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Concluded Issues / PDPs

• Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase (SubPro ODP) & Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Assessment (SubPro ODA) (2022-2003)
• Specific Curative Rights Protection for IGOs EPDP (2022)

Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase (SubPro ODP) and Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Assessment (SubPro ODA);  See: https://www.icann.org/subpro-odp for more official info.

   *16 Mar: ICANN Board resolves during its Board Meeting at ICANN76 to adopt the SubPro Outputs in Section A of its "Scorecard on Subsequent Procedures PDP" (Scorecard); marking 38 Outputs in Section B of the Scorecard as "pending" and noting ongoing community discussions relating to Topic 17: Applicant Support, Topic 23: Closed Generics, and Topic 25: Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), as well as additional dependencies concerning specific Review Team Recommendations, the Name Collision Analysis Project Study 2 Report (NCAP2), and other items noted in Section C of the Scorecard.

   *12 Mar: Subsequent Procedures: Issues and Next Steps at ICANN76

   *1 Mar: SubPro ODP Status Update at ICANN76 Prep Week

2023 - ODA

• 28 Feb: ICANN Board Chair replies to GNSO Chair's letter of 20 Jan on GNSO Council review and input for the SubPro ODA
• 28 Feb: ICANN Board and GNSO Joint Meeting on SubPro discussion.
• 16 Feb: GNSO Council to prepare for a joint meeting with the Board. 
• 20 Jan: GNSO Chair letter on the SubPro ODA input sent to ICANN Board Chair
• 19 Jan: Council Small Team on SubPro ODA prepares input concentrating on identifying areas of ICANN org analysis that may not be true to the intent of the SubPro Final Report, as well as developing impressions of Option 2 contained in the ODA. Given the tight timelines, there will not be adequate time for the small team to provide draft input to Council by it January meeting. Accordingly, the expectation is that the input, delivered on [date], shall be sent to the Board, but include the caveat that it was not formally adopted by Council.

2022

• 15 Dec: Council constitutes a Small Team comprising Anne Aikman-Scalese (NCA), Jeff Neuman (GNSO Liaison to SubPro ODP), Thomas Rickert (ISCP), Sebastien Ducos (RySG), Susan Payne (IPC) and Justine Chew (ALAC Liaison to GNSO) to establish if there were questions or clarifications needed to be relayed to the ICANN Org SubPro Team; and likely comments to be relayed to the ICANN Board.

   *14 Dec: ICANN org (SubPro ODP Team) to host a community webinar on the SubPro ODA on Wed 14 Dec 2022 at 13:00–15:00 and 20:00–22:00 UTC

   *12 Dec: SubPro ODP Team delivers SubPro ODA to ICANN Board

• 8 Dec: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 9: Overarching Considerations 
• 7 Dec: SubPro ODP Team to conduct a SubPro ODA GNSO Council Specific Webinar (prior to release of the ODA)
• 7 Dec: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 8: Finance 
• 2 Dec: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 7: Resource Staffing, Logistics 
• 12 Nov: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Relay of Question set #6

   *8 Nov: SubPro ODP Team releases Assumptions Subsequent Procedures ODP v.6

• 2 Nov: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 6: Communications and Outreach

   *14 Oct: SubPro ODP Team releasesSubPro ODP Community Status Update #4 (last of four planned updates). The output of this ODP (i.e. the ODA - Operational Design Assessment)  is now expected to be completed on 9 Nov and delivered to the ICANN Board on 12 Dec.

• 6 Sep: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 5: Vendor Procurement

   *15 Aug: SubPro ODP Team releases SubPro ODP Community Status Update #3 (the 3rd of four planned updates) which refers to Assumptions Subsequent Procedures ODP v.5. The last update is scheduled for 15 Oct.

• 25 Aug: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison submits Question set #5 REPLY
• 2 Aug: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Reminder on Question set #5
• 29 Jul: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison submits Question set #4 REPLY
• 20 Jul: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Question set #4 finalization and Relay of Question set #5
  • Question set #5 sought clarity on the Predictability  Framework
• 12 Jul: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 4: Systems & Tools
• 8 Jul: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison submits Question set #3 REPLY
• 30 Jun - 15 Jul: Council Small Team comprising Jeff Neuman (GNSO Liaison to SubPro ODP), Paul McGrady (NCA-Non CPH), Justine Chew (ALAC Liaison to GNSO), Desiree Miloshevic (NCA-CPH), and Flip Petillion (IPC) worked on replies to Question set #4.
• 30 Jun: Question set #3 REPLY finalized
• 26 May: SubPro ODP Team blogs on Work Track 3: Operational Readiness
• 26 May: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison submits Question set #2 REPLY

   *25 May: SubPro ODP Team releases Assumptions Subsequent Procedures ODP v.4

• 19 May: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Relay of Question set #4 and SubPro Topic Assumptions
  • Question set #4 sought clarity on 10 topics

   *16 May: SubPro ODP Team releases SubPro ODP Community Status Update #2, the 2nd of four planned updates. The next update is scheduled for 15 Aug.

