Draft Agenda for GNSO Council meeting Thursday, September 22, 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
- GNSO Council teleconference - 18 August 2005 Item 2: Staff action items
- list of current GNSO work items
- status report on single letter domain names
- update on statements of interest and amendment to the bylaws
- GNSO Councillors induction proposal for Vancouver
- GNSO session in ICANN newcomers session at Vancouver
- update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule Item 3: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, .jobs. .mobi etc)
- determine next steps
E.g
- clearly define remaining questions
- a 30 day comment period - require constituency statements, registry operator statements
- staff to produce evaluation report
- identify time required from staff Item 4: Policy Development Process for new gtlds
- initiate vote for an issues report (as per annex A, Section 1 (b) of the bylaws) - issues report to contain background material on:
* whether to continue to introduce new gTLDs
- collect previous submissions from constituencies on new gTLDs
* the criteria for approving applications for new gTLDs
- collect previous material used for .org and .net tenders
* the allocation method, assuming that there was a limit to how many gTLDs could be introduced at once
- collect previous input (e.g OECD etc)
* the key contractual conditions for those gTLDs which might include conditions such as : escrow policies, obligation to use an ICANN accredited registrar etc.
- collect current significant conditions from new gTLD agreements Item 5: Policy development for IDNs
- recommend request staff to provide a background document listing all past Board decisions regarding the implementation of IDNs, and the status of the IDN guidelines
- this can be a precursor to motion to request an official issues report
- establish clearly roles of:
-- President's Advisory Committee on IDN
-- IDN registry review group (gtld and cctld reps) to development Guidelines for the Implementation of the IETF IDN standards
-- GAC work on IDNs
-- GNSO/ccNSO policy development initiative Item 6: Draft terms of reference for GNSO Review
- review current version Item 7: Discussion whether to initiate an "issues report" on single letter domain names (as per annex A, Section 1 (b) of the bylaws) Item 8: Update on GNSO Planning teleconferences Item 9: Any other business (5:00 LA, 8:00 New York, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne)
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