[council] Action Items arising from the Council leaders/ staff face to face meeting in Amsterdam in January 2013

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



Action Items arising from the Council leaders/ staff face to face meeting in 
Amsterdam in January 2013.



Effective operational management of the Council

Action Item #1: Explore ways to improve the communication and interaction 
between the two houses and the different SO/ACs to allow for greater 
coordination and better understanding of the issues and agendas of the various 
actors in the policy process, including exploring the possibility of organizing 
an intercessional meeting or special session that would be focused on promoting 
collaboration between Council members.



Action Item #2: With a view to make the launch of Issue Reports - and by 
extension Policy Development Process (PDPs) - more informed and effective, the 
existing template that is in the PDP manual should be further promoted by 
posting it on the GNSO Council web-site. Council members should be strongly 
encouraged to complete the template prior to tabling their request. Staff 
should also investigate whether the template could be modified to serve for 
requests that are not PDP related. This template might encourage stakeholders 
to elaborate on motivation for their request including their potential goal, 
consequences, outcome and costs of the policy that they are seeking.



Action Item #3: Encourage Council members to serve as a 'shepherd' who takes 
'ownership' of a certain issue and is able to follow up on the discussions and 
serve as a point of reference for other Council members who may have questions. 
This would follow a similar model which is currently being used by the ICANN 
Board. Such a 'shepherd' would also be paired with a member of the ICANN policy 
staff to ensure that there is additional support available, if needed.


Action Item #4: Wolf-Ulrich was asked to report to the NCPH about this meeting 
as well as report on the outcome of next weeks meeting to the Council 
leadership.



Improving work efficiency of new and existing Council members
Action Item #5: Staff to publish modules for GNSO Council input and review by 
mid-February.



Action item #6: Aim to publish the first draft of the GNSO Council Agenda for 
the next meeting two weeks in advance of the next meeting.



Workload management

Action item #7: Include links to WG work plans and upcoming milestones in the 
project list (Policy Staff).



Beijing

Action Item #8: Provide additional guidance to Constituencies and Stakeholder 
Groups (SGs) to report on at the beginning of the Wednesday GNSO Council 
meeting in Beijing


Action Item #9: Reach out to the ccNSO, GAC and ICANN Board to confirm joint 
meetings in Beijing and already provide them with a list of suggested topics 
for discussion.



Government Advisory Committee (GAC)

Action Item #10: GNSO Council communication with the GAC ought to be improved, 
for example by institutionalizing information sharing between the GAC and the 
GNSO Council. Propose this as a topic for the next GNSO - GAC meeting in 
Beijing.

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

































Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

http://gnso.icann.org