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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between end October and end March, WINTER in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 19:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PST) UTC -8+0DST 11:00 Monterrey, