Michele Neylon Paul McGrady k drazek Stephanie Perrin Pam Little

Marika Konings Nathalie Peregrine

GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration 

•  ICANN Staff to communicate the selection of Heather Forrest as interim GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration, to the ICANN Secretary and EC Admin 

IRTP-C Change of Registrant issues in relation to implementation of the Privacy/Proxy Services Accreditation PDP recommendations

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  James Bladel to bring further clarification about the nature and scope of the informal discussion group the Board requested of the GNSO to the GNSO Council mailing list.

GNSO Review of the GAC Communique

01 Nov 2017 

30 Nov 2017 

•  ICANN Staff to put ICANN60 GAC Communique into template and circulate to Council drafting team volunteers (Keith volunteered as lead, Michele, Susan, Carlos, Donna, Tatiana, Arsene, Pam and Paul volunteered to assist). 

•  Council volunteers to draft and circulate draft prior to 20 November Motions and Documents deadline.

•  Council to consider GNSO Review of GAC Communique at its upcoming meeting

k drazek Michele Neylon Susan Kawaguchi Carlos Raul Gutierrez Donna Austin Tatiana Tropina Arsene Tungali Pam Little Paul McGrady

Marika Konings

Cheryl Langdon-Orr Jeff Neuman

Steve Chan Emily Barabas Julie Hedlund

Heather Forrest

Marika Konings Nathalie Peregrine Steve Chan

Review of the Revised ICANN Procedure for Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law

24 Aug 2017 (E)

30 Nov 2017 (E)

•  GNSO Council, after having considered the 1 August letter from Akram Atallah and receiving a brief update from GDD on its 24 August Council meeting, should determine next steps for reviewing the Whois Procedure.

•  Councilors to prepare response to letter sent by Akram. Michele, Heather, and Keith volunteered so far and will prepare a draft (target 11 Dec at the latest, or 20 November if possible) for Council consideration. Volunteers to date: Michele Neylon, Heather Forrest, Keith Drazek. (Keith drake sent draft motion to Council mailing list prior to Council meeting)

•  ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers to establish group of Councilors to develop draft guidelines and parameters around scope, deliverables, membership, operating procedures , etc. for subsequent group that will seek to determine Council’s next steps for addressing the feedback received in relation to the public comment forum on the new and possible alternative triggers for the ICANN Procedure For Handling Whois Conflicts with Privacy Law. Target date is 11 December, the Motions and Documents deadline for the 21 December meeting.

Michele Neylon Heather Forrest k drazek

Marika Konings

ICANN Org paper on suggested incremental changes to the ICANN meeting strategy

•  Councilors to consider preparing response to the ICANN org paper once it is published for public comment. Donna, Michele, and Carlos volunteered so far and will prepare a draft for Council consideration once the public comment period has opened. Volunteers to date: Donna Austin.
•  Councilors to consider if substantive changes are needed for the ICANN meetings strategy.

•  Staff to circulate to the GNSO Council the guidelines and templates that have been recently developed and adopted and which be found on the GNSO web-site (see https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/procedures under the heading Guidelines and Templates that Help the GNSO Fulfill Its Role & Obligation as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Community).
•  Form a small group of Council members to draft a letter to ICANN Legal to raise questions relating to potential liability of individual Council members and existing protections.

•  Schedule a special Council meeting to carry out a detailed run through of the full project list. Following that, Council meeting would consider during its regular meeting any changes to the project and condition would be reviewed.
•  Council to further consider the process and timing of the review of PDP 3.0 Improvements
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  Council to agree on mechanism to start review of GNSO Operating Procedures to consider which updates may need to be made as a result of the PDP 3.0 Improvements.

•  Council to consider commencing chartering for one of the new efforts (e.g. IDNs or transfers) to make sure the new charter template is fit for purpose.
•  Council to confirm which additional items to move forward with and consider using agile teams to do so.
•  Council members to consult with their respective groups to discuss whether there are other items that should be addressed going forward.

Berry Cobb

Ariel Liang Julie Hedlund  

•  ICANN staff to circulate links for public comment forum related to Draft PTI and IANA FY19 Operating Plans and Budgets (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-iana-fy19-2017-10-09-en - close date of 26 Nov) and the ICANN Reserve Fund – Public Comment on Rationale and Target Level (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-2017-10-12-en - close date of 30 Nov). 

•  ICANN staff to send message to Council list to determine if there are additional volunteers for preparing a response to either or both of the public comments. Volunteers also tasked to review the proposed charter for the Standing Committee so it can be formally considered for adoption at the upcoming Council meeting. Volunteers to date: Michele Neylon, Philippe Fouquart, Martin Silva Valent.

