Dear Councilors,

Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council call held on the 22 August 2019.

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.

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 22 AUG 2019

Item 2. Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action Items List

Action Items:

• ICANN Staff to follow up with GSE staff about input from GNSO Council on the legislative tracker (i.e., Global Engagement to take into account feedback, in particular, inclusion of rationale for including a piece of legislation on the legal / regulatory tracker.)
• ICANN Staff to add to the existing action item that Council is anticipating input from RrSG on the Review of the Transfer Policy as well as the request for the suspension of the contractual compliance enforcement of the FOA.
• ICANN Staff to ensure that GNSO liaison(s) are assigned to the IDN ccPDP, when the ccNSO initiates that effort.

Item 3: Consent Agenda 

Action items:

• None

Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Council Letter on Status of Consultation in Relation to Non-Adopted EPDP Phase 1 Parts of Recommendations (purpose 2 and recommendation #12)

Action items:

• Councilors to work to complete the letter, which may include integrating elements such as:

• When the letter references that some Councilors having dissenting views, that the group holding those dissenting views are identified.
• Add clarity about the ask of the ICANN Board (e.g., confirm that the Board and Council have a common understanding).

• Rafik to confirm when recommendation one, purpose 2 will be expected to be discussed by the EPDP phase 2.

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – ICANN Org’s Request for Clarification on Data Accuracy and Phase-2 of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (15 minutes)

Action items:

• ICANN staff to include an agenda item on the September Council meeting, inviting ICANN Org to speak on the impact of GDPR as well as the EPDP 1 recommendations on the enforcement and implementation of existing policies, procedures, and contractual provisions related to accuracy (including ARS).
• Council to convene a small group to draft a substantive response on data accuracy for Council review to send to ICANN Org in response to 21 June letter (https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/marby-to-drazek-21jun19-en.pdf) (volunteers: Marie, Darcy, Flip)

Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – ICANN Board referrals of CCT-RT recommendations to GNSO Council and GNSO PDP WGs (15 minutes)

Outcome(s):

• Deferred to the next Council meeting.

Action items:

• Councilors to review draft text and provide input, if applicable, prior to the September 2019 Council meeting, 13 September 2019 at the latest. 

Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN Org assumptions for new round of new gTLDs

Action items:

• Council to consider if they would like to provide a written response to ICANN Org, to be delivered by the end of September. Councilors to inform their respective SG/Cs of the timeline for providing input.

Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Proposed Amendments to Consensus Policy Implementation Framework (CPIF)

Action items:

• Councilors to ensure that their respective SG/Cs are aware that they are able to provide input to ICANN Org by 25 October 2019 at the latest. To the extent the Council can agree on any unified feedback, Council to provide written input by 25 October as well. 
• Pam to share proposed edits from the RrSG with the Council.

Item 9 - PDP 3.0 Small Group Update/Discussion

Action items:

• Councilors to review and provide feedback on the finalized implementation elements (1, 2, 3, 6) by 13 September 2019 at the latest.
• ICANN Staff to send slides and remind Councilors of the deadline for input. [COMPLETE]

Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)

10.1 - ICANN66 Draft Schedule Review & travel booking reminder https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/icann66-draft-gnso-schedule-21aug19-en.pdf

Action items:

• ICANN Staff to send reminder to Councilors to book their travel. [COMPLETED]

10.2 - GNSO Strategic Planning Session January 2020

Action items:

• None

10.3 - Confirmation of volunteers for Council liaisons to PDP/IRTs beginning at the AGM: 

• Sebastian Ducos – EPDP IRT
• Maxim Alzoba - Translation/Transliteration IRT
• John McElwaine – RPMs PDP WG

Action items:

• If applicable, Councilors to ask questions or note objections by 28 August. 
• Subsequently, ICANN Staff to facilitate handover meetings between incoming and outcoming liaisons, as well as PDP/IRT leadership.

10.4 - EPDP Phase 2 Work plan package (see https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/epdp-phase-2-project-management-work-plan-15aug19-en.pdf) 

Action items:

• Councilors to review EPDP Phase 2 work plan package and share any comments or questions with the mailing list

10.5 - ATRT3 Survey - volunteers to develop Council response to survey circulated on 20 August 2019 [https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2019-August/022978.html]

Action items:

• Councilors to draft response to ATRT3 Survey (volunteers: none)

10.6 - Questions from the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group Co-Chairs [https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/beckham-et-al-to-gnso-council-rpm-pdp-liaison-19aug19-en.pdf] and GNSO Council leadership reply [https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/gnso-council-to-rpm-pdp-co-chairs-22aug19-en.pdf]

Action items:

• Councilors to review Council leadership response to RPM leadership (see https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/gnso-council-to-rpm-pdp-co-chairs-22aug19-en.pdf) and advise Council leadership of any questions, comments or concerns in relation to the response. 

Thank you,

Kind regards,

Nathalie

Nathalie Peregrine

Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 

Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org 

Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann

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