Action Items

Action Item / Request	Entry Date	Target Date	Responsible Council Member (if applicable)	Responsible Staff member (if applicable)	Additional Notes	Status
Buenos Aires Meeting Planning: Invite SG/C Chairs for weekend session Consider adding working session at the end of Tuesday Inform SG/C chairs that no formal updates are expected at the start of Council meeting, but written report would be welcomed Consider new format for ccNSO - GNSO Council meeting Provide input on possible meeting topics for Buenos Aires meeting Plan for attendance at GNSO Council Development Session that will take place all day and on the evening of Friday 22 November 2013.	18/7		Wolf	Glen de Saint Gery / Marika Konings	Action items follow from discussions during GNSO wrap up session as well as GNSO - ccNSO Council meeting.	Update on schedule to be provided during 10/10 Council meeting
GNSO Review Form small committee to consider issues and possible next steps in relation to the GNSO review - reconfirm volunteers on existing mailing list	18/7	10/10	Jen Wolfe	Rob Hoggarth	Question for the Council from 5/9 meeting: Does this group have a role to play in the event that the Board decides to postpone the review?
PDP for relevant policies on issues not dealt with during the course of developing the 2013 RAA GNSO Council to further consider this issue following publication of staff paper.	14/3	10/10		Mary Wong	One of the remaining items that may need to be addressed as part of the RAA PDP appears to be the creation of a privacy / proxy accreditation program. Staff is in the process of preparing the Report on the Conclusion of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement Negotiations, following which the GNSO Council is expected to take the next step in this PDP.	Completed - paper published on 16 September. Council to consider this issue further at its next meeting.
Board request for input / advice on IDN Variant TLD Root LGR Procedure and User Experience Study Recommendations	11/4	10/10	Jonathan Robinson	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). The JIG prepared a letter responding to the Board request which was adopted by the GNSO Council in Durban.	Completed - letter has been submitted to the ICANN Board.
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	10/10	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	Jonathan sent proposed approach to Council list on 13 September (see http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg14984.html). Council members were requested to provide feedback on possible next steps. Maria Farrell volunteered to take lead on item 2.
PDP Improvements Staff to tabulate the proposed improvements taking into account feedback received during the Council meeting for further review and discussion. Council members requested to encourage their groups to review the proposed improvements and consider which suggestions can be supported and implemented. Confirm whether funding is available for Council liaison to the GAC per the existing travel guidelines	18/7	10/10	All	Marika Konings Glen de Saint Gery		A paper on the proposed PDP enhancement was submitted to the GNSO Council and discussed / reviewed during the last meeting (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-22aug13-en.pdf). A tabulated version was shared with the Council on 23/9. Council is requested to provide further input.
SCI Charter Jonathan to confirm the outcome of the Council discussions to the SCI (completed) With regard to the decision-making methodology, Council members are encouraged to continue conversations on this issue on the mailing list on whether full consensus should be maintained or not.	18/7	10/10	Jonathan All	Julie Hedlund	During its wrap up session in Durban, the GNSO Council discussed possible changes to the charter of the SCI to confirm that it is to serve as a standing committee as well as possible changes to the methodology for decision-making. These items were further discussed during the September meeting in which it was agreed that the charter should be modified to confirm it is a standing committee and that the Council would like the SCI to undertake the work to propose any other changes it deems necessary and then to submit these to the Council.	Jonathan confirmed the outcome of the Council discussions to the SCI.
Metrics & Reporting WG Re-circulate call for volunteers	18/7	10/10	All	Berry Cobb	Following discussions on a possible alternative approach to address this issue due to the lack of volunteers that had come forward, it was decided to first re-circulate the call for volunteers to see if additional volunteers would come forward to take on this task.	Completed.
Policy Issues surrounding String confusion Send letter to the ICANN Board / new gTLD committee that the GNSO Council has noted inconsistencies with previous GNSO recommendations in the application of string confusion decisions and will explore this issue further. (completed) Councillors are to encourage SG/Cs to consider / discuss how to move forward on this issue and share their feedback with the Council mailing list	5/9	10/10	Jonathan Robinson All	Marika Konings		Letter sent to the Board by Jonathan on 18 September (see http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg14988.html). Christine Willett will participate in Council meeting on 10/10 to provide an update.

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