• 12 Apr: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Relay of Question set #3
  • Question set #3 sought clarity on String Similarity

   *29 Apr: SubPro ODP Team releases Assumptions Subsequent Procedures ODP v.3  

   *28 Mar: SubPro ODP Team releases SubPro ODP Community Status Update #1, the 1st of four planned updates. The next update is scheduled for 16 May.

   *23 Mar: SubPro ODP Team releases Initial & Overarching Assumptions Subsequent Procedures ODP v.2

   *28 Feb: SubPro ODP Team releases Initial Assumption Subsequent Procedures ODP v.1

• 14 Feb: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Relay of Question set #2
  • Question set #2 sought clarity on the Dedicated IRT for Application Support Program
• 25 Jan: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update #5 - Third call with ICANN's SubPro ODP Team
• 21 Jan: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison submits Question set #1 REPLY
• 18 Jan: SubPro ODP Team blogs on SubPro ODP Work Tracks 
• 9 Jan: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update #4 - Second call with ICANN's SubPro ODP Team
• 3 Jan: Actual SubPro ODP Launch date

2021

• 20 Dec:  ICANN org announces that ICANN GDS has informed ICANN Board that it is beginning this ODP in January 2022.
• 16 Dec:  Council mainly considered the process for SubPro ODP interactions between the GNSO ODP Liaison and the ICANN Org's SubPro ODP Team - Councillors are meant to take suggested responses of the GSNO ODP Liaison to SubPro ODP Team's preliminary questions (Question Set #1) back to their respective SG/C for feedback to enable finalization and timeous relay of agreed responses to the SubPro ODP Team. ICANN Org has a public archive of engagement on the topic. 
• 1 Dec: SubPro ODP Team blogs on answers to questions regarding the SubPro ODP
• 1 Dec: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update #3 - First call with GDS (ICANN's SubPro ODP Team)
• 22 Nov: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update #2. ICANN Org is still in internal project organization mode although GDD has posed a first set of questions to the GNSO ODP Liaison, Jeff Neuman. Formal kick-off of the ODP only expected at end of Nov 2021, thereafter proceeds for an approximate 10 months.
• 18 Nov: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update - Relay of Question set #1
  • Question set #1 sought clarity on (i) Applications Assessed in Rounds, (ii) RVCs & PICs, specifically on DNS Abuse Mitigation (iii) Applicant Reviews, and (iv) Auctions.
• 16 Nov: GNSO SubPro ODP Liaison update #1

Specific Curative Rights Protection for IGOs EPDP

2023

• 11 Jan: ICANN Board & GNSO Council joint meeting took place.

2022

  * 28 Nov 2022 - 16 Jan 2023: The ICANN Board seeks community input on the GNSO Council’s June 2022, supermajority adoption of the EPDP Team’s Final Report on Specific Curative Rights Protections for International Governmental Organizations (IGOs). The inputs received will help inform the ICANN Board’s deliberations as they consider the GNSO’s adopted recommendations.

• 15 June: Council resolved unanimously to approve all 5 recommendations in the Final Report.
• 19 May: Council was meant to consider and vote on a motion to approve the recommendations in the Final Report but eventually resolved to defer the vote to Council's June 2022 meeting to allow the RrSG time for further consideration prior to the vote.
• 14 Apr: Council was informed that this EPDP Team reached full consensus on its five recommendations and delivered its Final Report on 4 April 2022. Council also received an overview of the five recommendations of the EPDP. Council will be voting on those five recommendations in May 2022.

2021

• 16 Dec: Council approved a Project Change Request (PCR) to extend this EPDP WG's project timeline to 4 Apr 2022 to deliver its final report, while noting RrSG concerns around the EPDP moving out of the scope of its charter
• 18 Nov: EPDP WG currently reviewing comments received on its 6 recommendations, for purposes of producing its Final Report. Project plan is expected to be extended from end 2021 to some time in Q1 of 2022
• 24 Oct: Public Comment on the EPDP WG's Initial Report closed