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Timing of ICANN bylaw mandated reviewsCouncil to await paper from Goran Marby and team to then consider next steps. 

Heather Forrest Donna Austin Rafik Dammak

Marika Konings

GNSO Review of GAC Communique

Staff to circulate template to volunteers following publication of GAC Communique
  •  Council volunteers (Julf Helsingius, Rafik Dammak, Darcy Southwell, Michele Neylon, Tatiana Tropina, Ayden Férdeline, and Paul McGrady) to provide a draft response for Council consideration.
  •  Council Leadership to formally communicate the GNSO Review of the San Juan GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board with copy to the GAC.

Johan Helsingius Rafik Dammak Darcy Southwell Michele Neylon Tatiana Tropina Ayden Férdeline Paul McGrady

Marika Konings

SubPro/RPM Consolidated timeline

Council liaisons to the respective PDP WGs to review Sunday Working Session and extract notes and action items.
  •  Council liaisons to the respective PDP WGs to work with PDP WG leadership to expand timeline to include potential implementation steps/scenarios.
  •  Council liaisons to WGs to scope the issue and understand requirements/dependencies between the two PDP WGs.

Donna Austin Paul McGrady k drazek

Mary Wong Steve Chan

Michele Neylon Martin P Valent Tatiana Tropina Philippe Fouquart

Marika Konings Steve Chan

Heather Forrest Rafik Dammak Donna Austin

Marika Konings Nathalie Peregrine

Donna Austin Philippe Fouquart

Marika Konings

CSC Charter Review

ICANN call for volunteers to form small drafting team (Rafik Dammak volunteered so far) to develop Council input on the proposed changes to the Customer Standing Committee Charter (CSC) (see https://www.icann.org/public-comments/csc-charter-rt-initial-2018-04-11-en); And Small drafting team to submit proposed Council input to the Council for consideration in time for the next GNSO Council meeting on 24 May. Deadline for submission of comments is 1 June.

Rafik Dammak

Marika Konings

Draft FY19 ICANN Operating Plan and BudgetStanding Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO) to help facilitate the collection and channelling of any Council questions or comments for ICANN Finance related to the FY19 Budget and Operating Plan by inviting input on the Council email list.
  •  SCBO to develop possible Council input concerning Reserve Fund replenishment strategy public comment forum, if there are no objections to the SCBO undertaking this task. (Note, deadline for comments is 25 April 2018)
  •  SCBO Chair to request support / objections from Council to the SCBO developing possible Council input concerning Reserve Fund replenishment strategy.

Ayden Férdeline

Berry Cobb

Heather Forrest Donna Austin Rafik Dammak Philippe Fouquart

Marika Konings

Assignment of Council Liaisons

22 2018ICANN Staff to post updated description of Council liaisons to the GNSO Procedures web page.
  •  ICANN Staff to update Projects List to account for any new Council liaisons.
  •  ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers for any liaison roles where the existing liaison wishes to step down (i.e., ccNSO, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures).
  •  Staff to update project list to note that Keith Drazek and Donna Austin will serve jointly as the Council liaisons to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG.
  •  Staff to communicate new liaisons to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG.
GNSO Council’s input to the consultation on the Fellowship ProgramSmall Group of Councilors to consider input received during the 14 March 2018 Council meeting, circulate the updated version for Council feedback, and, if no objections are received, submit comments by the 30 March 2018 deadline.

Michele Neylon Tatiana Tropina Martin P Valent Rafik Dammak

Marika Konings

Drafting Team on charter related to the next steps for the ICANN Procedure of Handling Whois conflicts with Privacy

Topic

Entry Date (E)

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Target Date (T)

Action Item

Responsible Council Member

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Responsible Staff member

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GNSO Prioritization

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Marika Konings

PDP 3.0

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  •  Staff to consolidate input and comments into a Google document.
  •  Staff to propose next steps (e.g., identify goal for ICANN62 and plan backwards).
  •  Council to consider whether to form a small team to help in addressing the action item directly above.
  • Keith Drazek to encourage councilors to share the survey feedback received from their groups on the Council mailing list (missing IPC and ISPCP)
  •  GNSO Council, in collaboration with GNSO Support Staff, to develop a framework of prioritization for upcoming GNSO policy work based on the input received from GNSO Councilors and their respective stakeholder groups/constituencies and input from the broader ICANN community/ICANN Board.
  •  GNSO Support Staff to research and incorporate the deliberation on the Internationalized Registration Data
  (IRD) issue in the prioritization list, as appropriate.  
  •  GNSO Councilors to continue consulting with their respective groups in preparation for further Council discussion and/or decision during the March 2020 Council meeting.

PDP3.0 Final Report

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titleIN PROGRESS

 

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  • GNSO Support Staff to work with the GNSO Council leadership on the deployment of improvements based on the effective time frame proposed by the PDP 3.0 Small Team.
  •  GNSO Council to carry out the other future action items in the “resolved” clauses at appropriate time, as directed in the motion.

Managing IDN Variants TLDs

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  • Staff to develop options paper to support small group efforts
  •  GNSO Chair to send message to Council list to expand volunteer pool expertise beyond Council. Small team to consider and propose scope of holistic IDN review, prior to outreach with ccNSO. (Volunteers: Rubens Kuhl, Maxim Alzoba, Philippe Fouquart, Edmon Chung, Michele Neylon) (Small team believes it has requisite expertise and adequate volunteers)
  •  GNSO Chair to email Katrina Sataki to inform her of immediate next steps and willingness determine the best coordination method between the GNSO and ccNSO.
  •  Once GNSO small team is able to gain an understanding of the scope of effort and potential vehicle for resolution, ICANN staff to schedule call to identify structure for coordination between the GNSO and ccNSO. GNSO and ccNSO to identify where coordination is and is NOT needed. 
  •  ICANN staff to reach out to Maarten Simon and Philippe Fouquart to determine if they are willing to lead action items above. (Both Maarten and Philippe are members of the scoping team)
  •  ICANN staff to investigate format for JIG and see if it may be fit for purpose. (Upon review, this letter concerning the closure of the JIG was found. It will be discussed by the Council small team.)
  •  ICANN Staff to ensure that GNSO liaison(s) are assigned to the IDN ccPDP, when the ccNSO initiates that effort
  •  ICANN Staff to investigate who (e.g., Council liaison, other)
  •  Council leadership to support coordination between SubPro leadership and ccNSO to discuss string similarity.
  •  GNSO Councilors to review the IDN Scoping team Recommendation Report by the March 2020 Council meeting; Keith to send a reminder to the Council list.
  •  GNSO Council to use the revised charter template and other related PDP 3.0 work products to develop a draft charter for a future PDP/EPDP for the IDN policy effort, consider potential overlap of IDN PDP with other GNSO PDPs
, and report to the GNSO Council on whether these PDP 3.0 work products help achieve the intended outcomes.

Steve Chan Ariel Liang

Regarding the JIG format, the small team is not ready to look at that yet. but it's on their radar.

Board request regarding emojis

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  •  Council Leadership to send response to the Board to acknowledge receipt of request.
  •  Staff to summarize Board resolution and SSAC Advice for small team of Councilors to consider.
  •  Small team of Councilors (Michele Neylon, Martin Silva Valent, Tatiana Tropina and Philippe Fouquart as the GNSO liaison to the ccNSO) to liaise with the SSAC in responding to Board resolution.
  •  Small team of Councilors to ensure that they coordinate with the ccNSO in addressing the Board request regarding emoji.

ICANN62 Meeting Planning

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  •  Council Leadership (Heather Forrest and Rafik Dammak) to attend ICANN62 planning meeting, communicate concerns raised by Council, and report back to the Council.
  •  Council to develop plan for conducting outreach at ICANN meetings, especially for the Policy Forum. 
  •  Following confirmation of Cross Community/High Interest Topics and placement in schedule, Council leadership to review and finalise GNSO Schedule together with staff.

CSC and IFR Review

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  •  Donna Austin and Philippe Fouquart to lead small team to suggest ways to avoid overlap between reviews; coordinate with the ccNSO in doing so.

