Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Wednesday 24 June 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.

Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)

Action Item: None

Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)

Action Item: None

Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) 

Action Item: None 

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Vote to Request an Issue Report on the Transfer Policy (15 minutes)

Action Item: None

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Expedited PDP (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification Phase 2: Project Change Request and Next Steps for Priority 2 Items (20 minutes)

Action Item:

• A Council small team, consisting of Council leadership, support staff, and interested Council members -- including Marie Pattullo, Philippe Fouquart, Sebastien Ducos, John McElwaine, Greg DiBiase -- to develop a consolidated approach to address the remaining EPDP priority 2 topics, with the aim to report back to the Council by 13 July, in time for the document and motion prior to the July 2020 Council meeting.

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Cross Community Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds - Final Report (15 minutes)

Action Item: None

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - CCWG-Accountability WS2 Implementation Assessment Report and GNSO Next Steps (15 Minutes)

Action Items

• A GNSO Council small team -- including Juan Manuel Rojas, James Gannon, Tatiana Tropina, Tom Dale, and Keith Drazek from Council Leadership -- to deliberate on the WS2 Implementation Assessment Report, coordinate with ICANN org depts (new Planning Function being established under our CFO Xavier Calvez & MSSI), and develop a work plan for consideration by the GNSO Council; this small team is also expected to consider potential overlaps between WS2 implementation and ATRT3 & MSM evolution.
• Staff to schedule a meeting of the small team.

Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Independent Review Process (IRP) Standing Panel (10 minutes)

Action Item: 

• GNSO Councilors to consult with their respective SGs/Cs regarding how to appoint IRP standing panel members and share their feedback no later than the July 2020 Council meeting. 

Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - Council Work Plan and Program Management (15 minutes)

Action Item: 

• GNSO Council to organize a 2-hour extraordinary session, proposed for 16 July at 2100 UTC, to review the details of the work prioritization. 

Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (10 minutes)

Action Items: 

• Pam Little to work with Marie Pattullo to complete the draft response, as soon as practical, to the ICANN Board regarding RDS-WHOIS2-RT recommendation for consideration by the GNSO Council. 
• Sebastien Ducos to provide a written update on EPDP IRT discussions on recommendation 7

Thank you!

Nathalie