Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Wednesday, 24 March 2021. 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 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 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes) 

• Confirmation of the Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board regarding adoption of relevant Outputs from the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP.

Action Item: 

• GNSO Secretariat to transmit the SubPro PDP Recommendations Report and the Final Report to ICANN Board Ops  

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - IANA Naming Functions Contract Amendment (10 minutes)

Action Items: 

• GNSO Secretariat to communicate the Council approval for IFR Final Report Recommendation 4 to amend the IANA Naming Functions Contract to the Co-Chairs of the IFRT and relevant ICANN staff accordingly [COMPLETED]

Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Charter for the Transfer Policy PDP (10 minutes)

Action Items:

• GNSO Secretariat to communicate the GNSO Council approval of the Transfer Policy PDP Charter to the GNSO SG/Cs as well as ICANN SO/ACs [COMPLETED]
• GNSO Support Staff to follow up with GNSO Councilors regarding the proposed appointment of Greg D. as the GNSO Council Liaison to the Transfer Policy PDP, with the aim to confirm his appointment by the 22 April 2021 Council meeting (as a consent agenda item)
• GNSO Support Staff to initiate a call for volunteers for the Transfer Policy PDP Working Group by inviting SG/Cs and SO/ACs to identify members and alternates following the working group composition described in the Charter
• GNSO Support Staff to initiate a call for EOI for the Transfer Policy PDP Chair position 

Item 8: Council Discussion - Debrief on the Consultation with the ICANN Board on the Financial Sustainability of the SSAD (20 minutes)

Action Item: 

• GNSO Councilors to prepare a specific set of clarifying questions regarding the Financial Sustainability of the SSAD (e.g., what does the cost-benefit analysis mean) to be discussed during the Council-Board joint meeting on 1 April. Council leadership to inform the GNSO Council about the change of plan (i.e., not to send the letter to the Board but to ask the clarifying/outstanding questions during the joint meeting)

Item 9: COUNCIL UPDATE - EPDP Phase 1 Rec 27 (Wave 1.5) (5 minutes)

Action Item:

• GNSO Councilors to review Wave 1.5 report prior to the Extraordinary Meeting on 8 April 2021

Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Introduction to the Briefing Paper on Accuracy Requirements and Programs from ICANN’s Global Domains & Strategy (GDS) (5 minutes)

Action Item:

• GNSO Councilors to review GDS's Briefing Paper on Accuracy Requirements and Programs prior to the Extraordinary Meeting on 8 April 2021 and consider a list of questions for discussion during the Extraordinary Meeting

Thank you!

Nathalie