Evolution of the Multi stakeholder Model of Governance

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  • Staff to
  • investigate the anticipated timing, funding and expected deliverables for the Evolution of the Multi stakeholder Model of Governance project. 
  •  ICANN staff to invite Brian Cute to a future Council meeting
  •  Rafik Dammak to invite Brian Cute to future PDP 3.0 meeting to make sure to not create overlapping work on the Evolution of the MSM
  •  PDP3.0 small team to draft response to Public Comment and submit to Council for review.  Consider inviting Brian once the Public Comment closes.
  •  GNSO Council to organize a community sharing session about PDP 3.0 implementation work that aligns with the MSM evolution project before or during ICANN68 (specific timing/format TBD)  

EPDP 2 team request for input on data accuracy

Status
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titleCOMPLETED

 

  •  Keith Drazek to send an email to the GNSO Council mailing list regarding the possible next steps regarding the data accuracy issue, with the aim to provide a response to the EPDP Team by Friday, 13 March

New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Project Change Request

Review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP)

Status
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titleIN PROGRESS

 

  •  GNSO Council to consider next steps, timing and provide guidance to ICANN Org on if, how, and when the review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) should take place, factoring in ongoing discussion on the post-implementation policy review framework as well as the transfer issue that is being considered by the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Implementation Review Team.
  •  ICANN Staff to follow up with Councilors who raised questions / issues during the call (Darcy Southwell, Michele Neylon, and Pam Little) to confirm whether these were addressed or whether there are remaining concerns and/or input that they want to provide on the suggested scope of the IRTP review.
  •  If no remaining concerns and/or input is provided, ICANN Staff to proceed with preparation of the Post-Implementation Policy Status Report for delivery to the GNSO Council, if possible by end of June 2018.

Status
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titleCOMPLETED

 

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  • GNSO Council to provide feedback with regard to the SubPro PCR on list for one week (till 27 February 2020), which should help inform the GNSO Council decision on whether to approve the PCR. Keith to send a reminder on the Council list.

Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP Project Change Request

Status
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titleCOMPLETED

 

  •  GNSO Council to provide feedback with regard to the RPM PCR on list for one week (till 27 February 2020), which should help inform the GNSO Council decision on whether to approve the PCR. Keith to send a reminder on the Council list.

Updated Charter for the Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance

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  •  GNSO Council to seek clarification about the level of resources expected to be allocated to the Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance.
  •  GNSO Council Liaison to the ccNSO to coordinate with the Country Codes Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) as the Cross Community Engagement Group on Internet Governance seeks to resolve concerns identified by the ccNSO Council.
  •  GNSO Council to determine if it will serve as a Chartering Organization, if the Cross Community Engagement Group mechanism supports Chartering Organizations.

ICANN67

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titleCOMPLETED

 

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  • Councilors who were unable to attend the pre ICANN67 GNSO Policy Update webinar to listen to the recording of the session prior to the week of ICANN67 (week of 9 March). Keith to send a reminder to the Council list.
k drazek

Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget

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titleCOMPLETED

 

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  • GNSO Council, especially the Councilors involved in the PDP 3.0 small team, to review the draft and provide input for the PDP 3.0 related comments no later than 21 February 2020 at 23:59 UTC.

2020 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items


SPS SegmentEntry DateAction ItemResponsible PartyAdditional Notes

The role and responsibilities of the GNSO Council as a member of the Empowered Community

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GNSO members for the ICANN Accountability and Transparency (ATRT3) Review Team

 

 

  •  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.
  •  Drafting team members to share draft charter and identified questions in charter with respective SG/Cs for feedback, following which the drafting team will review this input and finalize the charter for GNSO Council consideration.
  •  Council to consider adoption of charter at its upcoming meetingI
  •  ICANN Staff to circulate a call for volunteers on or after 1 June 2018 to the GNSO Stakeholder Groups, with the request for each Stakeholder Group to appoint up to 3 members to the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG). The call for volunteers should also be more widely circulated to seek volunteers to serve as participants and observers to the IAG.

Michele Neylon Paul McGrady k drazek Stephanie Perrin Pam Little

Marika Konings Nathalie Peregrine

Discussion of the Draft Post-Implementation Review Framework

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titleCOMPLETED

 

 ICANN Staff to further develop the draft policy post-implementation review framework, including the development of a detailed process flow document.
  •  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.

