[ALT-Plus] GNSO Council 25 Aug 2022 meeting agenda is out

[Justine Chew]

Dear all,

Just informing you of the agenda for GNSO Council's 25 August 2022 13:00
UTC meeting.

If I could just draw your attention to 2 agenda items in particular:

*Firstly, agenda item 4 - Initiation of the GNSO Guidance Process on
Applicant Support*,
Council had previously moved to initiate a *GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) on
Applicant Support to begin with. *Council vote on this motion had been
deferred from last month to allow incorporation of a proposed amended
version of the GGP initiation request document which was largely supported
by Councilors. At this August meeting, Council will vote on the motion
based on a new version of the initiation request document, which, in brief,
reflects the following changes and/or clarification:


   - A (smaller) Working Group employing a “Representative + Observers”
   model, to conduct and conclude its work, and oversight activities, in an
   efficient/effective manner while allowing for inclusive community
   participation. GNSO Council retains oversight, as with any GNSO WG. (*The
   earlier version proposed a larger Steering Group)*
   - Each AC/SG, ASO and ccNSO may appoint 1 Member to the WG, who are
   expected to represent the view of their appointing organization and may be
   called on to provide the official position of their appointing
   organization and will be responsible for participating in GGP consensus
   calls. Appointing organizations may replace their Member(s) at their
   discretion. *(The earlier version proposed 2 Members + 1 Alternate for
   each appointing org, and did not expressly specify that such appointees
   could be replaced at the corresponding appointing org's discretion)*
   - Members must either possess a level of expertise in previous
   deliberations and/or knowledge that may have been lacking during those
   initial deliberations.
   - The WG has the flexibility/discretion to rely on Subject Matter
   Experts (SMEs) in specific fields to aid in deliberations for certain
   tasks, but these SMEs will not be considered as Members of the WG.
   - The GNSO Liaison to the ODP may serve as an non-voting member of the
   WG to advise on issues discussed within the SubPro PDP.


Should it satisfy the required voting threshold, which I foresee it will,
then, at some not too distant future, a call for expressions of interest to
chair this new Working Group and an invitation for all appointing orgs to
name their respective Member appointee, will be made.

*Secondly, for agenda item 6 - Preparation for Joint Meetings at ICANN75, *
Council is preparing to meet the Board, ALAC and GAC, during ICANN75 on the
following proposed topics:

   - With Board: “What collaborative actions should the Community, Board
   and Org be undertaking to further progress achieving our strategic
   priorities?”
   - With ALAC: (1) The GNSO Council Small Team on DNS Abuse's work; and
   (2) The terms of reference for the proposed pilot Holistic Review, being a
   recommendation of the ATRT3.
   - With GAC: (1) SSAD Light; (2) Subsequent Rounds of New gTLDs; (3) DNS
   Abuse; and (4) Accuracy.

I would welcome input on whether we should replace our proposed topic (2)
the terms of reference for the proposed pilot Holistic Review, with
something else.

Note: (Donning a different hat) I am slowly finding time to review SubPro
ODP-related matters to see if there's anything that the ALAC might want to
discuss with GNSO; am still waiting on the ICANN Org's SubPro ODP Team's
release of their final update scheduled for Mon 15 Aug.



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For a curated version of the highlighted agenda items, please visit this
link
<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/GNSO+Liaison+Report%2C+post-Oct+2021#Aug2022-MOI_Aug2022>
.

*GNSO Council Meeting #8 of 2022 held on 25 Aug 2022*

*Full Agenda <https://community.icann.org/x/A4RJD>  |  Motions
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+2022-08-25>*

   - *Item 1: Administrative Matters*
   - Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
   - *Item 3: Consent Agenda*
   - *Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Initiation of the GNSO Guidance Process on
   Applicant Support*
   - Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Council Commitments Document
   - *Item 6. COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Preparation for Joint Meetings at
   ICANN75*
   - *Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - PDP Improvements Tracker - Review of
   Format *
   - *Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Revised Uniform Domain Name Dispute
   Resolution Policy (UDRP) Policy Status Report (PSR)*
   - *Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS*


If you would like to observe the meeting, please check this meeting details
link
<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/GNSO+Liaison+Report%2C+post-Oct+2021#Aug2022-Meet_Aug2022temp>
.

Thanks for reading / your consideration / your input.

Justine Chew
ALAC Liaison to the GNSO Council
GNSO Liaison Report Workspace <https://community.icann.org/x/mQK7Cg>
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