Minutes | Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Board (BTC) | 27 August 2024

BTC Attendees: Christian Kaufmann (Chair), Alan Barrett, Chris Buckridge, Nico Caballero, Wes Hardaker, and Patricio Poblete

BTC Member Apologies: Harald Alvestrand, Edmon Chung, and James Galvin

ICANN Organization Attendees: Adiel Akplogan (VP, Technical Engagement), Franco Carrasco (Board Operations Manager), Andrew Chen (Policy Development Support Senior Specialist), Daniel Halloran (Deputy General Counsel and Chief Data Protection Officer), Mary Wong (Vice President, Strategic Policy Management), Matt Larson (VP, Research), Odeline MacDonald (Associate General Counsel) and Sarah Zagha (Counsel)

The following is a summary of discussions, actions taken, and actions identified:

1. Approval of the Recommendations for Managing Name Collisions from the NCAP Study 2 Final Report and Related SSAC Advice (SAC124) – The Committee briefly discussed ICANN org's presentation on the NCAP Study 2 Final Report's recommendations and related SAC124 advice, as well as ICANN org's proposal for implementation. As part of this discussion, the Committee addressed whether Recommendation 4.1 of the NCAP Study 2 Final Report (which states that ICANN should submit .CORP, .HOME, and .MAIL through the Name Collision Risk Assessment Process) should be rejected, or whether it should adopted. The Committee ultimately decided that given Recommendation 4.1's complexities, a full Board discussion is needed prior to deciding whether to adopt Recommendation 4.1. ICANN org took the action to update the Board-related documentation to include language that while the Committee agrees with ICANN org that the NCAP Study 2 recommendations are technically and legally feasible, Recommendation 4.1 should be discussed with the full Board. ICANN org noted it will circulate the updated Board-related documentation (subject to conflict checks) to the Committee members prior to the Committee's briefing to the full Board. The Committee voted to recommend that the Board approve SAC124's advice and NCAP Study 2's recommendations, with the exception of Recommendation 4.1 (which the Committee will discuss with the Board), subject to ICANN org updating the Board-related documentation to reflect the Committee's discussions.
   • Action Item: ICANN org to update the Board-related documentation to include language that the rejection or adoption of NCAP Study 2 Recommendation 4.1 should be discussed with the full Board.
2. AOB - No other business was discussed.