Dear Councilors,

As noted in the action items for Item 5 on DNS Abuse from the 13 November GNSO Council meeting, we have the following tasks:

Action Items: 

• Councilors to get input based on the presentation materials from respective groups to engage in conversation on the list prior to the next Council meeting.
• Councilors to review Public Comment summary report when it is published on 17 November.
• Councilors to review the Final Issue Report with their respective groups when it is issued in early December in preparation for a vote to initiate a PDP at the December Council meeting.

I am writing today to inform you that the Public Comment Summary Report was published yesterday and is available here for your review and discussion with your groups: https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/preliminary-issue-report-on-a-policy-development-process-on-dns-abuse-mitigation-08-09-2025

Based on the discussion during the Council meeting, topics that arose:

• The membership model as to whether it should be representative, open, or a weighted model by impacted parties. It was also raised, that since there will be two PDPs on this topic, the model does not necessarily have to be the same.
• The Charter questions and their scope
• The timeframe and the overlap of the two PDPs

Please continue to engage in conversations on these topics on list, bring feedback from your respective SG/Cs before Tuesday 25 November, as staff prepares the Final Issue Report to be forthcoming 1 December.

Best,

Jen