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ICANN57 Hyderabad Meeting Minutes

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ICANN57 Hyderabad Meeting Minutes

Hyderabad, India 03-09 November 2016

Introduction

These are the official minutes from the meeting of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) as part of ICANN57 3-9 November 2016 in Hyderabad, India.

The GAC discussed a range of topics of interest as well as meeting formally with:

Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO)
Board-GAC Recommendations Implementation Working Group (BGRI)
Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO)
The CCT Review Team
The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC); and
The ICANN Board.

The GAC published an official communique for the meeting and also participated in a range of outreach activities with the Government of India and the Government of the State of Telangana.

GAC attendance to the ICANN57 Meeting:

Members
African Union Commission Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Chad China Colombia Cook islands Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Egypt Estonia European Commission Fiji Finland France Georgia (remote participant) Germany Hong Kong-China Hungary India Indonesia Iran Italy Jamaica Japan	Kenya Korea Luxembourg Malaysia Madagascar Mexico Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan (remote participant) Palestine Paraguay Peru Portugal Russian Federation Rwanda Senegal Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Chinese Taipei Thailand Ukraine (remote participant) United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela Viet Nam
Observers
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)	Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) International Committee of the Red Cross

Friday, 04 November 2016

09:00 - 09:30 UTC+05:30 | ICANN57 - GAC Agenda Item 1 - Opening Plenary

Session Minutes

All Members and Observers present at the meeting were introduced. There were sixty-five (65) Members present and six (6) Observers.

Nepal was announced as a new GAC Member.

The GAC were reminded that the GAC was a Lead on the following High Interest Topics tabled on the ICANN57 Agenda:

Update on WHOIS Related Initiatives
DNS and Content Regulation
Under-Served Regions in ICANN

The GAC were reminded that there would be a GAC Election on Monday 7th November for five (5) new GAC Vice-Chairs to commence their term at ICANN58. The election process, voting eligibility criteria and the vote counting process was explained.

The GAC were reminded of the opportunity to participate in two local Outreach Tour opportunities, one on Thursday 3rd November (already completed) and one on Wednesday 9th November.

09:30 - 10:00 UTC | ICANN57 - GAC Agenda Item 2 - IANA Stewardship

Session Minutes

The GAC noted that the IANA stewardship transition concluded on 30 September 2016 and that new arrangements for the IANA function are now in place. Several members welcomed the transition as a positive contribution to global Internet governance.

The GAC liaison to the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Customer Standing Committee (Norway) advised that the Committee would have its first meeting during ICANN 57.

Members noted the need for regular reporting to the GAC by all GAC appointees to external bodies.

10:00 - 10:30 UTC | ICANN57 - GAC Agenda Item 3 - Accountability Workstream 2

Session Minutes

The GAC-nominated members of the CCWG-Accountability WS2 reported on developments at the plenary and sub-group levels. The sub-groups of particular interest to the GAC are: Jurisdiction; SO/AC Accountability; Human Rights; and Transparency.

It was agreed that all GAC Members should make efforts to be involved in the work of the sub-groups as they move towards reporting by mid-2018.

Implementation by the GAC of relevant Bylaws arising from CCWG WS1 recommendations is covered under “Internal GAC Matters” below.