[council] GNSO Council Resolutions - 15 December 2016

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



The following resolutions were adopted by the GNSO Council at its meeting on 
Thursday, 15 December 2016.

These resolutions are also published on page:

https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions



1. Appointment of GNSO Members and GNSO Co-Chair to the New Cross Community 
Working Group for New gTLD Auction Proceeds



Whereas,

1. The GNSO Council adopted the charter for the CCWG new gTLD Auction Proceeds 
during its meeting on 7 November 2016;


2. As a Chartering Organization, the GNSO can appoint a minimum of 2 and a 
maximum of 5 Members to the CCWG. Members are expected to serve as a liaison 
between their respective Chartering Organization and the CCWG. Members must, if 
and when necessary, ensure that the Chartering Organizations are kept up to 
date on the progress and deliberations of the CCWG as well as sharing any input 
from the Chartering Organization with the CCWG.


3. The Charter specifies that a chair may be appointed by each Chartering 
Organizations. Chartering Organizations that do decide to appoint a chair 
should make reasonable efforts that the proposed chair / co-chair has the 
necessary experience to manage an effort of this nature by, for example, having 
actively participated as a member in at least one CCWG or ICANN Working Group 
throughout its lifecycle in order to have relevant or related experience of the 
different tasks that come with chairing a CCWG. Prior leadership experience 
(chair / co-chair / vice-chair) is desirable.


4. The GNSO Council notes that that best efforts have been to ensure that GNSO 
appointed members:

*  Have sufficient and appropriate motivation (and ideally expertise) to 
participate in the substance of the work of the CCWG. Appropriate experience 
could, for example, include experience with allocation and final disbursement 
of funds;

*  Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG on an on-going 
and long-term basis;

*  Solicit and communicate (where appropriate) the views and concerns of 
individuals in the organization that appoints them;

*  Commit to abide to the charter when participating in the CCWG;

*  Understand the needs of the Internet communities that ICANN serves 
(standards, domains and numbers);

*  Understand the broader ecosystem (the Internet Community) in which ICANN 
operates and the needs of those working on other aspects of the Internet 
industry, including those not yet connected.



Resolved

1. The GNSO Council appoints Jonathan Robinson as the GNSO Appointed Co-Chair 
and Member to the CCWG - Auction Proceeds.


2. The GNSO Council confirms Tony Harris, Jon Nevett, Eliot Noss and Stephanie 
Perrin as GNSO appointed members to the CCWG-Auction Proceeds.


3. The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Appointed Co-Chair and the GNSO appointed 
members to ensure that the GNSO community is kept up to date on the progress of 
the deliberations as well as making sure that input from the GNSO community is 
sought on a regular basis.


4. The GNSO Council encourages other interested in this topic to join this 
effort as a participant or observer.

<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf>

Voting 
results<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf>
https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf



2. Adoption of the GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué from Hyderabad for submission 
to the ICANN Board

Whereas,

1. The Governmental Advisory Committee advises the ICANN Board on issues of 
public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's 
activities or policies and national laws or international agreements. It 
usually does so as part of a Communiqué, which is published towards the end of 
every ICANN meeting.

2. The GNSO is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board 
substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains.

3. The GNSO has expressed a desire to provide feedback to the ICANN Board on 
issues in the GAC Communiqué as these relate to generic top-level domains to 
inform the ICANN Board as well as the broader community of past, present or 
future gTLD policy activities that may directly or indirectly relate to advice 
provided by the GAC.

4. The GNSO hopes that the input provided through its review of the GAC 
Communiqué will further enhance the co-ordination and promote the sharing of 
information on gTLD related policy activities between the GAC, Board and the 
GNSO.

Resolved,

1. The GNSO Council adopts the GNSO Review of the Hyderabad GAC Communiqué
https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-15dec16-en.pdf

and requests that the GNSO Council Chair communicate the GNSO Review of the 
Hyderabad GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board..

2. Following the communication to the ICANN Board, the GNSO Council requests 
that the GNSO Council Chair informs the GAC Chair as well as the GAC-GNSO 
Consultation Group of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN 
Board.

Voting 
results<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf>
https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf

3. Adoption of GNSO Review Working Group Implementation Plan



WHEREAS,

1.           The second independent review of the GNSO commenced in 2014.


2.           The Final Report of the independent examiner was published on 15 
September 2015 (see 
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf) 
and contained 36 recommendations in the areas of: participation & 
representation, continuous development, transparency and alignment with ICANN's 
future.


3.           The GNSO Council adopted the GNSO Review Recommendations 
Feasibility and Prioritization analysis 
(see:http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-feasibility-prioritization-25feb16-en.pdf)
 on 14 April 2016 with the modification of Recommendation 21, that the council 
recommends staff working with the GNSO to institute methods of information 
sharing of highly relevant research related to gTLDs to help the GNSO community 
members increase their knowledge base (low priority).


4.           On 25 June, the ICANN Board accepted the Final Report from the 
independent examiner, taking into account the GNSO Working Party's Feasibility 
and Prioritization Analysis of the GNSO Review Recommendations, adopted with 
modifications by the GNSO Council, the Board adopts thirty-four (34) 
recommendations of the Final Report (i.e. all recommendations excluding 
recommendations 23 and 32).


5.           Furthermore, the Board requested that the GNSO Council convene a 
group that oversees the implementation of Board-accepted recommendations. An 
implementation plan, containing a realistic timeline for the implementation, 
definition of desired outcomes and a way to measure current state as well as 
progress toward the desired outcome, shall be submitted to the Board as soon as 
possible, but no later than six (6) months after the adoption of this 
resolution.


6.           The GNSO Council requested that ICANN policy staff prepare a 
discussion paper that outlines the possible options for dealing with the 
implementation of the GNSO Review recommendations following adoption by the 
ICANN Board taking into account the past implementation of the GNSO Review as 
well as existing mechanisms such as the SCI, the GNSO Review Working Party and 
other applicable best practices and lessons learned from past reviews. This 
discussion paper was submitted to the GNSO Council on 20 June 2016 (see 
http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-implementation-recommendations-discussion-paper-20jun16-en.pdf).


7.           The GNSO Council reviewed and discussed next steps during the 
ICANN meeting in Helsinki where it was proposed to repurpose the SCI as a 
Working Group to develop the requested implementation plan as outlined in the 
staff discussion paper.


8.           On 21 July 2016 the GNSO Council approved a motion to adopt the 
charter for the GNSO Review Working Group and directed the Working Group to 
submit the proposed implementation plan to the GNSO Council for approval at the 
latest by the ICANN57.



RESOLVED

1.           The GNSO Council adopts the implementation plan.


2.         The GNSO Council directs staff to submit the implementation plan to 
the ICANN Board for its consideration.


3.         Following approval of the implementation plan by the ICANN Board of 
Directors, the GNSO Council directs the GNSO Review Working Group to execute 
and oversee the implementation of the recommendations as specified in the 
implementation plan, and to provide the GNSO Council with regular status 
updates (at a minimum prior to every ICANN meeting) on the status of 
implementation, including an overview for which recommendations implementation 
is considered complete. As part of this status update, the GNSO Review Working 
Group should also identify any questions and/or concerns that may have arisen 
during the implementation that would require further guidance.

Voting 
results<https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf>
https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/gnso-council-motion-recorder-15dec16-en.pdf



Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you.

Kind regards,



Glen



Glen de Saint Géry

Manager Supporting Organisations Advisory Committees

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers - ICANN

glen@xxxxxxxxx

http://www.icann.org



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