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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 find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 20 February 2020 at 21:00 UTC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="mso-margin-top-alt:24.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:23.0pt;color:black">Draft GNSO Council Agenda 20 February 2020</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<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/0A_JBw"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/0A_JBw</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:l1 level1 lfo5;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:l1 level1 lfo5;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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">GNSO Council meeting held at 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 21:00 UTC:
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/ttpt6f9"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/ttpt6f9</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">13:00 Los Angeles; 16:00 Washington DC; 21:00 London; (Friday) 02:00 Islamabad; (Friday) 06:00 Tokyo; (Friday) 08:00 Melbourne </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#333333">GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Listen in browser:
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Listen in application such as iTunes:</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01.m3u"><span style="color:#0052CC">http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01.m3u</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="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>
<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 1: Administrative Matters (10 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/policy/2019/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-19dec19-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Minutes</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">
of the GNSO Council meeting on the 19 December 2019 were posted on 02 January 2020</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2019/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-23jan20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Minutes</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">
of the GNSO Council meeting on the 23 January 2020 were posted on 10 February 2020</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 (5 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><span style="color:black">.
<i>Note, the review of the Projects List will be a substantive agenda item for this Council meeting.</i></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 (0 minutes) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adoption of the PDP 3.0 Implementation Final Report (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">The PDP 3.0 Small Team has completed thirteen (13) out of fourteen (14) PDP 3.0 improvements and has delivered four packages to the GNSO Council.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2019-August/022965.html"><span style="color:#0052CC">Package one</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">, on improvements 1, 2, 3, and 6 was delivered on 13 August 2019.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2019-September/023075.html"><span style="color:#0052CC">Package two</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">, on improvements 11, 12, 14, and 16 was delivered on 25 September
2019. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2019-October/023185.html"><span style="color:#0052CC">Package three</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">, on improvements 5 and 13 was delivered on 22 October 2019.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2019-November/023292.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">Package four</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">, on improvements 9 and 15 was delivered on 21 November 2019. The
PDP 3.0 Small Team completed implementation of improvement 17, which is integrated into the small team’s final outputs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">On 10 February 2020, The PDP 3.0 Small Team delivered its
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-final-report-10feb20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D"> to the GNSO Council for its consideration. The Final Report provides
an overview of the effort and the outcomes, effective dates for deployment of the improvements, and a consolidation of all of the work products. One work product related to PDP 3.0, the Consensus Playbook (originating from improvement 4), is not complete,
but is also not strictly a PDP 3.0 product, as it is intended to be utilized by the broader community beyond just the GNSO.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Here, the Council will vote to adopt the Final Report, signifying the completion of the PDP 3.0 implementation effort.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D;background:white">4.1 – Presentation of
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/zg_JBw"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">motion</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D;background:white"> (Council Leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">4.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><i><span style="color:#172B4D;background:white">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). This action is intended to enhance the GNSO’s ability to carry out the functions within its remit.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP Project Change Request (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Chartered in March 2016 to review all the RPMs that have been developed by ICANN, the PDP is focused on RPMs developed for the 2012 New gTLD Program (i.e., Trademark Clearing
House, Sunrise, Claims, and Uniform Rapid Suspension). The WG is tasked with considering the overarching issue as to whether or not the RPMs collectively fulfil their purposes or whether additional policy recommendations will be necessary.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">The PDP has worked diligently since launch and is preparing to publish its Initial Report for public comment. As of ICANN64, the WG had expected to be able to publish its
Initial Report at the beginning of 2020. The WG is currently revisiting sub team and individual URS proposals and, when completed, will proceed to the development of its Phase One Initial Report, with a plan to publish in March of 2020. As a result of this
delay in timeline, the PDP submitted a </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/review-rpm-gtlds-pdp-change-request-17jan20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Project Change Request</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
