Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 25 May 2023. Please refer to the Action Item page<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items> 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, 25 May 2023 Item 4: Board request for Council input on Nominating Committee (NomCom) rebalancing Action Items: Staff to call for volunteers on the GNSO Council email distribution list for a small team to develop a draft response from Council to address the Board’s request for input on NomCom rebalancing. Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro - Progress Update on Recommendations Marked as Pending 5.1 Next Round Policy Implementation - Council liaison to the IRT Action Items: Staff to request on the email distribution list GNSO Council non-objection to Anne Aikman-Scalese and Susan Payne as joint liaisons and notify GDS of the decision accordingly. Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) EPDP Timeline Action Items: Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to submit a request to ICANN Org for the IDNs EPDP working group’s request for two face-to-face workshops in 2023/2024 and inform the GNSO Council. Item 7 - COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Work to Prepare Draft Timeline for Closed Generics Policy Process Action Items: Council leadership will instruct staff to continue working towards developing a targeted, achievable scope of work to affirm the Framework elements and fill in any gaps that require additional policy recommendations. Item 8: EPDP Phase 2 Small Team Progress Update Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to convey success criteria to the ICANN Board. Item 9: State of Progress from DNS Abuse Small Team Action Items: The Small Team to provide an update to Council ; share the report with respondents; staff to update the ADR accordingly. Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS 10.2 Accuracy Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to submit a motion for the June meeting Consent agenda for Council to extend by 6 months. 10.3 WS2 Framework of Interpretation for Human Rights Proposed updates to GNSO Council templates Action Items: Council members to review templates circulated via email and provide feedback by 7 June at the latest. 10.5 Non-Registry Liaison to the CSC and Alternate Action Items: Staff to initiate an EOI for CSC Alternates. Thank you. Kind regards, Terri