Proposed GNSO Council Agenda Thursday 12 April 2007 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time UTC 12:00 - see below for local times (05:00 am Los Angeles, 08:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 22:00 Melbourne, 00:00am Wellington next day 13 April 2007) Bruce Tonkin and Philip Sheppard will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for meeting - 120 mins. Dial-in number sent individually to each Council member. Approval of Agenda Item 0: Roll call of Council members on the call Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Approval of minutes - minutes for 28 March 2007 not yet available Item 3: Ratify election results for ICANN Board seat #13 Item 4: Ratify WHOIS working group statement of work and appoint an interim chair http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03357.html Item 5: Protection of IGO Names and Abbreviations in line with WIPO 2 - consider recommendation from the intellectual property constituency http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03368.html The constituency recommends that: "The GNSO Council should request an Issues Report from ICANN staff to further explore the issues involved in introducing a separate dispute resolution procedure (DRP) specifically for addressing disputes involving IGO names and abbreviations. Based on this Issues Report, the GNSO Council may then consider launching a PDP on the topic. " see correspondence on this topic: http://www.icann.org/correspondence/ on this topic. http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-tarmizi-13mar06.pdf http://www.icann.org/correspondence/tarmizi-to-twomey-15jun06.pdf Item 6: Revision of Transfers Policy - consider staff recommendations http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03369.html Item 7: Ratify extension to Reserved Names Working Group statement of work http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03373.html Item 8: Any other business (05:00 LA, 08:00 Washington DC, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne, 00:00 Wellington Friday 13 April 2007) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 12:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+1DST 05:00 Mexico City, Mexico UTC-6+1DST 07:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 09:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 13:00 Brussels, Belgium (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Stockholm, Sweden (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Oslo, Norway (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia UTC+3+0DST 15:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 19:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 20:00 Melbourne, Australia (EST) UTC+10+0DST 22:00 Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand UTC+12+0DST 00:00 Friday 13 April 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2007, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com |