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Closed Generics

2023

  • After attempts by the GNSO, GAC and ALAC Chairs to prepare a joint letter to the Board regarding the output of the Dialogue on Closed Generics and next steps did not succeed:
    • GAC and ALAC sent a joint letter of 13 October to the Board;
    • GNSO Council sent its own letter of 21 October to the Board.
  • 24 Aug: Council update on status of Closed Generics
  • 15 Jul: Comments on Draft framework for Closed Generics due
  • End May: Draft framework for Closed Generics expected to be delivered to the ALAC, GAC, GNSO and other SOACs for community input.
  • 11 Mar: (CG) GNSO-GAC-ALAC Dialogue face-to-face meeting
  • 31 Jan: (CG): GNSO-GAC-ALAC Dialogue face-to-face meeting.

2022

  • 2 Sep: (CG): Council leadership initiates selection by SGs for their representatives for the dialogue.
  • 9 Aug: (CG): ALAC receives invitation to formally join GNSO and GAC as parties to the Dialogue on Closed Generics.
  • 21 Jul: (CG): Still awaiting convening of the Dialogue, which is inter alia subject to the identification/nomination of representatives from the GNSO and GAC.
  • 29 Jun: (CG): Council has sent a letter to the Board and the GAC relaying its recommendations on the GAC-GNSO Dialogue; cc-ed to ALAC Chair, appending the Jun 2022 report of the Council Small Team on Closed Generics.
  • 15 Jun: (CG): Council has agreed to relay its recommendations to the Board and GAC as the next step leading to the start of the GAC-GNSO Dialogue, with ALAC participation.  
  • 19 May (CG): Council Chair Philippe Fouquart received a reply from Maarten Botterman to Council's 27 Apr letter; inter alia encourages GAC and Council to confer on the question of ALAC's participation in the consultative process.
  • 5 May (CG): Council's reconstituted Small Team now comprises Paul McGrady (NCA-Non CPH), Kurt Pritz (RySG), Manju Chen (NCSG), Jeff Neuman (GNSO Liaison to GAC), Justine Chew (ALAC Liaison to GNSO), Greg Dibiase (RrSG), Desiree Miloshevic (NCA-CPH), and Marie Pattulo (CSG); also Council leadership comprising Philippe Fouquart, Sebastien Ducos, and Tomslin Samme-Nlar.
  • 27 Apr (CG): Council replied to the ICANN Board, accepting the invitation for a facilitated dialogue with the GAC on Closed Generics.
    • In its reply, Council noted there being no SubPro recommendation to change current policy on Closed Generics, the approach for the immediate next round of New gTLD applications would be out of harmony with GAC Advice on Closed Generics (namely that closed generics ought to serve a public interest goal).
    • Council stated that Council will pursue next steps for the dialogue (a) on the basis of the Board having asked that its facilitated dialogue be limited to making Closed Generics available with restrictions, including for eg. that they serve a public interest goal; (b) subject to mutual agreement with the GAC on conditions for that dialogue.
    • Council also noted to the Board, NCSG's opposition to the limited dialogue party approach. 
    • (NB. The earlier convened Council small team will now be reconstituted with a larger/more representative membership of Councillors to develop conditions for the dialogue)
  • 22 Apr (GC): GAC responded to the Board's 6 Mar and 10 Mar letters, raising points on the ICANN Org's Framing Paper.
  • 6 Apr (CG): Council CGs Framing Paper Small Team convened with narrow remit of "proposing to Council next steps in responding to the Board proposal (i.e., whether or not the Council is open to working with the GAC on developing a framework for closed generics)" – Council to decide.
  • 30 Mar (CG): Board replied to GAC's 10 Mar letter, acknowledging GAC’s willingness to have ALAC participate in the consultation process; encourages GAC and GNSO Council to consider this matter as part of the discussions regarding the proposed dialogue.
  • 15 Mar (CG): Council to convene small team to review the ICANN Org's framework paper regarding the Board-facilitated dialogue between GNSO-GAC, and to suggest next steps.
  • 10 Mar (CG):  Further to the 7 Mar correspondence, the Board forwarded ICANN Org's Framing Paper for the dialogue on Closed Generics.
  • 10 Mar (CG): GAC replied to the Board's 6 Mar letter, agreeing to participate in dialogue and welcomed participation from the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) in this consultation process.
  • 6 Mar (CG): ICANN Board wrote to the GAC and Council requesting for facilitated dialogue on way forward with Closed Generics (CG).


