Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below and as attachment arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 30 November 2017. 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<https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg>. 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 30 NOVEMBER 2017 Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the GNSO Council response to the GAC Communique for submission to the ICANN Board Voting Results: * Motion passed unanimously. Action Items: * Heather Forrest, as GNSO Chair, to communicate the GNSO Review of the Abu Dhabi GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board, with copy to the GAC Chair. Item 5. COUNCIL VOTE – Referral of the privacy and proxy services issue, related to IRTP-C, to the PPSAI IRT Voting Results: * Motion passed unanimously. Action Items: * Council liaison to the PPSAI IRT to communicate Council decision to refer IRTP C Privacy / Proxy implementation issues to the PPSAI IRT. The Council liaison should direct the PPSAI IRT to the additional directives contained in the Resolved clauses here: https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201711 Item 6: COUNCIL VOTE – Confirmation of GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration Voting Results: * Motion passed unanimously Action Items: * GNSO Secretariat to communicate decision by GNSO Council, confirming Heather Forrest will represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the Empowered Community Administration until the end of the ICANN Annual General Meeting (ICANN63), to the ICANN Secretary. This communication will serve as the required written certification from the GNSO Chair, designating the individual who shall represent the Decisional Participant on the EC Administration. Item 7: COUNCIL VOTE – Confirmation that modification to the procedure that implements the Whois conflicts with privacy law policy recommendation with the Contracted Party Request and Legal Opinion triggers is consistent with the intent of the policy recommendation Decisions: * Motion withdrawn by Keith Drazek Action Items: * ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers to establish group of Councilors to develop draft guidelines and parameters around scope, deliverables, membership, operating procedures, etc. for subsequent group that will seek to determine Council’s next steps for addressing the feedback received in relation to the public comment forum on the new and possible alternative triggers for the ICANN Procedure For Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law. Target date is 11 December, the Motions and Documents deadline for the 21 December meeting.. * Following approval by the GNSO Council of charter for this subsequent group, Subsequent Group to determine Council’s next steps for addressing the limitations of the ICANN Procedure For Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law. Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update on the GNSO Council Standing Committee on ICANN budget Action Items: * Heather Forrest and ICANN Staff to attempt to re-draft possible public comment response regarding the Reserve Fund, to show Council’s awareness of the issue and to highlight comments from specific Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. * Council members to consider re-draft and indicate possible objections within the timeframe provided (less than 24 hours to meet the deadline) Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS 10. 2 – Update on the status of the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency Review Team (SSR2-RT) Action Items: * ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers to establish group of Councilors to review SSR2-RT scoping information and skills matrix and prepare a draft response for Council consideration. Susan Kawaguchi and Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez have volunteered to date. * Council leadership to explore options for discussing challenges within the SSR2-RT with the GNSO appointed members of that review team (i.e., Denise Michel, James Gannon, and Norm Ritchie). 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_gnso.icann.org_files_gnso_presentations_policy-2Defforts.htm-23newcomers&d=DgMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=-d9m4sr16OXloyLjz4TF6npbe51hgE0EHtoX1U6WUOA&s=Bw2Uzbh2Pu1X0lObLtbwtN5ZNEP3ECdPAfcqzVvIOYE&e=>