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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please below find the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 29 November 2018 at 12:00 UTC.<b> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Final GNSO Council Agenda 29 November 2018
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/lwHVBQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">
https://community.icann.org/x/wRVpBQ </span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">This agenda was established according to the
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a><span style="color:black"> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">For convenience:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7;vertical-align:baseline">
An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7;vertical-align:baseline">
An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC: </span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yaojzutp"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/yaojzutp</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 1. Administrative Matters (5 mins)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="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>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/minutes-council-27sep18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a><span style="color:black"> of the GNSO Council meeting on the
25 September 2018 were posted on the 13 October 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Minutes </span>
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-1-24oct18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">part I</span></a><span style="color:black"> and
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-2-24oct18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">part II
</span></a><span style="color:black">of the GNSO Council meetings on the 24 October 2018 were posted on the 12 November 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#1155CC">Projects List
</span></a><span style="color:black">and </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#1155CC">Action Item List</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 3. Consent Agenda (5 minutes)
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/lQHVBQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">Motion</span></a> to adopt the GNSO Council response to the GAC Communiqué.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/lQHVBQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">Motion</span></a> for the confirmation of GNSO representative to the Empowered Community Administration.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (15 minutes)</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
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The IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP WG had worked to resolve a final recommendation relating to IGO jurisdictional immunity and registrants’ rights to file court proceedings. The WG has determined consensus on a set of options for
this final recommendation, as well as for all other recommendations. The WG Chair proposed his determination of consensus levels for all recommendations, which the WG affirmed. On 27 June 2018, the GNSO Council passed a
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201806"><span style="color:#1155CC">resolution</span></a><span style="color:black">, thanking the PDP WG for its efforts and requesting that it submit its Final Report in time for the 19 July 2018
Council meeting.<br>
<br>
After having agreed on consensus levels for its final recommendations, the WG considered the text of its Final Report. On 9 July 2018, the PDP WG submitted its
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/igo-ingo-crp-access-final-17jul18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a><span style="color:black"> to the GNSO Council for its consideration, which contains five consensus recommendations
and three minority statements, documenting their disagreement either with one or more of the final recommendations or other parts of the Final Report.<br>
<br>
There remain several inconsistencies between GAC advice and consensus recommendations from the IGO-INGO PDP WG, which have yet to be reconciled, including on the topic of appropriate protections for IGO acronyms (both preventative and curative). During its
19 July Council meeting, the Council </span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201807"><span style="color:#1155CC">resolved</span></a><span style="color:black"> to accept the Final Report from the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Mechanisms
PDP Working Group and has begun considering the topic of curative rights protections for IGOs in the broader context of appropriate overall scope of protection for all IGO identifiers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">On 9 October 2018, the Council held a question and answer webinar to review the recommendations and to ask itself a series of questions, 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)?; 2) Has the PDP followed due process?; and 3) Did the PDP Working Group address GAC advice on the
topic?<br>
<br>
A motion to consider the Final Report was originally on the 24 October 2018 Council meeting agenda but was withdrawn due to concerns around both the process followed by the PDP, as well as the substance of the PDP WG’s recommendations. Council leadership and
staff have developed a summary document [INSERT LINK WHEN READY] that lists issues raised by Councilors, options available, and potential considerations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Here, the Council will consider the options available and discuss appropriate next steps. <br>
4.1 – Presentation of topic (Council Leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">4.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Temporary Specification for Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process - Recurring Update (25 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">On 19 July 2018, the GNSO Council </span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20180719-2"><span style="color:#1155CC">resolved</span></a><span style="color:black"> to initiate the Expedited Policy Development Process
(EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data and adopt the EPDP Team
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/temp-spec-gtld-rd-epdp-19jul18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Charter</span></a><span style="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>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Here, the Council will receive an update from the GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">5.1 – Update (Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP and EPDP vice-chair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">5.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – ICANN Reserve Fund (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">The ICANN Reserve Fund was created in 2007 with a target level set at a minimum of 12 months of Operating Expenses. It has been funded through operational excesses. Over the past years, ICANN's operations have grown, its risk profile
has evolved, and withdrawals have been made to fund the IANA stewardship transition expenses.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">On 6 March 2018, ICANN Org sought </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-replenishment-2018-03-06-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">public comment</span></a><span style="color:black"> on the Reserve Fund replenishment
strategy, to bring the Reserve Fund to its minimum target level of 12 months. </span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">During the 25 October 2018 meeting of the ICANN Board, two resolutions were adopted to transfer funds to the Reserve Fund. The
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-10-25-en#2.c"><span style="color:#1155CC">first</span></a><span style="color:black"> transferred US$3,000,000 from the Operating Fund. The
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-10-25-en#2.f"><span style="color:#1155CC">second</span></a><span style="color:black"> allocated US$36,000,000 of auction proceeds to the Reserve Fund. Several Council members expressed
concern that auction proceeds were utilized for this purpose, diminishing the pool of allocatable funds available to the recommendations of the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Here, the Council discuss potential issues and determine if any remedial actions may be necessary at the Council level.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">6.1 – Presentation of topic (Council Leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">6.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">6.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
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<b><span style="color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Discussion of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Policy Status Report (15 minutes)<br>
</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
The Consensus Policy Implementation Framework (CPIF) provides guidance to ICANN org and the community for implementing policy. However, there is minimal guidance in this document or in other documentation around the review of implemented policies adopted by
the GNSO Council. In some cases, a review is explicitly mandated as an element of the PDP WG’s recommendations to the Council, but in some cases, the recommendations are silent in this respect.<br>
<br>
ICANN org, in consultation with the Council, prepared a draft framework on the approach for post-implementation reviews of Council adopted policy recommendations. The framework provides guidance on a number of questions (e.g., When should a review be initiated
when there is no PDP recommendation to do so? What triggers should initiate a review? What are the expected outcomes of the review? Etc.).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">During its 26 April 2018 meeting, the Council tentatively agreed to have ICANN org conduct a review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP). ICANN org utilized the draft framework for conducting the post-implementation review
of the IRTP. On 14 November 2018, ICANN org </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/irtp-status-2018-11-14-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">published</span></a><span style="color:black"> the IRTP Policy Status Report for public comment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black"><br>
Here, the Council will receive an update on the report, discuss its initial reactions, and consider next steps.
<br>
<br>
7.1 – Presentation of materials (Brian Aitchison)<br>
<br>
7.2 – Council discussion<br>
<br>
7.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (10 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">8.1 - Update on the Council Strategic Planning Session</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">8.2 - Permanent GNSO representative to the Fellowship Selection Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">See </span>
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">See </span>
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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