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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Councillors,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please find the action items arising from the Council meeting on 15 January 2015. Please review and let me know if any have been misstated or left out.<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please be reminded that the next Council meeting is on Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 12:00 UTC. In consultation with Jonathan, given that 11:00 UTC will conflict
with the Policy Webinar, and given that the meeting is likely to last for one hour, the time has been moved to 12:00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<b><u>Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List </u></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Arising from the
</span></b><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Action List</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Expert Working Group (EWG)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Board/GNSO group met last week via phone call and are working through the issues trying to determine which ones would be helpful to further consider prior
to a PDP. Work will soon start on a Preliminary Issue Report and the draft charter. There will be further reporting during the GNSO working sessions in Singapore on Saturday 7 February 2015</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>New GAC Leadership</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jonathan Robinson contacted Thomas Schneider the new GAC chair and will follow up in Singapore with the GAC vice-chairs<br>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 3: Consent agenda
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Approve the GNSO Council Recommendations
</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/council-board-irtp-d-05jan15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Report</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
to the ICANN Board concerning IRTP Part D<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">N</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">o votes against and no abstentions
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All Councillors present voted to accept the consent agenda as it stands.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Note:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16986.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">outcome</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
of the vote </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">that was conducted on the BWG NomCom report. It was encouraging and positive to see that that the new process<s>,
</s> (voting outside of a Council meeting works) and enabled timely submission of input to the public comment period to the
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bwg-nomcom-2014-08-21-en"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">BWG NomCom</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Item 4: UPDATE – Cross Community Working Group to develop a transition proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action items</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Council must take part of its shared responsibility as a chartering organization to uphold the dialogue with the other parties including the Board.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Council could consider making a public statement where it applauds the work done from all the groups<s>,</s> (the numbers, names and the protocols) and
offer a public statement of support recognizing the good work and the benefit from obtaining a coherent approach even if it has taken longer than the set-out timeline. The statement could also note that while meeting the timeline is important, not doing so
in the interest of finding the right solution attests to the success of the multi stakeholder model.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide statement before next Council meeting.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <b>Avri Doria</b> and
<b>Tony Holmes</b> volunteered to work on the effort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 5: UPDATE - Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
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Action Item<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council is one of the group’s chartering organizations and ultimately the work of the group will need to be signed off on by the GNSO through the GNSO
Council.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Important that the GNSO Council is continuously and properly appraised of this work and that Councillors take on the responsibility to keep their groups informed.
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Item 6: UPDATE – Prospective policy work on “name collision” </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"> <br>
<b><u>Action Item:</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Discussion item for Board GNSO meeting in Singapore on Sunday 8 February: Unusual practices unrelated to Names collision and which need to find a different
home from name collision to be included.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Council supported sending the
</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-to-namazi-12jan15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">letter</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
subject to non-material edits and/or any other further comments by 24 hours, that is 1800 UTC Friday 16 January 2015.<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Item 7: DISCUSSION - Board resolution concerning future gTLD Application Rounds
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Action Item:<br>
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</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Council supported sending the
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subject to non-material edits and/or any other further comments by 24 hours, that is 1800 UTC Monday 19 January 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Consider reviewing the membership of the GAC GNSO Consultation group at the face to face meeting on Monday 9 February 2015 in Singapore.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Volker Greimann</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to provide an updated draft of the 'analysis of
the GAC communiqué to advise the Board of policy implications' to the Council list in preparation for next Council meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">encouraged to comment on the list about which issues they would like to see addressed and proposals for analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 9: Update: Planning for ICANN meeting in Singapore – key direction & themes</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jonathan Robinson</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to send a letter to the Council list requesting suggestions for various
topics to be discussed with the Board, the GAC and ccNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Robinson, Volker Greimann and Glen de Saint Géry.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u>Item 10: Any Other Business <br>
Action Items</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">10.1 - Correspondence with NGPC on IGO & RCRC.
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<b>10.2 – Consideration of a CWG to deal with new gTLD auction proceeds</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item for the GNSO weekend working sessions: Brainstorming session followed by cross community working group to start as soon as possible, ideally at the Singapore
meeting.<br>
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PDP WG Initial Report is out for public comment </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">are encouraged to inform their groups and contribute to the public
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/transliteration-contact-initial-2014-12-16-en"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">comment</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
period. <br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.4 - Request for extension of time for Issue Report on Rights Protection Mechanisms<br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mary Wong</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to resend the
</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg16968.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">request</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
to the Council mailing list and submit it to the Council as a consent agenda item for the next Council meeting on 29 January 2015.<br>
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<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IDN Implementation Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mary Wong</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to resend original
</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg17000.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">request</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
from Akram Atallah.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Form an informal group of interested volunteers to provide input.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<br>
Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen de Saint Géry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO Secretariat
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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