[council] Action Items arising from the GNSO Council meeting 13 September 2012

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



Please find the action items arising from the Council meeting on 13 September 
2012.



Agenda Item 3: Consent agenda
Action Item: The GNSO Council chair to inform the SSAC chair that the Council 
approved that the IRD-WG letter from the GNSO Council to ICANN Board be sent to 
the Board.


Item 4: RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Reporting
Action Item: Propose a  motion for the next Council meeting in Toronto 
requesting an Issue Report with the intent of launching a PDP to address this 
issue within  the scope and boundaries of the GNSO. (9 October 2012 deadline 
for motions and documents to be considered at the GNSO Council Public meeting 
in Toronto)



Item 5: Whois Review Team Final Report

Action Item: Brian Winterfeldt is asked to reconvene the group and examine the 
two options discussed at the Council meeting and report back to the Council 
chair with the time frame so that the ICANN Board can be appropriately and 
timely informed.

·       Option 1 .A response to the Board  advising them to consider what each 
individual GNSO constituency and stakeholder group has to say on the Whois 
Review team Final Report recommendations.



·       Option 2. Tabulate the 16 recommendations, and explain for each one why 
there should or should not be policy development.  Transmit the detailed 
response to the Board.  Provide Council with a time frame for this option which 
the chair can communicate to the Board



Item 6: Fake Renewal Notices
Action Item: Mason Cole is to request that the Registrars continue with the 
steps suggested below:

·       Discuss the issue with ICANN Compliance to make SG and GNSO concerns 
known, as previous legal actions may impact renewal of offenders' accreditation 
agreements.

·       2. Communicate to jurisdictional authorities as a SG to make our 
concerns known and to assess renewed enforcement - especially authorities like 
the FTC and the Canadian consumer agency that have already brought cases and 
may have stronger enforcement tools (e.g., civil penalties for violations of 
settlement agreements, etc.) that can be used. In particular, it may make sense 
to schedule a discussion with interested consumer protection authorities in 
Toronto.

·       3. Report findings to the GNSO Council.

·       4. Investigate whether or not enforceable contract language can be 
crafted, and the extent to which it could be equally or more effective than 
enforcement actions to date. For example, rather than requiring ICANN to make a 
determination about the behavior, a contractual provision that says 
accreditation can be revoked where a registrar has been found to be in 
violation of a court order or regulatory cease and desist order.



Item 8: Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure
Action Item: Send updated draft response to the Council list for further 
comments.
All comments should be submitted by the end of next week (Friday 21 September 
2012). The chair will then seek agreement on the Council mailing list whether 
the draft response be sent to Bertrand de la Chapelle.



Item 9: Overview of schedule for Toronto

Action Item: Please provide Topics for discussion with the GAC, Board and ccNSO.
Please provide your input to the Council mailing list as soon as possible



Item 10: Toronto GAC High Level Meeting

Action Item:  Provide input on the Council list with regard to:

"I would recommend preparation of Qs and lining up speakers in advance.  I 
trust that the GNSO leadership will work with the GAC, as well as my Canadian 
colleagues, to find a balance between the differing cultures of the GNSO, and 
senior officials and politicians unfamiliar with the ICANN environment, to have 
a positive and productive exchange to reinforce and improve the 
multi-stakeholder model."



Item11: Consumer Metrics Advice Letter to the ICANN Board

Action Item: Motion to be proposed for the GNSO Council Public meeting in 
Toronto on 17 October 2012. (9 October 2012 deadline for motions and documents 
to be considered at the GNSO Council Public meeting in Toronto)



Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Kind regards,



Glen





Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org