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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As you know, the GNSO Council met yesterday after our Working Group call to discuss and vote on the data request we submitted to them. Staff is pleased to inform you that the Council
<u>approved</u> the request, following an extensive discussion of the cost, budget and resource estimate as well as the objectives and nature of the data to be collected. The Council resolution is appended below – you may wish to note that an added Resolved
clause was inserted to the text of the original motion that was submitted; we have highlighted the new addition in yellow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff will now work with our co-chairs to determine how we may best fulfill the Council’s directions, including following the next step in the process which is submission of the request to ICANN Organization
for budget work and approval. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As Kathy and Phil were both on the Council call and participated actively in the Council’s discussions, they may well have additional thoughts and information for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Council Resolution 20170920-1: GNSO Council Approval of Data Collection Request from RPM Review PDP Working Group
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submitted by Heather Forrest<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Seconded by James Bladel, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In October 2015, the GNSO Council adopted all the consensus recommendations from the Data & Metrics for Policy Making (DMPM) Working Group and instructed
ICANN staff to commence implementation of the recommendations (<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20151021-1">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20151021-1</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Metrics Request Decision Tree and Working Group Metrics Request Form developed by the DMPM Working Group were consequently incorporated into the
GNSO’s Working Group Guidelines (<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-01sep16-en.pdf">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-01sep16-en.pdf</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Working Group chartered by the GNSO Council to conduct the Policy Development Process (PDP) to review all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in
All gTLDs has, after extensive deliberations, developed a list of data collection tasks that it believes are critical in order for it to fulfill its Charter (<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-15mar16-en.pdf">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-15mar16-en.pdf</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As part of its chartered tasks, the PDP Working Group was urged to bear in mind that a fundamental underlying objective of its work is to “create a framework
for consistent and uniform reviews of these [RPMs] in the future”;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Competition, Consumer Protection and Consumer Trust (CCT) Review Team convened under the ICANN Bylaws has noted the lack of, and need for, data in
order to evaluate the effectiveness of the various RPMs that were created for ICANN’s 2012 New gTLD Program round (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cct-rt-draft-report-07mar17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cct-rt-draft-report-07mar17-en.pdf</a>),
and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The PDP Working Group has developed and submitted a DMPM data request form, as required by the GNSO’s Working Group Guidelines, to the GNSO Council for
its approval on 16 September 2017 (<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-sunrise-trademark-claims-07sep17-en.pdf">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-sunrise-trademark-claims-07sep17-en.pdf</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RESOLVED:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GNSO Council approves the DMPM request as submitted by the Review of All RPMs in All gTLDs PDP Working Group.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The GNSO Council instructs the leadership of the RPM PDP to work with ICANN staff and any outside experts to structure
the data request in such a way that the value and relevance of the data is maximised.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GNSO Council directs ICANN policy staff to forward the DMPM request to the appropriate department of ICANN Organization for the requisite budget
and resource approvals, with a further request that the matter be considered and approved in as timely a fashion as practicable.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GNSO Council requests a follow up report from the Review of All RPMs in All gTLDs PDP Working Group on the progress and outcomes of its DMPM request
in time for the GNSO Council’s meeting scheduled for 21 December 2017, and a regular written report thereafter, at intervals of not less frequently than monthly, followed by a detailed status report on the Working Group’s view of the utility of the data collection
exercise on the progress and timeline of Phase One of the PDP by ICANN61.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks and cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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