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Potential Council next steps regarding DNS abuse  – TO MONITOR THIS and ENSURE ALAC input is understoodFOR RE-ACTIVATION.

2023

  • 29 Jun: Council replies to RrSG, RySG, Contractual Compliance and DNSAI on Bulk registrations.
  • 15 May: Council's small team shared its initial feedback regarding the input received on the issue of bulk registrations.

 * 25 Apr: ICANN announced its funding of a new project called Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains (INFERMAL) to explore drivers of malicious domain name registrations.

  • 20 Apr: Council has determined that this small team should continue its work reviewing the replies received from RySG, RrSG, ICANN Contractual Compliance and DNS Abuse Institute to the two 6 Jan letters. This Council small team now has a refreshed membership of Thomas Rickert, Mark Datysgeld, Wisdom Donkor, Theo Geurts, Sebastien Ducos, Greg DiBiase, Tomslin Samme-Nlar, Paul McGrady, Nacho Amadoz and Justine Chew.

 * 19 Apr: Justine's 4th presentation on a summary of the replies below

2022

  • 15 Dec: Leadership of Council's small team on DNS abuse has prepared the draft letter to the Contracted Parties for Council's approval, per the small team's Recommendation #4
  • 17 Nov: Council has accepted the small team's report, containing 4 recommendations, delivered on 10 October. For more specific details on the recommendations and action, refer to the 17 Nov Special Summary Report.
  • 20 Oct: Council acknowledged the Small Team's report and recommendations; acquiesced to the Small Team regrouping to work on Recommendation #4 (drafting of letter to Contracted Parties).
  • 10 Oct:  Small Team's final report and recommendations were submitted to GNSO Council for consideration.
  • 21 Sep:  Small Team's draft report and recommendations were presented and discussed at ALAC-GNSO meeting at ICANN75.

  *17 Aug: Justine's 3rd Presentation to CPWG on Small Team deliberations on comments received from SGs/Cs/DNSAI; + discussion on draft report

  • 4 Aug: Small Team completes deliberation on comments received from outreach exercise and moves onto producing their report

  *20 Jul: Justine's 2nd Presentation to CPWG on Small Team deliberations on comments received from ALAC, GAC, SSAC

  • 16 Jun: Small Team conducts meeting at ICANN 74
  • 2 Jun: Small Team begins review of responses from Contractual Compliance. 

  *25 May: Justine's 1st Presentation to CPWG on responses from Contractual Compliance

  • 19 May: Small Team completes review of comments received from outreach to ALAC, GAC, SSAC and DNSAI, as well as SGs (RySG) and Cs (BC).
  • 20 Apr: ALAC input to 7 Mar letter considered by Small Team and well received, in general.
  • 6 Apr: Input received from BC. Small Team met, to proceed with info gathering from Contractual Compliance in respect of action to do with DNS Abuse vis a vis Contracted Parties. Still awaiting input from other SG/Cs.
  • 4 Apr: Small Team received responses from ALAC, GAC, SSAC and DNSAI to 7 Mar letters. Small Team to meet 6 Apr.
  • 18 Mar: Reply date for 7 Mar letter to ALAC extended to 4 Apr.
  • 7 Mar: Council issued letters to ALAC, GAC, SSAC and the DNS Abuse Institute (DNSAI) to seek 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; to reply by 21 Mar. Input to be sought from each SG also. More respondents may be approached at a later date. 
  • 9 Feb: Small Team initial meeting. Updates to be provided at Council Meeting #2 of 2022.
  • 4 Feb: Council small team (comprising Thomas Rickert, Mark Datysgeld, Wisdom Donkor, Maxim Alzoba, Sebastien Ducos, Greg DiBiase, and Justine Chew, also Philippe Fouquart, Tomslin Samme-Nlar, and Paul McGrady) set to begin work on 9 Feb.

2021

  • 28 Oct: A Council small team (comprising Thomas Rickert, Mark Datysgeld, Wisdom Donkor, Kristian Ormen, Maxim Alzoba, Sebastien Ducos) to draft potential GNSO Council next steps regarding DNS abuse. 


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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.

2023 - Post ODA

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

   *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.

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

   *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.

   *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

2021


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Specific Curative Rights Protection for IGOs EPDP

2023

    * 30 Apr: The ICANN Board resolves to adopt the four recommendations that the GNSO Council approved from the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP and the five recommendations that the GNSO Council approved from the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs; and directed ICANN org to proceed with the implementation of these recommendations as soon as feasible.

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 


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GNSO Council Meeting #10 #11 of 2023 held on 25 and 26 Oct 2023 during ICANN7816 Nov 2023

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  • Meeting Record
  • Special Summary Report


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GNSO Council Meeting #10 #11 of 2023 held on 25 Oct 2023 during ICANN 78, over 2 parts, and including a Council Wrap-up Session on 26 Oct 2023:

Under Part 1 Agenda

16 Nov 2023 

Full Agenda  |  Documents  Full Agenda  |  Documents  | Motions

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects List and Action Item List. 
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements TBD


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 21 September 2023 were posted on 08 October 2023.
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda



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GNSO Council Meeting #11 of 2023 held on 16 Nov 2023 at 21:00 UTC:  

Details pending

Non-Council members are welcome to attend the meeting or call as listen-only observers.


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Records of 16 Nov 2023 Meeting

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


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Special Summary Report of 16 Nov 2023 Meeting to ALAC

For brevity, I will just highlight a few things here. For some of the issues, you can glean a wider perspective from GNSO Council Nov 2023 Matters of Interest and/or from GNSO Council Nov 2023 Meeting Records.


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GNSO Council Meeting #10 of 2023 held on 25 and 26 Oct 2023 during ICANN78


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GNSO Council Meeting #10 of 2023 held on 25 Oct 2023 during ICANN 78, over 2 parts, and including a Council Wrap-up Session on 26 Oct 2023:

Under Part 1 Agenda

Full Agenda  |  Documents  | Motions

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects List and Action Item List. 
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements 
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Optional Topics for Potential Council Response
    • (i) Pilot Holistic Review Revised Draft Terms of Reference 
    • (ii) Proposed Process for the Retirement of Non-Policy Recommendations 
    • (iii) Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group (CIP-CCG)
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Annual Report
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Diacritics Issue in Latin Script
  • Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

    • 8.1 – Farewell to outgoing Councilors

    • 8.2 – Update - Open Contracted Party House DNS Abuse Calls

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  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Optional Topics for Potential Council Response
    • (i) Pilot Holistic Review Revised Draft Terms of Reference 
    • (ii) Proposed Process for the Retirement of Non-Policy Recommendations 
    • (iii) Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group (CIP-CCG)
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Annual Report
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Diacritics Issue in Latin Script
  • Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

    • 8.1 – Farewell to outgoing Councilors

    • 8.2 – Update - Open Contracted Party House DNS Abuse Calls

    • 8.3 – GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot Review

    • 8.4 – Open microphone (Continuation of anniversary session discussion / input

Under Part 2 Agenda

Full Agenda

  • Item 1: Seating of the 2022-2023 Council
    INCOMING COUNCILORS:
    • Jennifer Chung: SOI Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG)
    • Lawrence Olawale-Roberts: SOI Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG - BC)
    • Damon Ashcroft: SOI Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG - IPC)
    • Peter Akinremi: SOI Non-commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)
  • Item 2. Election of the Chair
    • One nomination was received for this position from Gregory DiBiase of the Contracted Party House. Gregory circulated his candidate statement to the GNSO Council on 5 October 2023.
  • Item 3. Election of GNSO Council Vice Chair 2022-2023

    • Non-Contracted Party House - TBD

    • Contracted Party House - TBD

  • Item 4. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
    • TBD

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Matters of interest to ALAC/At-Large

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 24 August 2023 were posted on 09 September 2023.

    • Minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting on 21 September 2023 were posted on 08 October 2023.

  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
    • Confirmation of Appointment of Ashley Heineman as GNSO-appointed Co-Chair of the IANA Naming Function Review Team
  • Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements 

    • The GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot was initiated in June 2021 to determine whether the framework, as outlined here, could serve as an approach for dealing with the various projects that are focused on improvements to GNSO processes and procedures.

    • The CCOICI tasked the GNSO Statement of Interest (SOI) Task Force to address the following questions:

      1. Is the original objective of the SOI, as stated in the BGC WG Report, still valid? If not, why not and what should the current objective be?
      2. Based on the response to question 1), is the requested information to be provided as part of the SOI still fit for purpose? If not, why not, and what would need to be changed to make it fit for purpose?
      3. Are there any further measures that should be considered from an enforcement / escalation perspective, in addition or instead of those already included in the requirements?
    • During the meeting in August 2023, CCOICI Chair Manju Chen presented an overview of the CCOICI Recommendations Report on the SOI Requirements, but the vote on the recommendations was ultimately deferred in last month's Council meeting due to some last minute concerns from the CPH.
    • As it turned out, no changes are being proposed to the CCOICI Recommendations and Council will proceed with the vote on these recommendations as they are written - which maintains the ability to exempt participants from declaring in their GNSO SOI who they represented whenever they participated in a PDP in case of professional ethical obligations preventing complications. The motiononly requires a simple majority for it to be carried.
  • Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Optional Topics for Potential Council Response

