Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items as stated during the meeting, below and as attachment arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 24 August 2017.  Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council sessions and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions.  

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING OF 24 August 2017

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Updated Charter for the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance

Action Items

• GNSO Secretariat to communicate decision to the CCWG-IG and other Chartering Organizations, that the GNSO Council will withdraw from the CCWG-IG at the conclusion of ICANN61, with the expectation that a replacement structure is ready for approval by the Council at that time.

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

Action items:

• GNSO Secretariat to communicate decision to the SSR2-RT, that the GNSO Council has nominated Norm Ritchie to replace Emily Taylor on that review team.
• GNSO Secretariat to inform Norm Ritchie of his selection and communicate the Council’s expectations that he represents the views of the entire GNSO community in his work on the SSR2-RT, and that as a group, the GNSO Review Team Members will provide regular feedback on the discussions taking place in the SSR2-RT.
• GNSO Secretariat to send a response to those applicants that were not selected, thanking them for their continued interest. The response should also encourage them to follow the SSR2-RT work and participate in Public Comments and community discussions.

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Review of the Revised ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law

Action Items:

• GNSO Council, after having considered the 1 August letter from Akram Atallah and receiving a brief update from GDD on its 24 August Council meeting, should determine next steps for reviewing the Whois Procedure.

Item 9: AOB (GNSO Council strategic planning meeting)

Action Items:

• For the purposes of planning the GNSO Council’s strategic planning session, to occur in early 2018, the GNSO Secretariat shall create a Doodle poll to determine the extent of councilor conflicts for the currently scheduled dates of 29-31 January 2017. To the extent known, incoming Councilors should also be allowed to participate in the Doodle poll.

Please note that all Action Items have been posted on the Action Item wiki page here[community.icann.org]. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.

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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