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At-Large Leadership Session: Welcome to ICANN72, Workstream Updates & Policy Talking Points

Agenda:

1. Welcome by Maureen Hilyard, ALAC Chair and Opening Comments - (17:00-17:08 UTC) (8mins)
2. Aims and Overview of At-Large at ICANN72 - Maureen Hilyard (17:08-17:38 UTC)(30 mins)
   1. Unfinished Business- Closed Generics (Jonathan Zuck)
   2. Tackling DNS Abuse (Joanna Kulesza)
   3. ALAC-SSAC meeting (Andrei Kolesnikov)
   4. ICANN Accountability & Transparency (Sébastien Bachollet)
   5. Board - ALAC meeting (Maureen Hilyard)
   6. ALAC - GAC meeting (Yrjö Länsipuro)
   7. AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting (Seun Ojedeji)
   8. At-Large Wrap-Up (Maureen Hilyard)
   9. NARALO Social Events (Eduardo Diaz)
3. Overview of 2021 Achievements of At-Large Workstreams (and including subgroups) (17:38-18:08 UTC) (30 mins)
   1. Consolidated Policy WG - Jonathan Zuck and Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Co-Chairs
   2. Operations, Finance & Budget- Holly Raiche, Ricardo Holmquist
   3. Outreach and Engagement - Daniel Nanghaka, Joanna Kulesza
4. At-LargeICANN72 Talking Points - Jonathan Zuck ALAC Vice Chair, Policy (18:08-18:28 UTC)(20 mins)
5. Closure  - Maureen Hilyard (18:28-18:30 UTC) (2 mins)

Moderator: Maureen Hilyard

Lead: HU

Notes:  SV

RPMs: 

19:00-20:30 UTC

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At-Large Policy Session 1: Unfinished Business: Closed Generics

Description:

What will happen with Closed Generics in subsequent rounds

?  The 2012

Applicant Guidebook was silent on the concept of generic terms (ie books, perfume, etc.) being used by a single company, or “closed.” The GAC advised against them unless they were in the global public interest but left that undefined. Given the lack of consensus, coming out of the Subsequent Procedures Workgroup, there is currently no policy* in place

, leaving the development of a policy on Closed Generics in the hands of the board.

In this session, we will discuss the possible scenarios in which closed generics could be authorized and endeavor to advance the discussion, prior to board consideration.

Speakers: Avri Doria, ICANN Board; Becky Burr, ICANN Board; Jorge Cancio, Kathy Kleinman, Paul McGrady

Agenda:

1. Introduction – Jonathan Zuck (15 mins)/19:00-19:15 UTC) 
2. Scenario 1 – All (15 mins/19:15-19:30 UTC)
3. Scenario 2 – All (15 mins/19:30-19:45 UTC)
4. Scenario 3 – All (15 mins/19:45-20:00 UTC)
5. Questions and Answers – (30 mins/20:00-20:30 UTC)

Moderator: Jonathan Zuck 

Lead: EE

Notes:  HU

RPMs: 

While nearly all of the 300+ Outputs in the Final Report were approved by the GNSO Council, there are three exceptions that were NOT approved (i.e., Topic 23 in its entirety and recommendations 35.2 and 35.4 from Topic 35).

• The single Output under Topic 23: Closed Generics, the Working Group was unable to reach Consensus in recommending an alternate course of action.
• Closed Generics designation as “No Agreement” properly represents the outcome of the WG discussion. Unfortunately, the WG failed to develop a policy going forward for Closed Generics. There was no agreement within the WG on what the default for closed generic applications would be if we failed to recommend a policy. The 2012 AGB allowed for closed generics, but the 2012 implementation did not. 
• The 2012 AGB allowed for closed generics. Following the application period, the GAC issued advice that stated closed generics only be allowed to proceed if they were in the public interest. Applicants changed their designations from “closed” to “open” in order to move their applications through the process rather than get tied up in debates over how to define or prove public interest. 

The Board Public Comment period focused on all Outputs approved by the GNSO Council, rather than the Outputs that were not approved.  Following the Public Comment proceeding and operational assessment, the ICANN Board is expected to take action on the approved policy recommendations.

This begs the question, how will the closed generics issue be resolved? Should a focused PDP tackle the issue? Is the ODP going to consider how to handle closed generics? Is the ICANN Board finding some middle ground?

Invited:

Becky Burr, Avri Doria, Paul McGrady and Kathy Kleinman, Jose (GAC) TBC

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