Action Items

Topic	Entry Date	Target Date	Responsible Council Member (if applicable)	Responsible Staff member (if applicable)	Additional Notes	Status / Action Item
Dublin Meeting Planning Develop the proposed agenda for GNSO weekend session in Dublin	25/6	17/10	Volker Greimann / Jonathan Robinson	Glen de Saint Gery / Marika Konings		COMPLETED
CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability	13/11	23/7	Thomas Rickert	Marika Konings		Keep the Council regularly informed of developments in the CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Councilors to take on the responsibility to keep their groups informed. For further information, see https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg).
SSAC Liaison to GNSO Council / GNSO Council liaison to the SSAC	BA wrap up session		Jonathan Robinson	Julie Hedlund		ON HOLD Jonathan to explore with Patrik Falstrom the options for a SSAC liaison to the GNSO and/or visa versa.
Issues for the SCI - voting thresholds	6/6		Avri Doria / Alan Greenberg	Marika Konings		ON HOLD Alan and Avri volunteered to scope out the issue of voting thresholds in relation to implementation changes to adopted PDP recommendations for Council review. The Council will consider at a future meeting whether or not to refer this item to the SCI for further review.
Outstanding IGO/INGO PDP Recommendations	26/6	23/7	Thomas Rickert	Mary Wong	In June 2014, the NGPC wrote to the GNSO Council 'with an update on the ongoing work in response to the GNSO policy recommendations regarding Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs and the advice from the GAC in its Buenos Aires Communiqué addressing the same topic'. Furthermore the letter noted that 'the NGPC is considering available options to reconcile the differences at issue, including recommending that the ICANN Board reject the conflicting GNSO policy advice (pursuant to the procedure established in the Bylaws). However, before the NGPC recommends any course of action, the NGPC wanted to provide an update to the GNSO to highlight the concerns, and to give the GNSO an opportunity to consider modifying the elements of the approved policy recommendations in accordance with the procedure established in the GNSO Operating Procedures'.	Letter received from Cherine Chalaby (http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chalaby-to-robinson-15jan15-en.pdf) noting that the NGPC plans to talk further with the GAC and IGOs at ICANN 52 and would share any updates immediately following those meetings.
GNSO Liaison to the GAC	24/6	3/9	Mason Cole	Marika Konings		Request GAC-GNSO consultation group to review GNSO Liaison to the GAC pilot project and request a report back to the Council. (This has been added to the agenda of the GAC-GNSO CG) Key dates for consideration: (Staff) Budget cycle in which to apply for future funding for the next year's funding. Set a date by which to review the function
Collaboration with IETF	23/7	21/10	David Cake		The Council discussed possible Council action regarding IETF proposed standard for .onion as a Special Use Domain Name: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-onion-tld/ (due 11 August 2015)	David Cake volunteered to keep a close eye on developments in the IETF particularly with regard to changes to the underlying technical and operational protocols of Whois, that might impact the launch of the PDP on Next Generation Directory Services. He shared a message with the Council mailing list concerning recent developments, see http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg17538.html.
Curative Rights Protection for IGOs and INGOs	23/7	3/9	Phil Corwin	Mary Wong	Phillip Corwin, co-chair of the GNSO working group on Curative Rights Protection for IGOs and INGO brought to the Council’s attention the letter sent by the OECD Secretary-General to ICANN’s CEO Fadi Chehade. WG chair’s concern on the process and substance of the letter is noted by the Council.	COMPLETED - update provided during GNSO weekend session
Global Public Interest Framework	3/9	21/10		Marika Konings		Nora Abusitta to share with the GNSO Council further information on resources and references in relation to the research that has been undertaken on this topic.
Data & Metrics for Policy Making	3/9	24/9		Steve Chan		COMPLETED Encourage everyone to share this information (the presentation) with their respective groups so as to be able to make an informed decision when the Final Report comes before the Council.
GNSO Operating Procedures - Selection of Board seat #13	24/9	21/10		Julie Hedlund		Following the approval of the addition to the GNSO Operating Procedures of a proposed process for the selection of Board seat #13 by the Contracted Parties House (per current rules in the Operating Procedures concerning the selection of Board seats by each House), staff to update the GNSO Operating Procedures.
Translation & Transliteration Recommendations Report	24/9	21/10		Lars Hoffmann		COMPLETED Following the approval of the Recommendations Report, transmit this to the ICANN Board.
new gTLD Subsequent Procedures	24/9	21/10		Steve Chan		COMPLETED - Public comment forum extended to 30 October. Staff to consider request from the GNSO Council to extend the public comment forum from 40 to 60 days.
new gTLD Auction Proceeds	24/9	21/10	Jonathan Robinson	Marika Konings		All encouraged to provide input to the public comment forum
GNSO Leadership Training	24/9					COMPLETED - Leadership training took place prior to ICANN meeting Candidates for the GNSO Council slot for the Leadership Training in Dublin should be submitted to the GNSO Council list as soon as possible. Note, the candidate does not need to be a Council member.

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