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 finalize proposed block schedule for GNSO sessions (see draft circulated ICANN58 GNSO Block Schedule) Council to work with SG/C leaders to consider SG/C requests for meeting slots in view of the block GNSO schedule, prior to sending block schedule back to ICANN Meetings Team.
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			COMPLETED 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		COMPLETED 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			COMPLETED GNSO Council response to be transmitted to ICANN Board GNSO Chair to inform GAC Chair and GAC-GNSO CG Group of the communication
Selection of GNSO representatives to SSR RT	7/11	15/12				Small team comprising GNSO Council leadership, Susan Kawaguchi and Ed Morris (or Ed’s alternate) to meet to come up with proposed way forward by Friday 23 December, and to meet again in the first week of January to discuss candidates Small team to propose selected slate of GNSO representatives to the Council by 9 January Council to finalize appointment of GNSO representatives at the Council meeting of 19 January
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		COMPLETED Letter to be transmitted to ICANN Board
Proposed limited scope for WHOIS Review Team 2	7/11	1/12	James Bladel			COMPLETED Councilors to provide input (including from SG/Cs) to Council mailing list by Wednesday 21 December Councilors to finalize discussions on the mailing list by close of business Los Angeles time on Thursday 22 December Policy Staff to send Council response to Review Team support staff on Friday 23 December
GNSO Council Response to Questions from the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs concerning Work Stream 2	1/12	15/12	James Bladel	Marika Konings		COMPLETED 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

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