Action Items

Topic	Entry Date	Target Date	Responsible Council Member (if applicable)	Responsible Staff member (if applicable)	Additional Notes	Status / Action Item
Marrakech Meeting Planning Develop the proposed agenda for GNSO weekend session in Marrakech	22/10	4/3	Amr Elsadr, Susan Kawaguchi	Glen de Saint Gery / Marika Konings	As part of the GNSO meeting planning, ensure co-ordination with SG/Cs to avoid conflicting meetings.	All encouraged to complete the Dublin meeting survey: https://s.zoomerang.com/r/SQ2XHXF.
CWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability	13/11	19/11	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	19/11	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	19/11	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)	COMPLETED 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.
Global Public Interest Framework	3/9	19/11		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.
GNSO Operating Procedures - Selection of Board seat #13	24/9	19/11		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.
new gTLD Auction Proceeds	24/9	21/10	Jonathan Robinson	Marika Konings		COMPLETED All encouraged to provide input to the public comment forum
Data & Metrics for Policy Making	21/10	19/11	Volker Greimann	Steve Chan		Staff to update GNSO Operating Procedures following the adoption of the Final Report by the GNSO Council.
Next Generation gTLD RDS to Replace WHOIS PDP WG Charter	21/10	19/11	Susan Kawaguchi	Marika Konings		Councillors are encouraged to review the motion and proposed charter ahead of the next meeting and provide any comments / edits as soon as possible.
SCI Liaison	21/10	19/11	Amr Elsadr	Julie Hedlund		COMPLETED Confirm the new GNSO Liaison to the SCI, Amr Elsadr.
Request from ICANN Board concerning possible policy work on replacement insurance requirements for ICANN-Accredited Registrars	21/10	19/11	Volker Greimann	Marika Konings		Draft response to ICANN Board taking into account feedback and discussion during the meeting. Draft circulated to GNSO Council for review on 11/11 for Council review.
Request from ICANN Board concerning possible policy work on exclusive registry access to generic strings	21/10	19/11		Marika Konings		Draft response to ICANN Board requesting further information on their expectation of the time line and next steps concerning this issue.
New ICANN Meeting Strategy	21/10	19/11	Volker Greimann	Marika Konings		Council, SG/Cs encouraged to provide input, ideas and suggestions, about the GNSO related meetings as part of the new ICANN Meeting Strategy which will be implemented in 2016.
Thanks to outgoing Councillors	21/10	19/11		Glen de Saint Gery		COMPLETED Secretariat to send the absent Councillors fits in recognition of their services.

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