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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please find below the final proposed <span class="highlight"><span style="background:white">agenda</span></span> for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="highlight"><span style="background:white">GNSO</span></span> <span class="highlight"><span style="background:white">Council</span></span> Meeting<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on
</span>20 October<span style="color:black"> 2022.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:23.0pt;color:black">Draft GNSO Council Agenda 20 October 2022</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/iwTVD"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/iwTVD</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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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:l1 level1 lfo7;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>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 20 October 2022 at 20:00 UTC:
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/4yanvjs5"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://tinyurl.com/4yanvjs5</span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">13:00 Los Angeles; 16:00 Washington DC; 21:00 London; 22:00 Paris; 23:00 Moscow; (Friday) 07:00 Melbourne </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation:</span><span style="color:blue">
</span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/92399217049?pwd=WU1GZmlaOTh6NzJ1NndkRVF0MnJEUT09"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">https://icann.zoom.us/j/92399217049?pwd=WU1GZmlaOTh6NzJ1NndkRVF0MnJEUT09</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"> </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>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 minutes)</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/2022/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-25aug22-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a> of the GNSO Council meeting on 25 August
2022 were posted on 07 September 2022.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 21 September 2022 part 1 and part 2 were posted on 15 October 2022.</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 (0 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black;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>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Approval of the updated standard term for the GNSO liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC).<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Reappointment of Jeffrey Neuman to serve as the GNSO liaison to the GAC for a two-year term ending AGM 2024.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Confirmation of the GNSO representative to the Empowered Community Administration.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
Confirmation of Mike Silber to serve as the Chair of the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) on Applicant Support.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Whois Disclosure System Next Steps (20 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The proposed design of the Whois Disclosure System was published prior to ICANN75 and ICANN org provided a presentation of the system design to the EPDP Phase 2 small team during ICANN75. Subsequently,
the small team and Council held initial discussions amongst themselves, as well as with the Board during their joint session on Tuesday. The Council discussed during its meeting on Wednesday and the small team met informally on Thursday of ICANN75.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The small team has since met several times to determine whether 1) does the Whois Disclosure System align with the expectations as set out in the small team’s preliminary report, 2) will implementation
of the Whois Disclosure System deliver the information to help inform Council-Board consultations on the cost-benefit of the SSAD recommendations, 3) Does the small team recommend to the GNSO Council that it requests the ICANN Board to proceed with the implementation
of the Whois Disclosure System. The small team is recording its conclusions in an addendum to the preliminary report that it will share with the GNSO Council for its review and adoption.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will consider the status of work of the small team on the Whois Disclosure System.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.1 – Introduction of topic (Sebastien Ducos, small team lead)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</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 - Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team - Assignments #1 (Enforcement and Reporting) and #2 (Measurement of Accuracy) Write Up (20 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The Registration Data Accuracy (RDA) Scoping Team was initiated by the GNSO Council in July 2021 per the
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/registration-data-accuracy-scoping-team-formation-instructions-09jul21-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">formation instructions</span></a>. The Scoping Team was tasked with considering a number of accuracy-related factors such as the current enforcement, reporting, measurement, and overall effectiveness of accuracy-related efforts.
These considerations are expected to help inform its deliberations and the development of recommendations to the GNSO Council on whether any changes are recommended to improve accuracy levels, and, if so, how and by whom these changes would need to be developed
(for example, if changes to existing contractual requirements are recommended, a PDP or contractual negotiations may be necessary to effect a change). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The RDA Scoping Team submitted a
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/correspondence/palage-to-gnso-council-10may22-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Project Change Request (PCR)</span></a> to Council on 10 May 2022. The Scoping Team has since completed Assignment #1 (enforcement and reporting) and Assignment #2 (measurement of accuracy) and
<a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2022-September/025950.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">submitted its write up</span></a> to the Council on 5 September 2022. In the write up, the group is suggesting moving forward with two proposals that would
not require access to registration data, namely a registrar survey (recommendation #1) and a possible registrar audit (recommendation #2) that may help further inform the team’s work on assignment #3 (effectiveness) and #4 (impact & improvements), while it
awaits the outcome of the outreach to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) by ICANN org in relation to proposals that would require access to registration data (recommendation #3).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">As has been communicated previously, Michael Palage will be confirming his resignation as Chair of this group to the Council. The Council will need to consider the proper timing for identifying
a new Chair for this effort.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will seek to identify whether to approve the recommendations put forward by the Scoping Team (e.g., registrar survey and/or registrar audit).</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 - 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 - Discussion of GAC’s request for additional members in Applicant Support GGP Working Group. (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">On 25 August 2022, the GNSO Council
