Motions 2022-07-21

CONSENT AGENDA

Nomination of an Interim Member on the ICANN Fellowship Selection Committee

Submitted by: Philippe Fouquart

Seconded by: Tomslin Samme-Nlar

Whereas,

1. The ICANNFellowship Selection Committee is responsible for assessing all applications for the ICANN Fellowship Program and determining which applicants best meet the Applicant Selection Criteria.
2. The member appointed by the GNSO, Heather Forrest, has indicated that she is unable to complete the remainder of the current two-year term, which ends in April 2023.
3. The GNSO Chair suggested to the GNSO Council that a member of the GNSO leadership team serve as an interim representative in this role and put forward Sebastien Ducos’ name for the role.
4. GNSO Council members expressed support for this interim arrangement.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council nominates Sebastien Ducos to serve as the Fellowship Selection Committee for the remainder of the current term, ending April 2023.
2. The GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Secretariat to communicate resolved #1 to staff supporting the ICANN Fellowship Program.
3. The GNSO Council thanks Heather Forrest for her service on the Fellowship Selection Committee and Sebastien Ducos for stepping into this role on an interim basis.

CONSENT AGENDA

GNSO Council Motion to Approve the GNSO Council Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board regarding the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) 

Submitted by Philippe Fouquart

Seconded by John McElwaine

Whereas:                                                                                                     

1. On 15 June 2022, the GNSO Council approved unanimously the five Full Consensus recommendations from the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP)  on  Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs;
2. On 11 July 2022, as required under the ICANN Bylaws, a GNSO Council Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board on the approved EPDP recommendations was submitted to the GNSO Council for its consideration.

Resolved:

1. The GNSO Council approves the Recommendations Report and instructs the GNSO Secretariat to transmit the report to the ICANN Board and communicate the outcomes from the GNSO Council’s decisions as appropriate.

 

Initiation of the GNSO Guidance Process on Applicant Support (DEFERRED to the August 2022 meeting)

Submitted by: Philippe Fouquart

Seconded by: Sebastien Ducos 

Whereas,

1. In February 2021, the GNSO Council approved the consensus Affirmations, Recommendations, and Implementation Guidance (collectively referred to as "Outputs") of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) PDP.
2. In September 2021, the ICANN Board directed the ICANN og to organize the resources required to begin work on an Operational Design Phase (ODP) and the ODP launched on 3 January 2022.
3. The ICANN org ODP Team identified a concern related to the Applicant Support topic, where the SubPro Final Report envisioned that a dedicated Implementation Review Team (IRT) would be responsible for performing substantive work; the ODP Team submitted a set of questions to the GNSO Council, asking whether the work required to implement Applicant Support may be beyond the scope envisioned for IRTs.
4. The GNSO Council responded to the ODP Team, communicating that it would explore avenues to perform work as envisaged by the SubPro Final Report.
5. The GNSO Council discussed and agreed that the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) would serve as an appropriate mechanism in order to provide additional guidance to support eventual implementation efforts.
6. The GNSO Council further agreed that the GGP should be limited to the single topic of Applicant support, with an allowance to add additional scope to the GGP subject to Council vote.
7. On 13 July 2022, the GGP Initiation Request was submitted to the GNSO Council. 

 

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council approves the GNSO Guidance Process Initiation Request and initiates the GGP.
2. The GNSO Council directs staff to:
1. communicate the results of this motion to the GNSO SG/Cs as well as ICANN SO/ACs and invite them to identify Members for the Steering Group following the Steering Group composition described in the initiation request;
2. communicate the results of this motion to the ICANN Org GDS Team and invite them to identify at least one (1) staff liaison for the Steering Group; and
3. launch a call for expressions of interest seeking interested candidates to Chair the Steering Group.