ICANN71 | ccNSO Members Meeting

ccNSO GOVERNANCE SESSION
Tuesday, 15 June 2021 | (07:00-08:00 UTC)

Session Chair: David McAuley

ICANN71 marks the 3rd ccNSO Governance Session, building on the previous sessions at ICANN69 and ICANN70. The goal of this ICANN71 session is to consult the ccNSO membership on the proposed high level structure of the revised Members Rules of the ccNSO. The new Rules will have a direct impact on the governance structure of the ccNSO, specifically on the respective roles and responsibilities of the Council and ccNSO membership.The current internal ccNSO Member Rules were adopted in 2004, and since then the ccNSO has evolved: on the one hand it went from 40+ to 172 members, and on the other hand the ccNSO evolved from an organisation with limited scope and mandate to being one of the five Decisional Participants. The results of the session will provide the basis for further work on the new Rules, which will be presented during ICANN72.

• IMPORTANT INFORMATION from David McAuley, regarding updating the ccNSO Internal Rules.
  David is session chair for the ICANN71 ccNSO Governance Session. He is also chair of the GRC sub-group working on the new set of rules for the ccNSO.

Q&A WITH ccTLD-RELATED ICANN BOARD MEMBERS
Tuesday, 15 June 2021 | 10:30-12:00 UTC

Session Chair: Jordan Carter (.nz)

The ccNSO-appointed ICANN Board members, Patricio Poblete and Nigel Roberts, have been invited to attend a question and answer session and to share their experiences as Board members. Also invited are ICANN Board members with a long standing association with the ccTLD community: Becky Burr, Danko Jevtović, and Lito Ibarra.

ccNSO POLICY SESSION
Wednesday, 16 June 2021 | 10:30-12:00 UTC

Two ccNSO Policy Development Process Working Groups will provide an update on their progress to date and seek input from the ccTLDs and other community members present on their proposals:

• The ccPDP3 Working Group, which develops a review mechanism for decisions pertaining to delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of ccTLDs has - among others - identified the decisions that should be subject to a review mechanism, and is currently exploring the requirements for the review mechanism itself.
• The ccPDP4 Working Group on the (de) selection of Internationalised Domain Name ccTLD strings is steadily making progress reviewing and updating the criteria, procedures and documentation of the process for the selection of IDN ccTLD strings

• ccPDP4-IDN consultation

The Working Group has compiled a brief document with the core criteria that will be discussed. Read more here. 
You will have an opportunity to ask questions for clarifications.  Moreover, the Working Group will seek feedback from the audience regarding separate elements that determine the direction of travel.

• ccPDP3 on Retirement of ccTLDs

During this session, the ccTLD and broader communities will have an opportunity to learn more about the proposed policy regarding ccPDP3 on the retirement of country code top-level domains, which will now go into the decision-making phase. At its 17 June 2021 meeting, the ccNSO Council is expected to discuss and vote on the recommendation to adopt the proposed policy on the Retirement of ccTLDs (ccPDP3-RET), as developed by the ccPDP3-Retirement Working Group. If approved, the recommendation will be put forth to the ccNSO members to vote on. 
Voting in the first election round is expected to start on Wednesday, 7 July 2021 (00:01 UTC) and will close on Wednesday, 28 July (23:59 UTC).  At least 50% of the ccNSO members need to lodge their votes, and at least 66% of the members need to vote in favour. Only if the recommended Retirement Policy gets approved by the ccNSO members, the policy recommendations will be presented to the ICANN Board of Directors for their consideration.  A heads up regarding the upcoming member vote has been posted here.

CSC/IANA SESSION
Wednesday, 16 June 2021 | 14:30-15:30 UTC

A CSC/IANA update to the community will be held to inform the ccTLD and gTLD registry operators (and other interested stakeholders) about the latest with respect to the IANA Naming Function and CSC. This would be the first time since ICANN66, that the CSC, and IANA staff would meet with the direct customers of the IANA Naming Function, namely the ccTLD and gTLD registry operators. Goal of the session is to inform the community about the current state of affairs and what direct customers can expect in the near future. 

ccNSO STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE 
Thursday, 17 June 2021 | 08:00-09:00 UTC

The ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC) regularly holds joint meetings with its counterpart in the GNSO, the SCBO. The groups previously discussed their respective rankings of ICANN org’s Operating Initiatives and Functional Activities.  One of the topics the SOPC will discuss at its ICANN71 meeting is to further improve and repeat this exercise in future. Moreover, the SOPC meets with the ICANN org Planning Team on what the community may expect over the next couple of months in terms of planning- and finance topics.
 
About the SOPC
The aim of the Committee is to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN and PTI's strategic and operational planning processes and related budgetary processes.

ccNSO COUNCIL 
Thursday, 17 June 2021 | 12:30-14:00 UTC

The ccNSO Council will have its 174th meeting at ICANN71 on 17 June 2021. All Council meetings are open to observers. 

Highlights from the upcoming Council meeting:

• Adoption policy recommendations for ccPDP3 regarding the retirement of ccTLDs
• Decision on the ccNSO Council Work Plan for the next 2 years, and transition towards quarterly work plans.
• Finalizing ccNSO part of implementation of the second ccNSO organisational review recommendations
• How to organize the continuous organizational improvement process, with a potential expanded role for the ccNSO Guidelines Review Committee (GRC).