Dear GNSO Review WG Members, Please see below the discussion notes captured by staff from the initial meeting on 29 September. These high-level notes are designed to help WG members navigate through the content of the call and are not meant as a substitute for the recording or the transcript. The MP3, transcript, and chat are provided separately and are posted on the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/GRWG/2016-09-29+GNSO+Review+Working+Grou....  In addition, please see the wiki home page for your reference at: https://community.icann.org/display/GRWG/GNSO+Review+Working+Group+Home. Best regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director GNSO Review WG Meeting, 29 September 2016: Actions/Discussion Notes Action Items: 1. Staff will do a doodle for weekly meetings, but retain the 1200 UTC for the next call on Thursday, 06 October. 2. Jen Wolfe has volunteered to be Chair; the call for volunteers for Vice Chair is open. 3. Staff will coordinate with the Board’s Organizational Effectiveness Committee (OEC) concerning attendance at the Hyderabad meeting. 1. GNSO Review Recommendations Discussion Notes: · Could put recommendations in buckets for prioritization. · Review Working Party already did some prioritization - start with high, medium, low. · Look at resources available in the GNSO community for implementation; consider a grouping of recommendations and complete in order. 2.  Working Method Considerations Discussion Notes: Considerations as we move forward: · Volunteer capacity; · Realistic implementation schedule and plan; and · How to measure results. What should the review produce? · Specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, time-based recommendations (SMART). · Need to create a broad-based implementation plan. · Take into account work that has already been done by the GNSO Review Working Party on formulating useful recommendations. · Consider having a weekly working plan – how much to accomplish each week. Question: Can staff provide information concerning parameters for each recommendation -- such as budget?  What are other parameters/approaches?   · Another parameter -- measuring success and desired outcomes; data collection properties. · Determine how to measure where things are today and the desired outcomes. · Determine how many of these are realistic to tackle on a year-by-year basis. · Determine what additional points of information we need from staff.  Re-rank by placing everything that is high together. · Realistic resource-bound plan on how to tackle them, bandwidth, time, and limits. · Include OEC in Hyderabad meeting.