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Motion for GNSO Council Review of ICANN80 GAC Communiqué

Submitted by Tomslin Samme-Nlar

Whereas,

1. The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) advises the ICANN Board on issues of public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or international agreements. It usually does so as part of a Communiqué, which is published towards the end of every ICANN meeting.
2. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains.
3. The GNSO Council has expressed a desire to provide feedback to the ICANN Board on issues in the GAC Communiqué as these relate to generic top-level domains to inform the ICANN Board as well as the broader community of past, present, or future gTLD policy activities that may directly or indirectly relate to Advice provided by the GAC.
4. The GNSO Council's review of GAC Communiqué Advice and Issues of Importance is intended to further enhance the co-ordination and promote the sharing of information on gTLD related policy activities between the GAC, Board, and the GNSO.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council adopts the GNSO Review of the ICANN80 Kigali Communiqué Advice [INSERT LINK] and Issues of Importance [INSERT LINK] and requests that the GNSO Council Chair communicate the GNSO Council Review of ICANN80 GAC Communiqué Advice and Issues of Importance to the ICANN Board.
2. The GNSO Council requests that the GNSO Liaison to the GAC also informs the GAC of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.

(Updated with friendly amendments submitted by Susan Payne and Justine Chew)

Motion - Appointment of a GNSO Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee

Submitted by Tomslin Samme-Nlar

Seconded by Lawrence Olawale-Roberts

Whereas:

1. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) role was first piloted in FY15-16 (1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016) as part of a broader initiative of the GAC-GNSO Consultation Group to facilitate early engagement of the GAC in GNSO policy development activities.
2. Due to the success of the pilot, the GNSO Liaison to the GAC is now a permanent role and an integral part of communications between the GAC and GNSO.
3. The term of the liaison role is two years, and the term limit is two consecutive two-year terms.
4. As the current liaison’s term will expire at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (ICANN81), the GNSO Council will now appoint a new liaison to assume the role at ICANN81.
5. The GNSO Council initiated a call for candidates to fill the vacancy and delegated the responsibility of the review and selection process to the GNSO Standing Selection Committee (SSC).
6. Two applications were received and were evaluated by the SSC based on the criteria outlined in the call for candidates.
7. Following a review of candidates the SSC agreed by full consensus to recommend that Sebastien Ducos will be appointed as the new GNSO Liaison to the GAC commencing at the ICANN81 AGM in November 2024.
8. The SSC also agreed to recommend Sophie Hey as alternate if deemed appropriate by her and the GNSO Council should the need arise.

Resolved:

1. The GNSO Council hereby appoints Sebastien Ducos to the role of GNSO Liaison to the GAC, for a two-year term,assuming the role at the ICANN81 AGM in November 2024 and expiring at the AGM in 2026. 
2. The GNSO Council will review the role annually and if the review indicates and/or, at any time, the Liaison has indicated that he is no longer available to continue in this role the Council will consider Sophie Hey as alternate for the remaining period of the term if she is willing at the time, otherwise the SSC will conduct a new selection process.
3. Prior to and in anticipation of the expiry of this two-year term, Council will open a new Expression of Interest process, for which the retiring Liaison, will be eligible to apply. 
4. The GNSO Council directs the GNSO Secretariat to inform the candidates and the GAC leadership of the GNSO Council’s decision.
5. The GNSO Council thanks Jeff Neuman for his four years of service as the GNSO Council Liaison to the GAC.

Motion to Adopt the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter

Submitted by: Anne Aikman-Scalese

Seconded by:  Damon Ashcraft

Whereas,

1. On 22 January 2024, the GNSO Council Leadership called for volunteers to serve on the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter Drafting Team (hereafter “Drafting Team”).
2. The Drafting Team’s mission was to develop a draft charter for the SPIRT on how it should operate and utilize the Predictability Framework when issues arise during the course of the New gTLD Program, following the Annex E guidelines as provided in the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) Final Report.
3. The Predictability Framework is an output of the implementation effort developed by ICANN org, in coordination with the SubPro Implementation Review Team (IRT); the Predictability Framework and the SPIRT Charter should be mutually coherent.
4. From 26 February through 22 July 2024, the Drafting Team, consisting of individuals and representatives from the ICANN community, held eleven (11) meetings to deliberate the contents of the charter, including but not limited to the SPIRT’s scope, formation, decision-making and operational procedures.
5. On 12 June 2024, the GNSO Council received an update on the draft charter, focusing on the sections that differed from the implementation guidance in Annex E of the New gTLD SubPro Final Report, including specific language.
6. On 29 July 2024, the Drafting Team completed its work and submitted a final version of the SPIRT charter to the full GNSO Council.
7. The GNSO Council acknowledges that the Drafting Team may need to reconvene and be tasked with amendments to the charter after its adoption, as the Predictability Framework is scheduled for another round of Public Comment in May 2025.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council adopts the charter for the SPIRT, acknowledging the possibility of future amendments as a result of material changes to the Predictability Framework which could occur after the final public comment on the draft Applicant Guidebook (AGB) for the next round of new gTLDs.
2. The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Support Staff to communicate the result of the motion to the Drafting Team as well as the SubPro IRT.
3. The GNSO Council thanks the Drafting Team members, Chair and Vice-Chair for their contribution and looks forward to the SPIRT’s role in the Next Round New gTLD Program.

**WITHDRAWN UNTIL September 2024** 

(Updated with friendly amendments submitted by Tomslin Samme-Nlar and Kurt Pritz)

Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team Recommendations #1 and #2

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1. The GNSO Council will not proceed with the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team’s Recommendations #1 and #2 due to the limitations noted in ICANN org’s Assessment of Registration Data Accuracy Scenarios.
2. The GNSO Council will not restart the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team at this time due to limitations in processing data for the purpose of assessing accuracy.

Motion to Approve Supplemental Recommendations for the Non-Adopted Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluation SubPro Recommendations

Submitted by: Paul McGrady

Seconded by: 

WHEREAS,

1. The GNSO Council adoptedrecognizes the Final Reportof the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) PDP on 18 February 2021.On 16 March 2023, the ICANN Board adopted the majority of the SubPro Outputs, as identified inSection A of the Scorecard, while designating a select set of recommendations as pending, identified inSection Bof the Scorecard.
2. The GNSO Council established a small team to carefully review the pending SubPro recommendations and identify the best path forward to seek to resolve the issues that were preventing Board adoption of the pending recommendations.
3. Leveraging the small team, the GNSO Council was able to address the vast majority of pending recommendations, through a combination of dialogue with the ICANN Board, issuing two Clarifying Statements, and adopting several Supplemental Recommendations during its April 2024 meeting.
4. During the Council's April 2024 meeting, the Council elected to pursue further amendments to the Supplemental Recommendations related to Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluations, and accordingly, removed the relevant Supplemental Recommendations from consideration. 
5. The Small Team Plus was reconvened to consider a draft proposal put forth by ICANN org to allow for singular and plurals of the same word in the same language to be identified.
6. The Small Team Plus has since developed Supplemental Recommendations that both allow for the identification of singular and plurals of the same word in the same language, but also introduces a mechanism that may allow for the singular and plurals to coexist if certain circumstances are fulfilled.
7. On [date], the Supplemental Recommendations regarding Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluations were shared with the GNSO Council.

RESOLVED,

1. The GNSO Council approves the Supplemental Recommendations for the non-adopted SubPro recommendations related to Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluations and instructs the GNSO Secretariat to transmit the Supplemental Recommendations to the ICANN Boardimportance of Registration Data Accuracy to the ICANN community and commits to continue its discussion of how best to move forward on this topic.