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• An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
• An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.

Coordinated Universal Time: 21:00 UTC:  https://tinyurl.com/y6jqgg5p

14:00 Los Angeles; 17:00 Washington; 22:00 London; (Friday) 02:00 Islamabad; 06:00 Tokyo; 07:00 Melbourne 

GNSO Council Meeting Audio Cast

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Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.

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Minutes[1]  of the GNSO Council meeting on the 13th March were posted on the 30 March 2019

Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (15 minutes)

2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of Projects List and Action Item List 

Item 3: Consent Agenda (15 minutes)

• Motion to adopt the GNSO Council response to the GAC Communique
• Confirmation of the Recommendations Report[2]  to the ICANN Board regarding adoption of the Final Report from the Expedited PDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data PDP WG, Phase 1.
• Approval of the appointment of [NAME] as Chair for the Expedited Policy Development Process Team on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data.[3] 
• Approval of the suggested amendments[4]  to the GNSO’s Fellowship Selection criteria.

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Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (20 minutes)

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Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as outlined in ICANN’s Bylaws as the GNSO ‘shall be responsible for developing and recommending to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities of the GNSO as set forth in these Bylaws’ (Art.11.1). Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process of the ICANN Bylaws. 

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Managing IDN Variants TLDs (15 minutes)

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The Board approves the Variant TLD Recommendations and requests that the ccNSO and GNSO take into account the Variant TLD Recommendations while developing their respective policies to define and manage the IDN variant TLDs for the current TLDs as well as for future TLD applications.

The Board requests that the ccNSO and GNSO keep each other informed of the progress in developing the relevant details of their policies and procedures to ensure a consistent solution, based on the Variant TLD Recommendations, is developed for IDN variant ccTLDs and IDN variant gTLDs.

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The Council, amongst other questions, asked the Co-chairs about the likelihood of the RPMs PDP completing its work by February of 2020. The responses from the three co-chairs expressed varying levels of confidence in meeting that deadline and it was agreed that an updated timeline for the RPMs PDP would help the Council better carry out its role as manager of the PDP.

Here, the Council will review and discuss the updated timelinewill receive an update on the progress of the PDP from the Council liaison.

7.1 – Introduction of topic (Paul McGrady, GNSO Council Liaison to the PDP)

7.2 – Council discussion

7.3 – Next steps 

Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (5 minutes)

8.1 - Reminder for funded travelers to book their travel for ICANN65

8.2 - GNSO Council - Input to Establish IRP Standing Panel

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