GNSO Council Vancouver meeting Agenda

Proposed GNSO Council Agenda Monday, November 28, 2005

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

Coordinated Universal Time UTC 17:00 - see below for local times
(9am Los Angeles, 12:00 Washington DC, 17:00 London, 4:00 am (next day) Melbourne, 6:00am Wellington next day 29 November)

Bruce Tonkin will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting
Scheduled time for meeting - 120 mins.

Dial-in number sent individually to each Council member not physically present in Vancouver.

Approval of Agenda

Item 1: Approval of minutes
- GNSO Council teleconference - 13 October 2005
- GNSO Council teleconference - 20 October 2005

Item 2: Staff action items
- list of current GNSO work items
- update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule

Item 3: Election of GNSO Council chair
- Bruce Tonkin has been nominated and seconded
- term from 18 Nov 2005 until one month after 2005 AGM (4 Jan 2006)

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
- discuss issues report
- decide whether to commence a PDP

Item 6: Policy development for IDNs
- discuss background document
- decide whether to formally request an issues report
section 1 - Raising an Issue
section 2 - Creation of the Issue Report

Item 7: WHOIS: Final Recommendation regarding handling conflicts between
a registrar/registry's legal obligations under privacy laws and their
contractual obligations to ICANN
- vote on final recommendation as completed by the WHOIS task force on
19 Oct

Item 8: WHOIS task force
- progress on purpose and definitions of contacts

Item 9: Update on GNSO strategic plan

Item 10: Update on GNSO operational plan

Item 11: Any other business

(9:00 LA, 12:00 New York, 18:00 Brussels, 04:00 Melbourne, Tuesday 29 November 2005.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia UTC+3+0DST 20:00
Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 00:00 Thursday 17 November 2005
Melbourne, Australia UTC+10+1DST 06:00 Tuesday 29 November 2005
Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand UTC+12+1DST 08:00 Tuesday 29 November 2005
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