Page History

Entry Date (E)

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Target Date (T)

Responsible Council Member

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Responsible Staff member

GNSO Council Public Comment to the Operating Standards for ICANN’s Specific Reviews

•  Team of Councilors to revise and submit GNSO Council public comments to the Operating Standards for ICANN’s Specific Reviews based on discussions during the Council Meeting. 

Update on potential FY19 GNSO Additional Budget Requests

•  Team of Councilors to revise and submit Additional Budget Requests based on discussions during the Council Meeting and GNSO Council Strategic Planning sessions. 

ICANN Org paper on suggested incremental changes to the ICANN meeting strategy

Standing Committee on ICANN Budget and Operations 

Open items to move to project list

•  Staff to issue call for volunteers (Council members only) to identify its own plan of work and expected activities and share that with the Council. Staff to check ccNSO SOP work plan / charter as it may serve as a model. Volunteers to date: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben.

•  ICANN staff to circulate links for public comment forum related to Draft PTI and IANA FY19 Operating Plans and Budgets (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-iana-fy19-2017-10-09-en - close date of 26 Nov) and the ICANN Reserve Fund – Public Comment on Rationale and Target Level (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-2017-10-12-en - close date of 30 Nov). 

•  ICANN staff to send message to Council list to determine if there are additional volunteers for preparing a response to either or both of the public comments. Volunteers also tasked to review the proposed charter for the Standing Committee so it can be formally considered for adoption at the upcoming Council meeting. Volunteers to date: Michele Neylon, Philippe Fouquart, Martin Silva Valent.

•  Volunteers to circulate proposed response to open public comments re. PTI Budget and ICANN Reserve Fund to the Council list for review / non-objection

•  Heather Forrest and ICANN Staff to attempt to re-draft possible public comment response regarding the Reserve Fund, to show Council’s awareness of the issue and to highlight comments from specific Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies.

•  Council members to consider re-draft and indicate possible objections within the timeframe provided (less than 24 hours to meet the deadline)

•  GNSO Secretariat to launch a call for volunteers per the membership criteria outlined in the Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO) Charter.

•  SCBO to carry out the review and comment formulation for the ICANN FY19 Draft Budget planning cycle and submit its proposed recommendations to the GNSO Council, allowing sufficient time for considertation prior to the public comment deadline.

Heather Forrest

Marika Konings Berry Cobb Nathalie Peregrine

Drafting Team on charter related to the next steps for the ICANN Procedure of Handling Whois conflicts with Privacy

•  GNSO Council, after having considered the 1 August letter from Akram Atallah and receiving a brief update from GDD on its 24 August Council meeting, should determine next steps for reviewing the Whois Procedure.

Michele Neylon Paul McGrady k drazek Stephanie Perrin Pam Little

Marika Konings Nathalie Peregrine

Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team  

•  Council leadership to determine what impact suspensions should have on upcoming meetings on Friday, 3 November 

•  Council leadership to share latest draft as well as final version of SO/AC letter to the ICANN Board 

•  ICANN staff to circulate link to public comment proceeding on the Operating Procedures for ICANN’s Specific Reviews (here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-standards-2017-10-17-en). Ask for volunteers to form a drafting team to provide input on behalf of the GNSO Council. Volunteers to date: Susan Kawaguchi

•  ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers to establish group of Councilors to review SSR2-RT scoping information and skills matrix and prepare a draft response for Council consideration. Susan Kawaguchi and Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez have volunteered to date.

•  Council leadership to explore options for discussing challenges within the SSR2-RT with the GNSO appointed members of that review team (i.e., Denise Michel, James Gannon, and Norm Ritchie).

•  The Standing Selection Committee, as requested by the GNSO Council, is to review the 3 remaining GNSO SSR2 candidates against the skills matrix developed by SSR2 RT members following ICANN60, and to provide their findings to the GNSO Council 

Heather Forrest

Marika Konings

Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms in all gTLDs data request

20 Sep 2017 (E)

•  ICANN policy staff to forward the RPM PDP WG’s DMPM request to the appropriate department of ICANN Organization for the requisite budget and resource approvals.
•  RPMs PDP WG to provide follow-up report on the progress and outcomes of its DMPM request in time for the GNSO Council’s meeting scheduled for 21 December 2017
•  PDP WG Co-Chairs to work with SubPro WG Co-Chairs to provide the GNSO Council with a consolidated timeline by ICANN61. The timeline should include milestones and dependencies, both between the two PDPs, but also external (e.g., CCT-RT).

Phil Corwin Heather Forrest

Mary Wong Julie Hedlund Ariel Liang

Staff procurement work on documents for Request for Proposal on track (planned publication by early February)

Note that Council approval requires monthly written updates (including cost tracking) from the WG on the progress of the DMPM request

•  GNSO Secretariat to communicate resolved #1 (“The GNSO Council nominates, ranked in order: Brian Cute (RySG), Wolfgang Kleinwächter (NCSG), Stéphane Van Gelder (RySG) as its primary three candidates for the ATRT3. Furthermore, the GNSO nominates, in ranked order: Tatiana Tropina (NCSG), Michael Karanicolas (NCSG), Adetola Sogbesan (BC), Erica Varlese (RySG) to be considered for inclusion in the ATRT3 by the SO-AC Chairs should additional places be available that need to be filled.”) to the staff supporting the ATRT3.

•  GNSO Secretariat to inform the endorsed candidates that the GNSO Council expects that if selected for the ATRT3, the applicant will represent the views of the entire GNSO community in their work on the ATRT3, and provide regular feedback as a group on the discussions taking place in the ATRT3, as well as the positions being taken by GNSO Review Team members. (to be completed after meeting with other SO/ACs to determine final Review Team membership)

•  Staff supporting the ATRT3 and application process to send a response to those applicants who did not receive endorsement for this Review Team, thanking them for their interest and note their importance in the event an alternate is needed in the future. The response should encourage them to follow the ATRT3 work, participate in Public Comments and community discussions, and to apply for future opportunities within the GNSO Community as they arise. (to be completed after meeting with other SO/ACs to determine final Review Team membership)

Revised GNSO Operating Procedures and ICANN Bylaws

•  Staff to put forth recommendation on how Council can better consider topic and determine next steps (e.g., webinar, review red-line of GNSO Operating Procedures/ICANN Bylaws, etc.)

•  Council to consider next steps and provide feedback on what further is needed for the discussion planned during the Council Strategic Planning Session in January 2018.

•  ICANN Staff to post the new version of the GNSO Operating Procedures on the GNSO website, effective immediately.

James Bladel Heather Forrest Donna Austin

Julie Hedlund

Marika Konings

30 Jun 2016 (E)

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The GNSO Council directs staff to move ahead with the identified next steps including:

•  Integrating the inclusion of the proposed PDP Charter as part of the Preliminary Issue Report
  
•  Development of draft guidelines for the use and application for face-to-face facilitated PDP WG meetings for Council review and adoption,
•  Staff to remove this item from the Action Item page and move to the Project list

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Marika Konings