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GNSO Prioritization
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| ICANN org letter - EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 28 |
| GNSO Council leadership, in coordination with ICANN staff, to draft a response to the ICANN Org letter and share the draft with the Council by January
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PDP3.0 Final Report GNSO Council Additional Budget Requests (ABRs)
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Managing IDN Variants TLDs GNSO SPS 2020
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| Approval & adoption of DT's New Templates and Guidelines for the GNSO as a DP in the EC.
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| Managing IDN Variants TLDs
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| Regarding the JIG format, the small team is not ready to look at that yet. but it's on their radar. | Evolution of the Multi stakeholder Model of Governance
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- Council leadership to propose path forward to obtain clarification / provide view concerning intersection between the Name Collisions Analysis Project and SubPro PDP
- ICANN Staff to consider timing for GNSO Policy webinar (e.g., two weeks prior). ICANN Staff to consider suggested changes to slide format raised during meeting.
- Council leadership to provide guidance to SubPro PDP on how to navigate interdependent topics (e.g., assumptions doc, string similarity, IDN Variants) and potentially dependent PDPs (e.g., RPMs).
- Council leadership to draft a note to the ICANN Board on NCAP.
- SubPro/ccNSO coordination on string similarity (Jeff Neuman , Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Giovanni Seppia)
Rafik Dammak Pam Little k drazek
Additional Budget Requests
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- Councilors to consider whether existing ABRs continue to make sense and to consider whether additional ABRs should be submitted.
- Staff to add to 19 December GNSO Council meeting agenda
Addendum to the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Charter to Integrate Rec 5 From IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Final Report
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- ICANN staff to circulate a call of volunteers to see if additional members want to join the small team.
- Council & small team (Martin Valent, John McElwaine) to review edits from the GAC by the end of November 2019 and to provide a final Addendum for a vote on the December 2019 Council meeting.
- Staff to schedule small team call
- GNSO Councilors to ask additional questions and/or provide comments about the proposed charter addendum on the GNSO Council list before 13 January 2020.
- GNSO Council small team, in consultation with the GNSO Council leadership, to finalize the charter addendum and submit the final version to the GNSO Council no later than 13 January 2020
EPDP phase 1 recommendations
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- Council to, in consultation with the EPDP team, write communication to ICANN Board and seek to secure board support for Rec #12.
- Councilors to reach out to their respective SG/Cs to help inform the drafting of the letter to the Board; seek to finalize by 29 July 2019. If the need arises, Council leadership to convene small team to help further develop the letter.
- Councilors to work to complete the letter, which may include integrating elements such as: When the letter references that some Councilors having dissenting views, that the group holding those dissenting views are identified. Add clarity about the ask of the ICANN Board (e.g., confirm that the Board and Council have a common understanding).
- Rafik Dammak to confirm when recommendation one, purpose 2 will be expected to be discussed by the EPDP phase 2
- Council (via its Liaison to the EPDP Team) to draft note in order to consult with the EPDP Team to determine how best to address Board concerns, which the Council has suggested could affirm the recommendation by providing new, or highlighting existing rationale, and providing implementation guidance that may mitigate concerns expressed by the ICANN Board. This consultation may serve as a consideration for Council’s engagement with the ICANN Board at ICANN66, if available.
- Council leadership to draft proposed implementation guidance, which can follow the guidance related to the administrative contact.
- GNSO Chair to communicate the Supplemental Recommendation to the ICANN Board, including the vote result of the GNSO Council Supermajority supporting the Supplemental Recommendation
k drazek Pam Little Rafik Dammak
Marika Konings Nathalie Peregrine
Confirmation GNSO appointee CCWG Auction Proceeds Status colour Green title COMPLETED
- ICANN Staff to inform the Chair and support staff of the CCWG Auction Proceeds the confirmation of Anne Aikman-Scalese as on the GNSO appointees
GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration
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- ICANN Staff to inform the Empowered Community Administration the confirmation of Keith Drazek as the GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration
GNSO Council review of the GAC Communique and response to the Board
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- Council volunteers to review GAC Communique and prepare response to the ICANN Board (Volunteers: Julf, Michele, Tatiana, Tom).
