Action Item / Request | Entry Date | Target Date | Responsible Council Member (if applicable) | Responsible Staff member (if applicable) | Additional Notes | Status |
| IDN - Send letter to the board highlighting importance of this topic & request regular staff updates | 11/4 | 13/6 | Ching Chiao | Steve Sheng | Completed Recent events seem to have overtaken the need to send this letter - which was confirmed by the GNSO Council at its last meeting. Steve Sheng has offered to co-ordinate regular staff updates on this topic | |
| EWG - write to Jean-Francois Baril to confirm objective of EWG recommendations | 11/4 | 17/7 | Jonathan Robinson | Marika Konings | Updated draft sent by Jonathan for review to the Council mailing list on 12 June. | |
Durban Meeting Planning:
| 11/4 | 12/7 |
| Glen de Saint Gery | Update provided during meeting on 13/6. Council members are encouraged to provide input on the proposed topics for discussion with the meetings with the Board, GAC and ccNSO. | |
| GNSO Review - form small committee to consider issues and possible next steps in relation to the GNSO review | 11/4 | 17/7 | Rob Hoggarth | Organizational Review Staff have alerted GNSO Council that Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) is considering whether to postpone the GNSO review into the next calendar year. Postponement to be discussed in Durban. GNSO Council to decide whether to proceed with formation of a small committee to prepare the review or not. | Jonathan to forward to Council mailing list information provided by Bruce in relation to the GNSO review. To be further considered in Durban.
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| Form Proxy and Privacy Accreditation Charter Drafting Team | 14/3 | 17/7 | Jeff Neuman | Marika Konings | One of the items that may need to be addressed as part of the RAA PDP appears to be the creation of a privacy / proxy accreditation program. In order to move this process forward, the Council is considering forming a drafting team to develop a charter for the PDP WG. | Staff will prepare a briefing paper on this topic to help inform the development of the charter. Expected publication by Durban. |
| Board request for input / advice on IDN Variant TLD Root LGR Procedure and User Experience Study Recommendations | 11/4 | 1/7 | Steve Sheng | The Board requests that, by 1 July 2013, interested Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees provide staff with any input and guidance they may have to be factored into implementation of the Recommendations from the Report on User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs (see http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-11apr13-en.htm#2.a for further details) | No Council response will be prepared, but SG/C are encouraged to provide any input they may have directly. Jonathan to prepare note to send to the ICANN Board to inform them that no GNSO response is forthcoming at this stage. | |
BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3 1. The Chair, on behalf of the GNSO Council, writes to the Board Governance Committee (copying the New gTLD Programme Committee). 2. The Chair, on behalf of the GNSO Council, writes to the ATRT2. 3. The Chair, on behalf of the GNSO Council, writes to the ICANN Board. | 13/6 | 17/7 | Jonathan Robinson | Marika Konings | The objective of each of the above 3 can be summarised as follows: 1. The Board Governance Committee – Drafted by [Jeff]. a. To highlight and describe the key concerns with output of the committee i.e. with the rationalisation for the reconsideration decision. b. To make it clear that the desired outcome is to remove the current rationalisation from the record (and not to overturn the outcome of the reconsideration). c. To recognise that the Council’s intervention in these processes is for very specific reasons and because of the perceived potential impact on the GNSO and indeed the MS Model. 2. The ATRT2 – Drafted by [Volunteer]. a. To highlight concerns with the reconsideration process as a mechanism for ensuring accountability and transparency. b. To not propose a specific remedy but rather to leave that to the ATRT. 3. The ICANN Board – Drafted by [Jonathan]. a. To summarise and refer to both 1 & 2 above b. To highlight on-going concerns about the issue of accountability for actions (implementation or policy) which are not in agreement with GNSO policy or policy advice. c. To propose solutions such as: i. Agreement to effectively communicate with the GNSO in the event that a decision goes against such policy or policy advice (something we have already agreed to on the back of our Beijing / recent discussions) ii. Possible change/s to the ICANN bylaws | Request sent to BGC to 'thoroughly review the rationale of the Reconsideration Request and consider deferral of the publication of the rationale until such time that a more complete discussion on this matter can take place with the community in July at the ICANN meeting in Durban' on 19/6. In response, the BGC noted that the current plan is for the Board Governance Committee to meet again on 25 June 2013 to review the rationale and has proposed to have a discussion around GNSO advice, and involvement of the GNSO in the implementation of policies, outside of the context of the wording of the rationale in Durban. |
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