Dear all, Just a note to inform you that the agenda for the GNSO Council meeting of 24 Aug 2023 at 13:00 UTC is out as follows: It's another packed agenda; for a curated version of the highlighted agenda items (especially item 4), please visit this link <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/GNSO+Liaison+Report%2C+post-Oct+...> . *GNSO Council Meeting #8 of 2023 held on 24 Aug 2023* *Full Agenda <https://community.icann.org/x/0IBXDg> | Documents <https://community.icann.org/x/yIBXDg> | Motions <https://community.icann.org/x/voBXDg>* - *Item 1: Administrative Matters* - Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects List <https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project> and Action Item List <https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg>. - *Item 3: Consent Agenda* - Approval of the 2023 Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Slate - *Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - SubPro Small Team Clarifying Statement* - *Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements * - *Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Chartering the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”)* - *Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro Pending Recommendations - Expected Non-Adoption * - *Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Closed Generics* - *Item 9: AOB* - *9.1 Update from NIS2 Outreach Team * - 9.2 ICANN78 Planning - *9.3 Discussion Paper on .Quebec* - *9.4 Grant Program Implementation update to Chartering Organizations* As usual, Council meetings are open to observers in listen-only mode. If you would like to observe the meeting, please check this link <http://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/GNSO+Liaison+Report%2C+post-Oct+2...> for details. Thanks for reading / considering. Justine Chew ALAC Liaison to the GNSO GNSO Liaison Report Workspace <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/GNSO+Liaison+Report%2C+post-Oct+...>