- ICANN Staff to send the GNSO Council response to the GAC Communique to ICANN Board cc-ing the GAC Chair and GAC support staff
Approval of the amended IANA Naming Function SLA regarding IDN tables & LGRs in IDN Practices Repository
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- GNSO Chair will work on a joint communication with the ccNSO Council to inform the CSC that the SLA change request: new SLA for publication of LGRs has been approved and should now be implemented.
ICANN67 prep
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- Council leads to circulate potential plenary session topics to Council list for input prior to 4 December 2019.
- Confirm GNSO Council dinner ICANN67 Sunday 8 March 2020
GNSO Approval Action on Fundamental Bylaws Amendment re IANA Naming Function Review Composition
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- ICANN Staff to provide required notice of the impending email vote and subsequently, to conduct the email vote starting on the 25 November 2019.
- GNSO Chair send results to the EC Admin no later than the 28 November 2019
- GNSO Secretariat to circulate results to SG and C chairs.
SCBO - call for volunteers
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- Councilors to work with their respective SG/Cs to confirm membership by 15 November 2019
SSC - reminder about appointments
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- Councilors to work with their respective SG/Cs to complete appointments by 29 November 2019
2018 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items
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- Council to consider whether existing mechanisms provide for sufficient opportunity to conduct “emergency” consultations to allow for GNSO Chair to gather input on certain topics and/or decisions that need to be taken.
- Council members to provide leadership team with feedback on leadership team’s performance & actions on a regular basis.
- Current Council Chair (Heather Forrest) to provide report at the end of her term outlining main challenges / concerns / recommendations in fulfilling the role.
- Council to consider whether Council leadership should have a contract / letter of appointment that would outline role, responsibilities and expectations.
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New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Project Change Request
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Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP Project Change Request
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ICANN67
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Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget
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2020 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items
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The role and responsibilities of the GNSO Council as a member of the Empowered Community
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PDP3.0 Improvements
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SPS Survey
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2019 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items
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Role and responsibilities of GNSO more broadly |
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Changes to GNSO Operating Procedures and related governance documents to facilitate participation in Empowered Community
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- Council leadership to reach out to SG/C leadership to notify them of the changes made to the GNSO Operating Procedures and the requirements for SG/Cs to develop supporting procedures and processes.
- Staff to work on first draft of templates for motions related to EC powers as highlighted in the staff report (see https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-revisionsgnso-op-procedures-bylaws-staff-report-16may17-en.pdf).
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What does Council need/want to achieve in 2018, and how to do this?
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- Donna Austin to share comments on scheduling of cross-community discussions with the GNSO Council.
- Staff to keep project timing planning document up to date and share it with the Council prior to every ICANN meeting to facilitate review and oversight of timelines. Explore whether there is a more dynamic way in which the document can be publicly shared.
- Council leadership to reach out to leadership of Curative Rights and Reconvened WG on RCRC to see whether it is feasible to deliver Final Reports within 6-month timeframe.
- Council leadership to notify ICANN Board with regards to PDPs that are expected to deliver to finalize their report shortly so that concerns or issues can be raised prior to GNSO Council consideration.
- Council leadership to request update from GNSO-appointed members to RDS Review Team at upcoming GNSO Council meeting.
- Council to explore mechanisms and tools for monitoring / reviewing costs related to PDP WGs with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness
- Council members to review framework for post-implementation reviews and provide input. Council leadership to add this to an upcoming Council meeting agenda to continue this discussion. Council to consider forming a small group of volunteers to work with staff on further developing the framework.
2019 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items
Other
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- Council leadership team to send “thank you” note to Becky Burr for her presentation and James Bladel for his facilitation assistance.
