[council] GNSO Council Action Items 31 October 2013

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Please find the action items from the GNSO Council call on Thursday, 31 
November 2013.

Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List

Action item:
Remove BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3 from the Action Item 
list<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>
Item 4: MOTION - To approve a charter for the Translation and Transliteration 
of Contact Information PDP Working Group
Action Item:
Motion withdrawn
The Charter Drafting Team (DT) that developed the Charter for the PDP Working 
Group on the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information is 
encouraged to revise the charter with the focus on the scope of the charter and 
not the outcome of the Policy Development Process.
Item 5: MOTION - Adoption of the Thick Whois Policy Development Process Final 
Report<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/thick-final-21oct13-en.pdf> and 
Recommendations
Action Item:
Submit the Thick Whois Final Report and recommendations to the ICANN Board of 
Directors.

Item 6: MOTION - To approve a charter for the Standing Committee on GNSO 
Improvements Implementation (SCI)

Action Item
GNSO Council decided to wait to appoint a liaison until after the new Council 
is seated in Buenos Aires.

Item 7: MOTION - A charter for the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation PDP WG

Action Items:
Staff to issue Call for volunteers for the RAA Privacy & Proxy Services 
Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group.
Maria Farrell volunteered as the GNSO Council liaison to the RAA Privacy & 
Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group (WG).
Item 8: INPUT & DISCUSSION - Prospective improvements to the Policy Development 
Process

Action Item:
Experiment with the suggestions to streamline and improve the Policy 
Development Process as per the table of prospective PDP 
Improvements<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-table-25oct13-en.pdf>
 and if they prove to be effective refer such improvements to the Standing 
Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation for them to become part of the 
GNSO Operating Procedures.
Item 9: DISCUSSION - Policy issues surrounding string confusion
Action Item:
In light of the response received from the New gTLDs committee 
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg15094.html the item is 
considered closed.
Item 10: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Protection of IGO-INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs 
Policy Development Process

Action Item
Encourage Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups to inform themselves on the 
recommendations and be well prepared for a potential vote in Buenos Aires.

Item 11: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for Buenos Aires

Action Item:

·       Proposed that the ATRT2 meeting be scheduled in the second part of the 
Council meeting from 15:00 -16:30

·       Maria Farrell and Marika Konings to work on the preparation for this 
meeting and share discussion on the Council list

·       Jonathan Robinson:

                  - formally invite the constituency and stakeholder group 
chairs to the GNSO weekend working sessions in Buenos Aires
                  - inform the constituency and stakeholder group chairs that 
there will be no updates at the Council meeting but encourage written  
submissions
                  - formally invite the constituency/stakeholder group chairs 
to participate in part of the New Council induction session on Friday 22 
November 2013

The transcript, Adobe chat transcript and the MP3 are published on page:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#oct

Transcript
http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-31oct13-en.pdf
Adobe chat transcript

http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-31oct13-en.pdf
MP3 recording

http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-20131031-en.mp3
Please let me know if I have left out anything out.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org