Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 22 February 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]. 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 22 FEBRUARY 2018

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the Charter related to the next steps for the ICANN Procedure of Handling WHOIS conflicts with Privacy Law

Action Items:

• ICANN Staff to circulate a call for volunteers on or after 1 June 2018 to the GNSO Stakeholder Groups, with the request for each Stakeholder Group to appoint up to 3 members to the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG). The call for volunteers should also be more widely circulated to seek volunteers to serve as participants and observers to the IAG.

Item 5. COUNCIL VOTE – Replacement for GNSO member for the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team

Action Items:

• ICANN Staff to inform the staff supporting the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR2-RT) that the GNSO Council nominate Rao Naveed bin Rais to replace James Gannon on the SSRT-RT.
• ICANN Staff to inform the selected applicant that he has been chosen and that the GNSO Council expects that the applicant will represent the views of the entire GNSO community in his work on the SSR2-RT and provide regular feedback as a group on the discussions taking place in the SSR2-RT, as well as the positions being taken by GNSO Review Team Members.
• ICANN Staff to send a response to the applicant who was not selected, thanking him for his continued interest. The response should also encourage him to follow the SSR2-RT work, and participate in Public Comments and community discussions.
• GNSO Council to be reminded that if it is in a position to nominate an additional candidate for the SSR2-RT in the future, the Council will consider Scott McCormick as a first choice for this position, following the SSC’s recommendation that he is also a strong and qualified candidate.

Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE – Updated Charter for the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance

Action Items:

• Council Leadership to ensure that the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance topic, and its proposed new structure, be added to the March 2018 Council meeting agenda as a discussion item.
• Council Leadership to ensure that the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance topic, and its proposed new structure, be included in the list of topics to discuss with other SO/ACs during meetings at ICANN61, as appropriate.

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update and discussion on the GNSO Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO) review of the Draft FY19 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget

Action Items:

• SCBO to liaise with New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Co-Chairs to determine if and how concerns about the lack of FY19 budget allocation to the implementation of New gTLD Subsequent Procedures policy recommendations can be addressed in the Council’s public comment.

Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Discussion of the Draft Post-Implementation Review Framework

Action Items:

• ICANN Staff to further develop the draft policy post-implementation review framework, including the development of a detailed process flow document.

Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Planning for ICANN61

Action Items:

• GNSO Council to continue discussion and seek volunteer to steward the informal council dinner scheduling.

Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Assignment of Council Liaisons

Action Items:

• ICANN Staff to post updated description of Council liaisons to the GNSO Procedures web page.
• ICANN Staff to update Projects List to account for any new Council liaisons.
• ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers for any liaison roles where the existing liaison wishes to step down (i.e., ccNSO, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures).

Thank you,

Kind regards,

Nathalie

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Nathalie Peregrine

Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 

Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org 

Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann

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