Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 1 September 2016
Please note that all documentsreferenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page forconvenience and easier access:https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/x/MBWsAwMJWeBg
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures, approved and updated on 24 June 2015.
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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 21 July 2016 2016 to be approved on 27 August 2016.
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2.1 – Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List and Action List
Item 3: Consent agenda (5 minutes)
3.1 – Confirm dates for selection of GAC-GNSO liaison (motion passed on 30 June 2016) based on updated ICANN57 meeting dates: https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/displayspaces/gnsocouncilmeetings/pages/111055578/Motions+30+June+2016
Motion as passed, with dates to be updated highlighted as indicated below:
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4.1 – Presentation of the motion (Amr Elsadr)
4.2 – Discussion
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5.1 – Presentation of the motion (James Bladel)
5.2 – Discussion
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Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Next Steps for the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance (10 minutes)
The Charter for this Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) was ratified by the ccNSO Council (September 2014), the GNSO Council (October 2014), and the ALAC (April 2015). The ratified Charter provides that the CCWG scope includes doing “whatever it deems relevant and necessary to facilitate and ensure engagement and participation of the ICANN community in the global Internet governance scene and multi-stakeholder decision-making processes”, with regular monthly updates to be provided to its Chartering Organizations and a periodic Progress Paper where appropriate. The Charter also provides that the Chartering Organizations should review the Charter and CCWG deliverables in order to determine whether the group should continue or be dissolved, with the proviso that the CCWG will continue if at least two of its Chartering Organizations extend the Charter and notify the other Chartering Organizations accordingly.
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On 10 July, the GNSO Council requested that the ICANN Board Finance Committee and the CCWG-Accountability co-chairs conduct a webinar to brief the Council and broader GNSO community on the Proposed Cost Control Mechanisms and the CCWG-Accountability’s request for the GNSO Council to validate the proposed FY17 budget for the CCWG-Accountability (https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/bladel-to-bfc-ccwg-accountability-chairs-10jul16-en.pdf). The proposed budget and costs had been reported to the GNSO Council on 21 June ( https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdf9L4CYla9NEmsg18841.pdfhtml). The requested webinar took place on 24 23 August. Here the Council will discuss the CCWG-Accountability’s request for the Council to validate the proposed FY17 budget in light of the further information provided during the webinar (recording and slides available at https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p8fu99qpt7d/).
8.1 – Status update (James Bladel)
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10.1 – Discussion of note from Chris Disspain on status of IGO acronyms protection work (https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-listsen/archives/council/docxwBd6RaeZsW.docxcorrespondence/disspain-to-gnso-council-22aug16-en.pdf)
10.2 – Confirmation of Council liaisons to the the Translation & Transliteration of gTLD Contact Data PDP, IRTP-C PDP and , IRTP-D PDP and GNSO Review Working Group
10.3 - Discuss any specific concerns Councilors may have regarding the timeline Timeline for GNSO Chair/Vice-Chair elections leading up to and at ICANN57 (see proposed timeline shared via email) to be shared following meeting – Councillors encouraged to share any questions / concerns with mailing list
10.4 Proposed Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Code
Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)
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