Draft Agenda for GNSO Council meeting Thursday, October 20, 2005 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time UTC 12:00 (5:00 LA, 8:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne Bruce Tonkin will be chairing the GNSO Council teleconference. Scheduled time for meeting - 120 mins. Dial-in number sent individually to each Council member Item 1: Approval of minutes - Committee teleconference - 25 August 2005 - Council teleconference - 1 September 2005 - Council teleconference - 8 September 2005 - Council teleconference - 22 September 2005 Item 2: Staff action items - list of current GNSO work items - update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule Item 3: Process for election of GNSO Council chair - current term of GNSO Council chair finishes 18 November 2005 - consider election for a one month term (18 Nov to 18 Dec 05) to align with terms of Council members that expire at the end of annual general meetings - then hold election with full Council in December Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, .jobs. .mobi etc) - update on questions to structure the evaluation Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds - update on development of issues report Item 6: Policy development for IDNs - update on background document Item 7: Update on WHOIS task force Item 8: Update on ICANN strategic planning from Marina Del Ray Meeting (Marilyn and Ross) Item 9: Update on GNSO operational and strategic planning process Item 10: Any other business (5:00 LA, 8:00 New York, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between April and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 12:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA UTC-8+1DST 5:00 Monterrey, Mexico UTC-6+1DST 7:00 Irving, Texas (CST) UTC-6+1DST 7:00 Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+1DST 8:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 9:00 London, United Kingdom UTC+0+1DST 13:00 Brussels, Belgium (CET) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Stockholm, Sweden (CET) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 19:00 Melbourne, Australia UTC+10+0DST 22:00 Auckland, New Zealand UTC+12+1DST 01:00 Friday 14 October ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2005, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see worldclock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ |