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GNSO Council Meeting #2 of 2024 held on 15 Feb 2024

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GNSO Council Meeting #2 of 2024 held on 15 Feb 2024 

Full Agenda  |  Documents  |  Motions

• Item 1: Administrative Matters
• Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects List and Action Item List. 
• Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Confirm Leadership of Standing Selection Committee (“SSC”)
  • Confirm GNSO-Nominated ICANN Fellowship Program Mentor
• Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Registration Data Accuracy
• Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on SubPro Small Team Progress
• Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Next Steps for Consideration of Expired Domain Deletion Policy (“EDDP”) and Expired Registration Recovery Policy (“ERRP”) 
• Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN79 Preparation
• Item 8: COUNCIL UPDATE: Draft NCAP Study 2 Report 
• Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS 
  • 9.1 - ccNSO & GAC Liaison updates (every three months)
  • 9.2 - Board letter on Closed Generics
  • 9.3 - Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”) Charter Drafting Team Update
  • 9.4 - Status Update on Council Requests
  • 9.5 - Update from Contracted Party House Abuse Subgroup’s Meeting with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group
  • 9.6 - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) survey

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 21 December 2023 were posted on 02 January 2024
  • Minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting on 18 January 2023 were posted on 02 February 2024
• Item 3: Consent Agenda
  • Confirm Leadership of Standing Selection Committee (“SSC”)
  • Confirm GNSO-Nominated ICANN Fellowship Program Mentor
• Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Registration Data Accuracy
  • Following Council's discussion last month and seeing as (i) completion of the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is pending. (ii) implementation of the NIS2 directive, and  (iii) publication of the Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains (INFERMAL) Study is still pending (targeted for Sep 2024), Council will vote on deferring the consideration of the accuracy scoping work for an additional six months or potentially sooner if there is a passage of a significant event, e.g., completion of the Data Processing Agreement, implementation of the NIS2 directive, or publication of the INFERMAL study .  
• Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on SubPro Small Team Progress
  • In March 2023, the ICANN Board approved the majority of the recommendations contained in the Final Report on the new gTLD Subsequent PDP, but also placed some recommendations into a pending status. The Council convened a small team that worked collaboratively with the ICANN Board to resolve all pending recommendations. While the majority of the pending recommendations were able to be adopted by the ICANN Board, recommendations across six Topics were not adopted by the ICANN Board.
  • With the primary task of addressing the pending recommendations now complete, the Council has tasked the Small Team Plus with an updated assignment form. The Small Team Plus has committed to a work plan to address the recommendations not adopted by the Board. Following that plan, the Small Team has completed initiation steps (i.e., developed background materials, preliminary Supplemental Recommendation language, and issued a call for volunteers for the Small Team Plus). The Small Team Plus has come to preliminary  Supplemental Recommendation language (i.e., stable text) for most of the six Topics.
  • Council will receive an update on the progress of the Small Team Plus.
• Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Next Steps for Consideration of Expired Domain Deletion Policy (“EDDP”) and Expired Registration Recovery Policy (“ERRP”) 
  • Council previously considered when to request a Policy Status Report (“PSR”) for the purpose of conducting a review of the two Expiration Policies, the EDDP and the ERRP. In November 2020, given concerns about its capacity and no known issues with the policies, the Council agreed to delay the request for the Policy Status Report (PSR) for a period of 24 months. After 24 months had passed, the Council reconsidered whether it was an appropriate time to request a Policy Status Report.
  • In considering a Nov 2022 ICANN org report, Council agreed that both the EDDP and ERRP may benefit from further work, though the timing for the work requires further consideration. In particular, as the Compliance report noted, the language of the policy is ambiguous in parts and has caused confusion for registrants. As the ERRP was implemented in part to ensure that “expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough” and to ensure that “adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations,” the continuing registrant confusion warrants further consideration. Additionally, some of the existing language has become obsolete due to intervening data protection law requirements and will require updates.
  • To that end, Council requested further information from ICANN org on what expiration-related educational materials are currently published and whether additional information can be provided (whether as registrant educational material referenced in Section 4.3 or elsewhere on ICANN’s website). The Council noted receipt of this information would be helpful to the Council in determining if updates to these materials or additional material in other forms could be helpful to combat the ongoing registrant confusion.

  • Council will receive an update from ICANN org on the published materials. 

• Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN79 Preparation
  • Pre-ICANN79 GNSO Policy Webinar: 
    • Monday, 26 February 2024 at 21:00 UTC

Note: Mandatory for GNSO Council members

• • During ICANN79, the GNSO Council has the following meetings and events scheduled (times listed in AST):

Saturday, 2 March

• • • 09:00-10:00 - IDNs EPDP Team Working Session 
    • 13:15-14:30 - Transfer Policy Review PDP Working Group Session 1 of 2
    • 15:00-16:00 - Transfer Policy Review PDP Working Group Session 2 of 2
    • Time TBD: GNSO Council dinner

Sunday, 3 March

• • • 09:00-10:00 - GNSO Working Session 1 of 2
    • 10:30-12:00 - GNSO Working Session 2 of 2
    • 13:15-14:30 - GNSO Working Session 3 of 3

Monday, 04 March

• • • 15:00-16:00 Joint ICANN Board and GNSO Council

Tuesday, 05 March

• • • 17:30-18:30 - GNSO Council Informal meeting [closed]

Wednesday, 6 March

• • • 09:00-10:00 - Joint GNSO Council & GAC
    • 10:30-12:00 - SubPro Supplemental Recommendations Community Consultation
    • 13:15-15:15- GNSO Council Meeting

Thursday, 7 March

• • • 09:00-10:00 - GNSO Council SubPro Small Team Plus Meeting
    • 15:00-16:00 - GNSO Council Wrap-Up
  • During its Strategic Planning Session, Council agreed to conduct a triannual detailed review of the Program Management Tool. The action item coming from the SPS provided, “During a session at ICANN79, Council to prepare for a careful review of work captured in the Program Management Tool (PMT) that will conclude or initiate prior to the next AGM, or continue beyond the next AGM. Paul McGrady to coordinate with staff to plan for this inaugural effort.”
  • Council will receive an overview of the current block schedule and plan for its in-person meetings.
• Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS 
  • 9.3 - Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”) Charter Drafting Team Update

GNSO Council Meeting #2 of 2024 held on 15 Feb 2024 at 21:00 UTC: http://tinyurl.com/42vy5duf 

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

GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92283565389?pwd=QnlHK1JSbzdiSFFZSjRjamxMTkNGdz09 

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

Records of 15 Feb 2024 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 of 15 Feb 2024 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 Jan 2024 Matters of Interest and/or from GNSO Council Jan 2024 Meeting Records.