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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Dear All,<br>
<br>
Please find the action items arising from the GNSO Council meeting on 23 July 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The meeting transcript is posted at:<br>
http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-23jul15-en.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO Council Development Session</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Items:</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">·</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Arrange for a facilitator for the Council Development and Induction session in Dublin on Friday 23 October 2015<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">·</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:normal">
</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Formally communicate to parting councilors that they are welcome to attend the Council Development and Induction.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 4: Motion to Approve GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué from Buenos Aires
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Items:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO Council Chair to communicate the
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">GNSO Review of Buenos Aires GAC Communiqué to the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN Board
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO Council Chair to inform the GAC Chair as well as the GAC-GNSO Consultation Group of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 5: Purpose of New gTLD Registration Data Policy Development Process (PDP)
</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Item:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<br>
Encourage GNSO SG & C’s to provide input to the public comment forum<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span><br>
<br>
</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 6: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability – CCWG Accountability<br>
<br>
</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Items:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Encourage GNSO SG and C’s to review the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53778863" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">notes</span></a> from the Paris meeting. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Encourage GNSO SG and C’s to provide input to the public comment forum<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 7: Proposed Cross Community Working Group On New gTLD Auction Proceeds
</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Item:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<br>
Encourage GNSO SG and C’s provide input to the public comment forum. <br>
<br>
<b><u><span style="color:#333333">Item 8: COUNCIL ACTION – GNSO Chair Election Timetable
<br>
<br>
Action Item:<br>
<br>
</span></u></b>Publish the proposed GNSO Chair Election Timetable. Place on agenda for formal consideration and approval at September Council meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Item 9: Any Other Business
<br>
<br>
</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">9.1 -
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Staff request for time extension in preparing the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Preliminary Issue Report.
<br>
<br>
<b>Action Item</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Accept request for time extension in preparing the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Preliminary Issue Report</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Note Council discussion – some councilors expressed concern about the delay</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Council to further discuss and resolve the length of the public comment period</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
9.2 – Discuss appointment of three experts from the GNSO to join new Working Group to review IDN Guidelines: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (due
3 August 2015)<br>
<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Item<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
GNSO Council Chair to follow up in writing with Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. Councilors to work with Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies seeking suggested names of experts.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">9.3 – Selection of a PDP Working Group for facilitated face-to-face meeting at ICANN54. Part of the continued GNSO Council Pilot Project to improve PDP effectiveness.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<b><br>
Action Item</b><br>
<span style="color:red"><br>
</span>GNSO Council Chair to communicate to the <span style="color:black">Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP working group</span> that, based on the analysis by staff, the working group would benefit from a face to face meeting in Dublin and
ask for confirmation that the working group would like to take up the offer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9.4 – Discuss possible Council action regarding IETF proposed standard for .onion as a Special
Use Domain Name: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-onion-tld/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-onion-tld/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (due
11 August 2015)<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Action Item</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<br>
Council needs to consider whether there is scope for future co-operation between the GNSO Council and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">9.5 – Planning for ICANN54</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Action Item</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO Council Vice Chair
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Volker Greimann)
<span style="color:#333333">to assist Chair and staff in Dublin meeting preparations</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">9.6 – Other topics<br>
<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Phillip
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Corwin<span style="color:#333333">, co-chair of the
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GNSO working group on Curative Rights Protection for IGOs and INGO</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> brought
to the Council’s attention the<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/gurria-to-chehade-20jul15-en.pdf" target="_blank"> letter</a> sent
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">by the OECD Secretary-General to ICANN’s CEO Fadi Chehade</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
Action Item</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WG chair’s concern on the process and substance of the letter is noted by the Council. Phillip Corwin to report back to the Council at or before the next Council meeting</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please let me know if you have any questions or if anything has not been captured.<br>
<span style="color:black">Thank you.<br>
Kind regards</span><span style="color:#1F497D">,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen de Saint Géry<br>
GNSO Secretariat<br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="FR" style="color:windowtext">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="FR" style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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