Dear Councillors, Ahead of the official minutes please find the resolution passed by the GNSO Council its public meeting on 17 July 2013. Motion to adopt the Charter for the Policy & Implementation Working Group WHEREAS: 1. The GNSO Council decided at its wrap-up session at the ICANN meeting in Beijing to form a drafting team to develop a charter for a Working Group to address the issues that have been raised in the context of the recent discussions on policy & implementation that affect the GNSO. 2. The drafting team was formed and has now submitted a proposed charter for the Policy & Implementation Working Group to the GNSO Council. 3. The GNSO Council has reviewed the proposed charter. http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf RESOLVED: 1. The GSNO Council approves the charter and appoints Jeff Neuman as the GNSO Council Liaison to the Policy & Implementation Working Group. 2. The GNSO Council further directs that the call for volunteers to form the Policy & Implementation Working Group be initiated no later than 7 days after the approval of this motion. Until such time as the WG can select a chair and that chair can be confirmed by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council Liaison shall act as interim chair. Charter http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>