Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Wednesday, 11 March 2026. 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.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

Action Items:

ICANN85 GNSO Action Items

GNSO Council Working Session 1 of 3

Action Items

• SSAD recommendations: Caitlin to circulate the language that was coalescing around Option 2
• Get Council alignment and get language to respective groups
  • Sam’s hybrid proposal as emailed to Council on 17 March https://docs.google.com/document/d/122suSucvCc-PWfee9cJBFo1e8R-t-gO4Lf6-R4G_Ky8/edit?tab=t.0

GNSO Council Working Session 2 of 3

Action Items

• Councilors to make respective groups aware of the Public Comment period on Draft Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption and also take a look at the complete slide deck

GAC-GNSO Bilateral

Action Items

• Seb to facilitate communication between topic leads in GAC and GNSO in between ICANN meetings.

GNSO Council Working Session 3 of 3

Action Items

• Continue discussion of the topics of independent research and parity during the closed session if time allows; if not find time during subsequent Council meetings.

GNSO Council Meeting – on Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Item 3: Consent Agenda 

• Confirm DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1 Working Group Chair: Paul McGrady

Action Items: GNSO Secretariat to inform the appointed candidate that he has been selected.

Item 5: Council Discussion - Update on Proposed Process to Un-Adopt Approved GNSO Policy Recommendations 

5.1 - Introduction of Topic (Jennifer Chung, GNSO Council Vice-Chair) 

Two documents regarding the proposed GNSO Process for the ICANN Board to Reverse Adoption of GNSO Policy Recs:

(i) the draft updated PDP manual [docs.google.com]
(ii) the draft updated GGP manual [docs.google.com]

5.2 - Council Discussion

5.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: All Councilors to discuss the redlines with their respective groups to have a discussion during the April Council meeting. 

Item 7: Recap of Outcomes from the GNSO Strategic Planning Session (20 minutes) 

7.1 - Introduction of Topic (Susan Payne, GNSO Chair) 

7.2 - Council Discussion

7.3 - Next Steps

Action Items:

• Staff to circulate a detailed write-up of the SPS, which includes key outcomes and action items.
• Councilors to review this document and confirm it aligns with what was discussed

Item 8: Proposed GNSO Prioritization Methodology

8.1 - Introduction of Topic (Jennifer Chung, GNSO Council Vice-Chair)

8.2 - Council Discussion

8.3 - Next Steps

Action Items:

• Tapani proposed to write up a methodology for prioritization
• Determine which options best meet the Council’s needs based on this first draft text, if any.

Item 9: Follow-up on Accuracy Small Team Recommendation

9.1 - Introduction of Topic (Susan Payne, GNSO Chair) 

9.2 - Council Discussion

9.3 - Next Steps

Action Items:

Registrar Councilors take this back to their group to attempt a first cut at the educational materials.

GNSO Council Wrap Up Session – Thursday, 12 March 2026

Action Items: The following volunteers will coordinate for the Strategic Plan Public Comment:

Strat Plan Public Comment: Osvaldo, Jen, Gaurav, Tapani, Susan P & Peter

GAC Small Team: 

1. Seb, Gaurav, Sam, Jennifer, Susan Mohr, Benjamin, Vivek, Hong-Fu

RDRS/SSAD:

1. Staff to share Small Team Proposal. (including Draft Assignment Form of Group). 
2. Councilors take back proposals and discuss with their groups and provide alternatives or adjustments as needed. 
3. Staff to include discussion on group formation to the next agenda item.
4. Observers can join meetings.

Urgent Requests Next Steps:

1. Urgent Requests options to be discussed during next Council meeting and decision to be taken on which option to consider/take.
2. Option 2 seems the preferred option. 

DNS Abuse Next Steps:

1. Consider convening the PDP2 Charter Small Team. 
2. Add as discussion item to next GNSO Council meeting. 
3. Council to consider PDP2 charter after seeing confirmed PDP1 timeline. So they can make an informed decision.