(i) Pilot Holistic Review Revised Draft Terms of Reference 

    • The ICANN Board is currently seeking the community's input on the proposed Pilot Holistic Review Revised Draft Terms of Reference. This is an update to the first version posted for Public Comment in August 2022 and has been modified to reflect community input. The primary focus of the Pilot Holistic Review Draft Terms of Reference (ToR) is to address the four primary issues raised during the first Public Comment proceeding:
      • The scope of Holistic Review is unclear
      • There is a lack of independent examination in the Holistic Review
      • There is a lack of identified dependencies
      • The community might not have the ability to support the Pilot Holistic Review work
    • The ToR Development Team also shortened and revised the ToR document to include more direct language and clearer deliverables.
    • Considering the potential implications on the ICANN structures and work, the Board is seeking input on whether the revised Draft ToR seems fit for purpose, and whether it sufficiently addresses the issues identified in the first Public Comment proceeding.
    • The following questions are designed to aid responders in formulating their views:
      1. Do you support the Pilot Holistic Review Revised Terms of Reference as drafted?
      2. Does the Pilot Holistic Review Revised Terms of Reference sufficiently address the four primary issues identified in the first Public Comment proceeding?
      3. Does the Pilot Holistic Review Revised Terms of Reference sufficiently clarify the deliverables for the Pilot Holistic Review?
      4. Do you support the next steps for the Pilot Holistic Review (as noted below)?
    • For more background information, Councilors are invited to listen to the webinar on this topic. 
    • Deadline for feedback is 27 November 2023.

(ii) Proposed Process for the Retirement of Non-Policy Recommendations 

    • To implement the Board-approved Third Accountability and Transparency Review (ATRT3) Recommendation 5, and considering the numerous times the ATRT3 Final Report stresses the procedural gap of not having a process to retire approved recommendations, ICANN org is proposing a process for the retirement of community-developed Board-approved non-policy recommendations in exceptional cases and according to specific criteria. 
    • Non-policy recommendations refer to community recommendations developed outside of a policy development process, such as Specific Reviews or Cross-Community Working Groups. The process will be publicly documented in the planning prioritization framework, and referenced in relevant documentation, such as the revised version of the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews. 
    • Council will discuss the Proposed Process and determine whether input on the proposed process is needed. 
    • The deadline for input is 30 November 2023

(iii) Continuous Improvement Program Community Coordination Group (CIP-CCG)

    • The Third Accountability and Transparency Review (ATRT3) Recommendation 3.6 calls for Organizational Reviews to be evolved into a Continuous Improvement Program (CIP). The recommendation to create a Continuous Improvement Program states that ICANN org shall work with each Supporting Organization (SO), Advisory Committee (AC) and their stakeholder groups, and the Nominating Committee (NomCom) to establish a Continuous Improvement Program. It will include an annual satisfaction survey of members/participants, and a regular assessment, including a summary of continuous improvements published at least every three years. 
    • As the ICANN Community considers the implementation of ATRT3 Recommendation 3.6 as it relates to each community structure and for the ICANN Community overall, the CIP Community Coordination Group is intended to serve as a forum to exchange best practices, lessons learned, as well as for sharing information and progress related to already existing community continuous improvement activities. The representatives in the CIP-CCG will share best practices and collaborate on community-wide implementation of ATRT3 Recommendation 3.6, while relaying information back to their constituencies to inform the process and voice decisions. 
    • ICANN org plans to proceed with the approach outlined in its letter by the end of November; however, if there are objections, concerns, or further feedback/questions, input is due by 30 November 2023.
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Diacritics Issue in Latin Script
    • PointQuébec, CORE Association, and the At-Large Advisory Committee raised an issue to the GNSO Council attention with regard to the challenge affecting future applied-for strings in the Latin script containing diacritics that may be confusingly similar to ASCII strings and are non-variants. 
    • For background, an applied-for IDN gTLD string in the Latin script containing diacritics, which is NOT an allocatable variant label of the base ASCII string (existing or applied-for) according to RZ-LGR, is widely recognized by users as its “equivalence” and may be determined to be confusingly similar (i.e., in which case, it would not pass the String Similarity Review).
    • One notable example of this problem known to the ICANN community is the string “québec”. PointQuébec Inc, the Registry of .quebec, has long held an interest in applying for this string, but it may face challenges obtaining it. PointQuébec regards the string “.québec” a necessity for serving the French speaking community in Quebec, Canada. Quebec is the only province in Canada whose sole official language is French; 71.2% of Quebecers are first language francophones. In the 2012 round, PointQuébec was advised not to apply for “.québec” due to considerations for technical readiness and financial predictability for an IDN gTLD. Hence it applied for the ASCII string without diacritics “.quebec” first, but has been waiting to submit an application for the IDN string in the next round.

