GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda

Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 8 January 2009

This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council

Coordinated Universal Time19:00 UTC - see below for local times
(11:00 Los Angeles, 14:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels, 06:00 Melbourne next day)

Avri Doria and Chuck Gomes will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting
Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins.

Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members.

Item 0: Roll call of Council members

Pierre Bonis ccNSO observer
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/bonis-soi-19dec08.shtml

Item 1: Update any statements of interest

Item 2: Review/amend agenda

Item 3: Approve GNSO Council minutes: (Items 0-3 15 mins)
20 November 2008
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg06026.html

Item 4: Confirm GNSO Council Chair election results (Chuck Gomes chairs) (5 mins)

Item 5: RAA Discussion and vote (15 mins)

Updated redline copy
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/redline-2001-raa-25nov08.pdf

Updated RAA provisions comparison
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/raa-provisions-comparison-16dec08.pdf

Current list of proposed RAA amendments – 16 December 2008
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.pdf

See proposed motion:
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?08_jan_2009_motions

Item 6: New gTLDs Implementation (15 mins)

See new gTLD motion 1 on Wiki
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?08_jan_2009_motions

Next steps regarding draft New gTLD Guidebook issues for which Staff varied significantly from GNSO recommendations (geographic names, single character IDN names, other?)

Item 7: IDN Deployment - Discussion and motion (15 mins)

See new gTLD motion 2 on Wiki
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?08_jan_2009_motions

Item 8: GNSO Improvements Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Charter approval (10 mins)

See motion on Wiki
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?08_jan_2009_motions

Item 9: GNSO comments re IDN ccTLD fast track implementation plan (10 mins)

Item 10: Status Updates (15 mins)
10.1 Board Update

10.2 Policy Items
10.2.1 Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery
10.2.3 Travel Policy
10.2.3 Other?

10.3 Drafting Teams
10.3.1 Whois
10.3.2 Registration Abuse Policy
10.3.3 ccTLD response

10.4 Working Groups
10.4.1 Fast Flux
10.4.2 IRTP Part A PDP

10.5 GNSO "Improvements"
10.5.1 PPSC Update
10.5.2 OSC Update

10.6 GNSO Restructuring

Item 11: AOB

11.1 GNSO Council Vice Chair elections
11.2 Other ?

(11:00 Los Angeles, 14:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 20:00 Brussels, 06:00 Melbourne next day)
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