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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">If only to make sure everyone’s up to date with the background of some consent agenda items may not have been under your scrutiny:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">Non-objection from the Council for the EPDP Team to appoint a non-EPDP Team member as vice-chair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">for those of you who would not follow EPDP phase 2A, following their EoI for Vice Chair, the
</span><span lang="EN-US">EPDP Phase 2A plenary recommended last week that Brian Beckham be appointed as vice chair. Council doesn’t appoint/endorse PDP vice chair but our consent is required here because Brian is not a member of the EPDP team as it is generally
the case. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">Per the </span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/neves-samme-niar-to-fouquart-sataki-08feb21-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB">letter</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> from the
IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFRT), approval of the IFRT’s Recommendation that would require an amendment to the IANA Naming Function Contract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo10">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">In summary and as you can see in the referenced letter, the IFRT recommends that the IANA Naming Function Contract no longer mandates that “The relevant policies under which the [each root zone file and root
zone “WHOIS” database] changes are made shall be noted within each monthly report [of the IANA Naming Function Contractor]", as this is deemed operationally impracticable. Joint approval by the GNSO Council and ccNSO Council is required by the ICANN Bylaws
as this IFRT amends the IANA Naming Function Contract. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Philippe <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> council [mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathalie Peregrine<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 9, 2021 12:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-secs@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Final Proposed Agenda | GNSO Council Meeting 18 February 2021 at 19:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="aa-ET" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Dear all,
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="aa-ET" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="aa-ET" 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
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">18 February
</span><span lang="aa-ET" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">2021 at 19:00 UTC.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="mso-margin-top-alt:24.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-size:23.0pt;color:black">Draft GNSO Council Agenda 18 February 2021 </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" 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><span lang="aa-ET"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/QwtACQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/QwtACQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">This agenda was established according to the
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-24oct19-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a><span style="color:black"> v3.5, updated on 24 October 2019</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">For convenience:</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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:l6 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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"><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">GNSO Council meeting held 19:00 UTC</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 19:00 UTC:
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxdh3opz"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/yxdh3opz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">11:00 Los Angeles; 14:00 Washington; 19:00 London; 20:00 Paris; 22:00 Moscow; (Friday) 06:00 Melbourne </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation:
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" 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><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">___________________________________</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)</span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2020/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-17dec20-en.pdf.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a>
of the GNSO Council meeting on 17 December 2020 were posted on 3 January 2021.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 21 January 2021 were posted on 4 February 2021.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)</span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:#172B4D;background:white">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
</span><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">Projects List
</span></a></span><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:#172B4D;background:white">and </span>
<span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">Action Item List. </span></a></span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes) </span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">3.1 - Confirmation of of SSC selection processes:</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Confirmation of Philippe Fouquart to serve as the GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP 2A.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Non-objection from the Council for the EPDP Team to appoint a non-EPDP Team member as vice-chair.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Confirmation of the Recommendations Report [LINK TO BE ADDED UPON RECEIPT] to the ICANN Board regarding adoption of all recommendations from the Phase 1 Final Report of the Review of All Rights
Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs PDP.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Per the incoming letter [LINK TO BE ADDED UPON RECEIPT] from the IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFRT), approval of the IFRT’s Recommendation that would require an amendment to the IANA Naming
Function Contract.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Approval to Initiate a Two-Phased Policy Development Process on the Transfer Policy (15 minutes)</span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">The GNSO Council established a Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team to provide recommendations on the approach to a potential review and future policy work related
to the Transfer Policy, including composition of the review team or PDP working group and scope of the review. The Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team delivered a
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/transfer-policy-review-scoping-team-06apr20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Transfer Policy Initial Scoping Paper</span></a> on April 6, 2020 in which it recommended the GNSO Council instruct ICANN Policy staff to draft a Preliminary Issue Report. On 24 June 2020, the Council requested the preparation of
a Preliminary Issue Report. The Preliminary Issue Report was published for public comment on 12 October 2020 and after the report was adjusted to take into account public comments as appropriate, the
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/final-issue-report-pdp-transfer-policy-review-12jan21-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Final Issue Report</span></a> was delivered to the GNSO Council on 12 January 2021.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">The Final Issue Report includes a recommendation that the GNSO Council proceed with a two-phased Policy Development Process (PDP) that will address the following
topic areas in sequence:</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
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<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phase 1(a): Form of Authorization (including Rec. 27, Wave 1 FOA issues) and AuthInfo Code<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phase 1(b): Change of Registrant (including Rec. 27, Wave 1 Change of Registrant issues)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phase 2: Transfer Emergency Action Contact and reversing inter-registrar transfers, Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy (including Rec. 27, Wave 1 TDRP issues), NACKing transfers, ICANN-approved
