Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 24 August 2023. Please refer to the Action Item page<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items> 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. GNSO Council Meeting, 24 August 2023. Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes) Approval of the 2023 Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Slate Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat notifies ICANN Org staff supporting the CSC no later than 1 September 2023 that the GNSO has approved the 2023 CSC slate of members and liaisons Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - SubPro Small Team Clarifying Statement (20 minutes) Action Items: 1. On behalf of the GNSO Council the GNSO Secretariat communicates the Clarifying Statement to the ICANN Board that the Council has approved regarding select pending SubPro recommendations. 2. The GNSO Secretariat to extend thanks from the GNSO Council to the ICANN Board for its collegial, constructive, and pragmatic approach to addressing select pending recommendations and in particular, extends thanks to the co-leads of the Board’s Caucus on SubPro, Avri Doria and Becky Burr. Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of Interest (SOI) Requirements (20 minutes) Action Items: Council members to review Recommendations Report in view of a vote to consider the report for adoption at the next Council meeting. Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Chartering the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”) (15 minutes) Action Items: Staff to seek volunteers for a Charter Drafting Team for the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”). Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro Pending Recommendations - Expected Non-Adoption (20 minutes) Action Items: Staff to update the Small Team assignment document, including participation, for the Small Team to review at its next meeting; upon agreement the Small Team will submit the revised form to the GNSO Council for adoption. Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Closed Generics (20 minutes) Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to update the joint letter based on the discussion with Council and forward it to Council for reference. Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes) 9.3 Discussion Paper on .Quebec Discussion Paper about “.québec” Challenges ALAC correspondence on DotQuebec Action Items: GNSO Council to provide EPDP-IDNs Team guidance that indicates that the .québec issue is not in scope for the EPDP. 9.4 Grant Program implementation update to Chartering Organizations Action Items: Council to review materials shared via the mailing list<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2023-August/027174.html> and consider the ask “please let us know if you are comfortable in having them [former CCWG-AP members] engage in this conversation or whether it should be held differently”. Thank you. Kind regards, Terri