•  Volunteers to circulate proposed response to open public comments re. PTI Budget and ICANN Reserve Fund to the Council list for review / non-objection

•  Heather Forrest and ICANN Staff to attempt to re-draft possible public comment response regarding the Reserve Fund, to show Council’s awareness of the issue and to highlight comments from specific Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies.

•  Council members to consider re-draft and indicate possible objections within the timeframe provided (less than 24 hours to meet the deadline)

•  GNSO Secretariat to launch a call for volunteers per the membership criteria outlined in the Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO) Charter.

•  SCBO to carry out the review and comment formulation for the ICANN FY19 Draft Budget planning cycle and submit its proposed recommendations to the GNSO Council, allowing sufficient time for considertation prior to the public comment deadline.

Heather Forrest

Marika Konings Berry Cobb Nathalie Peregrine

• Council

•  Council leadership to share latest draft as well as final version of SO/AC letter to the ICANN Board 

•  ICANN staff to circulate link to public comment proceeding on the Operating Procedures for ICANN’s Specific Reviews (here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reviews-standards-2017-10-17-en). Ask for volunteers to form a drafting team to provide input on behalf of the GNSO Council. Volunteers to date: Susan Kawaguchi

•  ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers to establish group of Councilors to review SSR2-RT scoping information and skills matrix and prepare a draft response for Council consideration. Susan Kawaguchi and Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez have volunteered to date.

•  Council leadership to explore options for discussing challenges within the SSR2-RT with the GNSO appointed members of that review team (i.e., Denise Michel, James Gannon, and Norm Ritchie).

Heather Forrest

Marika Konings

Appointment of the next GNSO Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee

01 Nov 2017 

Heather Forrest

Susan Kawaguchi

Nathalie Peregrine

Marika Konings

Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms in all gTLDs data request

20 Sep 2017 (E)

•  ICANN policy staff to forward the RPM PDP WG’s DMPM request to the appropriate department of ICANN Organization for the requisite budget and resource approvals.
•  RPMs PDP WG to provide follow-up report on the progress and outcomes of its DMPM request in time for the GNSO Council’s meeting scheduled for 21 December 2017, and a regular written report thereafter, at intervals of no less frequently than monthly, followed by a detailed status report on the Working Group’s view of the utility of the data collection exercise on the progress and timeline of Phase One of the PDP by ICANN61
•  Staff to include a cost tracking update in the monthly status reports
•  PDP WG Co-Chairs to provide the GNSO Council with an updated timeline for its Phase 1 work, taking into account time needed to complete and consider the outputs of its data request.
•  RPMs WG Co-Chairs and Subsequent Procedures WG Co-Chairs to meet in January for a coordination call, and in particular, to discuss their respective timelines.

Phil Corwin Heather Forrest

Mary Wong Julie Hedlund Ariel Liang

•  GNSO Secretariat to communicate resolved #1 (“The GNSO Council nominates, ranked in order: Brian Cute (RySG), Wolfgang Kleinwächter (NCSG), Stéphane Van Gelder (RySG) as its primary three candidates for the ATRT3. Furthermore, the GNSO nominates, in ranked order: Tatiana Tropina (NCSG), Michael Karanicolas (NCSG), Adetola Sogbesan (BC), Erica Varlese (RySG) to be considered for inclusion in the ATRT3 by the SO-AC Chairs should additional places be available that need to be filled.”) to the staff supporting the ATRT3.

•  GNSO Secretariat to inform the endorsed candidates that the GNSO Council expects that if selected for the ATRT3, the applicant will represent the views of the entire GNSO community in their work on the ATRT3, and provide regular feedback as a group on the discussions taking place in the ATRT3, as well as the positions being taken by GNSO Review Team members. (to be completed after meeting with other SO/ACs to determine final Review Team membership)

Revised GNSO Operating Procedures and ICANN Bylaws

• members to take the order ranking survey back to their respective SG/Cs to discuss and request input. This input will be further considered during an upcoming Council meeting to help inform the Council’s prioritization and decision-making going forward.

Marika Konings Steve Chan

•  Council to consider next steps and provide feedback on what further is needed for the discussion planned during the Council Strategic Planning Session in January 2018.

James Bladel Heather Forrest Donna Austin

Marika Konings

30 Jun 2016 (E)

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The GNSO Council directs staff to move ahead with the identified next steps including:

•  Integrating the inclusion of the proposed PDP Charter as part of the Preliminary Issue Report
  
•  Development of draft guidelines for the use and application for face-to-face facilitated PDP WG meetings for Council review and adoption,

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Marika Konings