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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Dear all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 11 March 2020 at 20:00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></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 11 March 2020</span></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/YwdxBw"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/YwdxBw</span></a></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></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">For convenience:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">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></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">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></span></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 20:00 UTC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC:
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/qwknzmy"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/qwknzmy</span></a></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; 20:00 London; (Thursday) 01:00 Islamabad; (Thursday) 05:00 Tokyo; (Thursday) 07:00 Melbourne </span></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></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Listen in browser:
</span><span style="color:#172B4D"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://stream.icann..org:8000/stream01"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://stream.icann.org:8000/stream01</span></a></span></p>
<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></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></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">___________________________________</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span></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></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></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black;background:white">Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 20 February 2020 will be posted on 6 March 2020.</span></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 (10 minutes)</span></b></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></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) </span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Projects List Review (70 minutes)</span></b></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 role as manager of the PDP process. The Council also acknowledged that due to full agendas and time constraints, a thorough review of the project list during Council meetings
in the past was often not feasible .</span></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></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. This item was deferred from the February 2020 GNSO Council meeting.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">4.2 – Council discussion</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">4.3 – Next steps</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#172B4D">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan (30 minutes)</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">Continuing the theme from item 4 of this agenda, the GNSO Council acknowledged that there are limited resources available for policy development activities and related
work. This resource limitation means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work as noted in item 4, but also 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.
The Council touched on this topic briefly during the February Council meeting but will devote a larger block of time during its March meeting.</span></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></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">5.2 – Council discussion</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D">5.3 – Next steps</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 6: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (0 minutes)</span></b></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></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></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></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></p>
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