Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 16 July 2018. Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council sessions 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[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_R...>. 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. ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 16 AUGUST 2018 Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action Items List Action Items: * Council to consider selection process by which a GNSO appointed member of the IANA Function Review (IFR) team will be selected to serve as the GNSO co-chair on the IFR as the ICANN Bylaws stipulate that “(d) The IFRT shall be led by two co-chairs: one appointed by the GNSO from one of the members appointed pursuant to clauses (c)-(f) of Section 18.7 and one appointed by the ccNSO from one of the members appointed pursuant to clauses (a)-(b) of Section 18.7”. * Heather Forrest to follow up on status of Board review of Geo Regions Review. Cheryl Langdon-Orr, as chair of the WG, may be asked to provide an update on the recommendations, as early as the September Council meeting, though the Council has no action to take at this time. Item 3: Consent Agenda Voting Results: * Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Action items: * While the GNSO Council review of the GAC Communiqué has already been sent to the ICANN Board, and the GAC Chair informed of this action, ICANN staff to inform the ICANN Board and the GAC Chair of formal Council adoption. Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the Final Report on the Protections for Certain Red Cross Names in All gTLDs Policy Amendment Process Voting Results: * Motion deferred at the request of the NCSG to the next Council meeting Action items: * ICANN staff, WG leadership to collaborate with NCSG members to help them better understand legal basis and rationale for protections. * ICANN staff to send recording of final WG call to NCSG Council members. Item 5: Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the Final GNSO2 Review Implementation Report Voting Results: * Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Action Items: * ICANN staff to submit the GNSO2 Review Implementation Final Report to the OEC of the ICANN Board of Directors for its consideration. * GNSO Council to disband the GNSO Review Working Group after the Implementation Final Report has been approved by the ICANN Board of Directors. * Council leadership to send sincere thanks to GNSO Review Working Group leadership and members. (New) Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Council Liaison update on Expedited PDP (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification Action Items: * Council liaison to the EPDP to provide an updated work plan and weekly updates to the Council list. (New) Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Action Items: * Councilors to review Final Report and options flowchart, then prepare a list of questions by 31 August 2018 that they have, for response by the WG leadership, WG liaison, WG members, or staff as appropriate. * ICANN staff to work with the GNSO Chair and Council liaison to determine possible ways to address concerns regarding some of the PDP recommendations within the scope of the PDP Manual, in light of the fact that the WG has not identified any recommendations as being interdependent. (New) Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Consideration of CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report Action Items: * None (New) Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Policy Development Process 3.0 Action Items: * Council leadership to propose and plan for next steps, expected to be a webinar with a preliminary target as the first week of September. (New) Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Next steps related to the ICANN Procedure of Handling WHOIS conflicts with Privacy Law Decision/Octome: * Call for volunteers to be delayed at least until the EPDP hits the milestone of publishing its Initial Report. Council to discuss this topic once that milestone is hit. (New) Item 11: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Report from funded leaders under the PDP leadership travel support pilot Action Items: * None (New) Item 12: ANY OTHER BUSINESS 12.1 - ICANN63 planning - update from Production Call 1 Action Items: * None Thank you, Kind regards, Nathalie -- Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gns...>