Council Decisions and Resolutions | Country Code Names Supporting Organisation

2023

Date	Topic	Resolutions and Decisions
16 March 2023	Chair Election	193-01: In accordance with the procedure to select its chair and vice-chairs, as include in the Guideline ccNSO Roles and Responsibilities (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibilities-council-26feb18-en.pdf) adopted on 26 February 2018, Alejandra Reynoso was duly nominated and seconded as Chair of the ccNSO , and accepted her /his nomination and the ccNSO Council elects [insert name] to serve as its chair starting at the end of the Council meeting of ICANN76 until the end of ICANN79. The secretariat is requested to inform the ICANN secretary accordingly and post an announcement on the ccNSO Website.
16 March 2023	Vice Chair election	193:02: In accordance with the procedure to select its chair and vice-chairs, as include in the Guideline ccNSO Roles and Responsibilities (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibilities-council-26feb18-en.pdf) adopted on 26 February 2018, Biyi Oladipo was duly nominated and seconded, and accepted her/ his nomination. It is noted that the chair, and vice-chairs are all residing in different ICANN regions. The ccNSO Council elects Biyi Oladipo to serve as its Vice-Chair starting at the end of the Council meeting of ICANN76 until the end of ICANN79. The secretariat is requested to inform the ICANN secretary accordingly and post an announcement on the ccNSO Website.
16 March 2023	Vice Chair election	193:03: In accordance with the procedure to select its chair and vice-chairs, as include in the Guideline ccNSO Roles and Responsibilities (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibilities-council-26feb18-en.pdf) adopted on 26 February 2018, Jordan Carter was duly nominated and seconded, and accepted her/ his nomination. It is noted that the chair, and vice-chairs are all residing in different ICANN regions. The ccNSO Council elects Jordan Carter to serve as its Vice-Chair starting at the end of the Council meeting of ICANN76 until the end of ICANN79. The secretariat is requested to inform the ICANN secretary accordingly and post an announcement on the ccNSO Website.
16 March 2023	Roles and responsibilities	193:04: The ccNSO Council decides to maintain the 2022 scheme of assigned roles and responsibilities (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/roles-responsibilities-council-21apr22-en.pdf) until the formal Council meeting during ICANN77. The ccNSO Council requests its Chair to take on the responsibility to oversee the membership application process until a new Councillor is assigned to that role. The ccNSO Council requests its Chair, Irina Danelia, Sean Copeland, Biyi Oladipo, and Chris Disspain to continue the review of the current roles and responsibilities in key areas for the ccNSO and present their findings during a Council session during ICANN 77.
16 March 2023	Appointments	193:05: The ccNSO Council appoint the following persons: Marianne Georgelin (AFNIC, .FR) as member of the DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) Tamara Zylbersztejn (.ar) and Pablo Rodriguez (.pr) as members of the Internet Governance Liaison Committee (IGLC): Pablo Rodriguez (.pr), Tatiana Tropina as member of the Guideline Review Committee (GRC). The Secretariat is requested to inform the respective Chairs and appointees accordingly and take all steps necessary to subscribe the new members to the working groups
16 March 2023	Final report adoption	193:06: The ccNSO Council adopts the Recommended Policy as contained in the Final Report of the ccPDP3 Review Mechanism Working Group section 2-6 and section 9 and as submitted to the Chair of the ccNSO Council on 03 March 2023. 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 pertaining to the introduction of a Review Mechanism as identified in the February 2017 as adopted by the ccNSO Council in March 2017. The Issue Manager is requested to compile the Members Report taking this resolution into account. In accordance with the adopted timeline the Members vote on the Council Recommendation will start on Tuesday 18 April 2023, 00.01 UTC and end 09 May 2023 at 23.59 UTC. The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken as voting process manager and request her to take all steps necessary to organize the members vote and report on the result of the ccNSO members vote to Council at its May 2023 meeting. The ccNSO Council wholeheartedly thanks the members and other participants of the Review Mechanism Working Group for their hard work and prolonged effort to and propose the review mechanism and conclude the ccPDP3 policy endeavour. In particular the Council thanks the chair and vice-chair of the working group Stephen Deerhake (.as) and Eberhard Lisse (.na) and Bernard Turcotte, Kimberly Carlson and Joke Braeken for their unwavering support and hard work. The secretariat is requested to inform the WG membership and broader community.
