Dear Councillors,

Please find the action items arising from the Council meeting on Thursday 25 September 2014. Please let me know if there are any changes or items missed.

Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List

Arising from the Action List.

Expert Working Group (EWG)
Action Item:
Recirculate Steve Crocker’s letter to the Council mailing list

Add the proposed solution  provided at the Council meeting:

• Respond to the request from Steve Crocker
• Call for four volunteers and one staff member who is well versed in the Policy Development Process, to join a team to work with the Board on moving the issue forward.

CWG on Internet Governance Charter

Action Item:
Bring item to a close.
Make a motion for the next Council meeting in Los Angeles.
Avri Doria and James Bladel volunteered to help write up a motion.

Item 4: DISCUSSION – A letter to the ICANN NGPC regarding the proposed modification of GNSO consensus recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers
Action Item
Send a variation of the proposed letter, including input that Alan Greenberg will provide on how to deal with Red Cross names, to the mailing list and after review on the list send the revised letter to New gTLD Policy Committee (NGPC) as soon as possible.

Item 8: UPDATE  – A cross community working group to develop a transition proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions
Action Item
Councillors are reminded to fill the positions with volunteers who are knowledgeable, committed and have the time to dedicate.
The Registry and Non Commercial Stakeholder Groups need to provide volunteers to the Cross Community working group to develop a transition proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions.

Item 9: DISCUSSION – The report of the ICANN Board Working Group on the Nominating Committee
Action Item
James Bladel volunteered to provide lead input but only during the ‘reply period’ (i.e. once GNSO Groups / Constituencies have individually had the opportunity to provide input) of the public comments on the report of the ICANN Board Group on the Nominating Committee

Item 10: UPDATE & DISCUSSION – Planning for LA
Action Item
Jonathan Robinson will provide information on the mailing list concerning key items proposed for the agenda.

11.1 – Input from Jennifer Wolfe on the GNSO Review including Survey participation.
Action Item:
Councillors, and members of their specific groups are strongly encouraged to complete the survey.

Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org