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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 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,
24 August 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 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, 24 August 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (5 minutes) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Approval of the 2023 Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Slate</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: The GNSO Secretariat notifies ICANN Org staff supporting the CSC no later than 1 September 2023 that the GNSO has approved the 2023 CSC slate of members and liaisons
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - SubPro Small Team Clarifying Statement (20 minutes)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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On behalf of the GNSO Council the GNSO Secretariat communicates the Clarifying Statement to the ICANN Board that the Council has approved regarding select pending SubPro recommendations.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
The GNSO Secretariat to extend thanks from the GNSO Council to the ICANN Board for its collegial, constructive, and pragmatic approach to addressing select pending recommendations and in particular, extends thanks to the co-leads of the Board’s Caucus on SubPro,
Avri Doria and Becky Burr.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) Recommendations Report on Review of the Statement of
Interest (SOI) Requirements (20 minutes) </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</span> to review Recommendations Report in view of a vote to consider the report for adoption at the next Council meeting.</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 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Chartering the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”) (15 minutes) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: Staff to seek volunteers for a Charter Drafting Team for the Standing Predictability Implementation Review Team (“SPIRT”).</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 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - SubPro Pending Recommendations - Expected Non-Adoption (20 minutes)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: Staff to update the Small Team assignment document, including participation, for the Small Team to review at its next meeting; upon agreement the Small Team will submit the
revised form to the GNSO Council for adoption. </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 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Closed Generics (20 minutes) </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 update the joint letter based on the discussion with Council and forward it to Council for reference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Item 9: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white">
<span style="color:black">9.3 Discussion Paper on .Quebec</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Discussion Paper about “.québec” Challenges</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">ALAC correspondence on DotQuebec</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
GNSO Council</span> to provide EPDP-IDNs Team guidance that indicates that the .québec issue is not in scope for the EPDP.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">9.4 Grant Program implementation update to Chartering Organizations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Action Items: <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
Council to review</span> materials shared <a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2023-August/027174.html">
<span style="color:#1155CC">via the mailing list</span></a> and consider the ask “please let us know if you are comfortable in having them [former CCWG-AP members] engage in this conversation or whether it should be held differently”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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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