Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 20 July 2023. 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, 20 July 2023.

Item 3: Consent Agenda

Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team Recommendations #1 and #2 – extending deferral of consideration by six months

Action Items:

1. The GNSO Council extends the deferral of consideration of recommendations #1 and #2 of the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team write up for another six months; reflects as such in its Program/Project Management Tools; and requests the GNSO Secretariat to communicate this decision to the Scoping Team and ask them to communicate the outcome to their respective groups.
2. GNSO Council Leadership to send a letter to ICANN org and Contracted Parties to request a status update on the DPA negotiations.
3. The GNSO Council commits to considering the Scoping Team recommendations at an earlier date if the DPA negotiations have been completed before six months have passed and/or there is feedback from ICANN org if/how it anticipates the requesting and processing of registration data will be undertaken in the context of measuring accuracy.

GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué 

Action Items:

1. The GNSO Council Chair communicates the GNSO Council Review of ICANN77 GAC Communiqué Advice to the ICANN Board and copies the GAC Chair.
2. The GNSO Liaison to the GAC also informs the GAC of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board with respect to the GNSO Council Review of ICANN77 GAC Communiqué Advice.

GNSO Non-Registry Liaison to the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) - Milton Mueller; [GNSO Alternate Non-Registry Liaison to the CSC - John Gbadamosi 

Action Items:

1. The GNSO Secretariat communicates to staff supporting the Customer Standing Committee that the GNSO re-appointed Milton Mueller to serve as GNSO Non-Registry Liaison to the Customer Standing Committee for a two-year term beginning 01 October 2023.
2. The GNSO Secretariat informs Milton that he has been re-appointed.
3. The GNSO Secretariat communicates the appointed candidate as GNSO Alternate Non-Registry Liaison to the CSC to staff supporting the CSC.
4. The GNSO Secretariat informs the candidate that he has been appointed.

Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Accuracy

Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to consider how best to proceed, namely whether to seek volunteers for a drafting team to consider informal options of responding to the recital text to highlight the standards that are currently applicable and consider who should be the sender and the recipient(s) of such a response.

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Operational Design Phase and Operational Design Assessment Liaison & Small Team Survey Feedback (15 minutes)

Action Items: Staff to confirm with GNSO Council leadership that they can convey the survey results to GDS or whether further input is expected from Council.

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro Small Team Update on Pending Recommendations - Clarifying Statement 

Action Items: 

1. Staff to notify the SubPro Board Caucus leads that they can inform the ICANN Board that the clarifying statement is stable.
2. Leadership to prepare a motion to allow for formal adoption during the next Council meeting.

Item 7: Follow up on IGO Curative Rights IRT and Other Work Necessary to Achieve Release of the IGO Acronyms  Under Interim Reservation

Action Items: GNSO Council Chair to confirm with Mary Wong as to whether she can share her status update with Council.

Item 8: IDNs EPDP Timeline

Action Items: Staff to update the ICANN77 deliverable to capture the updated timeline for the IDNs EPDP and related contextual language.

Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)

9.1 ccNSO Liaison update (Desiree, ccNSO liaison to the GNSO Council)

Action Items: Sebastien to follow up with Desiree.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri