Dear Councilors,

 

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 19 September. 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.

 

GNSO Council meeting on 19 September 2024

 

Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes)

Action Items: The GNSO Council requests that GNSO support staff update the GNSO Operating Procedures to include the new proposed Annex 6 process for immediate use by the Registries Stakeholder Group and Registrar Stakeholder Group to begin their selection process.

 

Action Items: The GNSO Council requests that the GNSO Secretariat notify ICANN Org staff supporting the CSC no later than 25 September 2024 that the GNSO has approved the 2024 CSC slate of members and liaisons.

 

Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Supplemental Recommendation on Singulars/Plurals (20 minutes)

Action Items:

  1. The GNSO Council approves the Supplemental Recommendation for the non-adopted SubPro recommendations related to Topic 24: String Similarity Evaluations set forth on Annex 1 and instructs the GNSO Secretariat to transmit the Supplemental Recommendation to the ICANN Board.
  2. The GNSO Council has been made aware of Minority and Plurality Views to the Supplemental Recommendation and, while not adopted by the Council, instructs the GNSO Secretariat to transmit these views to the ICANN Board for the Board’s information.

 

Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Registration Data Accuracy (20 minutes)

Action items: 

  1. The GNSO Council will defer consideration of the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team’s Recommendations #1 and #2 for an additional six months while it determines how to make meaningful progress on the topic.
  2. Policy Support Staff will add this item to the Project Management Tool and the GNSO Council meeting planning document.

 

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Accuracy of Registration Data (20 minutes) 

Action items: GNSO Councilors to volunteer for a small drafting team to review the list of questions to ICANN/SGs & Cs and propose a final draft to Council by 03 October. Volunteers are: Thomas Rickert, Lawrence Olawale-Roberts, Taiwo Peter Akinremi, Damon Ashcraft, and Greg DiBiase.

 

Item 8: Any Other Business (30 minutes)

8.1 - GNSO Council SPS

Action items: Information is to be sent to the Council SPS mailing list on dates and logistics to date.

 

8.4 - Reminder: Informal Joint Meeting with GNSO Appointed Board Members and GNSO Council (25 Sept at 21:00 UTC) 

Action items: GNSO Council leadership to revise the list of topics based on the discussion during the Council meeting and send it to the Board.

 

8.6 - Contention sets for the New gTLD Program: Next Round (Next Round)

Action items: 

  1. Leadership to include the issue on the agenda for the informal meeting with the Board.
  2. GNSO Councilors to review the letter and be prepared to discuss suggested next steps at the October Council meeting.

 

8.7 - Operational Design Phase Community Consultation Survey (deadline 27 Sept)

Action items: 

  1. GNSO Councilors and their relevant SG/Cs to consider whether to respond to the survey at: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/participate-in-icanns-operational-design-phase-community-consultation-survey-09-09-2024-en.  Responses are due 27 September.
  2. Policy Support Staff will relay concerns expressed by Council members with respect to the short timeframe for responses to the ICANN org colleagues responsible for this public survey.

 

 

Thank you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO