Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meetings, below arising from the GNSO Council meetings held during ICANN82 Seattle (09 – 12 March 2025). 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.

Sunday, 09 March 2025

GNSO Working Session 2 of 3 | 10:30 - 12:00 PT

1. Follow-up from the Council’s Project List and Action Decision Radar (ADR) review [10 minutes

Action Items: See the action items below during the wrap-up session.

EPDP Phase 1 on the Temporary Specification - Implementation Question re: Billing Contact - Options for Next Steps [40 minutes]

Discussion:

1. Farzaneh to review IRT transcripts to seek further guidance on Billing Contact.
2. GNSO Councilors will consider the following options:

• A motion agreeing with the IRT determination but making it very clear that this will not serve as a precedent of superseding other contractual or policy obligations.
• Acknowledgement that this work should be brought up in a subsequent PDP, but suggesting a compliance deferral until this work is started. 

Question - what additional mitigation measures are needed to combat DNS abuse, where policy development is the best mechanism to address that need?

Action Items: GNSO Council to reconvene the DNS Abuse Small Team via a new assignment form with the scope to include consideration of:

1) the insights provided by ICANN Org (Compliance) and the INFERMAL study;

2) the previous Small Team recommendations and implementation; and

3) list potential next steps on what other work (policy, further research, etc.) might be needed to address DNS abuse.

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

GNSO Council Meeting| 13:15 - 15:15 PT

Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes)

• Confirm the GNSO Standing Committee on Continuous Improvement (SCCI) Leadership Team

Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat notifies the SCCI that the GNSO Council has confirmed the leadership – Manju Chen for Chair and Ajith Francis for Vice-Chair.

• Appoint Greg DiBiase to seat 13 on the ICANN Board.

Action Items: 

1. The GNSO Secretariat to notify the CPH of the acknowledgement of the appointment of Greg DiBiase to Board Seat 13.
2. The GNSO Secretariat, on behalf of the GNSO Chair, notifies the Empowered Community Administration with a copy to the Secretary of the election results as prescribed by Section 7.25 of the ICANN Bylaws.

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Final Report from the Transfer Policy Review (“TPR”) Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Working Group (15 minutes) 

Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat, on behalf of the GNSO Council, thanks the leadership, members, participants, and liaisons to the Transfer Policy Review Working Group for their commitment and hard work in completing the Final Report for this Working Group.

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Next Steps for Registration Data Accuracy (25 minutes) 

Action Items: GNSO Councilors directs staff to call for volunteers for a small team that looks into the registration data accuracy assignment input (and other relevant information) in more detail. Volunteers during the meeting were: Damon Ashcraft, Greg DiBiase and Lawrence Olawale-Roberts.

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - EPDP Phase 1 on the Temporary Specification - Implementation Question re: Billing Contact (20 minutes)

Action Items: GNSO Council leadership directs staff to draft a motion along the lines of Option 1 for leadership to review by 26 March: A motion agreeing with the IRT determination but making it very clear that this will not serve as a precedent of superseding other contractual or policy obligations.

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Update on Trilateral Meeting on Urgent Requests (20 minutes)

Action Items: GNSO Council leadership directs staff to draft a letter for review requesting ICANN org to reconvene the IRT to review the Urgent Requests timeline.

Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Outcomes of Strategic Planning Session (15 minutes)

Action Items: 

1. Councilors to agree on high-level outcomes and actions from the SPS including the drafting of procedure for non-adopted PDP recommendation, as well as exploring options for memorializing the procedure in relevant documents. 
2. Support Staff to then produce an action plan and start progressing on these items.

Thursday, 13 March 2025

GNSO Council Wrap-Up

1. Call for volunteers for GAC Communique response

Action Items: Staff to schedule meetings with the volunteers: Susan Payne, Sam Demetriou, Manju Chen, Jen Chung, Vivek Goyal, and Desiree Miloshevic.

2. How can the Council prioritize its potential work?

Action Items: GNSO Council directs staff to develop proposals for SG/Cs to consider to inform prioritization of upcoming work and specifically on RPMs Phase Two charter scoping.

3. Preparation and timing for bilateral meetings (e.g., GAC) - How to make them more productive and dialogue driven?

Action Items: GNSO Council Leadership directs staff to refine the process of planning bilateral meetings based on the feedback provided, including pre-meeting planning,  setting expectations, and providing an overview of how the GNSO Council works.

4. Reviews - seeking alignment on how to move forward (e.g., PHR, ATRT4)

Action Items: GNSO Council Leadership directs staff to schedule an informal meeting with the Board and Co-Chairs of the Pilot Holistic Review for an update at their earliest convenience.

5. Latin Script Diacritics PDP Timeline

Action Items: GNSO Council Leadership directs staff to provide guidance on the feasibility of including the PDP recommendations in the Applicant Guidebook.

6. AOB

1. Open Mic:

Action Items: GNSO Council directs staff to explore options to open Mic, such as leading into the Council meeting, soliciting topics in advance, revisiting the town hall, etc.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO