Topic | Entry Date | Target Date | Responsible Council Member (if applicable) | Responsible Staff member (if applicable) | Additional Notes | Status / Action Item |
Buenos Aires Meeting Planning
| 12/2 | 20/6 | David Cake / Jonathan Robinson | Glen de Saint Gery / Marika Konings | COMPLETED
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CWG To Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions | 23/1 | 24/6 | Jonathan Robinson | Marika Konings | . | The final CWG-Stewardship proposal has been submitted to the GNSO Council and will be considered for adoption at the GNSO Council meeting on 24 June.
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| CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability | 13/11 | 24/6 | Thomas Rickert | Marika Konings | Keep the Council regularly informed of developments in the CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Councilors to take on the responsibility to keep their groups informed. For further information, see https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg).
Councillors and members of the respective groups are encouraged to assist their groups to provide comments and questions during the public comment period (COMPLETED) | |
| SSAC Liaison to GNSO Council / GNSO Council liaison to the SSAC | BA wrap up session | 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 | 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. | ||
| Outstanding IGO/INGO PDP Recommendations | 26/6 | 24/6 | 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'. | Letter received from Cherine Chalaby (http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-robinson-15jan15-en.pdf) noting that the NGPC plans to talk further with the GAC and IGOs at ICANN 52 and would share any updates immediately following those meetings.
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| GAC Communique | 13/11 | 24/6 | Volker Greimann | Marika Konings | 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. | Mason Cole to prepare an update for the GAC/GNSO Consultation Group on the process to set expectations for the GAC about the Council engagement on the Communiqués. (COMPLETED - discussed as part of the GNSO-GAC meeting)
GNSO Council chair and vice chairs and Mason Cole to meet with the GAC Chair and Vice Chairs to inform them of the potential process being undertaken by the Council. (COMPLETED)
Add Stephanie Perrin to the group of volunteers, Carlos Raúl Gutierrez and David Cake in Volker Greimann's absence. Anyone who would like to join the group is welcome. (COMPLETED) Check the latest version of the template
Although the timeline has been missed for the Singapore Communiqué, finish the current template and share it with the GAC and the ICANN Board as a test exercise. Councillors are encouraged to participate via the Council mailing list. At the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires in June 2015 set definite timelines for delivering the work. |
| Remaining Items from the GNSO’s Strategic Discussion Session in Singapore / Strategic Discussion in Buenos Aires | 16/4 | 24/6 | COMPLETED Recirculate the update that Marika Konings provided (completed) and comment on the Council mailing list. | |||
| CWG on Auction Proceeds | 16/4 | 21/5 | COMPLETED Further discussion on the Council mailing list to determine the response to Steve Crocker's letter Provide written update to clarify the status of the drafting team (Jonathan) Auction proceeds will be a topic for community discussion at the High Interest Session and a separate workshop has been planned on Wednesday 24 June. Provide questions and comments for these sessions (all). | |||
| CWG on Internet Governance | 21/5 | 24/6 | Carlos Gutierrez | Convey that no objections were recorded to the interpretation of the section on observers in the CCWG IG Charter. Communicate on the mailing list that Carlos Raul Gutierrez is appointed Council liaison to the CWG. | ||
| CWG on Use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs | 21/5 | 24/6 | Heather Forrest | Lars Hoffmann | The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group to talk directly to the Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country & Territory Names as TLDs (RySG Councillors) Council to discuss the issue with the GAC – Council leaders commit to commence the communication with the GAC leadership (Chair / Staff) - COMPLETED Request guidance from the Council by posting the substantive issues to the Council list (Heather Forrest) - COMPLETED Heather Forrest to track the outcomes of the discussion and ensure that the Council is responding to the request (Heather Forrest) - In progress - request sent by Heather Call for additional GNSO participation to the Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Country & Territory Names as TLDs (Staff) - COMPLETED | |
| IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Mechanisms PDP Working Group | 21/5 | 24/6 | Phil Corwin | Mary Wong | COMPLETED Determine the scope of GNSO GAC related issues which could be worked through by the Council leaders and Staff as agenda topics for the joint GAC GNSO meetings in Buenos Aires (Chair / Vice Chairs / Staff) Topic for future Council discussion -Introduction of changes to Registry agreements through private negotiations relative to the Policy Development Process and whether this is appropriate. | |
| new gTLDs Subsequent Rounds Discussion Group | 21/5 | 24/6 | Bret Fausset | Steve Chan | COMPLETED Review documentation before Buenos Aires for discussion at the Council and discussion group meeting. | |
| GNSO Drafting Team on new ICANN Meeting Strategy | 21/5 | 24/6 | Volker Greimann | Marika Konings | COMPLETED Urgent request to provide drafting team with feedback on the initial proposal especially with regard to Meeting B before the proposals go the other Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees for comments and input. | |
| GNSO Review | 21/5 | 24/6 | Jen Wolfe | Marika Konings | COMPLETED Councillors are encouraged to review the GNSO Review report (All) Inform Staff if Stakeholder Groups/Constituencies wish to meet with the Westlake team and the GNSO Review Working Party during Constituency Day in Buenos Aires so that time slots can be arranged. | |
| SCI | 20/6 | Avri Doria | Julie Hedlund | Send note to constituencies to help fill 3 open alternate positions | ||
| IDN Variants | 20/6 | Mary Wong | COMPLETED As there is already an informal discussion group formed, Mary to resend information about the group and the progress it has made to help spur progress | |||
| Preliminary Issue Report on gTLD Registration Data Services | 20/6 | Marika Konings | Add topic to the agenda for the July GNSO Council meeting | |||
| GNSO Council Development Session | 20/6 | Glen de Saint Gery | Communicate to all groups, including NomCom that the GNSO Council development session will take place on Friday after the ICANN meeting in Dublin.
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| SSAC | 20/6 | Julie Hedlund / Steve Chan | Determine the linkage for New gTLD Work between SSAC and other groups |
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