[NA-Discuss] Fwd: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] GNSO Council Launches EDPD on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data - ICANN

[Eduardo Diaz]

FYI.

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From: David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:06 PM
Subject: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] GNSO Council Launches EDPD on the Temporary
Specification for gTLD Registration Data - ICANN
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https://www.icann.org/news/blog/gnso-council-launches-edpd-on-the-temporary-specification-for-gtld-registration-data

GNSO Council Launches EDPD on the Temporary Specification for gTLD
Registration Data

It is an honor to announce that the Generic Names Supporting Organization (
GNSO) Council has just officially launched an Expedited Policy Development
Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data.
During our July Council meeting held today at 12:00UTC, the GNSO Council
passed <https://community.icann.org/x/DYNHBQ> the Initiation Request
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/temp-spec-gtld-rd-epdp-initiation-request-19jul18-en.pdf>
[PDF, 390 KB] of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the
Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data and adopted the EPDP
Team Charter
<https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/temp-spec-gtld-rd-epdp-19jul18-en.pdf>
[PDF, 523 KB]. Both documents are the product of several months of
preparatory work on the part of the Council, acting as the Charter and
Initiation Request Drafting Team. This important milestone marks the
official commencement of the GNSO's very first Expedited PDP. As the name
suggests, an EPDP is a Policy Development Process in which the early steps
of Preliminary Issue Report and Final Issue Report (and associated public
comment periods) are eliminated to fast-track policy development in cases
of urgency. The GNSO Council has agreed that the EPDP is the most
appropriate response to the ICANN Board's adoption of the proposed
Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data. It facilitates meeting
the unique time constraints presented by the Temporary Specification, as
described in detail in the Background Information section below.

Since the Board's adoption of the Temporary Specification on 17 May 2018,
the GNSO Council, as Bylaws-mandated manager of the policy development
process, has been working hard in preparation for the launch of this EPDP.
During an extraordinary meeting on 12 June 2018, the GNSO Council agreed to
form a Drafting Team, consisting of Council leadership and interested
Council members. Over the next several weeks, including many face-to-face
hours at ICANN62 in Panama and many hours of teleconferences in the weeks
following ICANN62, the Drafting Team worked tirelessly to reach an
agreement on challenging issues such as membership criteria, composition,
leadership, and scope of the policy development effort. Incremental changes
identified through the PDP 3.0 – a key 2018 initiative of the GNSO Council
aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the PDP – have
informed and guided the Charter drafting process. Ultimately, the EPDP
Charter is a testament to the true commitment and diligence of the Drafting
Team and GNSO Council.

It is also with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Kurt
Pritz as the Chair of the EPDP. Following rigorous evaluation of the
applications received for the role of Chair of the EPDP, a selection panel
unanimously recommended Kurt Pritz for this important position. The GNSO
Council has agreed that he possesses the unique skill set needed to lead
this EPDP. The GNSO Council has also put out a Call for Volunteers for the
EPDP Team; it is expected that the Team will be formed and hold its first
meeting during the week of 30 July 2018.

This is an achievement that all in the GNSO and the wider ICANN community
can be immensely proud of. This milestone could not have been achieved
without the dedication, principled compromise, and remarkable efforts of
the Drafting Team and GNSO Council members, working in collaboration with
their Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. While the EPDP has put the GNSO
in unfamiliar territory, the heartening amount of work accomplished in such
a short period has laid the groundwork for the EPDP's success. Please join
me in celebrating the GNSO Council's achievement, and the demonstration of
Councilors' ability to work together in the true spirit of the
multistakeholder model.

We welcome the ICANN community to follow the important work of the EPDP. To
learn how to participate as a non-member, you may read our announcement
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-19-en> today on icann.org.
Background Information

On 17 May 2018, the ICANN Board adopted the proposed Temporary
Specification for gTLD Registration Data
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registration-data-specs-en>.
This was an interim measure to bring existing WHOIS obligations in line
with requirements of the European Union's General Data Protection
Regulation. This has, in turn, triggered the obligation of the GNSO Council
to undertake a policy development process to confirm, or not, the Temporary
Specification as a Consensus Policy. The EPDP must be completed within 12
months of the implementation effective date (25 May 2018) of the Temporary
Specification.


Sent from my iPhone

David A. Olive
Senior Vice President
Policy Development Support
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)


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