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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#272727">Dear Councilors,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#272727"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><span class="apple-converted-space">Thursday,
25 May 2023</span><span style="color:black">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Please refer to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><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 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 style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">P</span><span 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>
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<span style="color:black">Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please note that actions for all councilors are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:white;background:#7F7F00">highlighted</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">GNSO Council Meeting, 25 May 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 4: Board request for Council input on Nominating Committee (NomCom) rebalancing
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: Staff to call for volunteers on the GNSO Council email distribution list for a small team to develop a draft response from Council to address the Board’s request for input
on NomCom rebalancing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro - Progress Update on Recommendations Marked as Pending </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">5.1 Next Round Policy Implementation - Council liaison to the IRT </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: Staff to request on the email distribution list GNSO
<span style="background:white">Council non-objection to Anne Aikman-Scalese and Susan Payne as joint liaisons and notify GDS of the decision accordingly.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) EPDP Timeline
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: Action Items:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">GNSO Council leadership</span> to submit a request to ICANN Org for the IDNs EPDP working group’s request for two face-to-face workshops in 2023/2024 and inform the GNSO Council.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 7 - COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Work to Prepare Draft Timeline for Closed Generics Policy Process
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Council leadership</span> will instruct staff to continue working towards developing a targeted, achievable scope of work to affirm the Framework elements and fill in any gaps that require additional policy
recommendations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 8: EPDP Phase 2 Small Team Progress Update
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">GNSO Council leadership</span> to convey success criteria to the ICANN Board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 9: State of Progress from DNS Abuse Small Team
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Small Team</span> to provide an update to Council ; share the report with respondents; staff to update the ADR accordingly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 10: ANY OTHER BUSINESS
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">10.2 Accuracy
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">GNSO Council leadership</span> to submit a motion for the June meeting Consent agenda for Council to extend by 6 months.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">10.3 WS2 Framework of Interpretation for Human Rights Proposed updates to GNSO Council templates
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Council members to review</span> templates circulated via email and provide feedback by 7 June at the latest.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">10.5 Non-Registry Liaison to the CSC and Alternate
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: Staff to initiate an EOI for CSC Alternates.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Terri</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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