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The Next Meeting of the GNSO Council will be held on
| 15 29 January | GNSO Council Teleconference | 1812:00 UTC |
Agenda for the GNSO Council Teleconference on 15 29 January 2015 at 1812:00 UTC.
GNSO Council meeting audio cast
To join the event click on the link:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u
Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 29 January 2015 is published on page:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-29jan15-en.htm
Item 1: Administrative matters (5 mins)
1.1 Roll Call
1.2 Statement of interest updates
1.3 Review/amend agenda
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 11 December 2014 will be posted as approved on xxxxx 2015 and the minutes of the 15 January 2015 Council meeting will be posted as approved on XXXX 2015
Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)
Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics
Include review of Projects List and Action List.
Comments or questions arising.
Item 3: Consent agenda (5 mins)
3.1 – Approve request for extension of timeline for Issue Report on Rights Protection Mechanisms
3.2 – Approve formation of informal community group to review IDN Implementation Guidelines and approve draft GNSO Council letter in response to these.
Item 4: UPDATE – Cross Community Working Group to develop a transition proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions (30 mins)
The CWG has been chartered to develop a proposal on Naming Related Functions for the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal and has been meeting for 2 hours every week since its creation with a goal of delivering a final proposal by the end of January 2015. The January 2015 target date is driven by the request for proposals from the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG). It is by now clear that the January target date will not be met and that a new target needs to be agreed.
A number of sub-groups were formed to progress work on the different elements of the ICG Request for Proposals and a face-to-face meeting was run in mid-November 2014. A draft proposal was published for community comment on 1 December 2014 and the public comment period has since closed. An intensive work weekend followed on 10 & 11 January 2015 which attempted to systematically review inputs from the public comment.
Given the deadlines and associated intensity of the work of the CWG as well as the need for the GNSO as a chartering organisation to approve the proposal, it is relevant for the Council, and through it the GNSO, to receive a full update and to have the opportunity to discuss the work of the CWG. This item will provide an update, create the opportunity for discussion and empahsise the need for the GNSO to be informed about the work of this important group.
4.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)
4.2 – Discussion
4.3 – Next steps
Item 5: Update: Planning for ICANN meeting in Singapore – key direction & themes (10 mins)
5.1 Update – Volker Greimann
5.2 Open issues / Discussion
5.3 Actions arising
Item 6: Any Other Business (5 mins)
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Minutes: to be provided when available here
Agenda from last Meeting Jan 15th 1800 UTC.
Item 1: Administrative matters (5 mins)
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MP3 recording of the GNSO Council teleconference held on Thursday, 11 December 2014 at:
http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-20141211-en.mp3; the Adobe chat transcript at :http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-11dec14-en.pdf; Also see page`http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#dec
Agenda for the GNSO Council Teleconference held 11 December 2014 at 15:00 UTC.
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"Ahead of the official Council minutes, the following resolution was passed at the GNSO Council meeting on 13 November 2014.
Adoption of a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
Whereas,
1. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has requested that ICANN “convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition
the U.S. government stewardship role” with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management.2. During discussions around the transition process, the community raised the broader topic of the impact of the change on ICANN's accountability given its historical
contractual relationship with the United States and NTIA. Accountability in this context is defined, according to the Netmundial multistakeholder statement[1], as the
existence of mechanisms for independent checks and balances as well as for review and redress.3. The concerns raised during these discussions around the transition process indicate that the level of trust into the existing ICANN accountability mechanisms does
not yet meet some stakeholder’s expectations. Considering that the NTIA has stressed that it was expecting community consensus regarding the transition, this gap
between the current situation and stakeholder expectations may prevent the transition to proceed.4. A DT was formed with participants, amongst others, from the ccNSO, GNSO, ASO and ALAC to develop a charter for a Cross Community Working Group on
Enhancing ICANN Accountability.5. The DT delivered the proposed charter for consideration to all the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees for consideration
(see: http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf)Resolved,
1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter
(http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf) and appoints Thomas Rickert as the GNSO Council liaison and GNSO
co-chair to the CWG.2. Each GNSO Stakeholder Group will identify one member for the CWG by 20 November taking into account the charter requirement that best efforts should be
made to ensure that members:· Have sufficient expertise to participate in the applicable subject matter
(see for example https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-faqs-2014-08-22-en#12 for areas identified for expertise);· Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG on an ongoing and long-term basis; and
· Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns of individuals in the organization that appoints them.
3. The GNSO will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call for participants to join the CWG, each in accordance with its own rules.
