ICANN60 - Agenda Item 27 - Meeting with ICANN Board

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Oct

2017

ICANN60 - Agenda Item 27 - Meeting with ICANN Board

15:15 - 16:45 UTC+04:00

Hall 3

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Session Details:

Thomas Schneider, GAC Chair
Steve Crocker, ICANN Board

Agenda for the meeting:

GAC Responses to Questions From the Board
1. Current GAC Topic Priorities;
  1. Further action on the dot Amazon issue following the final declaration of the IRP;
  2. Access to curative rights protection mechanisms by IGOs/INGOs;
  3. Policies for geographic names at the top level;
  4. Engagement with relevant PDPs and CCWGs; and
  5. Procedures for GAC participation in the Empowered Community.
2. GDPR and WHOIS Views -- Range of views from GAC members on this matter.

Issues GAC wishes to put to the Board

Dot Amazon -- What are the next steps from the ICANN side with regard to the IRP final declaration on the dot Amazon application?
IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms -- Can the Board inform the GAC on what measures it considers appropriate and necessary to avoid an apparent conflict between GAC advice and the likely recommendations of the PDP?
WHOIS policy -- How and on the basis of which interpretation does ICANN intend to enforce WHOIS policy come May 2018?
2-character country/territory codes at the second level -- What are the next steps with regard to the actions noted by the ICANN CEO at the Board-GAC call of 14 August 2017 (in response to the Johannesburg Communique)?
Lowering Barriers to Participation -- GAC plans to continue to raise the matter of reducing barriers to participation in ICANN activities with other SOs/ACs. Can the Board indicate whether it supports further work in this area and, if so, how the Board and ICANN Org might support such work?
Timing and Process for Release of Further new gTLDs -- In responding to the GAC Hyderabad Communique, the Board stated that it accepted the GAC’s advice and will continue to monitor the work of the community regarding reviews of the current round of the New gTLD Program and the policy development work for subsequent rounds of the New gTLD Program. Can the Board provide an update on this monitoring?

Session Minutes:

The GAC met with the ICANN Board and discussed the following issues:

Next steps with the applications for dot Amazon and related strings: See 2.a above.
Access to WHOIS data in the public interest and in the context of the GDPR: See 2.b above.
2-character country and territory codes at the second level: See 2.c above.
The PDP on IGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms: See 2.e above.
The Board’s decision to seek a “temporary pause” for the Security, Stability and Resiliency Review. Several GAC members expressed concern at this unilateral action in what should be a community process. The Board noted that it was responding to community concerns and has fiduciary and oversight responsibilities to consider.[1]
The joint statement by GAC and ALAC on Enabling Inclusive, Informed and Meaningful Participation in ICANN: See 3.d below.

[1] The GAC Chair later joined a joint statement by SO/AC leaders on this matter.

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