Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 21 May 2026. Please refer to the Action Item page 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 refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.

Please note that actions for all councilors are highlighted below.

Action Items of the GNSO Council Meeting 21 May 2026

Item 3: COUNCIL VOTE - Board Un-Adoption Process in Updated GGP and PDP Manuals 

3.1 - Presentation of Motion (Jennifer Chung, GNSO Council Vice-Chair) 

3.2 - Council Vote (voting threshold: simple majority of each house)

3.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: 

• GNSO Support Staff publish the updated manuals in the appropriate places on the ICANN website.

Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Council Process for Forwarding an issue to the SPIRT

4.1 - Introduction of Topic (Susan Payne, GNSO Council Chair) 

4.2 - Council Discussion

4.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: Leadership team to convey message to the SPIRT via Council liaison Lawrence that there was general support for referral to the SPIRT by a vote of the Council.

Item 5: Council Discussion - GNSO Mechanism for Work Prioritization 

5.1 - Introduction of Topic (Jennifer Chung, GNSO Council Vice-Chair) 

5.2 - Council Discussion

5.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: Leadership and Staff to share with the Council how to operationalize the prioritization pilot going forward. 

Item 6: Any other business 

6.1 - ICANN86 Planning

• GNSO Prep Week Webinar - 28 May at 13:00 UTC
• GNSO Council members will be panelists and expected to join, unless apologies given in advance. Questions will be taken from GNSO Council only.

6.2 - DNS Abuse PDP2 Charter Drafting

Action Item: Staff to begin revising draft of DNSAM PDP 2 Charter with lessons learned from PDP 1. 

6.3 - RSP Issue Consideration for Potential Change Request 

Action Item: Councilors to review the issue brought by RySG to determine by vote in June if Council should pass this issue to the SPIRT group to look into this issue. 

6.4 - Leadership Team Update on Call with Kurtis Lindqvist, ICANN CEO

6.5 - ICANN Community Participant Code of Conduct regarding Statements of Interest

6.6 - Topic Leads for Discussions with the GAC

Action Items: 

• Re: Urgent Requests: To get clarification from the Board as to the meaning of their request to advance the authentication process via a proof of concept in relation to law enforcement email addresses 
• Request from ALAC to be included in the proposed future trilateral with GAC, Council, and Board making it a dialogue rather than trilateral

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO