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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find the Action Items arising from the GNSO Public Council meeting in Dublin on Wednesday, 21 October 2015.<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 4: MOTION – Adoption of Final Report from the Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group<b><br>
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</b>Action Item:</span></u><b><span lang="EN-GB" 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";mso-fareast-language:FR">Staff to update GNSO Operating Procedures per the adopted recommendations<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span></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"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Item 5: MOTION – Adoption of
</span></u><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace WHOIS PDP WG Charter
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Action item: </span></u><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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Councillors are encouraged to review the motion and proposed charter ahead of the next meeting and provide any comments/edits as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 7: DISCUSSION – Letters from the Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Item:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Confirm new GNSO Council Liaison to SCI (note, new liaison, Amr Elsadr, confirmed during GNSO Wrap-up meeting in Dublin on Thursday 22 October 2015)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 8: DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION – Request from ICANN Board concerning possible policy work on Replacement Insurance Requirements
for ICANN-accredited Registrars </span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Item:<br>
</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Draft response to ICANN Board taking into account feedback and discussion during the meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 9: Request from ICANN Board concerning possible policy work on Exclusive Registry Access to Generic Strings
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Action Items:</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Draft response to ICANN Board requesting further information on their expectation of the time line and next steps concerning this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 11: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – New ICANN Meeting Strategy
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action Item:</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Council, Stalkeholder Groups and Constituencies encouraged to provide </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">input, ideas and suggestions<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> about the GNSO related meetings as part
of the new ICANN Meeting Strategy which will be implemented in 2016<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> to Volker Greimann.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 12: Thanks to outgoing Councillors
</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Action item:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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Secretariat to send the absent Councillors gifts in recognition of their services.<br>
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Please let me know if there is anything that should be added or was not captured.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kind regards,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen</span><span 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"">Glen de Saint Géry<br>
GNSO Secretariat<br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" 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";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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