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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Darcy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rafik, as GNSO Council to the EPDP team, will provide the update to the Council.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Darcy Southwell <darcy.southwell@endurance.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 9:54 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: [council] Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 27 September 2018 at 04:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It makes a great deal of sense for the EPDP Chair to join for that portion of our meeting. Is Kurt able to attend?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Darcy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:38 AM Nathalie Peregrine <<a href="mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org" target="_blank">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please below find the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 27 September 2018 at 04:00 UTC.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">FINAL GNSO COUNCIL AGENDA 27 SEPTEMBER 2018</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">This agenda was established according to the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D30jan18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=fZ1v_3iSNIv2qnXaJmAe7bIkV98l5cNv-Tt2XZpMGuo&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">GNSO
Operating Procedures</span> [gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">For convenience:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 04:00 UTC: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_y9663p2o&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=N5dQ32s9fPkYSHyx_46VlE1s_NneJuMK1prONlSJtxM&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://tinyurl.com/y9663p2o</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 1. Administrative Matters (5 mins)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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[gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 19 July 2018 were posted on the 17 August 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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[gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> of the GNSO Council meeting on the 26 August 2018 were posted on the 03 September 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (15 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_project&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=Fdau1LvM3OF23FDa-3zLJpW7H7tWwoNBcesMUu7SxQE&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Projects
List </span> [gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">and </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Action
Item List</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 3. Consent Agenda (15 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Approval of the 2018 slate of members and liaisons on the Customer Standing Committee (see membership here: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_correspondence_nguyen-2Dto-2Dforest-2Dsataki-2D07sep18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=GkH9GeeJtFJli69o3BOH1NwAExRAd7XrtvFy_pjreu8&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/nguyen-to-forest-sataki-07sep18-en.pdf</span>
[icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Motion: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IxlpBQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://community.icann.org/x/IxlpBQ</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Approval of the approach for the CSC Effectiveness Review and for Donna Austin and Philippe Fouquart to represent the GNSO in this review.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Motion: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IxlpBQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://community.icann.org/x/IxlpBQ</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Acceptance of the Standing Committee on Budget and Operations’ (SCBO) After Action Report.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Approval of the CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report (10 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">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 its</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_ccwg-2Dacct-2Dws2-2Dfinal-2D27mar18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=n4ecCJuYFya0NGMOAOdQqpw_7QyJL9DLdt-HzTiaVns&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Final
Report</span> [icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">, for which it sought</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_ccwg-2Dacct-2Dws2-2Dfinal-2D2018-2D03-2D30-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=VTnJJrKzXTAAmA2Sje7R1YnpCB-3G_BKlVUTGN4v7sE&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">public
comment</span> [icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">. 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The CCWG-Accountability WS2 anticipates that all of the chartering organizations must consider the recommendations and approve them prior to ICANN Board consideration and possible adoption.
