Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 23 January 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. The action item with upcoming  deadlines is also indicated.

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 23 January 2020

Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)

ACTION ITEM: None

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

ACTION ITEM

1. GNSO Council Leadership to review draft February GNSO Council agenda and assess if there is sufficient time to comprehensively review the project list. If the February agenda does not have sufficient time for this item, GNSO Support Staff to identify a separate meeting time for comprehensive project list review.

Item 3: Consent Agenda (10 minutes) 

ACTION ITEM

• GNSO Secretariat to communicate resolved #1 to staff supporting the ICANN Fellowship Program.
• GNSO Secretariat to inform the nominated candidate that he or she has been selected.
• GNSO Secretariat to send a response to those applicants who were not nominated, thanking them for their interest and encouraging them to apply for future opportunities as they arise.
• GNSO Secretariat to inform SSC of confirmation of Chair and Vice-Chair

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Vote on the Addendum to the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Charter to Integrate Recommendation 5 From IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Final Report (20 minutes)

ACTION ITEM

• GNSO Secretariat to inform GAC leadership of vote result

Item 5: COUNCIL UPDATE – Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP (20 minutes)

ACTION ITEM

1. Interested GNSO Council Members to send questions for RPM Co-Chairs to Council Leadership in preparation for call on the 30 January. Questions due by Wednesday 29 January. Small team possible
2. RPM Support staff to check with co-chairs  if Flip Petillion can observe the call.

Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE – Cross-Community Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds (15 minutes)

ACTION ITEM

Keith Drazek to flag the Auction Proceeds Proposed Final Report during the SO/AC dinner.

Item 7: COUNCIL UPDATE – IDN Scoping Small Team (15 minutes)

ACTION ITEM: None

Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)

ACTION ITEM

GNSO Council to review ABRs by 31 January 2020

GNSO Councilors to encourage their SGs and Cs to review the NomCom RIWG recommendations and provide input by 31 January 2020

Kind regards,

Nathalie

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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