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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Dear all,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><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 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">22
April</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111"> 2020 at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">19</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">:00
UTC.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><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 22 April 2021 </span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in"><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/wwClCQ"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/wwClCQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">This agenda was established according to the
</span><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></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">For convenience:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;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;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;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"><span style="color:black">GNSO Council meeting held 19:00 UTC </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 19:00 UTC:
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/53pezj7x"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/53pezj7x</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris; 22:00 Moscow; (Friday) 05:00 Melbourne </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation:
<a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/93389361205?pwd=ZkE3R2dGZWJ1T1F1RUsxNUtXcFdRUT09">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://icann.zoom.us/j/93389361205?pwd=ZkE3R2dGZWJ1T1F1RUsxNUtXcFdRUT09</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;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"><span style="color:black">___________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><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;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2021/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-24mar21-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a> of the GNSO Council meeting on 24 March
2021 were posted on 08 April 2021.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 08 April 2021 were posted on April 2021.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><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;background:white"><span style="color:#172B4D;background:white">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">Projects List
</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D;background:white">and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">Action Item List. </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (10 minutes) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:8.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Adoption of the <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+April+2021">
<span style="color:#1155CC">motion</span></a> for the GNSO Council response to GAC ICANN70 Communique<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+22+April+2021"><span style="color:#1155CC">Motion</span></a> to approve the second GNSO representative to the Community Representatives Group (CRG) that will nominate the Independent Review
Process (IRP) Standing Panel - Donna Austin<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Acknowledgment of the GNSO Council liaison to Transfer Policy PDP - Greg Dibiase<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Approval of the Chair for the Transfer Policy PDP - <span style="background:yellow">
Name TBD</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white">
<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL BRIEFING - Briefing from CPH DNS Abuse Group (40 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The topic of DNS abuse was not explicitly identified in the charter of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP (SubPro). However, it was a topic of interest identified by the Competition, Consumer
Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT), which made recommendations regarding the subject. In considering the CCT-RT Final Report, the ICANN Board took varying actions on 35 total recommendations, accepting some, passing through others, and placing
some in a pending status (see <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-final-cct-recs-scorecard-01mar19-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">scorecard</span></a>). SubPro considered the CCT-RT recommendations related to DNS abuse (i.e., 14, 15, and 16) though they remain in a “Pending” status” (with the exception of recommendation 16, which was partially passed through)
and have not been approved by the ICANN Board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">On 27 April 2020, the SubPro Co-Chairs sent a
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/neuman-langdon-orr-to-drazek-27apr20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">letter</span></a> to the GNSO Council to share the then current thinking of the Working Group on the topic of DNS abuse, which was to recommend that a holistic solution will be needed in all gTLDs, not just new gTLDs. The Council
was briefed on this expectation during its May 2020 Council meeting. The Board <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-10-22-en#2.a">
<span style="color:#1155CC">took further action</span></a> on some of the pending recommendations during its meeting in October of 2020, approving recommendation 16, though 14 and 15 remain in a pending state (see
<a href="http://icann.org/en/system/files/files/cct-pending-recs-board-action-22oct20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">scorecard</span></a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The SubPro WG has since submitted its Final Report to the GNSO Council, confirming its approach to not make DNS abuse recommendations, and instead suggesting the holistic approach to all gTLDs;
the GNSO Council adopted the Final Report and relevant Outputs during its February 2021 Council meeting. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council has yet to take next steps on DNS abuse as it seeks to better understand the community’s definitions of DNS abuse and where there remain gaps in the community’s ability to combat
