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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Many thanks Glen for sharing the below GNSO Council resolutions, which provide further guidance to our next steps .. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I particularly note the resolution to jointly implement with the GAC, the preliminary recommendations by the CG “</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>on a trial basis <b>for a minimum of <span style='color:black'>3 consecutive GNSO PDP’s</span></b><span style='color:black'> immediately following the adoption of the motion.</span></span><span style='color:#1F497D'>”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--Manal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Glen de Saint Géry<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 20, 2015 12:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> gac-gnso-cg@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Gac-gnso-cg] GNSO Council resolutions 19 March 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>FYI</span></b><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please find the resolutions passed by the GNSO Council in its meeting on Thursday, 19 March 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>These are also published on page:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Consent agenda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=BodyA><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Council confirmed the selection of the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) Working Group for a facilitated face-to-face meeting at ICANN53 in Buenos Aires.</span><strong><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=BodyA><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Motion to implement the recommendations of the GAC-GNSO Consultation Group in relation to Issue Scoping on a trial basis</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyA style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:19.65pt;text-indent:-19.65pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In March 2014 the GNSO and GAC formed a joint consultation group (CG) to explore mechanisms to facilitate GAC early engagement in GNSO Policy Development Processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:19.65pt;text-indent:-19.65pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As per its charter, the CG’s deliberations have focused on <b>two tracks</b>, namely 1) a mechanism for day-to-day ongoing cooperation and 2) a mechanism for GAC early engagement in the GNSO PDP <br>(see <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsogcgogeeipdp/3.+Charter"><span class=Hyperlink0>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsogcgogeeipdp/3.+Charter</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:19.65pt;text-indent:-19.65pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As part of its deliberations on <b>track 2)</b>, the CG put forward a set of preliminary recommendations concerning the issue scoping phase of the PDP which were reviewed and discussed by the GAC and the GNSO during the ICANN52 meeting in Singapore <br>(see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gac-cg-issue-scoping-27jan15-en.pdf"><span class=Hyperlink0>http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gac-cg-issue-scoping-27jan15-en.pdf</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:18.8pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GAC noted in its Communiqué (ICANN52), that ‘<i>The GAC met the GNSO and agreed, on a trial basis and subject to ongoing adjustments as necessary, to a mechanism proposed by the GAC-GNSO Consultation Group for early engagement at the issues scoping phase of the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP). This includes formation of a GAC Quick-Look Mechanism Committee. The arrangements will allow for an early indication in the PDP of whether the issue has a standing GAC advice and whether it has public policy implications, and hence is of interest to the GAC. It will also enable the GNSO to factor this in and the GAC to prepare input to be provided at the relevant stages of the PDP. This would not limit the GAC’s existing ability to give advice to the ICANN Board</i>’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:19.65pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-19.65pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Based on these discussions and input received, the CG recommends that the GAC and GNSO Council implement these recommendations on a trial basis, in order to assess their effectiveness in facilitating GAC early engagement in the GNSO PDP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:19.65pt;text-indent:-19.65pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the meantime, the CG will continue its review and deliberations on the other phases of the GNSO PDP, which may result in further proposals of additional recommendations for consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BodyA style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RESOLVED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council agrees to jointly implement with the GAC, the preliminary recommendations by the CG concerning the issue scoping phase of the PDP as outlined here </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gac-cg-issue-scoping-27jan15-en.pdf"><span class=Hyperlink0><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gac-cg-issue-scoping-27jan15-en.pdf</span></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> on a trial basis for a minimum of <span style='color:black'>3 consecutive GNSO PDP’s immediately following the adoption of the motion.<br><br><br>2. </span>Following the end of this trial period, the CG is expected to report back to the GAC and GNSO Council on the effectiveness of these recommendations as a result of the experiences gained during the trial period. Furthermore, the CG is expected to make a recommendation as to whether or not the preliminary recommendations concerning the issue scoping phase of the PDP should be permanently implemented, either in their current form, or with possible modifications based on the further work of the CG including experience gained during the trial. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Glen de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>GNSO Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>