    • A similar problem could happen to other existing Registries that currently manage ASCII gTLDs but may wish to apply for their IDN equivalence that are not deemed as allocatable variant labels according to the RZ-LGR. Future applicants may also be affected by this challenge.

    • To consider the development of an exception procedure for handling the consequence of String Similarity Review and create a potential path for future applications such as the “.québec” string, a GNSO Policy Development Process is likely the necessary avenue to do so. Understanding the seriousness of the issue and the potential harm to the interests or needs of the intended language committees, the GNSO Council agrees that requesting an Issue Report to thoroughly research and scope the problem is the appropriate step forward. The Issue Report will serve as the basis for launching a dedicated PDP on this topic, should the GNSO Council consider this path in the future. 

  • Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

    • 8.1 – Farewell to outgoing Councilors

    • 8.2 – Update - Open Contracted Party House DNS Abuse Calls

    • 8.3 – GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot Review

    • 8.4 – Open microphone (Continuation of anniversary session discussion / input


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GNSO Council Meeting #10 of 2023 held on 25 Oct 2023 at 11:15 UTC:  

Please check the ICANN78 meeting website for meeting details

Non-Council members are welcome to attend the meeting or call as listen-only observers.

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Records of 25 and 26 Oct 2023 Meetings at ICANN78

25 Oct 2023

26 Oct 2023 (Council Wrap-up)

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Records of 25 Oct 2023 Meeting

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



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    Special Summary Report of 25 and 26 Oct 2023 Meeting Meetings to ALAC

    For brevity, I will just highlight a few things here. For some of the issues, you can glean a wider perspective from GNSO Council Oct 2023 Matters of Interest and/or from GNSO Council Oct 2023 Meeting Records.


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    ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Meeting on 21 Oct 2023 


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    ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Meeting held on 21 Oct 2023

    Agenda:

    1. Welcome and Introduction - Justine Chew, ALAC Liaison to the GNSO, Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Chair and Sebastien Ducos, GNSO Chair (10 mins)
    2. GNSO Council Guidance Statement on ".québec", 14 Sep 2023 [gnso.icann.org] (20 mins)
      1. What is the GNSO Council's view on the issue(s) arising from the public comments to the IDNs EPDP Phase 1 Initial Report on ".québec"?
      2. How does the GNSO Council plan to address the issue(s)?
        Speakers: Sebastien Ducos (GNSO), Olivier Crepin-Leblond (ALAC)
        Followed by discussion / Q&A
    3. New gTLD Program Next Round (formerly Subsequent Procedures) (20 mins)
      1. How is the GNSO Council addressing the community-developed SubPro Outputs which either remain marked as "pending" or have not been adopted by the Board?
      2. How will the GNSO Council draw community participation and/or input in any efforts in "revising" those SubPro Outputs to address the Board's concerns?
        Speakers: Paul McGrady (GNSO), Tijani Ben Jemaa / Justine Chew (ALAC)
        Followed by discussion with GNSO Council SubPro Small Team / Q&A
    4. Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) (20 mins)
      1. What are the GNSO or GNSO Council's plans in moving the RDRS forward, in respect of registrar on-boarding and post launch of the RDRS? 
        Speakers: Sebastien Ducos / Greg DiBiase (GNSO), Alan Greenberg (ALAC)
        Followed by discussion / Q&A
    5. Next Steps - Justine Chew (5 mins)
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    ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Meeting held on 25 Oct 2023 at 11:15 UTC:  

    Please check the ICANN78 meeting website for meeting details


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    Records of ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Meeting held on 21 Oct 2023

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


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    Special Summary Report of 21 Oct 2023 ALAC-GNSO Council Bilateral Meeting to ALAC

    For brevity, I will just highlight a few key outcomes on the 3 topics that were discussed at this bilateral meeting. 


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