Proposed GNSO Council Agenda Thursday, 17 February, 2005

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

Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00

(11:00 LA, 14:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels, 6:00 am next day 18 February, 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 0: Approval of Agenda

Item 1: Approve the minutes of :
GNSO Council Teleconference 13 January 2005

Item 2: Report on Amsterdam Consultation on the ICANN Strategic Plan 7-8 February 2005.

Item 3: Update on procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture and operation of a gTLD registry.

Item 4: Update on WHOIS task forces

Item 5: Election for ICANN Board seat #14 (currently held by Michael Palage)
- the GNSO Council must affirm the vote of Board Seat #14 no later than 5 May 2005
- the elected Board member takes up seat #14 on 5 June 2005
- Proposed process: -
-- Call for nominations: Friday 11 March 2005 Call to be sent out on Council list. (only Council members, based on consultation with their constituencies, can nominate)
-- End of nominations: Friday 25 March 2005
-- hold election in person at the GNSO Council meeting in Mar del Plata, 6 April 2005
(note a majority of the Council votes must be in favour of the successful candidate
- this may require multiple rounds of voting)

Item 6: Report from ICANN staff on current complaints raised by Internet users and registrants

Item 7: Update from ICANN staff on new appointments, and plans for issues report on re-registration of recently deleted names

Item 8: Any other business

(11:00 LA, 14:00 New York, 20:00 Paris, 06:00 Melbourne Friday 18 February 2005
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