Topic | Entry Date | Target Date | Responsible Council Member (if applicable) | Responsible Staff member (if applicable) | Additional Notes | Status / Action Item |
Singapore Meeting Planning
| 16/10 | 7/2 | Volker Greimann / Jonathan Robinson | Glen de Saint Gery / Marika Konings | Councillors are encouraged to provide input on the mailing list and/or to ICANN staff as soon as possible on proposed topics for the GNSO weekend working sessions in Singapore. Add session on Board/GNSO EWG Process WG to agenda for weekend session. Consider role of Council in possible changes to Tuesday format for SG meetings with the ICANN Board.
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CWG To Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions | 23/1 | 31/1 | Jonathan Robinson | Marika Konings | . | Councillors to ensure that all Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups are informed of both the deadlines and timescales as well as the inter-relationship between the IANA Stewardship Transition Working Group and the Accountability Working Group through the co-chairs of these groups liaising. |
| CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability | 13/11 | 15/1 | Thomas Rickert | Marika Konings | Keep the Council regularly informed of developments in the CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. For further information, see https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg). | |
| SSAC Liaison to GNSO Council / GNSO Council liaison to the SSAC | BA wrap up session | 15/1 | Jonathan Robinson | Julie Hedlund | ON HOLD Jonathan to explore with Patrik Falstrom the options for a SSAC liaison to the GNSO and/or visa versa. | |
| Issues for the SCI - voting thresholds | 6/6 | 15/1 | Avri Doria / Alan Greenberg | Marika Konings | ON HOLD Alan and Avri volunteered to scope out the issue of voting thresholds in relation to implementation changes to adopted PDP recommendations for Council review. The Council will consider at a future meeting whether or not to refer this item to the SCI for further review. | |
| Issues for the SCI - amendments to motions | 6/6 | 15/1 | Jonathan Robinson | Marika Konings | ON HOLD Jonathan volunteered to lead the discussion on common understanding of amendments to motions on the Council list as well as the role of the maker & seconder of motions. The Council will consider at a future meeting whether or not to refer this item to the SCI for further review. | |
| Expert Working Group Final Report | 26/6 | ongoing | Jonathan Robinson | Marika Konings | The Expert Working Group published its Final Report on 6 June (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-06jun14-en.pdf) as part of the Board initiated PDP on the Purpose of gTLD Registration Data. An informal group has been formed at the invitation of the Board to consider next steps (see http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ewg-process-wg/). | Schedule update from Susan Kawaguchi, chair of the Board-GNSO EWG Process Working Group during the GNSO Weekend Working Session. Susan to share any preliminary documents as work in progress with the Council. Meeting notices to be sent to Council mailing list so that those interested can observe the meetings of the Board-GNSO EWG Process Working Group. Note, the next meeting is scheduled for 8 January. For further information, please see https://community.icann.org/x/9SnxAg). |
| Outstanding IGO/INGO PDP Recommendations | 26/6 | 15/1 | Thomas Rickert | Mary Wong | In June 2014, the NGPC wrote to the GNSO Council 'with an update on the ongoing work in response to the GNSO policy recommendations regarding Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs and the advice from the GAC in its Buenos Aires Communiqué addressing the same topic'. Furthermore the letter noted that 'the NGPC is considering available options to reconcile the differences at issue, including recommending that the ICANN Board reject the conflicting GNSO policy advice (pursuant to the procedure established in the Bylaws). However, before the NGPC recommends any course of action, the NGPC wanted to provide an update to the GNSO to highlight the concerns, and to give the GNSO an opportunity to consider modifying the elements of the approved policy recommendations in accordance with the procedure established in the GNSO Operating Procedures'. | Awaiting feedback from NGPC to GNSO Council letter to determine next steps. Staff to pursue this issue internally with the appropriate staff to find out when a response can be expected. Anticipate update in Singapore. .
