Dear Councilors, During the GNSO Council’s working session on Tuesday, 06 October 2020 at 11:30 UTC, during discussion on the agenda item on planning for the GNSO Council’s bilateral meetings, a request was made for further information and context for the topics identified for discussion with the SSAC. Attached, please find that additional info and context. The SSAC team welcomes comments or adjustments to this proposed agenda,  as well as the specific areas of focus identified for each agenda item. Best, Steve From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Date: Friday, October 2, 2020 at 1:51 AM To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: [council] Reminder: INPUT NEEDED: Discussion topics for bilateral GNSO Council sessions ICANN69 Dear all, A friendly reminder to please provide input on the below discussion topics. Pending no objection, the suggested topics for the joint ICANN Board/ GNSO Council session will be sent on Monday 5th October 2020. Kind regards, Nathalie From: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Date: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 at 23:21 To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org> Subject: INPUT NEEDED: Discussion topics for bilateral GNSO Council sessions ICANN69 Dear all, Keith circulated earlier today the list of topics to be discussed during the joint GNSO GAC meeting taking place on Thursday 1 October 2020 at 12:00 UTC. A reminder that this session is open to observers, as are all GNSO Council sessions for ICANN69. Please find below a list of suggested discussion topics for the remaining joint sessions for which your input is needed: Meeting with the SSAC on Tuesday 13 October 2020 07:00 – 08:00 UTC DNS Abuse Next steps for EPDP Private use TLD SubPro Meta discussions on SSAC Advice Meeting with ICANN Board on Tuesday 13 October 2020 10:00 – 11:30 UTC. Deadline for topics is Monday 5th October 2020. EPDP Phase 2 Cost benefit analysis for all SSAD-related recommendations Handling of priority 2 recommendations EPDP Phase 1 IRT - Recommendation 7: next steps EPDP Phase 1 - Recommendation 12 Supplemental Recommendation: status update Board’s suggested topic: Enhancing the effectiveness of the Multistakeholder model: key issues and opportunities for acceleration. In your preparation you may want to consider the results of the most recent public consultation, and work that has progressed with dependencies to enhancing the effectiveness of the MSM (such as the ATRT3 report and work on prioritization and budgeting). Meeting with the ccNSO on Tuesday 20 October 2020 10:30 – 12:00 UTC IDNs (ccNSO PDP4, GNSO IDNs Operational Track 1 & Policy Track 2) FY21 Budget and Ops Plan coordination ccNSO Board recall guideline, and related, potential future collaboration to change the ICANN Bylaws. Particularly, the need to make Annex D (incl timelines), more SO/AC friendly. Thank you! Kind regards, Nathalie