<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:Wingdings;
        panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Roboto;
        panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0cm;
        font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:#0563C1;
        text-decoration:underline;}
span.apple-converted-space
        {mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.EmailStyle21
        {mso-style-type:personal-reply;
        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
        color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
        margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
        {mso-list-id:69278139;
        mso-list-template-ids:-1243847006;}
@list l1
        {mso-list-id:413090908;
        mso-list-template-ids:-1847154786;}
@list l1:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Courier New";
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l1:level3
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level4
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level5
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level6
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level7
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level8
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level9
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l2
        {mso-list-id:588199582;
        mso-list-template-ids:503880734;}
@list l3
        {mso-list-id:615872933;
        mso-list-template-ids:-103100532;}
@list l4
        {mso-list-id:642078174;
        mso-list-template-ids:-851156636;}
@list l4:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l4:level2
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Courier New";
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l4:level3
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level4
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level5
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level6
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level7
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level8
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level9
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5
        {mso-list-id:938294739;
        mso-list-template-ids:258265152;}
@list l5:level1
        {mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level2
        {mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level3
        {mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level4
        {mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level5
        {mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level6
        {mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level7
        {mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level8
        {mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l5:level9
        {mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6
        {mso-list-id:1071075502;
        mso-list-template-ids:-781703234;}
@list l6:level1
        {mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level2
        {mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level3
        {mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level4
        {mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level5
        {mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level6
        {mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level7
        {mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level8
        {mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l6:level9
        {mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l7
        {mso-list-id:1079209196;
        mso-list-template-ids:-1353162066;}
@list l7:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l7:level2
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Courier New";
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l7:level3
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l7:level4
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l7:level5
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l7:level6
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l7:level7
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l7:level8
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l7:level9
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l8
        {mso-list-id:1117528034;
        mso-list-template-ids:-1685564894;}
@list l9
        {mso-list-id:1198153480;
        mso-list-template-ids:-181652710;}
@list l10
        {mso-list-id:1429502471;
        mso-list-template-ids:1888540784;}
@list l11
        {mso-list-id:1855338327;
        mso-list-template-ids:-1395883810;}
@list l11:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l11:level2
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:o;
        mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Courier New";
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l11:level3
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l11:level4
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l11:level5
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l11:level6
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l11:level7
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l11:level8
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l11:level9
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:;
        mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l12
        {mso-list-id:2001035390;
        mso-list-template-ids:82193312;}
@list l12:level1
        {mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level2
        {mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level3
        {mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level4
        {mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level5
        {mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level6
        {mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level7
        {mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level8
        {mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
@list l12:level9
        {mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-18.0pt;}
ol
        {margin-bottom:0cm;}
ul
        {margin-bottom:0cm;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="en-BE" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#272727">Dear Councilors,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#272727"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-GB">P<span style="color:black">lease 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>Thursday
 15 December 2022<span style="color:black">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Please refer to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><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="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">for updates on item completion progress.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">P</span><span lang="EN-US" style="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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">  Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">Item 3: Consent Agenda
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:#172B4D;margin-top:16.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo10;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Approval of Standing Selection Committee (SSC) leadership for 2022-2023<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: On behalf of the GNSO Council, GNSO support staff: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" start="1" type="1">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:8.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Informs the candidates and the SSC that the GNSO Council  has approved the SSC leadership team and<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks Arinola Akinyemi and Alan Woods for volunteering to serve on the SSC leadership team.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li style="color:#172B4D;margin-top:16.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo12;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Confirmation of the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Chair and GNSO Council representative to the WS2 Community Coordination Group<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: On behalf of the GNSO Council, the ICANN org support staff
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#172B4D">thanks Olga Cavalli for her service and Manju Chen for volunteering to serve as the Chair of the CCOICI and as the GNSO Council representative to the WS2 Community Coordination Group
 (CCG) and requests her to report back to the GNSO Council on a regular basis on the status of the CCG’s deliberations. [</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li style="color:#172B4D;margin-top:16.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo13;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Acknowledgment of the GNSO Council liaison to the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) for Applicant Support<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: On behalf of the GNSO Council, the GNSO support staff
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#172B4D">notifies Paul McGrady and the members of the Working Group that the GNSO Council has approved Paul McGrady in the position of Liaison from the GNSO Council to the GGP for Applicant
 Support Working Group. [COMPLETE]</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li style="color:#172B4D;margin-top:16.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo14;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Acknowledgment of the<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/draft/draft-subpro-ggp-initiation-request-clean-26oct22-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0052CC"> Work Plan
</span></a>for the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) for Applicant Support<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: On behalf of the GNSO Council, the GNSO support staff notifies the GGP for Applicant Support WG of its
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#172B4D">approval of the WG’s Work Plan and Timeline.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Adopting the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvements (CCOICI)’s Work Stream 2 (WS2)
 Recommendations Report </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: The GNSO Council directs GNSO staff support to:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" start="1" type="1">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:8.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo15;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communicate the WS2 status designations as outlined in the Recommendations Report to the relevant ICANN org colleagues to document the Council’s assessment of these recommendations; <o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo15;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Move forward with the implementation recommendations related to 2.1.2. (Petition for Removal of Directors);<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo15;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work on a proposed implementation of the recommendations, consulting relevant community experts as needed. This proposed implementation is to be reviewed by the GNSO Council before implementation;
 and<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo15;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank the CCOICI for its work and expresses its appreciation to Olga Cavalli, who served until recently as the Chair of the CCOICI. [COMPLETE]<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Expired Domain Deletion Policy and the Expired Registration Recovery Policy Next Steps
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items:
<span style="background:white">The GNSO Council agreed to create a small team including: Greg DiBiase, Susan Payne, and Nacho Amadoz,
</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#172B4D;background:white">to review the report from Contractual Compliance in detail and determine if any of the issues raised warrant further work at present.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Debrief From Council-Specific SubPro Operational Design Assessment (ODA) Webinar and Q&A (</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start:48px" start="1" type="1">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:8.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo16;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO Council to reconstitute the previous SubPro ODP Q&A small team to develop questions to the ODA ICANN Org team and feedback to the Board.  Volunteers from Council include Jeff Neuman, Anne
 Aikman-Scalese, Thomas Rickert, and Susan Payne.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo16;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO Support staff to develop a draft assignment form to help guide the work of the small team.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;background:white">
<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">8.1 - Vacant Council Liaison positions (TPR)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: GNSO Chair to ask a Councilor to take on the role. Osvaldo Novoa volunteered. Secretariat staff to notify the TPR PDP WG accordingly.
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">8.2 - Standing Committee on ICANN Budget & Operations (SCBO) new approach - any objections?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: Staff to carry out the steps to evolve the SCBO as outlined in the evolution proposal at:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dQ7cAQeVpwfmeTC11H9BrF3UyWqtOvdFs2yN7kCvZRQ/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dQ7cAQeVpwfmeTC11H9BrF3UyWqtOvdFs2yN7kCvZRQ/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">8.3 - Any suggested Additional Budget Requests (ABRs)?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: Staff to provide a draft of an ABR for GNSO Council to consider at its meeting on 19 January to decide whether to submit for the
 deadline of 30 January 2023.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">8.4 - Update on RPMs IRT timeline</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: John McElwaine to seek additional information during the next IRT meeting in January 2023.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">8.5 - DNS abuse
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/draft/draft-dns-abuse-letters-22nov22-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0052CC">draft letters</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Action Items: DNS Abuse Team leadership to review suggestion in relation to requesting respondents to provide their definition of bulk registrations
 and suggest updates to the letter as deemed appropriate by Friday, 16 December.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>