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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Councilors,</span><o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please below find the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 14 March 2018 at 13:00 local time This has been posted on the
</span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/YAK8B"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GNSO Council meeting wiki page</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
and on the GNSO </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group-2Dactivities_calendar-23nov&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=pFQxlozYAm_b-YkKiVmz0XwG6RINxE6YaQNRIiF1UXc&s=lr5kHa3FU6cRqwx-VE_M9ndjoPs8Dve2w19gnTIL_u8&e="><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">master
calendar</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. The missing links will be inserted upon receipt of the requested documents, and the wiki page and master
calendar will be updated accordingly. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> </span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please note that <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">all
documents </span></strong>referenced <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access: </span></strong></span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/XgK8B"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">https://community.icann.org/x/XgK8B</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">This agenda was established according to the </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D01sep16-2Den.pdf&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=U4IBJYYYko8geLjSlTyOXbvtmoVER-_lK-PAQ64rKHs&m=55oYi9y1UeIL5juaxAkqpioz33PyWq"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">GNSO
Operating Procedures</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> v3.2, updated on 01 September 2016.<br>
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For convenience:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">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></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">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></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">10:00 Los Angeles; 13:00 Washington; 17:00 London; 22:00 Islamabad; (Thursday 15 March) 02:00 Tokyo; 04:00 Hobart<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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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></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">___________________________________</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 1. Administrative Matters (5 mins)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">1.1 - Roll Call<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-30jan18-en.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">Minutes</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> of
the GNSO Council meeting on the 30 January 2018 were posted on 16 February 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 22 February 2018 were posted on XXXXXXX<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 mins)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">Projects
List </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">and </span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">Action
Item List</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 3. Consent Agenda (0 min)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">None<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Discussion with ICANN Finance on the Draft FY19 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget (15 minutes)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The GNSO Council determined that it would provide a Council specific response (not to supersede any response from any SG/C) to certain ICANN
budget related public comments. Operating on an interim charter, the Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO) submit a public comment [INSERT LINK] to the </span></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy19-budget-2018-01-19-en"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">Draft
FY19 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> by the 8 March 2018 deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">With the public comment period closed, ICANN Finance has offered to meet with the GNSO at ICANN61 to discuss their submitted public comments,
or other finance related topics of interest to the GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Here, the Council will meet with ICANN Finance to discuss finance related items of interest to the GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">4.1 – Presentation of topic (Council Leadership)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">4.2 – Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">4.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Updated Charter for the Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance (15 minutes)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">At ICANN57 in Hyderabad in November 2016, the GNSO Council approved a motion conditioning the future participation of the GNSO as a Chartering
Organization of the CCWG on Internet Governance (CCWG-IG) upon a comprehensive review of the group’s Charter by the CCWG-IG, in accordance with the Framework of Uniform Principles for CCWGs that had been adopted recently by the ccNSO and GNSO Councils (</span></span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/uniform-framework-principles-recommendations-16sep16-en.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/uniform-framework-principles-recommendations-16sep16-en.pdf</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">).
In its resolution, the GNSO Council had noted that the CCWG-IG’s future work is expected to be subject to a clear work plan, with regular updates and clear deliverables, and had requested that, by ICANN58, the CCWG-IG was to report on its findings, which report
may include a revised charter, and the CCWG-IG was to also consider whether it will be preferable to reconstitute the group under a new structure (</span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20161107-3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions
- 20161107-3</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">). The CCWG-IG provided a written report on its 2016
activity and a draft revised Charter for the GNSO Council’s consideration on 10th March 2017 (</span></span><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-March/019816.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2017-March/019816.html</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">At its Public Meeting at ICANN58 in Copenhagen on 15 March 2017 and its joint meeting with the ccNSO Council on 13 March 2017, the Council
engaged in a discussion with the CCWG-IG co-chairs regarding the group’s reports. At the GNSO Council’s call on 18 May 2017, the Council continued its discussion of the topic as well as during ICANN59 during which it became clear that although there is strong
support to continue the GNSO’s involvement in Internet Governance, a CCWG is not considered the appropriate vehicle for such involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">On 24 August 2017, the Council adopted a </span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/kAwhB"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">motion</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> that
among other things, requested that the members of the CCWG-IG explore a framework / model that addresses the concerns expressed by the GNSO Council and then submit this framework / model for Council consideration between ICANN60 and ICANN61.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">On 22 February 2018, the Council received an update, where it was shared that the CCWG-IG was proposing to restructure itself as a Cross
Community Engagement Group. The Council was introduced to the </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/cceg-ig-16feb18-en.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">draft
charter</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> for this revised cross community group.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Here the Council, after having received an update and an opportunity to review the draft charter, will continue its discussion on the revised
structure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Rafik Dammak)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">5.2 – Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">5.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update on the GNSO Council’s input to the consultation on the Fellowship Program (15 minutes)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">On 31 January 2018, ICANN Organization’s Public Responsibility Support department launched a community-wide consultation on the Fellowship
Program, to help inform its future direction. A supplementary document was shared at that time, which included available data on Fellows, a questionnaire, and other details about the consultation process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A small group of Councilors volunteered to formulate Council’s response to the questionnaire and/or any questions about the program, by
the 30 March 2018 deadline. Here, the Council will receive an update on the progress to date.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">6.1 - Update on work to date (Rafik Dammak)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">6.2 – Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">6.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) (15 minutes)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A recommendation from the 2014 Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (“IRTP”) Part D PDP Working Group’s Final Report recommended that the GNSO
Council, in conjunction with ICANN Org, “convene a panel to collect, discuss, and analyze relevant data to determine whether [the policy updates resulting from the IRTP WGs] have improved the IRTP process and dispute mechanisms, and identify possible remaining
shortcomings.” This review was recommended to take place 12 months after the IRTP Part D recommendations were implemented.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">On 28 February 2018, ICANN Org sent a </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/irtp-to-gnso-council-28feb18-en.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">letter</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> to
the GNSO Council, noting that the updated IRTP went into effect on 1 December 2016 and therefore, the policy was in place for over 12 months. ICANN Org suggested that a Post-Implementation IRTP Status Report be generated, offering a framework for that report.
ICANN Org envisions that the report, if and when drafted, would be published for public comment. The report and a summary of public comment would be provided to the GNSO Council, for it to determine next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">If the Council agrees with the approach outlined in the letter, ICANN Org would intend to deliver the report by <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1
May 2018</span></strong> and therefore requests that Council provide feedback by <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">30 March 2018</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Here, the Council will consider the proposal and discuss immediate next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">7.1 – Presentation of topic (Jennifer Gore, ICANN Organization)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">7.2 – Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">7.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">8.1 – </span></strong></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-review-wg-report-02mar18-en.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">Update</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> from
the GNSO Review Working Group</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">See<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong></span></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">.</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">See </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 14:00<br>
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 14:00<br>
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