Action Items

Topic	Entry Date	Target Date	Responsible Council Member (if applicable)	Responsible Staff member (if applicable)	Additional Notes	Status / Action Item
ICANN58 Meeting Planning	7/11	11/3	James Bladel, Heather Forrest, Donna Austin	Glen de Saint Gery / Marika Konings		Council to prepare an initial standard GNSO calendar for Meetings A, B and C (showing what the expected, blocked-out GNSO sessions are and allowing time for PDP face to face meetings) Council leadership to take that standardized GNSO calendar into the next SO/AC planning meeting
Outstanding IGO/INGO PDP Recommendations	26/6	14/4	Thomas Rickert	Mary Wong	In June 2014, the NGPC wrote to the GNSO Council noting that the NGPC was considering available options to reconcile the differences at issue, and to give the GNSO an opportunity to consider modifying those aspects of its approved policy recommendations that are inconsistent with GAC advice in accordance with the process in the GNSO's PDP Manual. Several letters were exchanged between the NGPC and the Council up to January 2015. In late 2014, a small group of IGO, Board and GAC representatives was formed to work on the initial NGPC proposal (from March 2014), to develop a concrete proposal for consideration by the GAC and the GNSO. The final Small Group Proposal was sent to the GAC and the GNSO in early October 2016.	This topic continues to be discussed with the Board and the GAC. A final Proposal from the IGO Small Group was submitted to the GAC and the GNSO on 4 October 2016, which was referenced in the GAC Communique from Hyderabad. Council to finalize response to Board letter on IGO/Red Cross protections (note: this may be covered by the Council’s response to the GAC Communique) Council to discuss the Board proposal outlined by Bruce Tonkin at the second Hyderabad Public Forum
CWG on Internet Governance	12/5	1/12	Carlos Gutierrez			The GNSO Secretariat to communicate the resolution adopted at ICANN57 to the CWG-IG Chairs as well as the other Chartering Organizations.
PDP Improvements	30/6			Marika Konings		The GNSO Council directs staff to move ahead with the identified next steps including: integrating the inclusion of the proposed PDP Charter as part of the Preliminary Issue Report; development of draft guidelines for the use and application for face-to-face facilitated PDP WG meetings for Council review and adoption, and; developing a survey to assess the familiarity that the community has with the different newcomer and training tools as well as their perceived usefulness (COMPLETED) - Survey results were reviewed during meeting at ICANN57 and staff will move forward with the implementation of the recommendations.
Next Steps on Proposed Modifications to the Procedure to Address WHOIS Conflicts with National Law	21/7	15/12				Discussions to continue with Stephanie and other interested Councilors as well as affected parties (e.g. Registries, Registrars) to discuss path forward and rework motion language
Proposed Draft Charter for a New Cross Community Working Group concerning Auction Proceeds from the 2012 New gTLD Program	29/9	15/12		Marika Konings		GNSO SG to identify GNSO appointed members for CCWG by 15 December (one member per SG) as well as candidates for a GNSO Co-Chair of the CCWG.
Approval of Appointment of an Interim GNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration	29/9			Julie Hedlund / Glen de Saint Gery		Three months after completion and adoption of DT report, GNSO to finalize decision on appointment of GNSO representative to the EC Administration
GNSO Review of the GAC Communique	7/11	15/12	Heather Forrest, Stephanie Perrin, Phil Corwin, Carlos Gutierrez, Paul McGrady, Michele Neylon			Draft response to be circulated by the group of volunteer Councilors working on the draft in advance of the next Council meeting
Selection of GNSO representatives to SSR RT	7/11	15/12				Susan Kawaguchi and Ed Morris to circulate draft proposed uniform selection criteria and process to Council list by Friday 9 December Council to consider using suggested criteria/process to select GNSO representatives to the SSR-RT2 early in the new year GNSO leadership team to communicate this proposed approach to staff supporting SSR-RT2 as well as other SO/ACs
GNSO Liaison to the GAC	7/11	1/12		Glen de Saint Gery		COMPLETED - GNSO Secretariat to confirm appointment to GAC Secretariat
Consensus recommendations of the GNSO Bylaws DT	7/11	1/12				COMPLETED (note further actions on the project list)
ICANN Board Letter regarding policy implications of the Final Report of the Internationalised Registration Data (IRD) Expert Working Group	7/11	1/12		Marika Konings		Council to review draft response to Board letter
Proposed limited scope for WHOIS Review Team 2	7/11	1/12	James Bladel			Susan Kawaguchi and Keith Drazek to work on draft response, incorporating points raised during Council discussion (including suggestions to include strategy for coordinating all ongoing Whois-related efforts, consult past Review Team members, and expand membership beyond past Review Team members) and circulate draft to Council list by COB on Monday 5 December Council leadership and staff to notify responsible ICANN staff that a GNSO Council response should be forthcoming by Monday 12 December
GNSO Council Response to Questions from the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs concerning Work Stream 2	1/12	15/12	James Bladel	Marika Konings		Councilors to review draft response that was circulated and send comments to Council list; aim to finalize and send the response to the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs before the next Council meeting Staff to contact SG/C chairs to ensure they are clear on the request, and suggest that SG/C responses be sent directly to the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs and the relevant rapporteurs
Approval of Letter to the ICANN Board concerning Implementation Issues with Part C of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy	1/12	15/12	James Bladel			COMPLETED - Letter to be sent to ICANN Board
Council meetings in 2017	1/12	15/12		Nathalie Peregrine		COMPLETED Council leadership to review rotation of Council meetings based on current geographic location of Council members (DONE – the current two time slots represent the best options to share the pain across the different time zones) Update GNSO Calendar for 2017 according to agreed schedule.

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