Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 18 November 2021. 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 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://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>. If you are logged into the wiki when you go to that page, your name will be highlighted alongside the action item assigned to you. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items. Please note that actions for all councilors are highlighted below. Item 3: Consent Agenda (10 minutes) 3.1 - Confirmation of Tomslin Samme-Nlar to serve as the GNSO Council liaison to the Standing Selection Committee in an ex-officio capacity. Action Items: The support staff to notify the Standing Selection Committee (SSC) that the GNSO Council has confirmed Tomslin Samme-Nlar to serve as the GNSO Council liaison to the SSC in an ex-officio capacity. 3.2 - Motion for the confirmation of Philippe Fouquart to serve as the GNSO representative to the Empowered Community Administration Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat notifies the ICANN Secretary that the GNSO Council has confirmed that Philippe Fouquart, GNSO Chair will represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration until the end of his term at ICANN75. 3.3 - Motion to adopt the GNSO Review of the GAC ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting Communiqué for submission to the ICANN Board Action Items: 1. The GNSO Council Chair communicates the GNSO Council Review of the ICANN72 GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board. 2. The GNSO Liaison to the GAC informs the GAC of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Revised GNSO Councilor Job Description for the Nominating Committee (20 minutes) Action Items: Staff to circulate the revised text and summarize comments from the GNSO Council meeting via the GNSO Council list for review and non-objection. Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update From the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (20 minutes) Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to consider the request for a liaison to the Universal Acceptance Steering Group. Thank you! Nathalie