Council Decisions and Resolutions

Resolution 157-03:

After call for volunteers to Council the following Councillors volunteered:

• Margarita Valdes (.cl)
• Stephen Deerhake (.as)

THE CCNSO RESOLVED TO appoint both as ccNSO appointee to ICANN's Ethos Award Panel 2020. The chair is requested to inform relevant ICANN staff accordingly

Resolution 156-01:

The ccNSO Council adopts all resolutions under items 4, 5, and 6 of its 6 November 2019 consent agenda and takes item 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 as discussed and read at this Council meeting. View resolutions on the Council agenda: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/agenda-draft-council-06nov19-en.pdf

Resolution 156-03:

Decision

The ccNSO Council requests its Triage Committee, with support of the secretariat to prepare a workplan and suggest priorities to implement the most relevant Areas for improvement of the ccNSO change. Areas of improvement are the combination of ccNSO review recommendations and suggestions and related relevant WS 2 CCWG Accountability recommendations. The Committee is also requested to report back by the February Council meeting, in time for the next Council workshop and face -to – face meeting in Cancun.

Decision

The ccNSO Council requests all working group and committees, with exception of the PDP Retirement WG, to review their charters or terms of reference, and if necessary suggest changes. In reviewing the charters or terms of reference, the groups are specifically requested to review

• Whether the purpose and scope of activities still covers the main activities, and suggest changes if needed
• Membership and participation, in particular if the charter includes a reference to appointment of members, observers and participants and avoids listing names of membership in the charter.
• Terms of chair,
• Whether charter includes a reference to general WG Guidelines or other relevant Guidelines
• If WG is more of standing nature whether name reflects this.

The Chair of the Council is requested to inform the chairs of the working group and committees.

Resolution 155-01:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO adopt The Guideline: ccNSO Procedure for the Exercise of the Empowered Community's Rights to Approve Specified Actions version 9, as submitted for this Council meeting. The Guideline will become effective 7 days after publication on the ccNSO Website. For avoidance of doubt, the Guideline, once effective shall not apply to the currently running Approval Action Procedure to amend section 18.7 of the ICANN Bylaws.

154-02:

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED to adopt the Final report of the Emoji Study Group and supports the recommendations contained in it. The Council requests its chair to inform the ICANN Board of Directors accordingly in response to ICANN Board resolutions ICANN Board resolutions 2017.11.02.10 and 2017.11.02.11. The membership of the ESG is thanked wholeheartedly for its work.

Resolution 153-02:

Following the call for expression of interest (15 July – _9 August 2019) Peter Koch (.de) volunteered to serve for a second term on the Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) and was the only candidate. The ccNSO Council appoints Peter Koch as ccNSO appointee, and the chair is requested to ensure RZERC is informed accordingly.

Resolution 153-04:

Background

In accordance with the Guideline, the ccNSO Council needs to appoint the Nomination Manager, to manage the Board Seat 11 nomination process.

The term of Chris Disspain (Board Seat 11) ends at the end of the ICANN AGM in November 2020. To replace him, the ccNSO Council will is required to select a candidate in accordance with the relevant ICANN Bylaws and internal rules of the ccNSO applicable at the time of the call for expression of interest. Under the current Guideline the timing and duration of the background check need to be considered and taken into account before the Q&A session and before the selection by the ccNSO Members. Also, to be considered is the Bylaw provision when ECA needs to be informed about the candidate (22 April 2020) and the Bylaw provision that internal rules and procedures of the ccNSO are required to be consistent with the ICANN Bylaws (section 10.3 (k)).

The ccNSO Council was presented 3 options for the Board Seat 11 nomination process.

Decisions

1. The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken (ccNSO Secretariat) as the nomination manager, in accordance with the relevant Guideline.
2. The ccNSO Council adopts the timeline and sequence of call for volunteers, background check, Q&A session with the candidate(s), and selection by the members of the ccNSO under alternative option 1A and requests the chair of the ccNSO to invoke section 5.2 of the Guideline effective at the time of the call for nominations]. The Secretariat is requested to publish this resolution on the ccNSO website as soon as possible.

Resolution 153-06:

The ccNSO Council adopts the letter as proposed as item 10.1 – _letter to the Board re ending PDP 2 and request the Chair of the Council to send it to the Board on behalf of the ccNSO Council.

152-01:

The ccNSO Council adopts all resolutions under items 4, 5, 6, and 8 of it 26 June 2019 consent agenda and takes item 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 as discussed and read.

Resolution 4:

The ccNSO Council appoints Peter Madavhu (.za), Adriana Lazzaroni (.it), Jordan Carter (.nz) and Sean Copeland (.vi) as members of the IGLC and requests the secretariat to inform the IGLC, the newly appointed members and update the website and email list accordingly.

