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This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures [gnso.icann.org] v3.5, updated on 24 October 2019
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Coordinated Universal Time: 19:00 UTC: https://tinyurl.com/3u3fjdff [tinyurl.com]
12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris; 22:00 Moscow; (Friday) 05:00 Melbourne
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1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 16 June 2021 were posted on 03 July 2021.
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 22 July 2021 were posted on 06 August 2021.
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2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List [gnso.icann.org]and Action Item List.
Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes)
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In January of 2020, the GNSO Council approved an Addendum [gnso.icann.org] to the All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs PDP charter to support work related to Recommendation 5 from the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protections Mechanisms PDP. During its September 2020 Council meeting, the Council launched the IGO Work Track to operate against the Addendum, while Phase 1 of the RPMs PDP was still in operation. Phase 1 of the RPMs PDP concluded in January of 2021, with the Council adoption of all final recommendations. The Council has recognized that re-chartering is necessary before launching Phase 2 of the RPMs PDP, which leaves the IGO Work Track unattached to a PDP WG and therefore unable to develop Consensus Policy recommendations.
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Here, the Council will vote to initiate the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs and approve the EPDP Charter.
4.1 – Presentation of motion (Pam Little) Slide deck
4.2 – Council discussion
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The CSC was established in accordance with Article 17.3 (b) of the ICANN Bylaws and conducted its first meeting on 6 October 2016. On 27 September 2018, the GNSO Council approved the process for the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Effectiveness Review and appointed Donna Austin and Philippe Fouquart to serve as the GNSO representatives on the team. In the review team’s Final Report, the team concluded that the CSC is operating effectively against 14 requirements from the CSC’s Charter.
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Here, the Council will vote to approve both the method of review and the GNSO representatives for the team.
5.1 – Presentation of motion (Pam Little)
5.2 – Council discussion
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On 15 July 2021, the ICANN Board resolved that ICANN72 would be held as a virtual only event. The GNSO Council, having increased its number of meetings for ICANN71, believes it is important to start planning for ICANN72 to seek to make the meeting as productive as possible. Where as for previous virtual meetings, where the Council had limited its meeting requests to the GNSO Council meeting and PDP WG meetings, the Council added additional meetings during ICANN71 to include both a working session and a wrap-up, both of which would normally occur in a face to face ICANN meeting.
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Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))
See https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11.
Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)
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