[1] http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETmundial-Multistakeholder-Document.pdf
GNSO Council Development Session- 17 October 2014
GNSO Council Development Session – Held onsite at ICANN Offices in LA, FULL REPORT WILL BE LINKED HERE when released from Draft status and approved by GNSO Council
In general though the purpose was a combination of 'team / leadership training' as well as to discuss the the role and purpose of the GNSO Council, and for the GNSO leadership / councillors to provide their views and expectations as to what they would like to see from the Council in the coming year.
Primary Objectives of the meeting was to
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| 16 October | GNSO Wrap Up | 12:00 PDT | Transcript |
GNSO Council Meeting - 15 October 2014
Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+15+October+2014
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Item 11: Any Other Business (5 mins)
11.1 GNSO Review update (Jennifer Wolfe)
GNSO Council Meeting - 24 September 2014
Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+25+September+2014
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DISCUSSION – The report of the ICANN Board Working Group on the Nominating Committee: The Board Working Group on Nominating Committee (BWG‐NomCom) is charged with performing the review called for in Recommendation 10 of the Nominating Committee Review Finalization Working Group, addressing issues of the size and composition of the Nominating Committee, as well as the related issues of NomCom’s recruitment and selection functions. The Board Working Group on Nominating Committee has recently published its report. The general feeling was that the Council might well want to comment, but would wait for the reply period to allow it first to see any Constituency/SG comments.
GNSO Council Meeting - 04 September 2014
Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+04+September+2014
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Jonathan did mention in passing that he intended to put his name forward again.
GNSO Council Meeting - 24 July 2014
Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+24+July+2014
Motions: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+24+July+2014
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Minutes: - Not yet available
Items meriting ALAC/At-Large focus: The Business Constituency of the CSG has made a proposal for a standing CWG on accountability of the ICANN Board - see last item of this report.
MOTION – A proposed modification of the GNSO’s consensus recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers: On 10 November 2013 the PDP Working Group (IGO-INGO PDP WG) delivered its Final Report to the GNSO Council that included twenty-five consensus recommendations of the WG. On 20 November 2013 the GNSO Council unanimously adopted all twenty-five consensus recommendations of the IGO-INGO PDP WG and forwarded them to the ICANN Board in January 2014 with a recommendation for their adoption.
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John Berard mentioned that the Business Constituency has proposed that s STANDING cross-community group be formed on ICANN accountability and transparency. The recommendation can be found starting at the 4th paragraph on page 7 of the BC Comment on Enhancing ICANN Accountability,
GNSO Council Meeting - 25 June 2014 - London ICANN meeting
Agenda: http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-gnso-council/agenda-gnso-council-25jun14-en
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Minutes: NOT YET AVAILABLE
Items meriting ALAC/At-Large focus:
The GNSO approve the creation of a discussion group to start the post-mortem of the new gTLD program. Although it is still ongoing, it is felt that it is important to start the discussion while issues are still fresh in our minds. The outcomes would likely (or perhaps) feed into a later PDP to revise the program. This is a very interesting idea and deserves support and participation from At-Large.
In light of the GAC approving the concept of having a Liaison from the GNSO on a 1 year trial bases, such a Liaison will be recruited.
Based on the Letter from the NGPC, at its next meeting, the GNSO will consider re-opening the IGO/INGO to address the two specific issues addressed in the letter (extended notification of IGO acronyms (but apparently no claims notice) and permanent protection of a limited number of RC/RC country names from unauthorized use.
Following the meeting, the GAC Communique was issued telling the Board that the RC/RC decision must NOT be subjected to, or conditioned upon, a policy development process.
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DISCUSSION – A cross-community working group to develop a transfer process for the IANA stewardship role: A proposal was made in Singapore for the formation of a Cross-Community Working Group (CWG) to work on transition of the IANA stewardship function from the NTIA and an early stage initial draft of a charter for such a CWG was circulated. An invitation to participate in a drafting team to has been drafted and sent to all ICANN SO & ACs.
GNSO Council Meeting - 05 June 2014
Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+5+June+2014
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Minutes: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-05jun14-en.htm
Items meriting ALAC/At-Large focus: Nothing out of the ordinary. A productive meeting which again kept to schedule!
MOTION – Close the work on WHOIS Studies and discuss any appropriate next steps: The last of a series of studies on WHOIS, commissioned by the GNSO, were recently completed and published. The results of these studies may be useful to the ongoing work on WHOIS, both in the GNSO and elsewhere in the ICANN community (e.g. the Expert Working Group on gTD Registration Data Directory Services). The motion to close this phase of Whois policy work was passed unanimously.
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Any Other Business: I called attention to the statement I submitted to the Public Comment on Board member compensation, and suggested that if anyone agrees, posting additional comments would be appreciated.
