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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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<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><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><span class="apple-converted-space">GNSO
Council Meeting taking place on Thursday, 24 August 2023 at 13:00 UTC for 2 hours. This has been posted on the
</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/0IBXDg">agenda wiki page</a><span class="apple-converted-space">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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/yIBXDg"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/yIBXDg</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:black">
</span><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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For convenience:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;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 class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;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"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 24 August 2023 at 13:00 UTC:
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2h2mdzcd"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://tinyurl.com/2h2mdzcd</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">06:00 Los Angeles; 09:00 Washington DC; 14:00 London; 15:00 Paris; 16:00 Moscow; 07:00 Melbourne </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation:</span></b><b><span style="color:blue">
</span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/97891627902?pwd=RURCTitiNEVwd2UySEk1QkRESmlFZz09"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">https://icann.zoom.us/j/97891627902?pwd=RURCTitiNEVwd2UySEk1QkRESmlFZz09</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (5 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-14jun23-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a> of the GNSO Council meeting on
14 June were posted on 01 July 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-20jul23-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a> of the GNSO Council meeting on
20 July were posted on 06 August 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#0052CC">Projects List</span></a></span><u><span style="color:#0052CC">
</span></u><span style="color:#172B4D">and</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:#0052CC">Action Item List. </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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Approval of the 2023 Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Slate - In accordance with Section 17.2 (d) of the ICANN Bylaw and per the CSC Charter, the full membership of the CSC must be approved by the GNSO Council. The Council approves the full slate of members
and liaisons, noting that the SSAC has declined to appoint a liaison<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Members</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Dmitry Burkov (EU) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: RySG </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2023 - 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Federico Neves (LAC) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: ccNSO </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2023 – 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Brett Carr (EU) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: ccNSO </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2022 - 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Rick Wilhelm (NA) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: RySG </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2022 – 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">2 Liaisons: Holly Raiche</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: ALAC </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2023 - 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Milton Mueller </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: GNSO (Non-Registry) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2023 - 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Gloria Atwine Katuuku </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: GAC </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2022 - 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Ken Renard </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: RSSAC </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2022 - 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Amy Creamer </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: PTI </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: No term limit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Alternates: In line with recommendations of the second CSC Effectiveness Review Team included in its Final Report, the ccNSO and GNSO Councils requested that the liaison appointing organizations
each appoint one (1) alternate, and strongly encouraged the ccNSO and RySG to each appoint one (1) alternate in addition to members. While some appointing organizations have chosen to appoint alternates later in the process, to date the following alternate
appointment has been made: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Ejikeme Egbuogu</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: ALAC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2023 – 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">John Gbadamosi </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Appointing Organization: GNSO (Non-Registry) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Term: 2023 – 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - SubPro Small Team Clarifying Statement (20 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">During its informal session at ICANN76 and the subsequent Council meeting, the Council
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-15mar23-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#0052CC">discussed and agreed</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">to task a small team of interested councilors to review the recommendations that the Board placed in a pending status and suggest to the full Council how the underlying concerns that caused the pending status can be best addressed
(i.e., a limited triage exercise).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Since ICANN76, the Council SubPro Small Team has met several times and has completed a comprehensive review of the issues chart, with Board member input on why the Board placed specific
recommendations into a pending status. The Council discussed the main output of that triage effort, the proposed paths forward for each pending recommendation, during an Extraordinary Meeting on 4 May. During that meeting, the Council agreed to further task
the small team with taking interim steps (e.g., provision of clarifying information, developing speaking points) in order to support the Council’s dialogue with the ICANN Board on</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=240617931"><span style="color:#0052CC">22 May</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">.
</span><span style="color:black">The Council debriefed after the dialogue with the ICANN Board and discussed next steps. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">During the ICANN77 Day 0 Session, the Council heard from the members of the Board regarding the Board’s views on potential “landing spots” on the pending recommendations. Following this
discussion, the Small Team has drafted clarifying statements for items in landing spot one (“Provision of Clarifying Statement to the Board”). During its meeting in July, the Council received an update from the Small Team on the proposed clarifying statement.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will vote on the clarifying statement. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">4.1 – Introduction of topic (Paul McGrady, SubPro Small Team Chair) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">4.3 – Council Vote </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of Interest (SOI)
Requirements (20 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The GNSO Framework for Continuous Improvement Pilot was initiated in June 2021 to determine whether the framework, as outlined
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/continuous-improvement-oversight-implementation-framework-29jun21-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a><span style="color:#162B4D">,
</span><span style="color:black">could serve as an approach for dealing with the various projects that are focused on improvements to GNSO processes and procedures.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The CCOICI </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/NAAiCw"><span style="color:#0563C1">tasked</span></a><span style="color:black"> the GNSO Statement of Interest (SOI) Task Force to address the following
questions:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Is the original objective of the SOI, as stated in the BGC WG Report, still valid? If not, why not and what should the current objective be?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo9;vertical-align:baseline">
Based on the response to question 1), is the requested information to be provided as part of the SOI still fit for purpose? If not, why not, and what would need to be changed to make it fit for purpose?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo9;vertical-align:baseline">
Are there any further measures that should be considered from an enforcement / escalation perspective, in addition or instead of those already included in the requirements?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) submitted to the GNSO Council for consideration its Recommendations Report following its review of the Recommendations Report
submitted to the CCOICI by the GNSO Statement of Interest Task Force based on their review of the GNSO Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements as well as their review of the input received in response to the public comment forum.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will hear an overview of the
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/correspondence/chen-to-gnso-council-14aug23-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">CCOICI Recommendations Report
</span></a><span style="color:black">on the SOI Requirements.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">5.1 - Introduction of topic (Manju Chen, CCOICI Chair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">5.2 - Council Discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">5.3 - Next Steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Chartering the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”) (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">In its <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/final-report-newgtld-subsequent-procedures-pdp-02feb21-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a>, the Subsequent Procedures Working Group recommended “the formation of a Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (‘SPIRT’) (Pronounced ‘spirit’) to serve as the body responsible for reviewing potential
issues related to the Program, to conduct analysis utilizing the framework, and to recommend the process/mechanism that should be followed to address the issue (i.e., utilize the Predictability Framework). The GNSO Council shall be responsible for oversight
of the SPIRT and may review all recommendations of the SPIRT in accordance with the procedures outlined in the GNSO Operating Procedures and Annexes thereto.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will hear from the two Council Liaisons to the SubPro Implementation Review Team “IRT” regarding the chartering of the SPIRT.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">6.1 – Introduction of Topic (Anne Aikman-Scalese and Susan Payne, SubPro IRT Liaisons)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">6.2 – Council discussion </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">6.3 - Next Steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro Pending Recommendations - Expected Non-Adoption (20 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">During its informal session at ICANN76 and the subsequent Council meeting, the Council
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-15mar23-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#0052CC">discussed and agreed</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">to task a small team of interested councilors to review the recommendations that the Board placed in a pending status and suggest to the full Council how the underlying concerns that caused the pending status can be best addressed
(i.e., a limited triage exercise).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Since ICANN76, the Council SubPro Small Team has met several times and has completed a comprehensive review of the issues chart, with Board member input on why the Board placed specific
recommendations into a pending status. The Council discussed the main output of that triage effort, the proposed paths forward for each pending recommendation, during an Extraordinary Meeting on 4 May. During that meeting, the Council agreed to further task
the small team with taking interim steps (e.g., provision of clarifying information, developing speaking points) in order to support the Council’s dialogue with the ICANN Board on</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=240617931"><span style="color:#0052CC">22 May</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">.
</span><span style="color:black">The Council debriefed after the dialogue with the ICANN Board and discussed next steps. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">During the ICANN77 Day 0 Session, the Council heard from the members of the Board regarding the Board’s views on potential “landing spots” on the pending recommendations. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will hear an update on the proposed path for the recommendations the Board is not expected to adopt. In addition, the small team is requesting Council for further instructions
now that it has reached the solution building stage; as well as input on whether or not it is time to invite the GAC to participate more formally in the small team's work and how that would work practically. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">7.1 - Introduction of Topic (Paul McGrady, Chair of SubPro Small Team)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">7.2 - Council Discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">7.3 - Next Steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Closed Generics (20 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">In March 2022, the ICANN Board requested that the GAC and GNSO Council consider engaging in a facilitated dialogue to develop a framework for further GNSO policy work on the issue of Closed
Generics. The GAC and GNSO Council agreed to the Board’s suggestion and each appointed six participants for the dialogue. One participant and one alternate from the ALAC were also appointed. Should the GAC-GNSO facilitated dialogue result in an agreed framework,
the agreements will be further developed through the appropriate GNSO policy process.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Following an initial, informal meeting at ICANN75 in Kuala Lumpur, the dialogue participants have since been meeting regularly via Zoom and held a substantive two-day face-to-face meeting
in Washington, D.C. in late January 2023. The dialogue is hoping to deliver a draft framework around the end of April 2023 to the ALAC, GAC, GNSO and other SOACs for community input. At this stage, groups are expected to have approximately four weeks to review
the document. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">During its meeting at ICANN76, the ICANN Board passed a
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-regular-meeting-of-the-icann-board-16-03-2023-en">
resolution</a> adopting a substantial portion of the outputs from the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP, setting in motion the start of the implementation process for the next round of new gTLDs. As part of the resolution, the Board established deadlines for
key deliverables that will impact the development of the implementation plan. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The GNSO Chair, GAC Chair, and ALAC Chair plan to send a separate communication to the ICANN Board that reflects the decision they took and, as stated in the letter, expressing the collective
view that:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">(1) closed generic gTLDs should not be viewed as a dependency for the next round;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">(2) until there is community-developed policy, the Board should maintain the position from the 2012 round (i.e., any applications seeking to impose exclusive registry access for "generic
strings" to a single person or entity and/or that person's or entity's Affiliates (as defined in Section 2.9(c) of the Registry Agreement) should not proceed; and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">(3) should the community decide in the future to resume the policy discussions, this should be based on the good work that has been done to date in the facilitated dialogue.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss the current state of work and the proposed communication to the Board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">8.1 - Introduction of Topic (John McElwaine, Council Liaison to Closed Generics Facilitated Discussion)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">8.2 - Council Discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">8.3 - Next Steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">9.1 Update from NIS2 Outreach Team (Thomas Rickert, Chair of Small Team)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">9.2 ICANN78 Planning (Terri Agnew, ICANN org)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">9.3 Discussion Paper on .Quebec</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">9.4 Grant Program implementation update to Chartering Organizations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> _______________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">See</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11"><span style="color:black">
</span><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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:black">
</span><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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">References for Coordinated Universal Time of 13:00 UTC</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Local time between March and October in the NORTHERN hemisphere</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">See </span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/</span></a><span style="color:black"> for Dates for Daylight Saving Time and Clock
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">US and Canada: DST starts on Sunday 12 March 2023 (with exceptions)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">European countries: DST starts on Sunday 26 March 2023 (with exceptions) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Some parts of Australia: DST starts on Sunday 01 October 2023</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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