PDP3.0 Improvements

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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.
  • 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  


SPS Survey

  •  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)
  •  Staff supporting the ATRT3 and application process to send a response to those applicants who did not receive endorsement for this Review Team, thanking them for their interest and note their importance in the event an alternate is needed in the future. The response should encourage them to follow the ATRT3 work, participate in Public Comments and community discussions, and to apply for future opportunities within the GNSO Community as they arise. (to be completed after meeting with other SO/ACs to determine final Review Team membership)
 ICANN Staff to post GNSO Council Leadership letter to GNSO nominated ATRT3 members on the GNSO Correspondence page.

Community gTLD Change Request Process

Status
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titleCOMPLETED

 

  •  ICANN Staff to communicate agreement with ICANN Org to continue to treat the Community gTLD Change Request process as a matter of implementation.

Heather Forrest Rafik Dammak Donna Austin

Marika Konings Steve Chan

CCWG-Accountability WS2

Status
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titleIN PROGRESS

 

  •  Council
to familiarize themselves with recommendations in preparation for consideration of Final Report.

Heather Forrest Rafik Dammak Donna Austin

Marika Konings

In Memory of Stéphane Van Gelder

Status
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titleCOMPLETED

 

  •  ICANN Staff to update motion to reflect whole GNSO Council as seconder.
  •  ICANN Staff to communicate outcome of motion to Stéphane’s family.

IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms

Status
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titleIN PROGRESS

 

  •  Susan Kawaguchi to collaborate with the PDP WG and staff to develop a draft final report for preliminary consideration by the GNSO Council (targeting May meeting).

Susan Kawaguchi

Mary Wong Steve Chan

ICANN Board Temporary Policy Proposal

Status
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titleIN PROGRESS

 

  •  Council to develop next steps in preparation for possible adoption of temporary policy by the ICANN Board which would kick off a one year PDP.
  •  Heather Forrest to follow up with Cherine Chalaby to see if there is any new information from the Board.

Heather Forrest Rafik Dammak Donna Austin

Marika Konings

Consensus Policy Implementation Framework

Status
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  •  Councilors to review proposed amendments to the Consensus Policy Implementation Framework (CPIF) and if desired, disseminate to their respective Stakeholder Groups/Constituencies. The goal is to ensure feedback is returned to ICANN org in a timely manner and allow for them to provide a proposed final version by the end of July.
  •  Councilors to review Post Implementation Consensus Policy Review Framework (PICPRF) process diagram and complete survey by 18 May (see https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/postimplreview).

Heather Forrest Rafik Dammak Donna Austin

Marika Konings

  • 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



2019 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items

SPS SegmentEntry DateAction ItemResponsible PartyAdditional Notes

Role and responsibilities of GNSO more broadly



  •  For the section 3.6 Speaking at Meetings of the GNSO Operating Procedures, Council to consider revising this section since it is not strictly enforced.
  •  Council leadership and staff to consider documenting the internal operating procedures of the leadership team. Create a Chair/Vice-chair handbook, to help understand role and responsibilities.
  •  Council leadership to make the Council meeting planning document public, to both help Councilors stay informed about upcoming topics, but to seek their input for meeting preparation.
  •  Staff to investigate if the GNSO can serve as a Slack guinea pig in the already existing pilot effort within ICANN org. The use of Slack would be incumbent on a review of this platform first to understand how its threads would be archived and what level of access ICANN org would have to privileged or private communications between members. The GNSO Council will discuss whether document drafting can take place in Slack, but because the Council highly values transparency and accountability, the Council agreed that documents would need to be circulated on the archived email list to ensure that they are properly incorporated into the public record.
  •  Council leadership to liaise with the Nominating Committee to understand from Appointees and Panelists, what works, what does not within the process, and better understand how the selection process takes place. Councilors to investigate how NCAs can be better informed; identify what communications they might not be receiving.


How to manage Council’s 2019 workload: strategies to increase effectiveness
  •  Erika Mann to send note to Council upon the adoption of the new copyright law and the potential impact on GNSO policy work / DNS.
  •  Council to form a small team to work on the definitions in the Project Timing Document in relation to definitions of priority and level of effort.
  •  Staff to update Project Timing Document to try and incorporate suggestions from Councilors.


