Proposed GNSO Council Agenda Thursday 1 February 2007
This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council
Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 - see below for local times
(11:00 am Los Angeles, 14:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 6:00 am (next day) Melbourne, 8:00am Wellington next day 2 February 2007)
Bruce Tonkin will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting
Scheduled time for meeting - 120 mins. Dial-in number sent individually to each Council member. Approval of Agenda
Item 0: Roll call of Council members on the call Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Approval of Minutes - 18 January 2007
Item 3: Proposed Working Group on "Protecting the rights of others" - Proposal to form a GNSO working group to consider possible policies and practices that minimize abusive registration activities and other activities that affect the legal rights of others. - Kristina Rosette and Ute Decker to draft terms of reference for Consideration Item 4: Process for electing a replacement for ICANN Board seat #13 Alejandro Pisanty's term on the ICANN Board concludes 6 months after the
ICANN annual meeting in 2006 (ie 8 June 2007). As recorded in the minutes of 19 Feb 04
(http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-19feb04.shtml)
Alejandro is not eligible for re-election as he has reached the term limit provisions in the ICANN bylaws ("no Director may serve more than three consecutive terms"). The GNSO must inform the Secretary of ICANN of its selection for Board Seat #13 before 8 May 2007. Note also at any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region. Rita Rodin was recently selected by the GNSO to fill ICANN Board Seat #14, and is from North America. (From ICANN bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI , Article VI, section 8, clauses 1(e) and 3, and Section 2, clause 3) The GNSO Secretariat will propose a timeline/process for consideration.
Item 5: Any other business
(11:00 LA, 14:00 Washington DC, 20:00 Brussels, 06:00 Melbourne, Friday 2 February 2007.)
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