Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 20 February 2020.

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. 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. The action item with upcoming  deadlines is also indicated.

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 20 February 2020

Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)

Action Item: 

• GNSO Support Staff to remove Elsa Saade as the GNSO Council liaison to the SubPro PDP WG following her formal resignation from the position during the Council meeting on 20 February 2020. [COMPLETED]
• Councilors who were unable to attend the pre ICANN67 GNSO Policy Update webinar to listen to the recording of the session prior to the week of ICANN67 (week of 9 March). Keith to send a reminder to the Council list. 

Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (5 minutes)

Action Items: 

• GNSO Support Staff to remove the current open action item for the MSM evolution project; [COMPLETE]
• GNSO Council to share with the ccNSO Council about the work done in PDP 3.0 that aligns with the MSM evolution project (during the next joint ccNSO-GNSO Council meeting?); 
• GNSO Councilors to review the IDN Scoping team Recommendation Report by the March 2020 Council meeting; Keith to send a reminder to the Council list. 
• GNSO Council to use the revised charter template and other related PDP 3.0 work products to develop a draft charter for a future PDP/EPDP for the IDN policy effort, consider potential overlap of IDN PDP with other GNSO PDPs
, and report to the GNSO Council on whether these PDP 3.0 work products help achieve the intended outcomes.

Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) 

Action Item: None 

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adoption of the PDP 3.0 Implementation Final Report (15 minutes)

Action Items: 

• GNSO Support Staff to work with the GNSO Council leadership on the deployment of improvements based on the effective time frame proposed by the PDP 3.0 Small Team.
• GNSO Council to carry out the other future action items in the “resolved” clauses at appropriate time, as directed in the motion. 

Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP Project Change Request (15 minutes)

Action Items: 

• GNSO Councilors to consider using formal votes to approve future Project Change Requests (PCRs) GNSO Council to consider using  "All Other" type of motion for future Project Change Requests (PCRs). 

• GNSO Council to provide feedback with regard to the RPM PCR on list for one week (till 27 February 2020), which should help inform the GNSO Council decision on whether to approve the PCR. Keith to send a reminder on the Council list. 

Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE – New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Project Change Request (15 minutes)

Action Item: 

• GNSO Council to provide feedback with regard to the SubPro PCR on list for one week (till 27 February 2020), which should help inform the GNSO Council decision on whether to approve the PCR. Keith to send a reminder on the Council list. 

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Projects List Review (30 minutes)

Outcome: 

• GNSO Council deferred the discussion of the project list to the next Council meeting. 

Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization (15 minutes)

Action Item: 

• GNSO Support Staff to research and incorporate the deliberation on the Internationalized Registration Data
  (IRD) issue in the prioritization list, as appropriate.  
• GNSO Councilors to continue consulting with their respective groups in preparation for further Council discussion and/or decision during the March 2020 Council meeting.

Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)

9.1 - ICANN67 Planning / Questions for lunch with the ICANN Board

Action Item: None

9.2 - Council consideration of the draft GNSO Council public comment to the Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget, due on 25 February.

Action Item: 

• GNSO Council, especially the Councilors involved in the PDP 3.0 small team, to review the draft and provide input for the PDP 3.0 related comments no later than 21 February 2020 at 23:59 UTC. 

9.3 - Council consideration of whether a response is needed to ICANN org's 5 December 2019 letter related to clarifications on data accuracy and EPDP Phase 2.

Action Item: 

• Keith Drazek to re-circulate the letter to the mailing list with discussion points
• GNSO Council to provide feedback. 

Kind regards,

Andrea