Council Decisions and Resolutions

204-01:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO adopt and reconfirm the 2023 ccNSO Purpose and Goals statement (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/purpose-goals-31may23-en.pdf) , and request the secretariat to adjust the approval date to April 2024. This decision becomes effective seven (7) days after publication.

204-03:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED to approve the ccNSO membership application of the Internet Society Lebanon (ISOC.LB) to become member of the ccNSO and welcomes ISOC.LB as member 177 of the ccNSO. The chair is requested to inform ISOC.LB and ccNSO membership. This decision becomes effective upon publication.

203-A

Decision confirming not to participate in PIC's/RVCs Consultation

203-B

Actions in response to letter from Katrina Sataki and Patricio Poblete on events ICANN79.

203-02:

In accordance with the procedure to select its chair and vice-chairs, as include in the Guideline ccNSO Roles and Responsibilities adopted on 26 February 2018, Biyi Oladipo and Jordan Carter were duly nominated and seconded, and accepted their nominations. It is noted that the chair, and vice-chairs are all residing in different ICANN regions. The ccNSO Council elects Biyi Oladipo and Jordan Carter to serve as its Vice-Chairs starting at the end of ICANN79 until the end of ICANN82.

The secretariat is requested to inform the ICANN secretary accordingly and post an announcement on the ccNSO Website. This resolution becomes effective upon publication.

203-04:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO adopt the Recommended Policy as contained in the Final Report of the ccPDP4 Working Group Part A as submitted to the Chair of the ccNSO Council on 23 February 2024.  The adopted recommendations shall be conveyed to the Members of the ccNSO as the Council Recommendation to vote upon.

The ccNSO Council Recommendation addresses the issues as identified pertaining to the de-selection of IDNccTLD strings and related matters as identified in the 2019 Issues Report and requested by Council in 2022.

The ccNSO Council wholeheartedly thanks the members and other participants of the ccPDP4 Working Group for their hard work and prolonged effort to conclude the ccPDP4 policy endeavor and propose the overall policy for the selection, and deselection of IDNccTLD strings and their variants, and related matters. In particular the Council thanks the chair and vice-chair of the working group Kenny Huang, Anil Kumar Jain, Svitlana Tkachenko, and Dennis Tan as chair, vice-chairs and chairs and vice-chairs of the subgroups. The Council also expresses its thanks to Kimberly Carlson and Joke Braeken for their unwavering support and hard work.

The secretariat is requested to inform the WG membership and broader community and prepare and conduct the required membership vote.

This resolution becomes effective upon publication, and the Issue Manager is requested to compile the Members Report as required under Annex B of the ICANN Bylaws.

203-06:

In accordance with the proposed timeline the Council sets the starting date for the ccNSO Members vote on the Council Recommendation to start on Wednesday 27 March 2024, 00.01 UTC and end Wednesday 17 April 2024 at 23.59 UTC. The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken as voting process manager, and requests her to take all steps necessary to organize the members vote and report on the result of the ccNSO members vote to Council by 23 April 2024.

203-08:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO SUPPORT the suggestion of the ccNSO Guideline Review Committee (GRC)  to experiment and test with the proposed continuous improvement method by using the framework and related template to plan and document the improvements of the ccNSO members voting process.  The GRC is further requested to report to Council at its meeting in Kigali. The Council thanks all participants  in the Hamburg and virtual open Space session and the organizers of the sessions and requests them to publish the rough notes of the sessions.

202-01:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO appoint Joel Karubiu (AFTLD) as member of the ccNSO Meeting Program Committee (MPC) and ccNSO Strategic Operational Planning Committee (SOPC). The secretariat is requested to inform the chair of these groups. This resolution becomes effective upon publication.

• Adoption Timeline 360 Review
• Appointment members IGLC: Manal Ismail (Egypt IDNccTLD, .Masr), Olga Cavalli (Councillor), Chris Disspain (Councillor), Adalmonem Galila (Egypt IDNccTLD, .Masr), Russel Harada (.pg), Boyung Kim (.kr)
• Appointment members MPC: Jan Melgar Alvarado (.hn), Tsholofeo Mokone (.za), Murtala M Addullahi (.ng)
• Appointment vice chair IGLC: Marta Moreira Dias (.pt)