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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for my notes on last week’s SO/AC Leaders call with Goran. I have sent these to the Chairs of the SGs and Cs.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keith<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Drazek, Keith <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 1, 2020 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'haforrestesq@gmail.com' <haforrestesq@gmail.com>; 'Donna.Austin@team.neustar' <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>; 'claudia.selli@intl.att.com' <claudia.selli@intl.att.com>; 'bruna.mrtns@gmail.com' <bruna.mrtns@gmail.com>; 'wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de'
<wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>; Graeme Bunton <gbunton@tucows.com>; 'stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca' <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca>; 'joankerr@fbsc.org' <joankerr@fbsc.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'pam.little@alibaba-inc.com' <pam.little@alibaba-inc.com>; rafik.dammak@gmail.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Update on SO/AC Leaders Call with Goran<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency Chairs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last week, the SO/AC Leaders had a call with Goran to discuss work prioritization and impact of COVID-19 on ICANN and the community. Here are my summary notes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Discussion focused on the impact of COVID-19 on ICANN, the community, work prioritization and meeting planning.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">ICANN 68 almost certainly will be a remote engagement, no F2F. I expect we’ll receive formal notice soon.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">ICANN Org is developing an “engagement paper” to be shared with the SO/AC leaders, timing TBD.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The engagement paper will lay out how ICANN will transition to a slower pace of work and planning for future meetings.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">They are looking at a 6-month rolling window of planning and likely no F2F meetings of any kind before September.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Goran said they are assessing the prioritization level of all ICANN work and bucketizing them, into 5 categories:<o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Hot Topics such as .com agreement, .org transfer, fighting DNS abuse<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Bylaws Requirements such as budget, NomCom, ATRT3<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">Policy work such as GNSO PDPs<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">ICANN’s technical coordination and obligations, including work with Verisign on RZM functions, etc.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">“the rest”<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Goran said he believes community availability is currently at 70% and could potentially decrease as members are impacted by COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Goran said multiple times he’s concerned about capture if key parts of the community are unable to participate effectively.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Specific questions were raised about GNSO policy development work, and the need to coordinate prioritization with other parts of the community.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">We will have a follow-up call at some point to discuss cross-community prioritization in the face of COVID-19. I noted the SO/AC discussions we had in January have been overtaken by
events, so we need to look at it again.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Goran said no one from ICANN Org or Board has been infected at this time.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">He called on everyone to prioritize their safety and to “be kind” to one another.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions. When we see the ‘engagement paper’ I’ll be sure to circulate it for your review and input.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keith<o:p></o:p></p>
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