Dear Councillors, Please find the action items from the GNSO Council call on Thursday, 31 November 2013. Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List Action item: Remove BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3 from the Action Item list<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items> Item 4: MOTION - To approve a charter for the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group Action Item: Motion withdrawn The Charter Drafting Team (DT) that developed the Charter for the PDP Working Group on the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information is encouraged to revise the charter with the focus on the scope of the charter and not the outcome of the Policy Development Process. Item 5: MOTION - Adoption of the Thick Whois Policy Development Process Final Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/thick-final-21oct13-en.pdf> and Recommendations Action Item: Submit the Thick Whois Final Report and recommendations to the ICANN Board of Directors. Item 6: MOTION - To approve a charter for the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation (SCI) Action Item GNSO Council decided to wait to appoint a liaison until after the new Council is seated in Buenos Aires. Item 7: MOTION - A charter for the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation PDP WG Action Items: Staff to issue Call for volunteers for the RAA Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group. Maria Farrell volunteered as the GNSO Council liaison to the RAA Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group (WG). Item 8: INPUT & DISCUSSION - Prospective improvements to the Policy Development Process Action Item: Experiment with the suggestions to streamline and improve the Policy Development Process as per the table of prospective PDP Improvements<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-table-25oct13-en.pdf> and if they prove to be effective refer such improvements to the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation for them to become part of the GNSO Operating Procedures. Item 9: DISCUSSION - Policy issues surrounding string confusion Action Item: In light of the response received from the New gTLDs committee http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg15094.html the item is considered closed. Item 10: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs Policy Development Process Action Item Encourage Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups to inform themselves on the recommendations and be well prepared for a potential vote in Buenos Aires. Item 11: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for Buenos Aires Action Item: · Proposed that the ATRT2 meeting be scheduled in the second part of the Council meeting from 15:00 -16:30 · Maria Farrell and Marika Konings to work on the preparation for this meeting and share discussion on the Council list · Jonathan Robinson: - formally invite the constituency and stakeholder group chairs to the GNSO weekend working sessions in Buenos Aires - inform the constituency and stakeholder group chairs that there will be no updates at the Council meeting but encourage written submissions - formally invite the constituency/stakeholder group chairs to participate in part of the New Council induction session on Friday 22 November 2013 The transcript, Adobe chat transcript and the MP3 are published on page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#oct Transcript http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-31oct13-en.pdf Adobe chat transcript http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-31oct13-en.pdf MP3 recording http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-20131031-en.mp3 Please let me know if I have left out anything out. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org