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Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation meeting

What it's about: The SCI is responsible for reviewing and assessing the effectiveness of the GNSO's Operating Procedures, including Working Group Guidelines and other processes. It is currently finalizing its recommendations for a proposed new process to enable the GNSO Council to vote on motions outside a regularly scheduled GNSO Council meeting, and on a mechanism for electronic/remote voting.

Meeting Agenda: https://community.icann.org/x/IaXhAg

Policy Staff: Julie Hedlund, Mary Wong

Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation update

What it's about: The SCI will update the GNSO community on its work regarding requests to clarify/amend certain provisions of the GNSO Operating Procedures, including a discussion of its role in reviewing all the Procedures in light of the coming GNSO Review.

Background Information: https://community.icann.org/x/5ILT

Policy Staff: Julie Hedlund, Mary Wong

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Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part D PDP WG 

What it's about: The IRTP Part D PDP Working Group will update the GNSO on its progress. The Group has completed the review of the comments it received on its Initial Report and is now in the final stages of its work. The WG will also meet face to face in London and it expects to submit its Final Report to the GNSO Council shortly after ICANN 50.

Meeting Agenda: https://community.icann.org/x/upHhAg

Policy Staff: Lars Hoffmann

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IDN Variants – Briefing and status update (per the request of the Council in Singapore)

What it's about: ICANN's IDN Variant Program team will provide the GNSO community with a "primer" on the Program (what it is, why it's important, what were the issues identified) and a status update on its current work.

Background Information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/variant-tlds-2012-05-08-en

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Cross Community Working Groups: CWG-Principles & CWG-Use of Country Codes & Territory Names 

What it's about: The two recently-launched CWGs (co-chartered with the ccNSO Council) will provide updates of their initial work. The CWG-Principles will cover its current findings based on analysis of selected prior CWG efforts and solicit the GNSO community's feedback on challenges that it believes need to be addressed in order for future CWGs to be successful.

Background Information: https://community.icann.org/x/rQbPAQ (CWG-Principles) and http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-unct.htm (CTN)

Policy Staff: Bart Boswinkel, Marika Konings, Steve Chan, Mary Wong

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Data and Metrics for Policy Making WG update

What is it about? Status update on WG activities to date

Background: The WG is exploring opportunities to review standard methodologies of reporting and metrics that could better inform fact-based policy development and decision making; including how the community can collaborate with contracted parties and other service providers in the sharing of metrics and data.

For more information: please see http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm

Policy Staff Member: Berry Cobb

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Policy & Implementation WG update

What is it about: Status update on the WG activities to date

Background: The GNSO Council formed a Working Group which has been tasked to provide concrete recommendations on how to address certain issues stemming from the policy & implementation debate from a GNSO perspective. The WG completed a set of working definitions and principles which are intended to guide its deliberations on the charter questions (see https://community.icann.org/x/9xrRAg) and has commenced its deliberations on the charter questions. The WG will provide an update on its activities. For further information, please see https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag.

Policy Staff Members: Marika Konings, Mary Wong

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GNSO Review

What is it about: The objective of the GNSO Review is to examine organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, including its structure components (GNSO Council, GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies). The review scheduled to begin on or about 1 July 2014 will be tightly scoped based on objective and quantifiable criteria provided to the independent examine. An update on the preparation for the review will be provided during this session.

Background information: https://community.icann.org/x/OJLhAg

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Open and substantial strategic discussion

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GNSO PDP Improvements

What is it about: The GNSO Council supported the exploration and implementation of ten proposed improvements that are aimed to streamline and enhance the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP). During this session and update will be provided by staff on the status of implementation and expected next steps.

Background information: http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-table-16jan14-en.pdf

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SSAC Update & Discussion

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Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP WG

What it's about: This PDP Working Group effort is chartered to explore the need to translate and/or transliterate domain name contact information. The WG Co-Chairs will update the GNSO about their progress so far and the Groups envisaged progress towards its Initial Report.

Background information: https://community.icann.org/x/h5HhAg

Policy Staff: Julie Hedlund, Lars Hoffmann

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Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP WG update

What it's about: The PPSAI WG has reached preliminary conclusions on some of the questions in its Charter, and identified a number of issues and challenges on which community feedback will be useful. This update session will outline some of the more significant preliminary conclusions and describe the issues and challenges faced by the WG.

Background Information: https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg

Policy Staff: Marika Konings, Mary Wong

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