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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please find the updated agenda for the GNSO Public Council meeting today, 9 March 2016. The main changes are in the order of the items and the time allotted for
each item.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in Marrakech 9 March 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This agenda was established according to the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">GNSO
Council Operating Procedures,</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> approved and updated on 24 June 2015.<br>
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For convenience:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in
<u>Appendix 1</u> at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in
<u>Appendix 2</u> at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Coordinated Universal Time: 13:30 UTC<br>
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05:30 Los Angeles; 08:30 Washington; 13:30 London; 15:30 Istanbul; 00:30 Hobart <br>
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<b>GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast</b><br>
To join the event click on the link: </span><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">___________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 1: Administrative matters (5 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.1 – Roll call</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.2 – Updates to Statements of Interest</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.3 – Review/amend agenda.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.4 – Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<br>
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<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-18feb16-en.htm"><span style="color:windowtext">Minutes</span></a> of the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">meeting of the GNSO Council
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">on 18 February 2016 were posted as approved on 6 March 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (5 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2.1 – Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Projects
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Action
List</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 3: Consent agenda (5 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3.1 – Approve appointment of co-chairs for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process Working Group (co-chairs: Stephen
Coates, Avri Doria, Jeff Neuman; Council liaison: Paul McGrady)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 4: VOTE – Approval of Proposed Approach for Implementing Recommendations from the GNSO Review (5 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As part of ICANN's Bylaws-mandated periodic review of its structures, the ICANN Board's Structural Improvements Committee (now known as
the Organizational Effectiveness Committee) appointed Westlake Governance as the independent examiner to conduct the current review of the performance and operations of the GNSO. A GNSO Working Party, chaired by former Councillor Jennifer Wolfe and comprising
representatives of all the GNSO's Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, was formed to consult with Westlake over the design and conduct of the review. Westlake's Draft Report was
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en"><span style="color:windowtext">published</span></a> for public comment on 1 June 2015. Following feedback received, including from the GNSO Working Party, Westlake published its
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">Final Report</span></a> on 15 September. The Working Party reviewed all the recommendations to develop guidance for the GNSO Council and ICANN Board in relation to the implementability and prioritization of the recommendations.
The Council received a <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-gnso-council-update-21jan16-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">written update</span></a> from the Working Party chair on 29 January, and the Working Party’s proposed Implementation and
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-feasibility-prioritization-25feb16-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">Feasibility Analysis</span></a> was sent to the Council on 28 February.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here the Council will review the Working Party’s Implementation and Feasbility Analysis, and vote on its adoption as well as agree on next
steps in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+March+2016">
<span style="color:windowtext">motion</span></a> (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Approval of Charter for a PDP Working Group to review all RPMs in all gTLDs (15 minutes)</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 18 February 2016, the GNSO Council voted unanimously to initiate a new Policy Development Process (PDP) to review all Rights Protection
Mechanisms (RPMs) in all gTLDs (see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20160218-3)">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20160218-3)</span></a>. At that meeting, a small group of Councilors volunteered to review the draft Charter for the PDP Working Group, with a view to submitting an updated Charter
for the Council’s review and approval at the Marrakech meeting. The draft Charter had been based substantially on the approach recommended in the Final Issue Report, published on 11 January 2015 (see
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/rpm-final-issue-11jan16-en.pdf)">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/rpm-final-issue-11jan16-en.pdf)</span></a>. This recommended that the GNSO Council proceed with a two-phased PDP, with the first phase focused on a review of the RPMs developed for the
New gTLD Program and the subsequent, second phase on a review of the longstanding Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). A Working Group Charter typically also sets out the scope of work for the PDP Working Group and includes a list of topics identified
previously by the community for the Working Group to consider including as part of its work. Here the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Council will consider the updated draft
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-26feb16-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">Charter</span></a> and vote on its adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.1 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+March+2016">
<span style="color:windowtext">motion</span></a> (Phil Corwin) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5.3 – Council vote (voting threshold:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 6: VOTE – Approval of Recommendations from the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (55 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the course of discussions over the IANA stewardship transition, the community had raised concerns about ICANN's accountability, given
ICANN's historical contractual relationship with the United States government. The community discussions indicated that existing ICANN accountability mechanisms do not yet meet some stakeholders' expectations. As the US government (through the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA)) has stressed that it expects community consensus on the transition, this gap between the current situation and stakeholder expectations needed to be addressed. This resulted in the
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">creation</span></a> of a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg"><span style="color:windowtext">CCWG-Accountability</span></a>) of which the GNSO is a chartering
organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In May 2015, the CCWG-Accountability published an initial proposal regarding its work on Work Stream 1 for public comment. Following
significant changes made as a result of feedback received, the CCWG-Accountability
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-2015-08-03-en">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">published</span></a> its Second Draft Proposal for public comment in August 2015. With the assistance of further community input, including from the ICANN Board, and discussions at several sessions during
ICANN54, the CCWG-Accountability made further adjustments to its draft recommendations, resulting in its Third Draft Proposal that was
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-2015-11-30-en">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">published</span></a> for public comment on 30 November 2015.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Concurrently, the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) – the community group formed to consolidate the various proposals
relating to the IANA stewardship transition submitted by the Internet communities affected by the issue –