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020-current#202208"><span style="color:#1155CC">voted</span></a> to initiate a GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) on Applicant Support. Shortly thereafter, GNSO support staff sent messages to the SO/AC/SG/Cs,
inviting them to identify Members for the Working Group, following the Working Group composition described in the initiation request.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">In the GAC’s <a href="https://gac.icann.org/contentMigrated/icann75-kuala-lumpur-communique">
<span style="color:#1155CC">ICANN75 Kuala Lumpur Communique</span></a>, the GAC communicated that its desire for the Council to, “allow broader participation from interested GAC participants, as well as other members of the community, beyond the single member
per Advisory Committee presently envisioned by the call for volunteers communicated to the GAC.” The GAC also sent
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/correspondence/ismail-to-ducos-03oct22-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">correspondence</span></a> to the GNSO Council, requesting that membership be expanded from a single member to two (2) members and two (2) alternates from the GAC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The Council has noted that it has intentionally kept the membership narrow in order to better ensure an efficient and effective outcome. In that regard, the Council has noted that beyond the Working
Group membership, external subject matter expertise can be pursued.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss the GAC’s request and seek to agree on the appropriate outcome.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</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 - DNS Abuse Small Team Report (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">At ICANN72, the GNSO Council agreed to establish a small team to consider and recommend next steps for the Council related to DNS abuse, if any. An
<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/178587048/Small%20Team%20Assignment%20-%20DNS%20abuse_26Jan2022.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1643230285000&api=v2">
<span style="color:#1155CC">assignment form</span></a> was drafted and the team held its first meeting 9 February 2022. The team performed outreach to interested community groups to better understand what DNS abuse related issues need to be addressed specifically
via gTLD policy development. The small team considered this same question amongst its members and respective SG/Cs. The Council sent outreach letters to the ALAC, GAC, SSAC, and the DNS Abuse Institute and received input from all of these groups, as well as
from a number of the SG/Cs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The small team carefully considered all input received and has reached agreement on a set of 4 recommendations. The small team reached these conclusions by thinking of DNS abuse as taking place
in phases (e.g., malicious domain registration/domain being compromised, DNS abuse being reported, action being taken by a well-positioned party). These phases helped the small team to better understand which elements are best addressed via policy development
versus another mechanism. To that end, the small team has concluded that improvements in DNS abuse mitigation can be sought via three buckets: through education / communication / outreach, through contractual negotiations, and/or policy development. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The small team delivered its
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/correspondence/dns-abuse-small-team-to-gnso-council-07oct22-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">report</span></a> to Council on 10 October 2022.. Any next steps for the recommendations will be determined by the Council.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will receive a briefing on the report and consider next steps.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.1 – Introduction of topic (Mark Datysgeld & Paul McGrady, small team co-leads)</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"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 8: COUNCIL UPDATE - Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) (15 minutes</span><span style="color:#172B4D">)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The EPDP on IDNs was initiated by the Council on 20 May 2021 and the team began meeting in August 2021. While Edmon Chung was initially approved to serve as the Chair of the EPDP, he stepped down
upon being appointed to the ICANN Board. Donna Austin was confirmed to replace Edmon as Chair of the EPDP in September 2021. In October 2021, the Council acknowledged the EPDP on IDNs’ work plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The EPDP Team has been meeting weekly and making progress against its charter, but the complexity of the subject matter and the charter questions, as well as the implications on the New gTLD Program
processes and other ICANN policies and procedures (and thus, the need to adequately understand all of these elements) has challenged agreed upon timelines in the work plan. The EPDP Team is anticipating submitting a Project Change Request (PCR) in November,
but the Chair and the EPDP believes that it is important for the Council to understand the need for a project plan update, what is changing, and the implications of those changes, prior to being asked to make a decision on the PCR.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will be provided with an update on the EPDP on IDNs and an overview of the expected PCR.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.1 – Introduction of topic (Donna Austin, Chair of the EPDP on IDNs)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">8.3 – 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 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SPS planning (10 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council will hold its Strategic Planning Session (SPS) from 14-16 December in Los Angeles, a return to the face to face format. The Council leadership team has been coordinating with
GNSO support staff on the planning of this event and has put together a proposed set of themes and high level agenda for the SPS. The themes for the SPS are inspired by and take into account input received to date from Councilors through the early input survey
that was circulated in July of this year .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, Council leadership will provide an overview of the proposed themes for the SPS and invite input from Councilors on how the agenda might be improved.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (10 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">10.1 – Vacant Council Liaison positions (TPR, Accuracy)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">10.2 – Council participant in the ICANN Academy Leadership Program prior to ICANN76</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">10.3 – Zoom photo shoot of new Council</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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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