During its July 2018 meeting, the GNSO Council received an update from Co-Chair Thomas Rickert, who indicated that the CCWG-Accountability hopes that Chartering Organizations will adopt the Final Report prior to the ICANN63 meeting. Subsequently, the Council
discussed the Final Report, to determine if there are any likely challenges anticipated in adopting the Final Report at its September Council meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Here, the Council will vote to adopt the Final Report of the CCWG-Accountability WS2.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">4.1 – Presentation of </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IxlpBQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">motion</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> (Heather
Forrest)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as a Chartering Organization of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the Final Report on the Protections for Certain Red Cross Names in All gTLDs Policy Amendment Process (15 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">(</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sched.co_9xr2-29&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=D8t87K4hFccqJr9iV9eF6sxEOf7B7mDa0azegdvdacY&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">http://sched.co/9xr2</span>
[sched.co]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">, 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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">(</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_board-2Dmaterial_prelim-2Dreport-2D2017-2D03-2D16-2Den-232.e.i-29&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=ZcXU5OV183PpwsjXPG7vIK5r7fPvHvv9sdHiz5IO-Ns&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/prelim-report-2017-03-16-en#2.e.i</span>
[icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333">). The </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">On 03 May 2017, the Council</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_resolutions-23201705&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=9Hs5WzFDYV-sJHV85lLqWY9dhZiQXsTV6sF2W505Ipg&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">resolved</span>
[gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">to 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The Reconvened WG began its deliberations on 14 June 2017 and published its Initial Report on 21 June 2018. After considering comments received, the WG made changes as applicable and completed
its Final Report, which it delivered to the GNSO Council on 6 August 2018. The GNSO Council considered the report on its 16 August 2018 meeting, but the motion was deferred to September.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Here, the Council will vote to adopt the Final Report of the Reconvened WG.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">5.1 – Presentation of </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IxlpBQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">motion</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> (Heather
Forrest)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">5.2.1 - Does the Council believe that the PDP has addressed the issues that it was chartered to address (i.e. What questions/topics was the Working Group chartered to consider, did it consider
those charter topics/questions, and did it do so in a legitimate way)?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">5.2.2 - Has the PDP followed due process?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">5.2.3 - Did the PDP Working Group address GAC advice on the topic?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">5.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: Supermajority)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as outlined in ICANN’s Bylaws as the GNSO ‘shall be responsible for developing and recommending to the Board substantive policies relating
to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities of the GNSO as set forth in these Bylaws’ (Art.11.1).</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process of the ICANN Bylaws.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE – new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG (10 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">On 7 November 2016, the GNSO Council adopted the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/DJjDAw" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">charter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The CCWG has met on a regular basis, generally every two weeks, and is currently in the process of finalizing its s Initial Report for publication.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Here, the Council will receive an update on the progress of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">6.1 - Council update (Erika Mann)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">6.2 - Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">6.3 - Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL UPDATE – Temporary Specification for Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process - Recurring Update (15 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">On 19 July 2018, the GNSO Council </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_resolutions-2320180719-2D2&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=9e8Jk64z38bGIUxntqhA19Ia9vAQXFl0ebO7rgLzMas&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">resolved</span>
[gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> to initiate the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data and adopt the EPDP Team </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_default_files_file_field-2Dfile-2Dattach_temp-2Dspec-2Dgtld-2Drd-2Depdp-2D19jul18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=o54HE-13MCNgHL1arP15lGN8oPXeNhxBEar6bopeDAE&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Charter</span>
[gnso.icann.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">. 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Here, the Council will receive an update from the GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">7.1 – Update (Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP and EPDP vice-chair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">7.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">7.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">8.1 - ICANN63 planning</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">8.2 - Standing Selection Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">8.2.1 - ATRT3 nomination review</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">8.2.2 - Fellowship Program - Input for two-year outreach and promotion goals and selection of ICANN Fellowship Program Selection Committee Members</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">8.4 - Next steps for the IGO-INGO Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP WG Final Report</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">See </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_governance_bylaws-2Den_-23article11&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=qL87jOK31EozOiowkUXFBI8pcKHZxnyf1LZN_MB8Tr8&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">See </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_default_files_file_field-2Dfile-2Dattach_op-2Dprocedures-2D30jan18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=0u_qPuCwdDV45BDrABXEAjSk-Bw8COiWbJYC5CQ8MeQ&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">References for Coordinated Universal Time of 04:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">California, USA (PDT) (-1 day) UTC-7 21:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">San José, Costa Rica (CST) (-1 day) UTC-6 22:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 00:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 01:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 01:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 05:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">DST starts/ends on Sunday 28 of October 2018, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) for EU countries and on Sunday 4 of November 2018 for the US.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">For other places see </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.timeanddate.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=vnlS5zhAFzTyvfunFtPOIlYXfIg_bVixNGo_qO9diHU&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">http://www.timeanddate.com</span>
[timeanddate.com]</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> and </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#172B4D"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_y82s88vu&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=3Ve3lVAjFCHmIjS7A82bmtpz7GY7MnI69CH08ThTp28&s=K-52xXxnzvh1WKbHNrqiK4fVViPyDa08RlpFFDZttYw&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">https://tinyurl.com/y82s88vu</span>
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