<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-10-29-en"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">announced</span></a> after ICANN54 that it had completed its task. However, before the ICG can send its consolidated proposal to the NTIA via
the ICANN Board, it needs confirmation from the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">CWG-Stewardship</span></a>)
that its accountability requirements have been met by the Work Stream 1 recommendations from the CCWG-Accountability. In this regard, the CWG-Stewardship had submitted a public comment to the CCWG-Accountability which, while noting that several of the CCWG-Accountability's
latest recommendations adequately satisfied the CWG-Stewardship's requirements, nevertheless highlighted a number of points that in its view merited further attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Following a Special Meeting on 14 January 2016, the GNSO Council had approved a <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-council-to-ccwg-accountability-22jan16-en.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">letter</span></a> setting
out its response to the recommendations in the Third Draft Proposal. This was sent to the CCWG-Accountability on 22 January.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In response to the community input to its Third Draft Proposal, the CCWG-Accountability reworked some of its draft recommendations, resulting
in a Final Supplemental Proposal that was sent to all its Chartering Organizations on 23 February (see <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ccwg-accountability-delivers-report-to-chartering-organization"><span style="color:windowtext">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ccwg-accountability-delivers-report-to-chartering-organization</span></a>).The <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/8w2AAw"><span style="color:windowtext">Supplemental
Final Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations</span></a> has the consensus support of the CCWG-Accountability, and contains five minority statements (see revised Appendix A, circulated to all Chartering Organizations on 25 February).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 29 February, the GNSO Council held a Special Meeting that included all the GNSO representatives to the CCWG-Accountability. The purpose
of the meeting was to receive initial feedback from all the GNSO’s Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and to identify any remaining issues of concern that may require further discussion amongst the GNSO community. For its discussions on whether and how
to adopt the Supplemental Final Proposal, the GNSO Council followed a specific agreed approach
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">[INSERT LINK]</span>. Here the Council will review the final comments from of all its SG/Cs, and, taking into account further discussions occurring during ICANN55, vote on whether or not to adopt the recommendations
from the CCWG-Accountability as set forth in the Supplemental Final Proposal. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.1 – Update (Thomas Rickert, GNSO co-chair of the CCWG-Accountability)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.2 – Presentation of the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+9+March+2016">
<span style="color:windowtext">motion</span></a> (James Bladel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.3 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6.4 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 7: DISCUSSION – RDAP Implementation (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Building on previous advisories, ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) had recommended the replacement of the longstanding
WHOIS protocol in SAC051 (see <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-en.pdf)">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-en.pdf)</span></a>. In October 2011, the ICANN Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-28oct11-en.htm#5">
<span style="color:windowtext">directed</span></a> staff </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">to produce, in consultation with the community, a roadmap for the coordination of the technical and policy discussions
necessary to implement the recommendations outlined in SAC 051. The Roadmap was published in 2012 (see
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-roadmap-04jun12-en.pdf)">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-roadmap-04jun12-en.pdf)</span></a>. Also in 2012, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) chartered the WEIRDS (Web Extensible Internet Registration Data Services) working
group, which concluded its work in early 2015 with the publication of several specifications defining the behavior of the Registry Data Access Protocol (RDAP), a standardized replacement for WHOIS. ICANN-accredited registrars subject to the 2013 Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (RAA), registry operators from the 2012 New gTLD round and several other gTLD registries are contractually obligated to deploy RDAP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In February 2014 the ICANN Board adopted the GNSO Council’s recommendations for a new Consensus Policy that would require the provision
of “thick” WHOIS services for all gTLD registries. The GNSO Implementation Review Team that was formed for the Thick Whois Policy Implementation agreed with the proposal of ICANN staff to synchronize implementation of the policy with the adoption of RDAP. On
3 December 2015 ICANN staff published a draft RDAP Operational Profile for public comment (see
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rdap-profile-2015-12-03-en)"><span style="color:windowtext">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rdap-profile-2015-12-03-en)</span></a>. Public comments will be received through 15 February 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Some concern has been expressed as to the policy implications of adopting RDAP in view of a number of other parallel efforts with potential
cross-cutting impact, such as the recent initiation by the GNSO Council of a PDP for a Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS (see
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201511)"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201511)</span></a>. Following an expected discussion with ICANN’s Global Domains Division staff overseeing the RDAP implementation
during the GNSO Weekend Sessions at ICANN55 on the policy bases for RDAP, the linkage to Thick WHOIS, and the RDAP Operational Profile requirements, the Council will now consider next steps and any further actions that may be advisable at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7.1 – Update (James Bladel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7.2 – Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 8:</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
Open Microphone (10 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 9: Any Other Business (5 Minutes)<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">_________________________________</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO
Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Annex
A</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">): requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of GNSO Supermajority.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than
two-thirds (2/3) of one House.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve an amendment
to the Charter through a simple majority vote of each House.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for significant
cause, upon a motion that passes with a GNSO Supermajority Vote in favor of termination.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">h. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires
that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">j. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that
"a two-thirds vote of the council" demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be modified
or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority vote.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one House
and a majority of the other House."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">GNSO
Operating Procedures 4.4</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.4.1 Applicability<br>
Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures.<br>
a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);<br>
b. Approve a PDP recommendation;<br>
c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;<br>
d. Fill a Council position open for election.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting's adjournment.
In exceptional circumstances, announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide reasonable
means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become available.<br>
4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.)<br>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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