[council] Action items arising from GNSO Council meeting 16 May 2013

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,
Please find a list of the action items aring from the Council meeting on 16 may 
2013 for your review and action.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Glen

https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items
Item 2: Opening Remarks from Chair
Jonathan Robinson provided a brief review of the Projects 
List<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf> and Action 
List<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>.

Arising from the Action 
list<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>:

·       Write to Jean-Francois Baril leading the Expert Working Group (EWG) on 
Directory Services, to confirm the objective of EWG recommendations

Jonathan Robinson committed to writing the letter very shortly



·       GNSO Review - form small committee to consider issues and possible next 
steps in relation to the GNSO review.

Additional work needed. Further information to be circulated shortly.



·       Policy vs Implementation - reached out to other SO/ACs to determine 
interest in joining GNSO WG/DT to explore issues further.

Team of volunteers is being formed
Item 4: MOTION - To address the Final Issue Report on the Uniformity of 
Reporting

Action Item:
Create a drafting team to develop a charter for a non-PDP Working Group to 
consider additional methods for collecting necessary metrics and reporting from 
Contracted Parties and other external resources to aid the investigation.

Item 5: MOTION - To adopt revised Policy Development Process (PDP) Manual 
incorporating modifications to include the suspension of a PDP
Action Item:
ICANN staff to post the new version of the PDP Manual and to include it as a 
revised Annex 2 in the GNSO Operating Procedures, effective immediately upon 
adoption.
Item 7: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Report on User Experience Implications of Active 
Variant TLDs & IDN Letter to the Board
Action Item:
The council is urged to provide input on:
a)    Which recommendations if any, are pre-requisites to the delegation of any 
IDN variant TLDs (i.e., delegation of IDN Variant TLDs should not proceed until 
these recommendations are implemented),
b)    Which recommendations, if any, can be deferred until a later time, and
c)     Which recommendations, if any, require additional policy work by the 
ICANN community and should be referred to the relevant stakeholder group for 
further policy work
Jonathan Robinson committed to work with Ching Chiao to finalise the draft 
letter<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg14489.html> and 
send it to the ICANN Board


Item 8: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for Durban
Action Items:
Provide timely feedback to Wolf-Ulrich Knoben

·       On discussion topics with the ICANN Board, Government Advisory 
Committee, and CEO Fadi Chehadé.

·       Time-slot for Constituency/Stakeholder Group meeting on Sunday, 14 July 
2013.



Provide timely feedback to John Berard and Petter Rindforth on topics for 
discussion with the ccNSO.
Item 9: Any Other Business
9.1 - Updated dates for Q4 2013 GNSO Council meetings.  Changed to accommodate 
Buenos Aires meeting dates.
Council accepted the new proposed dates.
Action Item:
New dates to be posted on 
calendar<http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar>

9.2 - Additional day for Buenos Aires.  Induction and preparation session for 
the new GNSO Council.

Action Item:
Diarize Friday, 22 November 2013 as an additional day in Buenos Aires for the 
induction and preparation session for the new GNSO Council.
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org