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Consent Agenda

Motion for GNSO Council Adoption of the Review of ICANN79 GAC Communiqué

Submitted by:  Greg DiBiase 

Seconded by:

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 Council Review of the ICANN79 San Juan, Puerto Rico Communiqué Advice (see https://gac.icann.org/contentMigrated/icann79-san-juan-communique) and requests that the GNSO Council Chair communicate the GNSO Council Review 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.

Consent Agenda

Motion to Approve Updates to Small Team Guidelines

Submitted by: Greg DiBiase 

Seconded by:

Whereas,

1. The GNSO Council held an open microphone session as part of its ICANN78 meeting on 25 October 2023.
2. The GNSO Council received feedback regarding its use of small teams, specifically questioning the increased use and scope of small teams.
3. From 29 November 2023 to 1 December 2023, the GNSO Council met in Washington, DC for its annual Strategic Planning Session.
4. As part of its agenda for the 2023 Strategic Planning Session, the GNSO Council discussed the use of small teams as a valuable tool for the Council to both advance its work and enhance communications and engagement between the Board and the GNSO Council.
5. The GNSO Council discussed the concerns raised regarding the use of Small Teams and agreed to the clarify the Small Team Guidelines to highlight the increased transparency of small team work and the oversight of the GNSO Council over small team work.
6. The GNSO Council produced the following GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session Report to document the agreements made during the Strategic Planning Session.
7. The GNSO agreed to the following outcome and associated action items during its Strategic Planning Session.

• Outcome 10: In respect of small teams, Councilors present agreed that they remain an important tool and should be flexible and can be right-sized for a given effort.
• Action Item 10.1: Staff to propose edits to the small team guidelines based on Council discussion.
• Action Item 10.2: Councilors to leverage small team guidance document to cultivate better understanding of how small teams operate and to dispel misconceptions that may exist, and directly address concerns raised by their respective communities.

1. The GNSO reviewed the updated Small Team Guidelines and agreed to the proposed changes, which were designed to address Community concerns.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council adopts the updated Small Team Guidelines (see https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2024/draft/updated-small-team-guidelines-05apr24.pdf).
2. The GNSO Council requests ICANN org Policy Support Staff to post the updated guidelines to the GNSO site.

Motion to Confirm the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) Charter Drafting Team Leadership

Submitted by: Greg DiBiase 

Seconded by:

Whereas,

1. Given the unique and complicated nature of the Next Round New gTLD Program, the GNSO Council recommended a Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) to be established to utilize the Predictability Framework, which is an output of the implementation effort for New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, as developed by ICANN org, in coordination with the Implementation Review Team (IRT).
2. The SPIRT will be the body empowered to provide input to the GNSO Council, the ICANN Board, ICANN org, and the ICANN community on unforeseen issues arising for the Next Round of the New gTLD Program, after the approval by the ICANN Board of the Applicant Guidebook (AGB).
3. The SPIRT Charter Drafting Team is expected to develop a draft charter for the SPIRT on how it should operate and utilize the Predictability Framework, following the Annex E guidelines as provided in the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Report.
4. On 22 January, 2024, the GNSO Council Leadership called for volunteers to serve on the SPIRT Charter Drafting Team.
5. On 26 February, 2024, a Kick-off Meeting was held for the SPIRT Charter Drafting Team, including 10 members consisting of individuals, representatives from Stakeholder Groups (SGs) and Constituencies (Cs), and a GNSO Council liaison.
6. During the Kick-off meeting, the leadership team was confirmed, which is submitted to the GNSO Council for confirmation by way of this motion:

• Nitin Walia to serve as Chair
• Alan Greenberg to serve as Vice-Chair

Resolved,

1. The GNSO confirms the SPIRT Charter Drafting Team and leadership team:

• Chair: Nitin Walia
• Vice-Chair: Alan Greenberg

1. The GNSO Council requests the ICANN org support staff to inform the SPIRT Charter Drafting Team and leadership team has been confirmed.
2. The GNSO Council thanks the members, Chair and Vice-Chair for volunteering to serve on the SPIRT Charter Drafting Team.

Motion to Approve Supplemental Recommendations for the Non-Adopted New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Recommendations

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