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• ALAC (Alan) has confirmed that Wafa's ccNSO Liaison role would not impact her ALAC role as long as she was not also a voting member of the ccNSO during her remaining (NomCom) tenure on the ALAC.
• In between the last meeting and this one, several decisions have been made online
  • A letter has been sent to the Board on the RDS/ Whois2 Review - the Council has decided not to participate in the review until the scope of the review is clarified.  Until then "the Council does not consider itself in a position to nominate candidates with the required skill-set and experience, nor to ask the nominated volunteers to commit time and other resources" 
  • A submission was made to the FY18 budget committee on travel funding - the ccNSO has submitted a request for additional travel slots for Council members to attend ICANN meetings
  • Jordan Carter was appointed as the  ccNSO Co-Chair to the CCWG Accountability - no ccNSO volunteers have yet put their names forward to take over Matthieu Wiell's spots on the CCWG-Accountability or the CCWG new gTLD Auction Proceeds.
  • Email sent by Katrina regarding next steps for ccNSO re: EPSRP.  Hiro and Wafa will be on the working group assigned to work on this issue with the SSAC to come up with a mutually acceptable solution. . 
  • A draft FAQ was sent to the GAC WG on Underserved regions
• Empowered Community Administration Update: (Stephen Deerhake)
  • Katrina explained the EC approval process. An issue relating to the 21-day consultation period in the by-laws which is too short for the ccNSO to consult its members. 
  • Byron queried the challenges to the voices of the community with the loss of a public forum in the Policy meeting (B).  Stephen suggested that the meeting formats "need adjusting to fit reality" now that the new ICANN 3.0 bylaws are in place. Under these new bylaws, there are requirements that were not anticipated when the three meeting formats were adopted under the ICANN 2.0 regime.
• The Council acknowledged the SO/AC Accountability report  and support the direction taken by the CCWG. However, Byron raised a concern that the end result may already be a foregone conclusion. 
• Volunteers are being called to join the drafting team (with the RySG) to prepare the parameters for the CSC Charter Review. Byron encouraged the ccNSO community to participate in this review.
• The Council is looking for ccNSO volunteers not only to replace Matthieu on the CCWG new gTLD Auction Proceeds WG but also in preparation for the end of Ching Chiao's term at ICANN60.  Ching is currently one of the co-Chairs of the working group.  Ching encourage encouraged members to participate in the WG as it deliberates on the most appropriate mechanism to distribute auction proceeds. 
• A letter confirming Chris Disspain's nomination as the ccNSO Board member (seat #11) for another term has been sent to the Empowered Community. This will be Chris's third and final term.
• I have been confirmed as a participant in the ccNSO Policy Development Working Group on the Retirement of ccTLDs. An initial meeting of this group will be held before Johannesburg, and a time has been set for a face to face meeting on Thursday June 29 10.30-12 noon (Block 2) 
• The ccNSO proposed a cross community topic for ICANN59 entitled "Rejection Action Petitions: Is the EC about to exercise its rights under the ICANN Bylaws?" While there was little interest shown by other communities, the ccNSO considers this topic important enough to discuss it during its Members meeting (tentatively June 28, Block 2).  
• Alejandra has posted the latest ccNSO schedule for Johannesburg. and the Agenda for the Members meeting.

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