Dear councilors, Please find the action items below, as stated during the meeting, from the GNSO Council meeting held on 18 April 2019. Please take note of the proposed timing for delivering on these actions. Please ensure your wiki logins are up to date as all action items have been assigned to councilors and/or staff and posted on the Action Item wiki page here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_R...>. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items. **Note the action items highlighted for all councilors** ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 18 April 2019 Item 3: Consent Agenda Action items: * GNSO Chair to communicate the GNSO Council Review of the Kobe GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board. * GNSO Chair to inform GAC Chair of communication between GNSO Council and ICANN Board on the Kobe GAC Communiqué. * Staff to communicate EPDP P1 Recommendations Report to Board Ops * Staff to communicate approval of selection criteria to GNSO rep to the Fellowship Selection Committee Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Approval of the appointment of Janis Karklins as Chair for the Expedited Policy Development Process Team on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Action items: * GNSO Chair to inform Janis Karklins of the approval of his appointment * Rafik Dammak, EPDP Interim Chair to announce the new chair to EPDP team and finalize with staff the handover letter to Janis Karklins Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE – IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Action items: * GNSO Chair to prepare communication to GAC/IGOs to explain rationale for vote and demonstrate how they will be able to participate * Staff to prepare recommendations report IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Final Report * Council leadership/staff to prepare draft changes to RPMs Charter Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Managing IDN Variants TLDs Action items: * Small group of Councilors to convene and then coordinate with ICANN to get further understanding of the issue, and potentially propose next steps for Council to consider for IDN TLD Variants. Item 7: COUNCIL UPDATE – Status of the EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Phase 1 Informal Implementation Review Team Action items: * Council Chair to confirm that Rubens Kuhl has volunteered to serve as the Council liaison to, at a minimum, the informal IRT for the EPDP phase 1.