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Maureen Hilyardis the ccNSO Liaison for 2013-2015.MARCH UPDATE

MARCH 2015 ccNSO Update

Informal Report on the ccNSO Council meeting 19 March 1200UTC

• CWG and CCWG updates featured highly in reports
• Engagement of ccTLD members (including those outside of ccNSO) in the decision making process became a hot topic - to ensure that the ccTLD community viewpoint is heard in discussions about new gTLD processesthe separability issue, the FOI and use , use of ICANN finances, etc. Current consensus is that people aren't involved enough. More outreach and facilitating a greater understanding among ccTLD managers is required so that they will become required  to enable more ccTLD managers with appropriate knowledge and expertise to be more involved in ccNSO decision making about important ICANN issues that the ccNSO should be contributing to.
• the Council chair and the Chair of the FOIWG have written to the Board Chair, recommending that "the ICANN Board of Directors adopt the FOI and the related recommendations, as included in the Final Report of the FOI WG as the specific guidance on the interpretation of the existing and applicable policies and guidelines on delegation, redelegations and revocation and transfer of ccTLDs."  The ccNSO Council will also "provide the FOI as input to both the CWG Stewardship and CCCWG Accountability working groups, with the request that the FOI and relevant recommendations from the report be incorporated into their work, including the Service Level Agreement, which will be included in the proposal for the IANA Transition Plan".
• the Council adopted their Annual Workplan and Schedule and requested that the Secretariat update the workplan monthly and in accordance with the ccNSO Guideline to maintain, update and review the ccNSO Workplan.

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