Proposed Draft Agenda for 29-31 August Meeting in Amsterdam

MEETING LOCATION:

Sheraton Amsterdam Airport,

Schipol Boulevard 101,

Amsterdam. +31 20 316 4300

REMOTE PARTICIPATION:

Dial in numbers will be sent to the remote participants.

Working Materials are here.

AGENDA

Objective: To review the existing consensus positions contained in the Initial Report and consider those recommendations based on public comments and further constituency inputs

Outcome: Improved recommendations for a Final Report taking account of updated constituency inputs, public comments and committee consensus

TUESDAY 29 AUGUST 2006 -- SELECTION CRITERIA

12h00 — 15h00 — (working lunch provided on site)

• review current recommendations with strong support
• review public comments and other comments received since Initial Report (see Working Materials for more information)
• see if recommendations with strong support need to be clarified further

15h00 — 15h30 Afternoon tea break

15h30 — 17h30 — Selection criteria

• differentiation of purpose discussion
• review recommendations with less support, for example, that applicants demonstrate market demand
• should there be some constraints on strings?

18:30 Committee Members' dinner: Arrangements TBC by GNSO Secretariat

WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST 2006 -- ALLOCATION METHODS & CONTRACTUAL CONDITIONS

09h00 — 10h30 — Allocation Methods

• review current recommendations
• initial batch processing concept (with first come first served element)
• followed by processing as applications arrive
• similar to how registrar accreditations were processed (initially in batches and then FCFS)

10h30 — 11h00 Morning Tea

11h00 — 12h30 — Allocation Methods

• review public comments and other comments received since Initial Report
• how to deal with contention & the impact of auctions, lotteries or comparative evaluations

12h30 — 13h30 Lunch

13h30 — 15h00 Afternoon session — Contractual Conditions

• review current recommendations
• review public comments and other comments received since Initial Report

15h00 — 15h30 Afternoon tea

15h30 — 17h30 Summary session — Allocation Methods & Contractual Conditions

18:30 Committee Members' dinner: Arrangements TBC by GNSO Secretariat

THURSDAY 31 AUGUST 2006 — INTERNATIONALISED DOMAIN NAMES

Objective: To review the existing IDN Issues Report, review President's Committee outputsand consider draft IDN PDP Terms of Reference

Outcome: Development of IDN discussion in the context of new top level domains and ensure alignment of new TLDs work

09h00 - 11h00 — IDN Policy Issues

• consider issues associated with IDN strings and review selection criteria conditions
• examples include differentiation of strings based on language (including multiple languages using ASCII strings)

11h00 — 11h30 — Morning tea

11h30 — 13h00 — IDN Policy Issues

• consider whether to treat existing operators of a string differently from new operators

13h00 — 14h00 — Lunch break

14h00 — 16h00 — Final Review and Next Steps