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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#272727">Dear Councilors,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#272727"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please find the action items,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>as stated during the meeting</u>, below arising from the GNSO Council<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>meeting held
on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thursday, 16 December
<span style="color:black">2021.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Please refer to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items" title="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Action+Items"><span lang="EN-GB">Action
Item page</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">for updates on item completion progress.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">P</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">lease take note of the action items coming out of the Council meeting and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please note that actions for all councilors are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:white;background:#7F7F00">highlighted</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3.1 - Motion to confirm Transfer Policy Review PDP (TPR_P1) Project Change Request</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: The GNSO Council instructs policy support staff to update the TPR charter accordingly and post the updated charter on the
GNSO’s website and Working Group wiki. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3.3 - Approval of SSC Leadership for 2021-2022: Arinola Akinyemi (BC) - Chair and Akinremi Peter Taiwo (NCSG) - Vice Chair</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: Policy support staff to notify the SSC of the GNSO Council approval of Arinola Akinyemi (BC) as Chair and Akinremi Peter
Taiwo (NCSG) as Vice Chair for the SSC leadership for 2021-2022. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3.4 - Confirmation of the Recommendations Report to the ICANN Board regarding adoption of recommendations 1-4 contained in the Final Report
from the EPDP Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data – Phase 2A</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat to notify the ICANN Board support staff of the GNSO Council’s confirmation of the Recommendations Report
to the ICANN Board regarding adoption of recommendations 1-4 contained in the Final Report from the EPDP Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data – Phase 2A.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Moved from Consent Agenda: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3.2 - Motion to confirm Specific Curative Rights Protections for Intergovernmental Organizations EPDP (EPDP_SCRP_IGO) Project Change Request</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: The GNSO Council instructs policy support staff to update the EPDP Team’s project plan and other materials accordingly and
post them on the EPDP wiki project space. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Operational Design Phase and Next Steps
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Action Items: GNSO Councilors to review the email from Philippe Fouquart at
</span></b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-December/025259.html"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-December/025259.html</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
on the EPDP Ph2 SSAD ODP and next steps to be prepared to provide questions during the closed session Update on SSAD ODP for GNSO Council and appointed EPDP Team members on 20 December 2021 at 21:00 UTC.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on the SubPro ODP
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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Action Items: GNSO Councilors to review the responses suggested by the Liaison to the SubPro ODP at
</span></b><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vpL6xHHVlmm5Q1Q1MuPz8I4ZgthV6EkO58JE4SAOF2Q/edit?pli=1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vpL6xHHVlmm5Q1Q1MuPz8I4ZgthV6EkO58JE4SAOF2Q/edit?pli=1</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
and provide comments if any by 13 January 2022.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Council ODP Input Review Process
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: GNSO Council Leadership to revise the GNSO Council ODP Input Review Process guidance at
</span></b><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/council-odp-input-review-process-07dec21-en.pdf"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/council-odp-input-review-process-07dec21-en.pdf</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
per the discussion by the GNSO Councilors.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - ICANN73 Planning and Evolving Council Planning for ICANN Meetings
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Action Items: GNSO Councilors to review the GNSO ICANN Meeting session input at
</span></b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i-vwvDaFAES02CIaYwLq2YlXUgfmJ72p3xMTvdIKSn0/edit?usp=sharing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i-vwvDaFAES02CIaYwLq2YlXUgfmJ72p3xMTvdIKSn0/edit?usp=sharing</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
and provide further comments, if any.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Update on Council Consideration of the ICANN Board’s Letter Regarding the IDN Implementation
Guidelines v4.0 </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: GNSO Council leadership to draft a response to the ICANN Board’s Letter Regarding the IDN Implementation Guidelines v4.0
for review by the GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">9.1 - Potential GNSO Council Additional Budget Requests
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">(</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY23+Additional+Budget+Request+%28ABR%29+Process"><span style="color:#0052CC">due
24 january 2022</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: GNSO Councilors to provide suggestions for ABRs if any.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">9.2 - Liaison to the GAC and Review of the GAC Communiqué - reminder that input was
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">requested (see
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-November/025245.html"><span style="color:#0052CC">https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-November/025245.html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">) </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Action Items: GNSO Councilors to provide input if any on the Liaison to the GAC and Review of the GAC
Communiqué per the email at </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-November/025245.html"><b><span style="color:black">https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2021-November/025245.html</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">9.3 - Update on the Consideration of the ICANN Board’s Letter on EPDP Phase 1, Rec. 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: Following Council Small Team meeting with Becky Burr, the Small Team to provide draft Board response for Council review by 7 January
2022.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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