transfers<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">The General Counsel of ICANN has indicated that the topics recommended for review are properly within the scope of the ICANN policy process and the GNSO. On 1 February 2021, policy staff shared a pre-recorded
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/J4FeCQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">webinar</span></a> to help Councilors prepare for this agenda item.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Here, the Council will vote to initiate a two-phased PDP to review the Transfer Policy, as recommended in the Final Issue Report.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">4.1 - Presentation of
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/SAtACQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">motion</span></a> (TBD)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><i><span lang="aa-ET" style="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). Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process of the ICANN
Bylaws.</span></i><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Report and Outputs From the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP (20 minutes)</span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">The New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) 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. After extensive WG deliberations and a number of community consultations, the WG delivered its
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/final-report-newgtld-subsequent-procedures-pdp-02feb21-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a> to the GNSO Council on 18 January 2021. Because of the volume of outputs(e.g., affirmations, recommendations, implementation guidance, etc.) and length of the report, the PDP Co-Chairs believed that similar
to the Final Report for the All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs PDP WG, a preliminary briefing would be beneficial and therefore, scheduled a briefing during the January 2020 Council meeting.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Subsequently, and again similar to the RPMs PDP, the GNSO Council liaison to the PDP and the Co-Chairs held a detailed webinar and discussion on the report,
to better prepare the Council for a vote during a subsequent Council meeting.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Here, the Council will vote to adopt the Final Report of the SubPro WG.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">5.1 - Presentation of
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/SAtACQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">motion</span></a> (GNSO Council liaison to the PDP, Flip Petillion)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">5.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: supermajority)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><i><span lang="aa-ET" style="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). Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process of the ICANN
Bylaws.</span></i><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Charter for the Transfer Policy PDP (20 minutes)</span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">In connection to item 4, if the Council initiates a PDP on the Transfer Policy, it will subsequently need to adopt a charter. The Preliminary Issue Report included
a draft charter, which was included in the public comment proceeding. That draft charter is also included in the Final Issue Report. Comment on the draft charter was solicited from Councilors via a pre-recorded
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/J4FeCQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">webinar
</span></a>prior to this Council meeting.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss whether there are substantive changes needed for the draft charter and determine next steps as appropriate.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">6.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">6.2 – Council discussion</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">6.3 – Next steps</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL UPDATE - Update from the Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) EPDP Charter Drafting Team (15 minutes)</span></b><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">During the Council’s October 2020 meeting, the Council agreed to launch a call for volunteers and to establish a drafting team to develop a draft charter and
an EPDP initiation request for the IDN Policy Track 2. That drafting team met for the first time on 5 January 2021 and since then has steadily made progress, recently agreeing for the most part to a set of principles and underlying assumptions to help make
its work more efficient. Previous to that agreement, making progress was challenging, resulting in an extension of the expected completion date from the March Council meeting to the May Council meeting (see workplan
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mD0soQAd-OfPQCiY5aHls3HVltq0CtSu8aAlZ5zQlAk/edit#gid=0">
<span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a>).</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Here, the Council will receive an update from the drafting team.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">7.1 – Introduction of topic (Chair of the drafting team, Dennis Tan)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">7.2 – Council discussion</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">7.3 – Next steps</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"><br>
<b>Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (20 minutes)</b></span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">8.1 - EPDP-P2A Project and Work Plan commitment</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">8.2 - Update from the GNSO Council liaison to the GAC, including his discussion with the GAC point of contact to the GNSO, Jorge Cancio.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">8.3 - ICANN70 GNSO sessions</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">_______________________________</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">See
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><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></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">See
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><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></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">References for Coordinated Universal Time of 19:00 UTC </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Local time between November and March Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">California, USA (PDT) UTC-8 11:00 </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 13:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5 14:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 16:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 16:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC+0 19:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 20:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Paris, France (CEST) UTC+1 20:00</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Moscow, Russia (MST) UTC+3 22:00 </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Singapore (SGT) (+1 day) UTC+8 03:00 </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">Melbourne, Australia (AEDT)(+1 day) UTC+11 06:00 </span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">DST starts/ends on Sunday 28 March 2021, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) for EU countries and on Sunday 14 March 2021 for the US.</span><span lang="aa-ET"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="aa-ET" style="color:black">For other places see
</span><span lang="aa-ET"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.timeanddate.com</span></a><span style="color:black"> and
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxdh3opz"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/yxdh3opz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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