16 March 2023	Adoption UA roadmap	193:07: The ccNSO Council adopts the proposed roadmap ccNSO & Universal Acceptance. The Council wants to thank the ad-hoc group
16 March 2023	360-feedback	193:08: In accordance with the Guideline: ccNSO Council 360 degree feedback process (https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-council-360-degree-feedback-process-19jan23-en.pdf), the ccNSO Council launches the process of the 360 degree feed-back for each of the following ccNSO Councillors elected by the ccNSO members: Ali Hadji Mmadi Jiankang Yao Irina Danelia Jenifer Lopez Sean Copeland The ccNSO Council will also launch the process for the feedback for Javier Rua-Jovet The ccNSO Council appoints Bart Boswinkel as Feedback Process Manager. The Chair of the Council and Feedback Process Manager, are requested to take all necessary steps in accordance with the aforementioned Guideline, with the goal that the Councillors subject to the review will be debriefed by the end of ICANN77.
February/March	Intermeeting decision:	Appointment of additional members to IGLC: Beth Njau (.ke, KENIC) and David McAuley (.cc, Verisign).
16 February 2023	Coll for volunteers	192-01: The ccNSO Council accept the resignation of Maarten Simon and want to thank him wholeheartedly for his work and contributions as ccNSO appointed liaison to the GNSO Council. The Council also wants to express its appreciation that Maarten will serve as liaison until his successor has been appointed. The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken as selection process manager and adopts the proposed timeline, starting on 2 March 2023, with the call for expression of interest. The resolution becomes effective upon publication on the ccNSO website.
16 February 2023	approve note	192-02: The ccNSO Council welcomes the note on improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of policy development and other processes and supports specifically, the following suggestions with respect to: Planning and scheduling of policy work Meeting formats and WG methods Participation Self-Evaluation With respect to the suggestions pertaining to planning and scheduling, the Council notes the evolving role of the Triage Committee and supports the evolution. The Triage Committee is requested to reach out to the various committees and working groups to improve planning and scheduling. With respect to meeting formats and working group methods and participation, going forward the various groups are requested to take note of these suggestions coming out of the workshop, and the suggestions are expected to be included in the terms of reference or charter of such a new group. With respect to Self-Evaluation, the chair is requested to request the ccPDP3 Review Mechanism Working group and ccPDP4 working group to conduct a self-evaluation following the submission of the final report to Council. In addition, the chair is requested to ask the GRC to develop a framework for self-evaluation. Finally, the secretariat is requested to publish the note and resolution as soon as possible. This resolution becomes effective 7 days after publication.
26 February 2023	Charter / Terms of Reference (ToR)	192-03: The ccNSO Council adopts the amended Terms of Reference of the ccNSO Council Triage Committee, dated 15 February 2023. This resolution becomes effective when the resolution under agenda item 15 a. ccNSO Council meeting 192 becomes effective.
January/February	Intermeeting decisions	Appointment of additional members to IGLC: Marta Moreira Dias (.pt), Peter Koch (.de), Heidy Isabel Hernandez Lopez (.gt), Norman Warput (.vu) Appointment of additional members to MPC: Marta Moreira Dias (.pt), Eyitayo Iyortim (.ng), Nicklas Pousette (.se), Veronica Motloutsi (.za)
19 January 2023	Charter / ToR	191-01: The ccNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO adopt the Terms of Reference ccNSO Council internal 360 review procedure (Document version 3 – ToR 360 degree feedback process). The procedure becomes effective upon publication of the resolution and procedure on the ccNSO Website. After the procedure has become effective, the Chair of Council is requested to inform the NomCom accordingly.
19 January 2023	Appointments	191-02: THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO appoint the following Councilors as members of the ccNSO Outreach and Involvement Standing Committee (OISC) Effectiveness review team: Ai-Chin Lu, Ali Hadji, Olga Cavalli, Nick Wenban-Smith. The ccNSO Council requests the secretariat to take all necessary steps to enable the review team to start its activities as soon as possible. This resolution becomes effective upon publication on the ccNSO Website.