Wrap up and close of session
  •  Staff to identify what are low-hanging fruit in the PDP 3.0 implementation plan. Prioritize/color-code. Identify dependencies (e.g., reporting is needed prior to evaluation).
  •  Recurring: Small team of Councilors / Council leadership to report progress of PDP 3.0 at each Council meeting. Establish project plan for implementation for PDP 3.0. (Action Item taken on board by the PDP 3.0 small team)
  •  In order to better prioritize work, need to know capacity of Council, community, staff, Staff to get existing information from Berry Cobb about average commitment and Council to see if that can be utilized, leveraged, and/or updated.
    •  Reviewed prior version from 2017 and must be refreshed to be useful  
  •  Staff to check if ICANN legal has looked into the insurance for WG members question.



2018 Strategic Planning Session (SPS) Action Items

SPS SegmentEntry DateAction ItemResponsible PartyAdditional Notes
What is the GNSO Council and what does it do?
  •  Council leadership to consider adding references to relevant ICANN Bylaw sections for agenda items on the GNSO Council agenda, following the example of the ICANN Board. 
  •  Council to discuss with the ICANN Board on Day 3 what can be done to facilitate understanding and communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board – may require more than 1 hour at every ICANN meeting. 
Role and responsibilities of Council leadership
  •  Council to consider whether existing mechanisms provide for sufficient opportunity to conduct “emergency” consultations to allow for GNSO Chair to gather input on certain topics and/or decisions that need to be taken. 
  •  Council members to provide leadership team with feedback on leadership team’s performance & actions on a regular basis. 
  •  Current Council Chair (Heather Forrest) to provide report at the end of her term outlining main challenges / concerns / recommendations in fulfilling the role. 
  •  Council to consider whether Council leadership should have a contract / letter of appointment that would outline role, responsibilities and expectations. 
Role of Council liaisons
  •  Staff to update liaison document based on input provided and circulate it to the Council for further review and discussion.
  •  Council to reconfirm liaisons to PDP WG, IRTs and other projects once agreement has been achieved on the role and responsibilities of liaisons.
Changes to GNSO Operating Procedures and related governance documents to facilitate participation in Empowered CommunityHow to manage Council’s 2018 workload: strategies to increase effectiveness
  •  Council leadership to develop clear timeline for action items listed hereunder as well as who will be responsible for delivering on these.
  •  Engage with PDP leadership teams at ICANN61 during GNSO weekend sessions to discuss state of work, identify challenges and possible paths forward. Council leadership team to review ICANN61 schedule and carve out time for this discussion. 
  •  Develop a white paper on incremental changes to the PDP that outlines these discussions as well as main findings of staff discussion paper to engage the broader community in this conversation. 
What does Council need/want to achieve in 2018, and how to do this?
  •  Donna Austin to share comments on scheduling of cross-community discussions with the GNSO Council.
  •  Staff to keep project timing planning document up to date and share it with the Council prior to every ICANN meeting to facilitate review and oversight of timelines. Explore whether there is a more dynamic way in which the document can be publicly shared. 
  •  Council leadership to reach out to leadership of Curative Rights and Reconvened WG on RCRC to see whether it is feasible to deliver Final Reports within 6-month timeframe.
  •  Council leadership to notify ICANN Board with regards to PDPs that are expected to deliver to finalize their report shortly so that concerns or issues can be raised prior to GNSO Council consideration. 
  •  Council leadership to request update from GNSO-appointed members to RDS Review Team at upcoming GNSO Council meeting.
  •  Council to explore mechanisms and tools for monitoring / reviewing costs related to PDP WGs with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness
  •  Council members to review framework for post-implementation reviews and provide input. Council leadership to add this to an upcoming Council meeting agenda to continue this discussion. Council to consider forming a small group of volunteers to work with staff on further developing the framework. 

Other Council Related Action Items



Other Council Related Action Items


Additional Notes
TopicEntry DateAction ItemResponsible PartyAdditional Notes

Nominating Committee (NomCom) Review Implementation Planning Team (IPT).

Status
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  •  Staff to advise how to provide input to the NomCom about GNSO NomCom appointees, also what the GNSO Operating Procedures say with respect to the NomCom appointee.
Steve ChanTopicEntry DateAction ItemResponsible Party