2014 Council Decisions and Resolutions

101-02:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to express no objection to the submission of the letter prepared by the CCWG Use of Country and Territory names as TLDs under name of the CCWG as part of the public comment process initiated by the GAC sub-group on Geographic Names.

For avoidance of doubt, the ccNSO Council requests the Secretariat to ensure that the ccNSO Council Statement is submitted timely.

100-06:

THE COUNCIL REESOLVED to appoint Dina Beer (.il), Sanna Sahlman (.fi), Svitlana Tkachenko, (.ua) as members of the ccNSO Meeting Programme Working Group.

100-04:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its secretariat to send out the approved call [for self-nominations Cross-Community Working Group on Accountability] as soon as possible on the relevant email lists, including the ccTLDWorld@icann.org list and announce it on the ccNSO website. The Regional ccTLD Organizations are kindly requested to send out the call for proposals on their lists as well. The names of the Nominees shall be published on the ccNSO Website upon receiving the nomination.

100-02:

The Secretariat is requested to send out a call for volunteers for membership of the CCIG, with the intention that the Council will appoint the members at its next meeting (11 December 2014).

Intermeeting decision

(Per email) Approve to be submitted to on behalf of ccNSO Council to GAC

99-12:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to draft a charter for a ccNSO guideline and process review committee, for adoption by the Council at its next meeting. The purpose of the committee should be to review the current guidelines whether they reflect current practices and working methods, assess potential gaps, and based on this analysis, propose changes to the current guidelines. The draft charter should also include a proposal for membership.

 99-10:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Lise Fuhr (.dk) as co-chair of the Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal related to the Naming related Function. The ccNSO Council requests its chair to inform the other chartering organizations and the other co-chair of the Working Group accordingly.

The ccNSO Council requests Lise to regularly attend the ccNSO Council meetings, in particular for the related part of meeting, to liaise between the Working Group and the Council. The secretariat is requested to ensure Lise is invited timely.

99-08:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Annebeth Lange (.no) as one of the two ccNSO appointed co-chairs. The secretariat was requested to inform the other co-chairs and the members of the UCTN accordingly.

99-06:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to invite the current membership to indicate whether they want to stay on as SOP Working Group members, taking into account the aforementioned criteria.

99-04:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Jordan Carter (.nz) as co-chair of the CCWG IG, and requests him to regularly attend the ccNSO Council meetings, specifically for the related part on the agenda to liaise between the CCWG and the Council. The secretariat is requested to inform the CCWG IG leadership and support staff of Jordan's appointment.  The secretariat is requested to ensure Jordan is invited in a timely manner.

99-02:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to:

1. Adopt the Selection Report for the Board Seat 12 Selection Process, and thanks Gabi for her hard work as Selection Process Manager.

2. Select Mike Silber to fill ICANN Board Seat number 12 starting at the end of ICANN's Annual General Meeting in 2015 for a term of three years.

The Council requests its Chair to inform the ICANN Secretary accordingly.

The Council congratulates Mike on his nomination and selection and expresses its deep appreciation for his services to date on the ICANN Board of Directors.

98-04:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the proposed draft as a ccNSO Council Statement. The ccNSO Council thanks the drafting team for its efforts and hard work to produce the statement in the limited timeframe.

98-02:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the charter for the Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance. The secretariat is requested to inform the conveners of the informal WG as soon as possible as well as the chairs of the other SO's and AC's.

97-09:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to update the ccTLDWorld@ICANN.ORG email list, to the extent that all subscribers are allowed to post to the list, and also ensure that all members of the Coordination Committee are subscribed to the list.

97-07:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED request its Secretariat to send out the approved call for self-nominations as soon as possible on the relevant email lists, among others, but not limited to the ccTLDWorld@ICANN.ORG list, and announce it on the ccNSO website. The names of the nominees shall be published on the ccNSO website upon receiving the nomination.

If more then five (5) people have nominated for membership, the ccNSO Council will select the member for the cross-community working group at its next meeting, based on the selection criteria listed in the call for nominations. Those who were not selected are encouraged to participate as observers.

97-05:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Juhani Juselius for another term on the NomCom. Staff is requested to inform Juhani and the NomCom accordingly.

97-03:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the timeline for the selection of ICANN Board Seat 11, 2015 as proposed.

97-01:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the timeline for the ccNSO Council election 2015 as proposed.

96-12:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request Cristian Hesselman (.NL), to seek volunteers to initiate the steps of the process and draft a charter for the implementation working group, in close cooperation with the secretariat and present it to the Council, as soon as feasible.

96-10:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to draft a charter for a coordination committee on IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability. The purpose of this group is to coordinate the ccNSO and broader ccTLD efforts to participate in the IANA Stewardship Transition Process and Enhancing ICANN's Accountability Process and coordinate the efforts of the ccNSO with other efforts aimed at including the broader ccTLD community in the process and finally coordinate the interrelation between the processes from a ccNSO and broader ccTLD perspective.

