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Motions 2024-11-13

Motions 2024-11-13

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Consent Agenda

Motion to Defer for a Further 6 Months the Next Steps of Phase Two of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All New gTLDs Policy Development Process (PDP)  

Submitted by: Greg DiBiase

(updated with the friendly amendment proposed by Susan Payne and accepted by Greg DiBiase)

WHEREAS,

  1. This PDP is being conducted in two phases: Phase One focused on a review of all the RPMs that were developed for the 2012 New gTLD Program, and Phase Two will focus on issues identified in respect of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP);
  2. ICANN’s Board of Directors approved all Phase One consensus recommendations in January 2022;
  3. Discussions of the GNSO Council in its 2022 meetings indicated support to delay next steps on Phase Two and that the delay should be tied to the completion or key milestones for the Implementation Review Team (IRT) once it is launched;
  4. The Phase One IRT was launched in December 2022 with a projected end date of December 2024;
  5. During its meeting on 16 February 2023, the GNSO Council agreed to defer next steps on the RPMs PDP Phase Two for 18 months and to provide a rationale for its decision;
  6. The GNSO Council leadership posted a rationale for the decision to defer to the Council email distribution list on 04 April 2023.
  7. In October 2024, GNSO support staff advised the GNSO Council leadership of staff estimates that the implementation of RPMs Phase One would be delayed until the third quarter of 2025.
  8. The GNSO Council leadership posted [insert link] a revised rationale for the additional deferral of RPMs Phase Two on [insert date].

RESOLVED,

  1. The GNSO Council adopts the motion to defer next steps on Phase Two of the RPMs PDP – specifically the launch of a Charter Drafting Team and an updated Policy Status Report (PSR) on the UDRP to inform the Team’s work – for an additional 6-month period beginning on 17 October 2024.
  2. The GNSO Council may revise the deferral period depending on the progress of the IRT via an adopted motion.
  3. The GNSO Council leadership directs GNSO Policy Support Staff to notify ICANN org Global Domains & Strategy of the deferral.



Motion to Adopt the Charter for the Standing Committee on Continuous Improvements (SCCI) (formerly the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement [CCOICI])  

Submitted by: Greg DiBiase

Seconded by: Jennifer Chung

WHEREAS,

  1. On 16 June 2021, the GNSO Council initiated the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (“CCOICI”) Framework as a pilot to administer the GNSO’s work that is focused on structural, procedural, and process improvements, rather than policy development.
  2. The pilot handled the following assigned tasks: 1) GNSO Working Group Self-Assessment (WGSA) Requirements; 2) GNSO Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements; and 3) Assessment of Accountability Work Stream 2 (WS2) Requirements.
  3. When the pilot concluded, the Framework was reevaluated through a survey conducted by all relevant ICANN Community Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies (“SG/Cs”) during February-March 2024.
  4. The survey determined the CCOICI to be the appropriate mechanism to deal with such issues and to continue with its work following the revision of its charter focusing on the improvements to its membership structure and the decision-making process. The GNSO Council approved of this work to start in May 2024
  5. In revising the draft charter for a permanent standing committee, the Team considered elements such as scope of work and its future assignments, membership and leadership structure of the CCOICI and its Task Forces (TFs), and the decision-making methodology.
  6. The members of the CCOICI agreed to change the name of their group to the Standing Committee on Continuous Improvements (SCCI) as reflected in the charter.


RESOLVED,

  1. The GNSO Council adopts the SCCI charter.
  2. The GNSO Secretariat notifies the SCCI that the GNSO Council has adopted the SCCI charter.
  3. The GNSO Secretariat publishes the Call for Volunteers for Members, Board Liaisons, and Observers per the membership structure in the SCCI charter.



Motion – Adoption of the Expedited Policy Development Process on the Internationalized Domain Names Phase 2 Final Report and Outputs

Submitted by: Manju Chen

Seconded by: Jennifer Chung

WHEREAS:

  1. On 20 May 2021, the GNSO Council initiated the Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP-IDNs) and approved its charter.
  2. On 17 November 2022, the GNSO Council approved the Project Change Request submitted by the EPDP-IDNs Team to bifurcate its work into two phases, with Phase 1 covering topics related to top-level gTLD definition and variant management and Phase 2 covering issues pertaining to second-level variant management.
  3. On 21 December 2023, the GNSO Council adopted all sixty-nine (69) Outputs [fifty-eight (58) final recommendations and eleven (11) implementation guidance] for Phase 1 pertaining to gTLD definition and variant management, followed by the ICANN Board approving fifty-six (56) of the fifty-eight (58) final recommendations as of 7 September 2024.
  4. In December 2023, the EPDP-IDNs Team completed its Phase 2 initial deliberations that began in April 2023, aided greatly by the dedicated face-to-face workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  5. On 11 April 2024, the EPDP-IDNs Team published its Phase 2 Initial Report for Public Comment, which closed on 21 May 2024, carefully reviewed all comments received and made revisions, as appropriate.
  6. On 2 October 2024, the EPDP-IDNs Team reached Full Consensus on all of its twenty (20) final Outputs, including fourteen (14) recommendations and six (6) implementation guidance, documented in the Phase 2 Final Report.
  7. On 7 October 2024, the EPDP-IDNs Team submitted its Phase 2 Final Report to the GNSO Council for its review and action.


RESOLVED:

  1. The GNSO Council approves, and recommends that the ICANN Board adopt, all fourteen (14) final recommendations as documented in the EPDP-IDNs Phase 2 Final Report.
  2. Should the final recommendations be adopted by the ICANN Board, the GNSO Council requests that ICANN org convene an IDN Implementation Review Team (IRT), or leverage an existing IRT, to assist ICANN org in developing the implementation details for the Phase 2 final recommendations and ensure that the resultant implementation conforms to the intent of the approved recommendations. The IRT shall operate in accordance with the IRT Principles and Guidance approved by the GNSO Council in June 2015.
  3. The GNSO Council thanks the leadership, members, participants, and liaisons to the EPDP-IDNs Team for their commitment and hard work in completing the Phase 2 effort of this EPDP.


(updated as friendly - agreed upon by Greg DiBiase and Mark Datysgeld)

Motion - Initiation of a Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics

Submitted by: Greg DiBiase

Seconded by: Mark Datysgeld 

Whereas,

  1. On 16 May 2024, the GNSO Council passed amotion, requesting ICANN’s Policy Support Staff to draft a Preliminary Issue Report on Latin Script Diacritics;
  2. ICANN Staff published thePreliminary Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics for public comment on 18 July 2024, with the public comment forum closing on 27 August 2024, receiving 41 submissions;
  3. ICANN staff have reviewed the forty-one (41)public comments received and published aPublic Comment Summary Report on 10 September 2024;
  4. TheFinal Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics was delivered to the GNSO Council on 12 September 2024;
  5. ICANN Staffpresented the Final Issue Report and discussed the draft Charter with Council at the 17 October 2024 GNSO Council meeting; and,
  6. As indicated in the Final Issue Report, the General Counsel of ICANN has indicated that the topics recommended for review are properly within the scope of the ICANN policy process and the GNSO.

RESOLVED:

  1. The GNSO Council hereby initiates a PDP for Latin Script Diacritics;
  2. The GNSO Council requests that the PDP Working Group be convened as soon as possible after the adoption of the PDP Working Group Charter in order to fulfill the requirements of this PDP; and,
  3. The completion of this PDP is not a dependency for the launch of the application process for new gTLDs. The outputs of this PDP will be governed by the terms of Sub Pro Recommendations 3.6 and 3.7