DNS abuse in an effective manner. As part of this educational and level-setting exercise, the GNSO Council has invited the Contracted Parties House DNS Abuse Group to provide an update on its work and to facilitate a discussion on the topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will receive an update from the CPH DNS Abuse Group and engage in dialogue on DNS abuse.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council Leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.2 – Briefing and Council discussion (CPH DNS Abuse Group)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - IGO Work Track Update and Council Acknowledgment of Work Plan (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">On 18 April 2019, the Council</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+18+April+2019"><span style="color:#0052CC">voted</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">to approve recommendations 1-4 of the Final Report from the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP WG. The Council also resolved to not approve Recommendation 5 and, ”directs the Review of All Rights Protection
Mechanisms in All gTLDs (RPM) PDP to consider, as part of its Phase 2 work, whether an appropriate policy solution can be developed that is generally consistent with Recommendations 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the PDP Final Report and:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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accounts for the possibility that an IGO may enjoy jurisdictional immunity in certain circumstances;<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
does not affect the right and ability of registrants to file judicial proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction; <o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
preserves registrants’ rights to judicial review of an initial UDRP or URS decision; and<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
recognizes that the existence and scope of IGO jurisdictional immunity in any particular situation is a legal issue to be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.”<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">In respect of that resolution, the GNSO Council prepared an</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpms-charter-addendum-09jan20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Addendum</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">to the RPMs PDP charter to support work related to Recommendation 5 and</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020#202001"><span style="color:#1155CC">approved</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">it during its January 2020 Council meeting. During its September 2020 Council meeting, the Council agreed to initiate both the Expressions of Interest process to identify a single, qualified Work Track Chair and issue a call
for Members and Observers to join the IGO Work Track. Led by Chris Disspain as the Chair, the Work Track has been meeting since late February of 2021. The Work Track has sought to make meaningful progress within the bounds of the Addendum, with members recognizing
that this foundational discussion will influence how the group will work and thus, what its work plan should look like.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">In chartering this work, the GNSO Council expected that the work should be completed in an efficient manner and that frequent updates to the Council would be helpful to ensure an effective outcome. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will receive an update on the progress of the Work Track and acknowledge the Work Track’s work plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council Leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Status Update Regarding EPDP Phase 2A (10 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">On 21 October 2020, the GNSO Council approved the
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020#202010"><span style="color:#1155CC">initiation</span></a> of EPDP Phase 2A, to examine the topics of legal/natural and feasibility of unique contacts. In doing so, the Council required that:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">"[a]t the latest 3 months after reconvening, the Chair of the EPDP Team and GNSO Council Liaison to the EPDP will report back to the GNSO Council on the status of deliberations. Based on this
report, which is expected to include an update on progress made and the expected likelihood of consensus recommendations, the GNSO Council will decide on next steps, which could include providing additional time for the EPDP to finalize its recommendations
or termination of the EPDP if it is clear that no progress is being made or consensus is unlikely).”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">During the February Council meeting, the Chair of the EPDP Team and GNSO Council Liaison to the EPDP shared a
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<span style="color:#1155CC">presentation</span></a> and provided an update to the Council. The Council agreed that more time should be afforded to continue to make progress. The EPDP Team has since received responses from Bird & Bird to the EPDP Team’s Legal
Committee’s questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, GNSO Council Liaison to the EPDP will provide an update on the EPDP Team’s progress to the Council</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.1 – Introduction of topic (Philippe Fouquart, GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP Team)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Wrap-up from the extraordinary meeting (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">With an abundance of work and less interaction and meeting time during virtual meetings versus in-person ICANN meetings, the GNSO Council realized that additional dedicated time is needed for
the GNSO Council to deliberate on substantive matters. As a result, the GNSO Council scheduled and held an extraordinary meeting on 8 April 2021, covering four topics:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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EPDP Phase 1 Rec 27 (Wave 1.5)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Introduction to the Briefing Paper on Accuracy Requirements and Programs from ICANN’s Global Domains & Strategy (GDS)<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
GNSO Council Consideration of SAC114<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss its takeaways from that meeting and discuss proposed paths forward as applicable and where available.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council Leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"><br>
<b>Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.1 - Timeline for GNSO Chair election</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.2 - GNSO Council liaison to the SSAD Operational Design Phase</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">_______________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><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"><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"><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"><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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