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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks to Amr Elsadr’s comments please note that we have revised Item 11 to read (revision in bold):
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 11: DISCUSSION – Issues for Possible Referral to the SCI
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Continue discussion via email
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Defer this item to the next Council meeting on 16 April 2015 for Council to decide whether or not to refer these items to the SCI for further
 work.</span><span lang="EN-US"><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 find the action items arising from the Council meeting on 19 March 2015. Please let me know if they have been correctly captured or if there are any others
 that need to be added.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
</span></u></b><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 arising from the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-US">Action List.</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
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<b>Buenos Aires Meeting planning</b><br>
Commence planning for ICANN53 Buenos Aires meetings – Jonathan Robinson and David Cake working with GNSO Policy and Support staff.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué</span></b><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Carlos Raúl Gutierrez</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
<b>David Cake</b> volunteered to help <b>Volker Greimann</b> review and populate the
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/gnso-gac-review-24feb15-en.pdf">template</a> using the Singapore GAC Communiqué and identify potential topics subject to existing policy recommendations or future policy work.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The proposed sign off date for this work is the next Council meeting on 16 April 2015.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The output of the GNSO Review of the GAC communiqué is intended to be sent to the ICANN Board with the GAC on copy.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jonathan Robinson</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> committed to reach out to the GAC chair and vice-chairs and inform them
 of the process and provide the opportunity for any feedback from the GAC.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 3: Consent agenda
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Council confirmed the selection of the Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) Working Group for a facilitated face-to-face meeting
 at ICANN53 in Buenos Aires.<br>
<b><u>Action Item:<br>
</u></b>Convey the outcome to the<b><u> </u></b>Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) Working Group<br>
<b><u><br>
</u></b></span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 7: UPDATE – Progress of the PDP Working Group on IGO-INGO Curative Rights Protections
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</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action Item:
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Propose a motion for the next Council meeting on 16 April 2015 seeking to modify the IGO-INGO Curative Rights Protection Working Group’s charter to accommodate the request as detailed in the explanatory
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg17132.html">email</a> sent to the Council list on 16 March 2015. 
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<span style="color:#333333"><br>
<b><u>Item 8: UPDATE – Progress of the Discussion Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
</u></b></span></span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Action Item:<br>
</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bret Fausett</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> committed to send to the Council mailing list the chart which lists
 the issues for future work so that the different groups can provide their input.
</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Staff
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">to provide the necessary information, on the Council mailing list, as to how participants can join the New gTLD Discussion Group.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 9: UPDATE: GNSO Review
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<b><u>Action Items:<br>
</u></b>Comments are still welcome and be sent directly to Jennifer Wolfe or through a constituency/stakeholder group representative on the GNSO Review Working Party.
</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Update on the GNSO Review Progress be added to the agenda for the GNSO Council meeting on 21 May</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 10: DISCUSSION: Working Group Self-Assessment Survey<br>
</span></u></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action Item:</span></u></b><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send the report to the GNSO Review Working Party for the attention of the Westlake Review team.
</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 11: DISCUSSION – Issues for Possible Referral to the SCI
</span></u></b><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Continue discussion via email
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Defer this item to the next Council meeting on 16 April 2015 for Council to decide whether or not to refer these items to the SCI for further
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Item 13: Any Other Business
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">13.1 – CWG on Auction Proceeds</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Action Item:</span></u></b><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call for participants to form a Drafting Team to develop a charter for a working group to develop recommendations on new gTLD auction proceeds.</span><span lang="FR-BE"><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,</span><span lang="FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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