Dear all,

Please be informed that the agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting of April 2026, is as follows. The month's matters to be discussed are quite dense and I encourage you to review more more details on the marked agenda items (save for Item 9: AOB) by visiting this link (please click on 'Matters of Interest').

GNSO Council Meeting held on 16 April 2026

Full Agenda |  Documents | Motions

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters

    • 1.1 - Roll Call

    • 1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest

    • 1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda

    • 1.4 - Minutes

      • Minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting on 12 February 2026 were posted on 03 March 2026.

      • Minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting on 11 March 2026 were posted on 29 March 2026.

  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects  Action List

  • Item 3: Consent Agenda

    • GNSO Review of the GAC Communiqué

    • Board Seat 14 (Non-Contracted Party House)

      • Chris Buckridge

  • Item 4: Council Discussion - Proposed Process to Un-Adopt Approved GNSO Policy Recommendations

  • Item 5: Council Update - SSAD Recommendations: Team Composition and Assignment

  • Item 6: Next Steps on Urgent Requests

  • Item 7: Review of Reviews Update

  • Item 8: Review of DNS Abuse PDP1 Work Plan

  • Item 9: Any other business

    • 9.1 - Update on ICANN86 planning and GNSO Draft schedule

    • 9.2 - ccNSO Liaison update

    • 9.3 - Council Process for Response to SPIRT Request

    • 9.4 - PPSAI IRT Liaison Update

    • 9.5 - GNSO-GAC Bilateral ICANN86 preview


This Council meeting will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 21:00 UTC for 2 hours, and is open to observers remotely. Remote Participation is via this Zoom link.


Thanks for reading / considering.

Justine Chew
ALAC Liaison to the GNSO