Dear Councillors, Below please find the action Items arising from the GNSO Council meeting on 10 October 2013. If anything has been left out, please let us know. Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects List<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf> and Action List<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>. Action Item: Specifically with regard to the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation, Councillors are encouraged to comment on the list on the form of consensus required for decision making. While this is an outstanding item it is not holding up the work on revising the charter. Item 5: MOTION - Motion to approve the further development of a framework for cross community working groups Action Item Make use of existing a face to face to meeting with Supporting Organisation and Advisory Committee representatives in Buenos Aires to inform them and encourage participation in this effort. Item 6: MOTION - To approve a charter for the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group Motion<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+10+Oct.+2013> deferred to the next Council meeting at the request of Yoav Keren. Action Item: Council members that raised concerns in relation to the charter are strongly encouraged to share these with the Council mailing list to allow for further discussion of the issue in all Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups. Item 7: DISCUSSION - Policy issues surrounding string confusion Action Item: Follow- up on the letter<http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/robinson-to-crocker-chalaby-18sep13-...>. The GNSO Council, in conjunction with Staff, initiate some work within the GNSO subject to seeking legal advice from ICANN legal Counsel that this would be potentially usable in the implementation and consistency of the decisions on string similarity. Furthermore that this should not be an impediment to the success of the program, but focused on resolving potential problems. Item 8: Procedure to elect the GNSO Council Chair Action Item: Secretariat to Inform the Contracted and Non-Contracted Parties Houses of the adoption of the procedure and timeline to elect the GNSO Council chair. Item 9: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs Policy Development Process Action Item All to encourage Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups to provide comments to the public comment<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/igo-ingo-final-20sep13-en.htm> forum. Item 10: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - A PDP for relevant policies on issues not dealt with during the course of developing the 2013 RAA Action Item: Circulate the draft charter<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/raa-remaining-charter-10oct13-en.pdf> to Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups requesting input and proposed amendments in time for the next Council meeting 31 October 2013 at 11:00 UTC. Item 11: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for Buenos Aires Action Item: Provide input on the Council mailing list with regard to the proposed weekend agenda<http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-10oct13-en.htm>. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org