Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 20 May 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

Appointment of the GNSO Council liaison to the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Phase - Janis Karklins

Action Item:

• Staff will notify Janis Karklins & ICANN Board of the GNSO Council’s approval of his appointment as GNSO Council Liaison to the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure Operational Design Phase. [COMPLETED]

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adoption of the motion for the GNSO Council response  to GAC ICANN70 Communique

Action Items: 

• The GNSO Council Chair will communicate the GNSO Council Review of the ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board. [COMPLETED]
• The GNSO Council Chair will inform the GAC Chair of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board. [COMPLETED]

Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Initiation of the Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names and Approval of the EPDP Team Charter

Action Items:

• Staff will revise the charter and the Initiation Request to remove the reference to the 12-month deadline for completion of the work as the first deliverable for the Working Group is to develop a work plan.
• Staff will communicate the results of the adopted motion to the GNSO SG/Cs as well as ICANN SO/ACs and invite them to identify Members for the working group following the working group composition described in the Charter;
• Staff will communicate the results of the adopted motion to the ICANN Org GDS Team and invite them to identify at least one (1) staff liaison for the working group; 
• Staff will launch a call for expressions of interest seeking interested candidates to Chair the EPDP on IDNs; and
• Staff will solicit candidates for the GNSO Council liaison to the EPDP on IDNs.

Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Accuracy Scoping Team

Action Item:

• Staff will form a Small Team to review the path forward document and suggest changes / edits to further guide the scoping team in its work.  Volunteers are: Kurt Pritz, Marie Patullo, John McElwaine, Carlton Samuels, Olga Cavalli, Jeff Neuman and Owen Smigelski.

Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

10.2 - Next steps regarding the proposed Framework for Continuous Improvement

Action Item:

• GNSO Council leadership will send the revised proposal to the GNSO Council list.

10.3 - Next steps regarding Working Group Self Assessments drawing on results of RPMs and SubPro surveys 

Action Item:

• GNSO Council leadership will meet with the SubPro and RPMs PDP Co-Chairs to review the results.

Thank you!

Nathalie