(PCR) for the January 2020 Council meeting, intending to both inform and gain approval from the GNSO Council. The Council agreed that Council leadership and the PDP leadership should discuss the PCR and determine whether the dates are achievable and that the
PDP leadership is able to commit to those dates. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Here, the Council will consider the revised
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpm-pdp-change-request-10feb20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Project Change Request</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership; John McElwaine, GNSO Council liaison to the PDP)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">5.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">5.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE – New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Project Change Request (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">The PDP was chartered in January 2016 to review the 2012 New gTLD Program round to determine what, if any changes may need to be made to the existing 2007 Introduction
of New Generic Top-Level Domains policy recommendations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">The WG has relied on a number of creative mechanisms to seek to address the extensive topics contained within its charter, including setting up a number of sub teams to
divide the work. The WG has already published its Initial Report, a Supplemental Initial Report, as well as a report specific to Work Track 5, focused on geographic names. The WG has reviewed public comments received to all of these reports, considered what
should be integrated, and is now in the midst of developing and reviewing draft final recommendations. Concurrently, the WG is seeking to resolve open issues on a subset of topics.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">As of ICANN66, the WG estimated that it could deliver its Final Report to the GNSO Council by the end of Q2 2020, which was based on the premise that an additional public
comment period would be limited to a subset of topics. However, it has become clear to the Co-Chairs that there is an expectation of a public comment on the entire draft Final Report, even if comment is only sought on particular areas of that report. Given
these changing dynamics, the WG is submitting a </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-change-request-wg-work-plan-11feb20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Project Change Request</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
that commits to delivering a Final Report to the GNSO Council no later than 31 December 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Here, the GNSO Council will consider the PCR from the SubPro PDP.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">6.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership; Flip Petillion and Elsa Saade, GNSO Council liaisons to the PDP)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">6.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">6.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Projects List Review (30 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">During the GNSO Council’s Strategic Planning Session in January 2020, the Council agreed that close review of the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#1155CC">GNSO Projects List
</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">is a critically important part of its job as manager of the PDP process. The Council acknowledged that with full agendas, careful consideration of the project list is often sacrificed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">With a pipeline full of additional new work and an already brimming current set of projects, ensuring that current work is as well positioned as possible to succeed, but
also recognizing areas of concerns, are important areas of focus for the GNSO Council. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Here, the Council will conduct a thorough and detailed review of the Projects List (with the exceptions of RPMs and SubPro, which are both substantive items on this agenda).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">7.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">7.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Continuing the theme from item 7 of this agenda, the GNSO Council acknowledged that there is extent to which it can agree to perform additional work. This resource limitation
means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work as noted in item 7, but already prioritize the new work waiting in its pipeline. At the Strategic Planning Session, Councilors participated in an informal and non-binding ranking survey,
which was used as a “sense of the room.” This informational survey result was shared with Councilors to then share with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, to gain a better sense of the various groups’ top priorities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Here, the Council will continue its discussions on which new work should be prioritized for initiation, when capacity within the community becomes available. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">8.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">8.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">8.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.1 - ICANN67 Planning / Questions for lunch with the ICANN Board</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.2 - Council consideration of the draft GNSO Council public comment to the
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-opplan-budget-fy21-25-2019-12-20-en">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget</span></a>, due on 25 February.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.3 - Council consideration of the
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_document_d_1HPoe8zAXslPX9bAS8olavfZxykFWiUib8-2DjmlCuyQJw_edit&d=DwMF-g&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=UAy6fqdE7uFkRCc7uzN4yui8bwTtqofadZHiQEIO1vw&m=XinAp9nk01GeGUzJcvpgZaKjtUZnEwKwyqGR3oAkJHE&s=KMUYdHEHckH-hoR3WczT3Ri3j2UJtKd1tOEU21DhQYA&e=">
<span style="color:#1155CC">draft response</span></a> to ICANN org’s <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-drazek-18dec19-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">letter</span></a> related to the EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 28.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><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"><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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