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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Please find the action items arising from the GNSO Council meeting on 13 November  2014.<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 4: MOTION - Adoption of a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Item:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thomas Rickert</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> was nominated as
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the GNSO Council liaison and GNSO co-chair to the CWG<b><u>
</u></b>Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability <span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each GNSO Stakeholder Group should identify one member for the CWG by 20 November 2014 taking into account the charter requirement. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 5: MOTION – Changes to GNSO Operating Procedures & Working Group Guidelines to Address Issues relating to Waiver of Motion
 Deadlines, GNSO Council Voting Outside a Council Meeting & Working Group Consensus Levels
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action Item<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The GNSO Council instructs ICANN staff to post the new version of the GNSO Operating Procedures and GNSO Working Group Guidelines, effective immediately upon adoption.</span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 6: – UPDATE - Name Collision<br>
Action Item<br>
<br>
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">All constituencies/stakeholder groups should discuss the topic within their respective groups to ascertain what, if any policy development is
 deemed necessary and be prepared for a discussion at the next Council meeting in December 2014.<b>
</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 7: UPDATE – GNSO / GAC Consultation Group and related work
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Action item</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">
<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Inform the GAC that Volker Greimann is no longer a member of the GAC GNSO Consultation group and has been replaced by Carlos Raúl Gutierrez.<br>
<b><u><br>
Item 9.1 – Any Other Business</u></b><br>
<b>Action Item</b><br>
Inform the different groups that the Council Liaisons have been confirmed. <br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curative Rights Protections for IGO/INGOs PDP – Council Liaison - Susan Kawaguchi<br>
Data & Metrics for Policy Making – Council Liaison - Volker Greimann<br>
Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP – Council Liaison - James Bladel<br>
Translation & Transliteration PDP – Council Liaison - Amr Elsadr<br>
Geographic Regions WG – Council Liaison - Cheryl Langdon-Orr <br>
CWG on a Framework for CWG Principles (co-chair John Berard) - Council Liaison - Avri Doria
<br>
CWG to develop a framework for the use of country and territory names as TLDs - co-chair position – Carlos Raúl Gutierrez<br>
GNSO Council liaison to the ccNSO – Thomas Rickert<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">9.2 Correspondence with New gTLD Program Committee NGPC on IGO & RCRC.
<br>
<b>Action item<br>
</b>Staff to pursue the issue internally with the appropriate staff when a response can be expected.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.3<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Skill sets for Nominating Committee.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action Item</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Finalise the skill set for the Nominating Committee on the Council mailing list</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">9.4 IGO/INGO Curative Rights Protection WG
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16859.html">letter</a> requesting Mason Cole to engage with the GAC on certain questions regarding the GAC Los Angeles Communique.<br>
<b>Action item</b><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Council is encouraged to take a decision as soon as possible because of the urgency from the perspective of the working group.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mason Cole is ready to step forward but needs the go-ahead from the Council .  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">Confirm on mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">9.5</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Council in attendance to review informal notes of the Council Development Session held on Friday, 17 October 2014.<br>
<b>Action item <br>
</b>Circulate notes to the Council mailing list and start discussion on the mailing list.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if all the action items have been captured or if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen de Saint Géry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO Secretariat
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style="mso-fareast-language:FR">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style="mso-fareast-language:FR">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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