Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 18 September 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.

GNSO Council meeting on 18 September 2025:

Item 3: Consent Agenda 

• Confirmation of GNSO Members to the Review of Reviews Cross Community Group (RoR CCG): Sophie Hey and Osvaldo Novoa
• Approval of 2025 Customer Standing Committee slate

Action Items: 

• GNSO Secretariat to notify selected members of the RoR CCG.
• GNSO Secretariat to inform the GNSO-appointees that they have been selected.
• GNSO Secretariat to send a response to those applicants who were not appointed, thanking them for their interest and encouraging them to apply for future opportunities as they arise.
• GNSO Secretariat to notify ICANN Org staff supporting the CSC no later than 22 September 2025 that the GNSO has approved the 2025 CSC slate of members and liaisons.

Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Prioritization of Upcoming Work 

4.1 - Introduction of Topic (Nacho Amadoz, Interim GNSO Co-Chair)

4.2 - Council Discussion

4.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: 

• Staff to recirculate the Prioritization document to Council list with a deadline of feedback from SG/Cs of 9 October. 
• Councilors to share the document with SG/Cs to establish group priorities and share feedback with Council not later than 9 October.

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Urgent Request Timeline and Related Topics 

5.1 - Introduction of Topic (Thomas Rickert, GNSO Council Liaison to the Registration Data IRT) 

5.2 - Council Discussion

5.3 - Next Steps 

Action Items: Taking into account the discussion from the September Council meeting, Thomas and Anne will work together with support staff on preparing the proposed talking points for the Urgent Requests topic during the GNSO Council’s bilateral with GAC.

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Board Readiness Small Team Recommendations 

6.1 - Introduction of Topic (Kurt Pritz, Small Team Lead) 

6.2 - Council Discussion

6.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: Councilors are to read the board readiness report and come prepared to discuss the small team’s recommendations and associated questions for the small team during an ICANN84 GNSO working session.

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Proposed Agenda for GAC and GNSO Bilateral Meeting at ICANN84 

7.1 - Introduction of Topic (Sebastien Ducos, GNSO Council Liaison to the GAC)

7.2 - Council Discussion

7.3 - Next Steps

Action Items: 

• Councilor topic-leads to seek out GAC counterparts to coordinate and align prior to ICANN84 meeting.
• Staff to reach out to Farzi to discuss what she would like to achieve with an AOB item of human rights with the GAC.

Item 8: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP -  Disagreement Between ICANN Staff and the IRT on Implementation 

8.1 - Introduction of Topic (Anne Aikman-Scalese & Susan Payne, GNSO co-liaisons to the PDP)

8.2 - Council Discussion

8.3 - Next Step

Action Items: 

• Councilors to review discussion paper and determine whether the intent of the relevant IGO/INGO PDP recommendations should result in option 1 or option 2, by 9 Oct
• Leadership and staff to schedule a 60-minute Extraordinary Meeting to discuss the item prior to ICANN84.

Item 9: Any Other Business 

9.1 - GNSO Council SPS (Terri)

9.2 - ICANN84 planning and GNSO Draft schedule (Terri)

9.3 - GNSO Prep Week Webinar - 07 Oct at 21:00 UTC (Nacho)

9.4 - Next Steps for Accuracy Small Team Rec. 2 (educational materials)

9.5 - Initiating the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (SPIRT) (Steve)

9.6 - Update from PPSAI small team (Paul)

Action Items: Staff to send respective AOB items not covered during the meeting to Council mailing list

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Terri

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO