[CWG-Stewardship] Jonathan's Blog Going Into ICANN54

[Grace Abuhamad]

Dear all, 

It is with great pleasure that I share with you a blog from Jonathan
Robinson, GNSO Chair (and our CWG-Stewardship co-Chair!).

Original link: 
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ICANN54 in Dublin is upon us and with it will come all the usual challenges
and opportunities as well as a significant overlay. It is the annual meeting
so it is busy in any event, and a time of change on theGNSO Council,
including the election of a new chair. The Dublin meeting also comes at a
time of considerable effort by the broader community to bring the work of
the Cross Community Working Group on enhancing ICANN Accountability towards
an effective conclusion.
The GNSO Council preparation has, as ever for ICANN meetings, been focused
on ensuring that the myriad of policy related activities are in good shape
to be reviewed and progressed to the next logical stage in the process. The
GNSO Council, as manager of the policy development process within theGNSO,
arranges a full schedule over the weekend before the ICANN meeting opens on
Monday and we use that time to review and revise key current policy
development and related activities within the GNSO. The meetings are open to
all to attend, either in person or online, and we welcome participation and
interaction from all. A briefing on the current work is prepared ahead of
the ICANN meeting and can be viewed here.
The in-person ICANN meetings also provide valuable opportunities for a
variety of cross-community interactions. The GNSO Council meets with the
ICANN staff, management and executives on various topics as well as with the
ICANN Board, typically on previously agreed topics. The Council also
benefits from, and helps to facilitate, a range of valuable interactions
between the GNSO and other ICANNSupporting Organizations and Advisory
Committees. Recent work with the Country Code NamesSupporting Organization
has benefited from a focus on cross-community working group activities and
recent work with the Government Advisory Committee has benefitted
substantially from the formation and operation of a joint GNSO/GAC
Consultation Group as well as the appointment of a GNSO Liaison to the GAC.
Of course, the annual meeting also includes the rotation of Councilors who
have served their term and so the Council is refreshed with new members from
the various stakeholder groups and constituencies, as well as those
councilors who are appointed via ICANN's Nominating Committee (3 seats). The
change in the Council takes place formally on Wednesday after the initial
GNSO Council meeting where the main formal business of the meeting is
conducted. The new GNSO Council is then seated and a chair elected. The
Dublin meeting will include a wrap-up session on Thursday and then a full
day indication and development session on Friday. A full week indeed!
ICANN54 in Dublin is also a time when the broader community is aware of the
necessary requirement to come together and continue to make significant
progress towards the complete package of measures associated with the
transition of IANA stewardship from the US Government to the global
multistakeholder community. Many in the community have been massively
stretched as we worked the long hours to build linked proposals for
transition of the IANA stewardship and to enhance ICANN's accountability,
almost certainly at the expense of more routine policy or other work. The
GNSO is a chartering organization of each of the related cross community
working groups on the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhanced ICANN
Accountability and, as such, will need to support the eventual outcomes from
these working groups in order for them to proceed. The Council has a crucial
role to play in ensuring that the respective stakeholder groups and
constituencies represented by councilors, remain fully informed and engaged.
Ultimately, we need to know and be satisfied that, consensus positions have
been developed and appropriate compromises have been made when necessary, so
that we can then go on to approve a proposal that is bottom-up and
multistakeholder, as well as fit for purpose and able to withstand the test
of time.


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