Resolution 5:

The ccNSO Council adopts the timeline as proposed for the selection of a new ccNSO appointed member on the CSC, and request the Secretariat to launch the call for volunteers at the time foreseen in the schedule and in accordance with the mechanism in the Guideline: ccNSO Actions respecting the Customer Standing Committee. The ccNSO Council also decides to re-appoint a selection committee with the mandate to consult with the RySG and GNSO Council and approve the full slate of membership.

Resolution 6:

The ccNSO Council adopts the proposed timeline, selection procedure and call for volunteers as detailed in the Selection Process ccNSO Member NomCom FY 2020. The ccNSO Council requests the Secretariat to launch call for volunteers accordingly

Resolution 8:

The ccNSO Council requests the Secretariat to prepare a timeline, call for expression and dates for the selection process in accordance with the Guideline: ccNSO Actions respecting RZERC by 12 July 2019. In preparing the timeline it needs to be ensured that the ccNSO member on RZERC will be appointed by 20 September 2019.

152-03:

The ccNSO Council adopts the Guideline: ccNSO Nominations process ICANN Board seats 11 and 12, as presented (version – Draft Final May 2019), provided and conditional that ICANN Org's legal department checks section 3.5 and do not raise any legal concerns with respect to the proposed section 3.5 of the Guideline. The Chair of the ccNSO is requested to ask ICANN legal to conduct such a check, and after conclusion of the check by ICANN legal inform the Council of the result. If according to ICANN Legal there are NO legal concerns with the proposed section 3.5 and Council has been informed accordingly, the secretariat is to publish the guideline on the ccNSO website and inform the community. If according to ICANN legal there are legal concerns with the proposed section, the Guideline shall NOT come into effect. The proposal will then be amended to resolve issues and subject to approval by Council. This decision becomes effective seven (7) days after publication of this Resolution on the ccNSO website.

151-02:

The ccNSO Council adopts the amended Charter of the Meeting Programme Committee (MPC) as proposed, and request the secretariat to inform the MPC accordingly.

151-02:

The ccNSO Council appoints Ajay Data, NomCom appointed Councillor as chair of the Chair of the IDN PDP Preliminary Review Team (IDN PRT).

150-01:

The ccNSO Council adopts Guideline travel funding as submitted to the Council, draft version 3.

Resolution

The ccNSO Council appoints Régis Masse (.fr) as member of the ccNSO Tech Working Group. The secretariat is requested to inform the chair of the Tech WG accordingly

Resolution

The ccNSO Council requests the secretariat to inform the Council on the results of the signup up session during its workshop and provide the overview of the positions that need to be filled. Councilors are urged to volunteer for the open roles positions.

Resolution

The ccNSO Council has taken notice of and confirms the amended schedule and timeline of ccNSO PDP 3, as proposed by the PDP Issue Manager.

149-01:

The ccNSO Council adopts the final report of the Customer Standing Committee Effectiveness Review and supports the Findings and Recommendations contained in it. The Chair of the ccNSO Council is requested to inform the GNSO Council accordingly. Further, if the GNSO Council also adopts the Report and supports finding and recommendations contained in it:

1. The review process is closed and CSC Effectiveness Review team dissolved
2. In accordance with terms of CSC Effectiveness Review Template, the Chair of ccNSO Council and the Chair of GNSO Council are requested to recommend report to IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFRT) as soon as that is established.
3. The ccNSO Council requests it's Chair to share the results of this motion with the CSC. The ccNSO Council expresses its sincere appreciation to the members of the CSC Effectiveness Review Team, the liaison, expert advisors and support staff who contributed to the review.

Intermeeting decision

The ccNSO Council approves membership of Mustafa Mohamed (.so) to the ccNSO Meetings Programme Committee. The secretariat is requested to inform the Committee chair and take all other necessary steps to include Mustafa as a member of the MPC.

148-02:

The ccNSO Council appoints the listed candidates as members of the SOPC for a term of 2 years taking effect immediately. The ccNSO Council requests the Secretariat to inform the candidates and include them on the relevant email list and list them on the SOPC webpage.

• Dmitry Kohmanyuk (.ua)
• Biyi Oladipo (.ng)
• Atsushi Endo (.jp)

147-01

Following the call for volunteers, the following Councillors have volunteered: Stephen Deerhake and Ajay Data. THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO select the Councillors to serve on the 2019 Ethos Award Panel. The chair is requested to inform relevant ICANN staff accordingly.

147-03

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO appoint Laura Margolis and Jian Zhang as member and alternate, and Alejandra Reynoso & Biyi Oladipo as members of the On-Boarding committee.

147-05

THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO adopt the Statement version final, as included, and requests the Chair of the ccNSO to submit it timely on behalf of the ccNSO Council. The secretariat is requested to inform the ccTLD community accordingly.