[council] Action Items: GNSO Council meeting on 3 September 2015

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,
Please find the action items arising from the GNSO Council meeting on 3 
September 2015.
2.1 - Review of Projects List<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/projects-list.pdf> 
and Action 
List<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items>
Action Items:

  *   David Cake volunteered to keep a close eye on developments in the IETF 
particularly with regard to changes to the underlying technical and operational 
protocols of Whois, that might impact the launch of the PDP on Next Generation 
Directory Services.
  *   Review of the GNSO liaison to the GAC by the GAC consultation group and 
request a report back to the Council.
Item 3: Consent agenda

3.1 - Adoption of 
timeline<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-chair-election-24jul15-en.pdf>
 for election of the next GNSO Chair

Action Items:

  *   Publish the GNSO Council chair election procedure and timeline.
  *   Remind Stakeholder Groups and constituencies of the timeline.
Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION & DECISION - Public Comment Period for New gTLDs 
Subsequent Procedures Preliminary Issue Report

Action Items:
Submit a motion for the next Council meeting on 24 September 2015 whether or 
not to extend the Public Comment timeline.

Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Letter from ICANN Board Chair on Exclusive 
Registry Access for gTLD Terms representing Generic Strings


Action Items:

·        Staff to reach out to Nora Abusitta-Ouri responsible for the 
development and implementation of a global public interest framework to provide 
an update either in writing ahead of the next council meeting or maybe join the 
next Council meeting on 24 September 2015.

·        Jonathan Robinson to draft a short response and circulate on the 
Council mailing list.

Item 7: UPDATE ON EXPECTED COUNCIL ACTION - Final Report from the Data & 
Metrics for Policy Making Working Group
Action Item:
Encourage everyone to share this information (the 
presentation<http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-dmpm-03sep15-en.pdf>)
 with their respective groups so as to be able to make an informed decision 
when the Final Report comes before the Council.
Item 8: UPDATE & DISCUSSION - Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN 
Accountability - CCWG Accountability


Action Items:
Encourage everyone to file comments during the public comment 
period<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-2015-08-03-en> 
which remains open till 12th of September 2015.
Thomas Rickert committed to update the Council when the ICANN Board has 
provided its input to the CCWG on Accountability.

Item 9: DISCUSSION - Preparation for ICANN54
Action Item:
Discuss on the Council mailing list.
Item 10: Any Other Business
10.1 - Post-ICANN53 progress on Cross Community Working Group on Use of Country 
and Territory Names as TLDs

Action Item:
Discuss on the Council mailing list.

Please let me know if I missed anything or if you have questions.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat
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