Further, the membership of this group should at least comprise ex-officio of:

• The chair of the ccNSO and chair of the ccNSO Meetings Program Working Group
• The chair of the SOP Working Group
• The members selected on the Coordination Committee
• The members to be appointed on the future cross-community working group on IANA stewardship transition process
• The members of the working groups related to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process

96-08:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to set-up an email list, including email contacts to all ccTLDs and solely for the purpose to inform and engage the community in the IANA Stewardship Transition Process.

96-06:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to request its Secretariat to send out a call to the ccTLD community for the 4 volunteers to the charter drafting team as soon as possible after closure of the Council meeting. It also resolved to request its Secretariat to indicate that those who are interested may attend the informal meeting of the envisioned drafting group during the London meeting. The volunteers would be appointed by an email decision of the Council as soon as possible, but no later then 4 July 2014, 23.59 UTC.

96-04:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Becky Burr (.us) as ccNSO co-chair of Working Group for the Development of a Framework of Principles for Cross-Community Working Groups. The secretariat is requested to inform the GNSO and the GNSO appointed co-chair of the Working Group accordingly.

96-02:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Giovanni Seppia (.EU) as Interim chair of the SOP Working Group until the Los Angeles meeting. The secretariat is requested to inform the Working Group accordingly.

95-02:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint the following community members to form a drafting team to prepare a ccNSO Council Statement on ICANN's proposal to enhance ICANN's accountability process:

From IANA Transfer Coordination Committee:
Becky Burr, .us
Keith Davidson, .nz
Byron Holland, .ca

Other Volunteers:
Martin Boyle, .uk
Hiro Hotta, .jp
Daniel Kalchev, .bg
Barrack Otieno, AfTLD
Nigel Roberts, .gg & .je
Paul Szyndler, .au
Mathieu Weill, .fr
Jorg Schweiger .de 

The Council further requested Mathieu Weill (.fr) to chair this effort.

The Council also requested its Chair to submit a placeholder statement, noting that the time for submissions is very limited.

94-01:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the statement of purpose for the Quorum Interpretation Committee, which goal is to clarify the various options and their implication of "non-voting", including abstaining from vote, are perceived by the community and recommend a further course of action to the council. Katrina Sataki was appointed Chair of the Quorum Interpretation Committee.

93-02:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to appoint Byron Holland, Keith Davidson and Becky Burr as ccNSO Process Coordination Committee with respect to IANA Functions Transition Process. The purpose of this committee is to coordinate the ccNSO efforts to participate in the IANA Functions Transition Process, and coordinate the ccNSO with other efforts aimed at including the broad ccTLD community in the process. The committee may invite other members of the ccTLD community to participate in the work of the committee, if deemed necessary and appropriate.

93-04:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to:

1. Adopt the Charter and appoint Becky Burr as the ccNSO Council liaison to the CWG that will develop the Final Framework;
2. Coordinate next steps with the GNSO Council to jointly issue a call for volunteers for the CWG; and
3. Until such time as the CWG select its co-chairs for the Working Group and those co-chairs are confirmed by the ccNSO and GNSO Councils, the ccNSO Council liaison to the CWG shall serve as the interim co-chair from the ccNSO.

93-06:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the recommendations of its Election Review Committee:

1. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to look into possibilities of developing a new voting system, which allows ach member to handle and update their own data and which is linked to a voting tool making it the voting much easier to handle.
2. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to update the ccNSO Election Guidelines with the additional wording: " Only ccNSO Primary or Secondary Contacts, as listed in the ccNSO Database, are eligible to nominate or second a candidate" in the appropriate section.
3. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to update the ccNSO Election Guidelines with the additional wording: Self-Nominations or Secondments are not allowed" in the appropriate section.
4. The ccNSO Secretariat is requested to continue its activities on awareness raising campaigns, when necessary.

93-08:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to thank the Singapore registry SGNIC for their involvement in and sponsorship of the ICANN meeting.

93-10:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to thank Roelof Meijer for all his hard work on the Council and for his consistent support of the ccNSO.

92-02 (per email vote, supporting meeting 92)

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED TO:

Cease the organisation of the ccNSO sponsored lunches as of the ccNSO meeting in London (22-26 June 2014) and to inform the ccNSO membership and broader ccTLD community accordingly during the ccNSO meeting in Singapore (25-26 March 2014).

91-01:

THE COUNCIL RESOLVED to:

1. Participate in the new GNSO initiated cross-community drafting team as suggested,
2. Appoint Becky Burr as co-chair of the Working Group.
3. To call for volunteers once the WG has been formally established