Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access: https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/x/HxlpBQFsqeBg
This agenda was established according to the GNSO Operating Procedures v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018
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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 the 19 July 2018 were posted on the 17 August 2018
Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 26 August 2018 were posted on the 03 September 2018
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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 Item List
Item 3. Consent Agenda (15 minutes)
Approval of the 2018 slate of members and liaisons on the Customer Standing Committee (see membership here: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/nguyen-to-forest-sataki-07sep18-en.pdf)
Motion: https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/x/IxlpBQHsqeBg
Approval of the approach for the CSC Effectiveness Review and for Donna Austin and Philippe Fouquart to represent the GNSO in this review.
Motion: https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/x/IxlpBQHsqeBg
Acceptance of the Standing Committee on Budget and Operations’ (SCBO) After Action Report.
Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Approval of the CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report (10 minutes)
The Cross Community Working Group on Accountability, Work Stream 2 (CCWG-Accountability WS2), focused on addressing accountability topics that may be resolved after the IANA Stewardship Transition. In March of 2018, the CCWG-Accountability WS2 completed itsFinal Report, for which it soughtpublic comment. Comment received did not result in any substantive changes to the Final Report. On 24 June 2018, at ICANN62, the CCWG-Accountability WS2 held its final meeting, thus concluding its work.
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Here, the Council will vote to adopt the Final Report of the CCWG-Accountability WS2.
4.1 – Presentation of motion (Heather Forrest)
4.2 – Council discussion
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Following discussions around possible ways of reconciling inconsistent GAC advice and GNSO policy recommendations relating to National Society names of the Red Cross Movement and the two names of the international components of the Movement (http://sched.co/9xr2), the ICANN Board passed a resolution requesting that the GNSO Council initiate the process outlined in Section 16 of the GNSO’s Policy Development Process (PDP) Manual, which sets forth the requisite steps for amending policy recommendations that have been approved by the GNSO Council but not yet approved by the ICANN Board (https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/prelim-report-2017-03-16-en#2.e.i). The Board’s request related to the 190 Red Cross National Society names and the two international movement names and a limited defined set of their variants.
On 03 May 2017, the Councilresolvedto initiate the Section 16 process as requested by the Board, which resulted in the limited reconvening of the original PDP on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs.
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Here, the Council will vote to adopt the Final Report of the Reconvened WG.
5.1 – Presentation of motion (Heather Forrest)
5.2 – Council discussion
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On 7 November 2016, the GNSO Council adopted the charter for the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross Community Working (CCWG), where it determined it would serve as a Chartering Organization. The objective of the CCWG is to develop a proposal(s) for consideration by the Chartering Organizations. The CCWG charter includes a series of guiding principles that the CCWG is expected to take into account and lists 11 charter questions for the CCWG to answer in the course of its work.The Council appointed GNSO members to the CCWG and Erika Mann as the GNSO co-chair to the CCWG.
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On 19 July 2018, the GNSO Council resolved to initiate the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data and adopt the EPDP Team Charter. Given the challenging timeline for the EPDP and the GNSO Council’s role in managing the PDP process, the Council has agreed that including a recurring update on the EPDP for each Council meeting is prudent.
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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)
See https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf
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