[council] Action Items from GNSO Council meeting 20 July 2012

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Please find the actions items arising  from the GNSO Council meeting on 20 July 
2012.


Item 3: Final Elections procedure

Action Items :

·         The Council adopted the elections procedure
http://gnso.icann.org/en/elections/gnso-council-chair-election-2012-20jul12-en.pdf

and each house is asked to submit its nominee for Council chair for the term 
beginning at the end of the 2012 ICANN annual meeting not later than 26 
September 2012.  Nominees shall submit a candidacy statement in writing to the 
GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) as soon as possible after 
they have been selected by their house and not later than 22:00 UTC on 28 
September 2012.



·         Stéphane van Gelder to contact the Nominating Committee chair for 
confirmation that the positions on the Council  of the Nominating  Committee 
appointees to the GNSO Council will be designated by the Nominating Committee 
itself.


Item 4: Thick Whois Policy Development Process PDP
Action Item:
Council agreed to launch the policy development process (PDP)  A call for 
Volunteers for Drafting Team to develop Charter for 'thick' Whois Policy 
Development Process Working Group (PDP WG) will be announced.  Please contact 
the GNSO Secretariat 
<gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> if 
you would like to join the drafting team.

Item 5: Whois Review Team Final Report
Action Item:
The GNSO Council should provide a written response to the ICANN Board by 31 
August 2012 and an initial draft of the letter should be sent to the Council 
mailing list for further discussion before the letter is approved and sent to 
the Board. Brian Winterfeldt, as the lead assisted by Wendy Seltzer and Thomas 
Rickert, volunteered to draft the initial response which will be sent to the 
Council mailing list for comments.


Item 7: Fake Renewal Notices

Action Item :
Mason Cole volunteered to confer with the Registrar Stakeholder Group and find 
out what solutions the Registrars can offer to deal with bad actors and return 
to the Council with proposals for options, or solutions, or next steps on this 
issue.

Item 8: Internationalised Registration Data WG Final Report



Action Item:

·         Send a letter from the GNSO chair to the ICANN Board requesting the 
implementation plan time-lines and clarifying that any policy implications in 
implementing the recommendations will have to be considered by the GNSO 
Council. Ching Chiao volunteered to draft the letter and send it to the Council 
mailing list for comments.



·         It was suggested that the draft letter be placed on the consent 
agenda for the next Council meeting.


Item 9: GNSO Review



Action Item:

Form a small informal group to examine possible actions ahead of the 2013 ICANN 
bylaws-mandated review. Wolfgang Kleinwächter volunteered to lead the group 
along with Stéphane van Gelder, Bill Drake, Zahid Jamil and Wendy Seltzer.

Others interested in joining the group should indicate their participation on 
the Council mailing list


Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org