interest to ALAC/At-Large

• Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 20 October 2022 were posted on 04 November 2022.
  • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 17 November 2022 were posted on 01 December 2022.
• Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Acknowledgment of the GNSO Council liaison to the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) for Applicant Support
  • Acknowledgment of the Work Plan for the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) for Applicant Support
• Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Expired Domain Deletion Policy and the Expired Registration Recovery Policy Next Steps
  • In July 2022, Council agreed that it would be helpful to check with the registrars and ICANN Compliance to help determine if there are any known issues or concerns with either of the two Expiration Policies which could warrant requesting a Policy Status Report (PSR).
  • A report from Contractual Compliance was shared with Council on 1 November 2022 and feedback from the registrars has been shared in the past on previous Council calls. 
  • Council received a briefing on the report from ICANN Compliance and the Council briefly considered potential next steps. One suggestion may be to task a Councilor member to review the report from Contractual Compliance in detail and determine if any of the issues raised warrant further work at present. That analysis will help inform the Council overall and allow the Council to formally record its determination as appropriate.
  • Council will consider appropriate next steps
• Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Debrief From Council-Specific SubPro Operational Design Assessment (ODA) Webinar and Q&A
  • On 12 September 2021 the ICANN Board directed ICANN org to organize the resources required to begin work on the Operational Design Phase (ODP) for the GNSO’s New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Report and the Affirmations, Recommendations, and Implementation Guidance contained in that report.
  • On 20 December 2021, ICANN org announced that the SubPro ODP had formally launched, starting at the beginning of January 2022. The ODP Team has shared numerous updates to the community and sent several sets of assumptions/questions to the GNSO Council via the Council’s liaison to the ODP. 

  • ICANN org is expected to publish the SubPro Operational Design Assessment (ODA) on 12 December. In advance of publication of the ODA, Council will receive a briefing during a webinar on 7 December. While it is unlikely that there is adequate time for Councilors to have reviewed the ODA in detail, there may be initial impressions from council-specific webinar. ICANN org staff that supported the SubPro Operational Design Phase (ODP) will be available to answer questions and engage in dialogue.

  • Council will hold a debrief from the council-specific SubPro ODA webinar and engage with ICANN org staff that supported the ODP/ODA.

• Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Review Implementation Prioritization Supplemental Fund for Implementation of Community Recommendations (SFICR) Request - Council Role?
  • On 16 November 2022, the Board resolved to approve, “the use of US$5,800,000 from the SFICR to fund implementation of community prioritized reviews.” Of note, the Board’s resolution is in direct relation to Specific Reviews (ATRT3, CCT, SSR2, RDS-WHOIS2). Nevertheless, the topics referenced in the recommendations may be of interest to Council. As an example, line item 9 in the prioritized set of recommendations is related to DNS abuse, a subject which is of relevance to the Council. While Council’s remit is specific to the development of gTLD policy development, a question was raised as to whether Council has a role or input, or should appropriately have a role or input, towards the implementation of Specific Review recommendations.
  • Council will consider if it has a role in the prioritization and implementation of Specific Review recommendations.
• Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS
  • 78.4 - Update on RPMs IRT timeline.

Meeting Details; non-Council members are welcome to observe the meeting

GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 21:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/y4fkdfc3. 

13:00 Los Angeles; 16:00 Washington DC; 21:00 London; 22:00 Paris; (Friday) 00:00 Moscow; 08:00 Melbourne 

GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92399217049?pwd=WU1GZmlaOTh6NzJ1NndkRVF0MnJEUT09

Records of 15 Dec 2022 Meeting

• Audio Recording
• Zoom Recording (includes chat and visual and rough transcript. To access the rough transcript, select the Audio Transcript tab)
• Transcript
• Minutes
• Special Summary Report

Special Summary Report of 15 Dec 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 Dec 2022 Matters of Interest and/or from GNSO Council Dec 2022 Meeting Records.

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