Dear Councilors, Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council Meeting held on 13 November 2024 at ICANN81. Please note that there are two parts to the meeting, 1) the Council meeting 2) the Council admin meeting with the new Council members and Chair election. If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the GNSO Rules of Procedure section 3.5: "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on 2 December. Thank you. Kind Regards, John R. Emery, Ph.D. Policy Development Support Senior Specialist Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>