- Council to seek to map out timing elements for utilizing the nine powers held by the EC. Consider if and how an emergency community consultation mechanism can be integrated. (Note: the GNSO Bylaws Drafting Team is in the midst of addressing this item. Target for delivery date is post-ICANN65)
- Council to go through examples/scenarios to see how the EC powers can be utilized. This should include going down into the SG/C level of detail. (see DT Timeline and Background Documents)
- For the section 3.6 Speaking at Meetings of the GNSO Operating Procedures, Council to consider revising this section since it is not strictly enforced.
- Council leadership and staff to consider documenting the internal operating procedures of the leadership team. Create a Chair/Vice-chair handbook, to help understand role and responsibilities.
- Council leadership to make the Council meeting planning document public, to both help Councilors stay informed about upcoming topics, but to seek their input for meeting preparation.
- Staff to investigate if the GNSO can serve as a Slack guinea pig in the already existing pilot effort within ICANN org. The use of Slack would be incumbent on a review of this platform first to understand how its threads would be archived and what level of access ICANN org would have to privileged or private communications between members. The GNSO Council will discuss whether document drafting can take place in Slack, but because the Council highly values transparency and accountability, the Council agreed that documents would need to be circulated on the archived email list to ensure that they are properly incorporated into the public record.
- Council leadership to liaise with the Nominating Committee to understand from Appointees and Panelists, what works, what does not within the process, and better understand how the selection process takes place. Councilors to investigate how NCAs can be better informed; identify what communications they might not be receiving.
PDP 3.0 - General Discussion on three Improvements (#2, #5, & #13)
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- Staff to prepare a comparison table for the proposed Working Group models, which could include several factors: membership eligibility, operating procedures, decision-making, communicating decision-making, urgency/timing (e.g., prioritization). Consider creating pros/cons as well.
PDP 3.0 - Sub-group presentation and wrap-up
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- Small group of Councilors to continue work of the sub-groups to make specific PDP 3.0 implementation recommendations. Council to agree to working methods. (Action Item taken on board by the PDP 3.0 small team)
Role and responsibilities of Council Liaisons
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- Council to consider whether Consensus Policy Implementation Framework (CPIF) needs to be reevaluated as it relates to guidance for Council liaisons to IRTs, avoiding relitigation of policy issues, and escalation of issues (noting that the Policy & Implementation recommendations adopted in 2015 state that the recommendations, including the CPIF, should be evaluated after at most 5 years). (Action Item taken on board by the PDP 3.0 small team)
- Council to consider options for enhancing the WG participation model, including terms for participation that members must agree to. (Action Item taken on board by the PDP 3.0 small team)
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- Council to form a small team to work on the definitions in the Project Timing Document in relation to definitions of priority and level of effort.
- Staff to update Project Timing Document to try and incorporate suggestions from Councilors.
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2018 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items
- As part of PDP 3.0, Council to establish PDPs Chair(s)/ liaisons communication / reporting timelines and requirements to Council.
- Council to consider adding request for website upgrade to the Council comment to the FY20 budget.
- Council to consider how to better understand the specific resourcing needs of PDP WGs (e.g., SCBO to meet with PDP leadership in August of every year).
Lunch with the Board
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- Council leadership to follow up on status of RPMs litigation threats.
- Council leadership to get Council input on the Board initiatives for discussion in Kobe.
- Staff to identify what are low-hanging fruit in the PDP 3.0 implementation plan. Prioritize/color-code. Identify dependencies (e.g., reporting is needed prior to evaluation).
- Recurring: Small team of Councilors / Council leadership to report progress of PDP 3.0 at each Council meeting. Establish project plan for implementation for PDP 3.0. (Action Item taken on board by the PDP 3.0 small team)
- In order to better prioritize work, need to know capacity of Council, community, staff, Staff to get existing information from Berry Cobb about average commitment and Council to see if that can be utilized, leveraged, and/or updated.
- Reviewed prior version from 2017 and must be refreshed to be useful
- Staff to check if ICANN legal has looked into the insurance for WG members question.
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Other Council Related Action Items
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