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| Board Working Group Report on Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom) | 5/9 | 9/1 | Tony Holmes | ICANN posted for public comment the report prepared by the Board Working Group on Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom). The Board welcomes input from the community on the BWG-NomCom report as the recommendations in the BWG-NomCom report have potential effects on the NomCom structure. The recommendations would result in an increase in the number of appointees from ccNSO and ASO and a reduction in the GNSO appointees. GAC representation could increase at GAC discretion. Overall, the size of the NomCom would increase from 21 to 25-27 individuals. Deadline for comments is 21 October, followed by a reply period which is due to close on 13 November. The GNSO Council received an update from George Sadowsky during its 5 September meeting. | COMPLETED Council statement was adopted and submitted to public comment forum (see http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-bwg-nomcom-21aug14/msg00017.html). | |
| New GAC Leadership | 16/10 | 15/1 | Jonathan Robinson | Send letter to Heather to thank her for her work and letter to Thomas to welcome him to his new position. | ||
| Name Collision | 15/10 | 15/1 | Jonathan Robinson | Steve Chan | In the 30 July 2014 resolution the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN Board directed staff to "provide information to, and work with the GNSO to consider whether policy work on developing a long-term plan to manage gTLD name collision issues should be undertaken." Staff provided a paper to the GNSO Council on this topic that was presented and discussed during the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles (see https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-gnso-policy-07oct14-en.pdf) | Council to send a draft letter to Cyrus Namazi and his team, well in advance of the Singapore meeting, February 2015, indicating that the Council views the topic of name collision as being potentially open for policy development work but that it is too early to determine this.
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| Skill sets for the Nominating Committee | 16/10 | 15/1 | Jonathan Robinson | The NomCom would appreciate receiving a skill set summarizing the GNSO Council's expectations for the 2 positions on the Council the 2015 NomCom is recruiting for. Ideally, the NomCom would need to receive feedback by 19 November in order to include it in the materials that will be used to announce the next round. | COMPLETED Input submitted to Stephane van Gelder, Chair of the NomCom | |
| GAC Communique | 13/11 | 11/12 | Volker Greimann | During the GNSO Council Development Session in Los Angeles, the Council discussed a proposal for dealing with GAC advice: The timing of GAC Advice and how that fits into the policy making cycle as current cycle is problematic as GAC advice is developed in parallel to policy making efforts going on as well as during discussions at ICANN meetings. GAC Advice is often a mixture of policy and implementation, which should be reviewed and parsed by the GNSO since otherwise, it draws the Board into implementation. Typically, the GNSO never responds to the GAC Advice. A possible approach is for the community (led by the Council) to separate GAC Advice into issues of policy and implementation and then to come up with a GNSO response. Consideration of this approach could be a topic for discussion at the first GNSO Council meeting after an ICANN meeting. Policy advice could be further broken down into “in scope” and “out of scope” topics for ICANN policy and thereafter, what, if anything, the GNSO plans to undertake to address policy topics identified. This approach will permit the Board to then go back to the GAC to indicate what policy issues are being worked on. Dealing with the communiqué is a suggested topic for discussion in the joint GAC-GNSO meeting during ICANN 52. The Council had an initial exchange of views on this topic during its meeting on 13/11. |
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| Board resolution concerning future gTLD Application Rounds | 11/12 | 15/1 | Jonathan Robinson | Steve Chan | On 17 November 2014 the ICANN Board adopted a resolution the planning for future gTLD application rounds. As part of its action, the Board acknowledged the effort and progress within the GNSO to identify areas where the GNSO believes that policy advice can be clarified or where it wishes to provide additional policy advice applicable to future application rounds. Furthermore, as requested in the GNSO Council’s June 2014 resolution, the Board provided input into the GNSO Council’s discussion to identify areas that the Board believes may be appropriate for discussion in an evaluation of the current gTLD application round and for possible adjustments for subsequent application procedures. | Share with the Council the staff document that tabulates the areas the Board believes may be appropriate for discussion in an evaluation of the current gTLD application (COMPLETED). Council members to provide input on the document. |
| Letter to the GAC sub-working group on geographic names from the CWG on Country and Territory Names | 11/12 | 15/1 | Heather Forrest | Lars Hoffmann | COMPLETED Inform the CWG on Use of Country & Territory Names as TLDs that the Council expresseed no objection to the submission of the letter to the GAC sub-working group. |
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