Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 11 December 2025.. Please refer to the Action Item page for updates on item completion progress.

Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council meeting and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions.  

Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.

Please note that actions for all councilors are highlighted below.

GNSO Council meeting on 11 December 2025.   

Item 3: Consent Agenda

• Confirm GNSO Empowered Community Representative
  • Jennifer Chung
• Confirm Standing Selection Committee (“SSC”) Members and Leadership
  • Chair: Julf Helsingius
  • Vice-Chair: Vivek Goyal
• Confirm Standing Predictability Implementation Review (“SPIRT”) Leadership
  • Chair: Jeff Neuman
  • Vice-Chairs: Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Segunfunmi Olajide
• GNSO Review of the GAC Communiqué

Action Items: 

• GNSO Secretariat to communicate the Council’s identification of the GNSO’s designee, who shall represent the Decisional Participant to the Empowered Community Administration, to the ICANN Secretary, which will serve as the required written certification from the GNSO Chair.
• GNSO Secretariat to inform the SSC that the membership and leadership team has been confirmed;
• GNSO Secretariat to inform the SPIRT that the Leadership Team has been confirmed
• GNSO Secretariat to provide the GNSO Council’s review of the GAC Communique to the ICANN Board.
• GNSO Liaison to the GAC also informs the GAC of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Issue Report on a Policy Development Process for DNS Abuse 

4.1 - Presentation of motion (Jennifer Chung, GNSO Vice-Chair)

4.2 - Council discussion

4.3 - Council vote 

Action Items: 

• GNSO Secretariat to send doodle poll to Charter Drafting volunteers to be completed EOB 12 December
  • Volunteers: Jen (Chair), Samantha, Anne, Farzaneh, Justine, Ashley, Lawrence, Vivek, Susan Mohr, and Peter
• GNSO Secretariat to send enrollment for ICANN Join for Charter Drafting team
• Farzi to convey NCSG statement and Bruna to convey abstention to GNSO Secretariat

Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee Findings Report 

5.1 - Presentation of motion (Susan Payne, GNSO Chair) 

5.2 - Council discussion

5.3 - Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)

Action Items: 

• Susan P to circulate email on list concerning RDRS Recommendation 5 regarding how to proceed with the SSAD recommendations, to inform the Council’s eventual dialogue with the Board re: next steps for SSAD recommendations. 
• If there is no Council alignment, interested councilors may form an informal team to review the RDRS report for Recommendation 5 and the upcoming Board/Council discussion on this specific topic. 

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Preparation for 2026 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) 

6.1 - Introduction of Topic (Steve Chan, GNSO Support Staff) 

6.2 - Council Discussion

6.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: Councilors to study ADR and Projects list to prepare for quiz at SPS in January

Item 7: Any Other Business 

7.1 - SPS Logistics 

7.2 - WSIS+20 developments and the upcoming meetings in New York (Anne Aikman-Scalese and Jennifer Chung)

Action Items: Steve Chan to email Council about Budget & Operations Townhall

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO