Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 19 August 2021. Please refer to the Action Item page<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items> for updates on item completion progress. 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<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>. 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. Item 3: Consent Agenda * Confirmation of Olga Cavalli to serve as the Chair of the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat notifies Olga Cavalli that the GNSO Council has appointed her to serve as the Chair of the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement. Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO) Action Item: The GNSO Council directs staff to communicate the results of the vote on the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for Intergovernmental Organizations to the members of the IGO Work Track and all participating Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees and GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - CSC Effectiveness Review Terms of Reference Action Items: 1. The GNSO Secretariat notifies Donna Austin and Jonathan Robinson that the GNSO Council has appointed them as the GNSO Council representatives of the second CSC Effectiveness Review. 2. The GNSO Secretariat notifies ICANN Org no later than 30 September 2021 that the GNSO has approved of the method of review and GNSO representatives for the second CSC Effectiveness Review. Thank you! Nathalie