[council] Action Items arising from the GNSO Council meeting 5 September 2013

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,

Please find a summary of the action items arising from the GNSO Council meeting 
on 5 September 2013. We look forward to your feedback on the Council mailing 
list if you have questions or comments arising from any of the items.

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

Action Items:

·       Review action list to ensure all are still current / relevant

·       With regard to the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3, 
Jonathan Robinson will pursue the item on the mailing list as to what further 
action is necessary

·       Jonathan Robinson will review the Projects list and identify projects 
ready for closure and place these on the consent agenda for the next Council 
meeting.

Item 3: Consent agenda

Action Items:

 *   Staff to finalize GNSO Recommendations Report on the Locking of a Domain 
Name subject to UDRP Proceedings for submission to the ICANN Board
 *   Jeff Neuman to communicate to the Policy and Implementation Working Group  
the approval of the co-chairs, J. Scott Evans  (BC) and Chuck Gomes (RySG) ,and 
the co-vice chairs  Michael Graham  (IPC) and Olevie Kouamie (NPOC)
 *   Jeff Neuman to communicate to the Policy and Implementation Working Group  
that the Council agrees with the WG proposal to invite Board members to 
participate.
 *   The Council agreed that an invitation to Board members  to participate in 
Working Groups should come from the Council leadership and the invitation 
should include that the initiative comes from the Working Group.
 *   Jonathan Robinson to send the invitation to the ICANN Board.

Item 4: DRAFT MOTION - To approve Whois Survey Working Group (WSWG)

Action Item

 *   Council members to review the motion in view of a formal motion being 
proposed at the next Council meeting on 10 October 2013 at 18:00 UTC

Item 5: INPUT & DISCUSSION - Prospective improvements to the Policy Development 
Process

Action Item:

 *   Staff to tabulate the proposed improvements taking into account feedback 
received during Council meeting for further review and discussion.
 *   Council members requested to encourage  their groups to review the 
proposed improvements and consider which suggestions can be supported  and 
implemented.
Item 6: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - A PDP for relevant policies on issues not dealt 
with during the course of developing the 2013 RAA

Action Item:

 *   GNSO Council to further consider this issue following publication of staff 
paper.

Item 7: DISCUSSION - Policy issues surrounding string confusion

Action Items:

 *   Jonathan Robinson to send letter to the ICANN Board / new gTLD Committee 
that the GNSO Council has noted inconsistencies with previous GNSO 
recommendations in the application of string confusion decisions and will be 
exploring this issue further.
 *   Councillors are to encourage Stakeholder Groups/Constituencies to consider 
/ discuss how to move forward on this issue (e.g. Form a task force, drafting 
team) and Council members are to share the feedback on the Council mailing list

Item 8: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Metrics and Reporting Working Group
Action Item:

·        Staff to recirculate call for volunteers to attract additional members 
to this project. Councillors to encourage their members to volunteer. Should 
there still not be sufficient volunteers, the GNSO Council will examine the 
reasons for the lack of support and reconsider how to move forward on this 
project.

Item 9: DISCUSSION - Role and scope of the Standing Committee on GNSO 
Improvements Implementation

Action Items:

 *   Jonathan Robinson to confirm outcome to the SCI that:
    *   the charter should be modified to confirm it is a standing committee and
    *   that it would like the SCI to undertake the work to propose any other 
changes it deems necessary and then to submit these to the Council
    *   it should not propose to modify the decision making methodology (away 
from full consensus) as the GNSO Council will consider that issue further.
N.B. If this change (away from full consensus) or a variation of it is to be 
made, this will be handled by the Council
 *   With regard to the decision making methodology, Council members are 
encouraged to continue conversations on this issue on the mailing list on 
whether full consensus should be maintained or not.

Item 10: DISCUSSION - GAC Engagement / Working with the Board Global Relations 
Committee (BGRC) WG

 *   Item skipped due to lack of time - update to be provided on the mailing 
list (or next call)

Item 11: DISCUSSION - Forthcoming review of the GNSO

Action Items:

 *   Jen Wolfe is available to lead the formation of a group to prepare for / 
address issues that may arise in relation to the GNSO Review
 *   Question for the Council: Does this group have a role to play in the event 
that the Board decides to postpone the GNSO review?

·        Councillors are encouraged to provide comments from the groups / 
constituencies they represent see:  
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/gnso-review-15jul13-en.htm

Item 12: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Planning for Buenos Aires

Action Items:

 *   Provide input on possible meeting topics for Buenos Aires meetings.
 *   Plan for attendance at GNSO Council Development Session that will take 
place all day and on the evening of Friday 22 November 2013.

Item 13:  Any Other Business (5 mins)

 *   All Council members were encouraged to review the request from the 
Geographic Regions WG and consider whether Council input would be needed / 
desirable.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-30sep11-en.htm
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-en.pdf
Thank you,
Kind regards,

Glen



Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

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