[council] Resolutions passed at the GNSO Council meeting on 21 January 2016

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



Please find the resolutions passed at the GNSO Council meeting on 21 January 
2016.



The GNSO Council  unanimously adopted the Final Report of the Privacy and Proxy 
Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) Policy Development Process (PDP) Working 
Group

Voting 
results<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/voting-ppsai-final-21jan16-en.pdf>

Whereas:

1. On 31 October 2013, the GNSO Council chartered a Working Group for a Policy 
Development Process (PDP) on Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues 
(PPSAI) [see http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201310] and tasked 
the Working Group to develop policy recommendations to guide ICANN's 
implementation of an accreditation program for privacy and proxy service 
providers;

2. This PDP has followed the prescribed PDP steps as stated in the Bylaws, 
resulting in a Final Report delivered to the GNSO Council on 7 December 2015 
(see http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/raa/ppsai-final-07dec15-en.pdf);

3. The PPSAI PDP Working Group has reached Full Consensus (as described in the 
GNSO Working Group Guidelines) on all the recommendations in the Final Report; 
and

4. The GNSO Council has reviewed and discussed these recommendations.

Resolved:

1. The GNSO Council adopts, and recommends that the ICANN Board of Directors 
adopt, all the PPSAI PDP Working Group's final recommendations in the Final 
Report (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/raa/ppsai-final-07dec15-en.pdf).

2. Should the PDP recommendations be adopted by the ICANN Board, the GNSO 
Council directs ICANN staff to convene a Privacy and Proxy Services 
Accreditation Implementation Review Team. The Implementation Review Team will 
be tasked with assisting ICANN staff in developing the implementation details 
for the PDP recommendations, evaluating the proposed implementation of the 
recommendations as approved by the Board, and working with ICANN staff to 
ensure that the resultant implementation conforms to the intent of the approved 
recommendations. The Implementation Review Team shall operate in accordance 
with the Implementation Review Team Principles and Guidance approved by the 
GNSO Council in June 2015.

3. The GNSO Council requests that, following the adoption by the ICANN Board of 
the PDP recommendations, ICANN staff issue a call for volunteers for the 
Implementation Review Team, to be circulated at a minimum to the members of 
PPSAI PDP Working Group.



The GNSO Council unanimously approved the charter for the policy development 
process (PDP) working group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures

Voting 
results<http://ccnso.icann.org/council/voting-new-gtld-subsequent-procedures-21jan16-en.pdf>

WHEREAS:

1. The GNSO Council has resolved 
http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201512 to undertake a GNSO policy 
development process (PDP) to consider and analyze issues discussed in the Final 
Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures to determine whether changes or 
adjustments to the existing policy recommendations in the Final Report on the 
Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains are needed; and,

2. 2. The GNSO Council has reviewed the draft Working Group Charter embedded in 
Annex A to the Final Issue Report which was delivered to the GNSO Council on 4 
December 2015 and agreed to amend the draft charter to address concerns of 
potential overlap or duplication with an anticipated PDP on Rights Protection 
Mechanisms. The final version is available here: 
http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/new-gtld-subsequent-procedures-charter-12jan16-en.pdf.

RESOLVED:

1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter and appoints Paul McGrady as the GNSO 
Council liaison to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group (WG);

2. The GNSO Council directs ICANN staff to issue a call for volunteers for the 
PDP WG no later than seven days after the approval of this motion; and

3. Until such time as the WG selects a chair for the WG and that chair is 
confirmed by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council liaison to the WG shall serve 
as the interim chair.

4. Issues relating to RPMs not addressed by the anticipated RPM PDP shall be 
addressed by this PDP.



Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Glen



Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org