[council] FW: [gnso-chairs] FW: Update on the Grant Program Implementation

Fri Sep 1 20:56:12 UTC 2023

Marika - could you please circulate the Cross Community Working Group
guidelines to the Council list?

Thank you,
Anne

Anne Aikman-Scalese
GNSO Councilor
NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2024
anneicanngnso at gmail.com

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 12:53 PM Marika Konings via council <
council at gnso.icann.org> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
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> Per the action item from the last Council meeting, please review the
> information below and consider the ask: “please let us know if you are
> comfortable in having them [former CCWG-AP members] engage in this
> conversation or whether it should be held differently”. You are encouraged
> to share your feedback on the mailing list so that Council leadership can
> provide a response to Xavier.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Marika
>
>
>
> *From: *Gnso-chairs <gnso-chairs-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of "
> gnso-chairs at icann.org" <gnso-chairs at icann.org>
> *Reply to: *"Sebastien at registry.godaddy" <Sebastien at registry.godaddy>
> *Date: *Friday, 18 August 2023 at 11:04
> *To: *"COUNCIL at GNSO.ICANN.ORG" <council at gnso.icann.org>, "
> gnso-chairs at icann.org" <gnso-chairs at icann.org>, "gnso-secs at icann.org" <
> gnso-secs at icann.org>
> *Subject: *[gnso-chairs] FW: Update on the Grant Program Implementation
>
>
>
> Dear Council Colleagues,
>
>
>
> Please find below an email I received from Xavier Calvez with updates on
> the Grant Program Implementation. This will be discussed as our last AOB
> next week.
>
> Given our usual time squeeze at the end of our meetings, please make sure
> you come ready with questions – possibly sending them in advance to ensure
> we can source answers.
>
>
>
> Kindly,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Sebastien Ducos*
>
> GoDaddy Registry | Senior Client Services Manager
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> [image: signature_1974744916]
>
> +33612284445
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> France & Australia
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> sebastien at registry.godaddy
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> *From: *Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>
> *Date: *Saturday, 12 August 2023 at 01:22
> *To: *XXX
>
> *Cc: *Tripti Sinha <tripti.sinha at board.icann.org>, Maarten Botterman <
> maarten.botterman at board.icann.org>, Sally Costerton <
> sally.costerton at icann.org>, David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>, Giovanni
> Seppia <giovanni.seppia at icann.org>
> *Subject: *Update on the Grant Program Implementation
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> Dear SO/AC Chairs,
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> I am contacting you in your capacity as Chairs of the Chartering
> Organizations of the Cross-Community Working Group on Auction Proceeds
> (CCWG-AP). After the CCWG-AP concluded its work in 2020, each Chartering
> Organization approved the report before it was provided to the ICANN Board
> for consideration. As you may have seen in blog posts and community
> sessions, the ICANN Board adopted the CCWG-AP recommendations, and ICANN
> org is working toward implementation. Attached you will find an update that
> I sent to the former members of the CCWG-AP (as appointed by your
> organizations).
>
>
>
> Last month, the ICANN Board Chair also sent an email to the former members
> of the CCWG-AP to inform them of the Board’s intention to direct ICANN org
> to change the implementation path of the CCWG-AP’s Recommendation 7, which
> was focused on limiting the use of ICANN’s accountability mechanisms to
> challenge individual application decisions made by the independent
> assessment panel. As part of its recommendation, the CCWG-AP included that
> this limitation should be achieved through changing the ICANN Bylaws on the
> Reconsideration Request and Independent Review Processes to specify this
> carve out. Instead of touching ICANN’s core accountability mechanisms in
> the Bylaws, the ICANN Board intends to now direct ICANN org to achieve this
> recommendation through the applicant terms and conditions that grant
> applicants will agree to when submitting their grant application. More
> information can be found in the attached email.
>
>
>
> Because the Board is looking to direct ICANN org to implement the
> CCWG-AP’s recommendation to limit access to ICANN’s accountability
> mechanisms in a different manner than the CCWG-AP contemplated, the Board
> agreed it was important to give advance notice to those who formed that
> recommendation. At the same time, acknowledging that the chartering
> organizations approved the CCWG-AP Final Report and its recommendations, we
> are also providing this information directly to the Chartering
> Organizations. In addition, we will make sure that an email exchange with
> one of the former CCWG-AP members in response to the Chair’s email is moved
> to a publicly archived mailing list so that there is a transparent record
> of these communications. A copy of that exchange is also provided for your
> reference.
>
>
>
> The Board recognizes the significance of its forthcoming action - both in
> terms of maintaining the community working group’s recommendation to limit
> access to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms and in identifying a new,
> limited path forward to doing so that does not involve changes to these
> most fundamental of ICANN Bylaws. When taken, the Board’s resolution will
> be accompanied by a detailed rationale acknowledging the uniqueness of this
> situation along with the Board’s acknowledgement that contracts should only
> be considered as tools for limiting the use of ICANN’s accountability
> mechanism when the community has recommended that access to accountability
> mechanisms be limited in specific circumstances.
>
>
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> The ICANN org team looks forward to providing further public updates on
> the progress of the ICANN Grant Program across various communication
> avenues. The creation of the former CCWG-AP members list is one of them, as
> is this email to you. Recognizing that the former members of the
> CCWG-AP now act in their individual capacity, please let us know if you are comfortable
> in having them engage in this conversation or whether it should be
> held differently.
>
>
>
> Please let me know any question you may have.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Xavier
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>
>
> In copy:
>
> Tripti Sinha, ICANN Board chair
>
> Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board member, chair of the Board Caucus on the
> Grant Program
>
> Sally Costerton, ICANN President and CEO
>
> David Olive, SVP Policy Development and Support
>
> Giovanni Seppia, VP Implementation Operations
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> Xavier Calvez
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> ICANN
>
> *SVP Planning and CFO*
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> *12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300*
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> *Los Angeles, California 90094*
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> *Office phone:* +1 310 301 5800
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> *Cell phone:* +1 805 312 0052
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> *Skype:* Xavier.calvez.icann
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