GNSO Council Meeting - 08 May 2014
Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+8+May+2014
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Minutes: - NOT YET AVAILABLE
Items meriting ALAC/At-Large focus: The decision on Spec 13 was a critical one. Although it explicitly is not to be taken as a precedent, it is allowing the implementation of something that was explicitly not allowed in the original new gTLD Policy Recommendation.
Consent agenda: Former GNSO Councillor Mikey O’Conner has resigned from the Data and Metrics for Policy Making non-PDP working group. The Council confirms the new Chair and Co-Chairs for the Data and Metrics for Policy Making non-PDP working group, namely Jonathan Zuck (IPC) as Chair as well as Rudy Vansnick (NPOC), Olevie Kouami (NPOC) and Cheryl Langdon-Orr (At-Large) as Co-Vice-Chairs. Confirmation of Avri Doria as member of the GAC / GNSO Consultation Group and replacement for Mikey O’Conner.
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The SIC envisages that once a final report is issued and the Board takes action on it, as appropriate, the GNSO Review Working Party will coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation Plan and champion implementation of improvement activities.
Update – Work on IDN Variants: IDN variants cannot be introduced into the root zone until a set of uniform Label Generation rule sets (LGRs) have been developed for each identified script and integrated into a uniform mechanism for permissible variant TLD labels. ICANN’s IDN Variant Project is a multi-phase program that is currently working on the creation of these LGRs. ICANN staff will provided a brief primer on IDN variants and the Project, in order to ensure that the Council is informed and to facilitate deeper understanding of the issues and possible solutions. The presentation will be appended here once distributed.
GNSO Council Meeting - 26 March 2014 Singapore ICANN meeting
Agenda: http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-gnso-council/agenda-gnso-council-26mar14-en
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Minutes: http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-gnso-council/minutes-gnso-council-26mar14-en
Items meriting ALAC/At-Large focus: The largest issue of import to the ALAC and requiring action is the CCWG on CCWGs. ALAC MUST participate actively.
MOTION - To approve the charter for a cross community working group to develop a finalised framework of operating principles for future CWGs: The GNSO Council previously approved a set of initial draft principles relating to the formation and operation of cross community working groups (CWGs) and directed ICANN staff to solicit feedback on the principles from the other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SO/ACs). The GNSO Council then approved the formation of a Drafting Team to develop a Charter for a new CWG to take forward and synthesize the initial work of the GNSO and ccNSO feedback, and to develop a final framework of operating principles that can function effectively across all SO/ACs relating to the formation, operation, decision making and termination of future CWGs (the “Final Framework”). The Drafting Team, co-chaired by the ccNSO and GNSO, has now completed its work on a proposed charter for this new CWG. The GNSO Council approved the proposed charter.
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The RAA includes language that allows ICANN to temporarily suspend enforcement of the data retention provisions. As this situation has now been ongoing for over six months, pending a resolution of the issue, there is desire among registrars that ICANN should suspend enforcement for any registrar requesting a waiver.
GNSO Council Meeting - 27 February 2014
Agenda: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-27Feb14-en.htm
Motions: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+February+2014
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Minutes: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-27feb14-en.htm - NOT YET AVAILABLE
Items meriting ALAC/At-Large focus: There were no decision items on the agenda, but some very good discussions. Listening to Sally Costerton's Internet Governance overview is worthwhile listening to. The briefing starts at about 10 minutes into the MP3 and runs for about 45 minutes (25 for the briefing and the rest for questions/comments). The translation/transliteration section is also worthwhile (although of less general interest) and quite short. The discussion on the strategy panels also merits review.
UPDATE & DISCUSSION – International Internet Governance Issues: Discussions and activity relating to international Internet Governance issues are attracting a great deal of attention in ICANN and related groups. This item is on the agenda to provide an opportunity for discussion within the Council about how this impacts the role and work of the Council and mindful of the scope and remit of the Council, what action the Council should or could be taking. The update was done by Sally Costerton and was a (relatively successful) attempt to summarize all of the Internet Governance issues and putting them into perspective.
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UPDATE & DISCUSSION – GAC Engagement – the work of the Joint GAC / GNSO Consultation Group: An update and presentation of the recently agreed up charter for the group. The charter can be found at http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gac-gnso-cg/attachments/20140212/c6e3f7b6/GAC-GNSO-final-0001.pdf.
GNSO Council Meeting - 23 January 2014
Agenda: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-23Jan14-en.htm
Motions: None
MP3: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-20140123-en.mp3
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Minutes: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-23jan14-en.htm
Items requiring ALAC/At-Large focus: CCWG Drafting team membership. Membership of Metrics and Reporting WG (name to be changed).
Opening Remarks - Chair, Review of Action Items: The new CCWG Drafting Team is about to kick off with the first meeting as soon as a week from now, so membership is crucial.
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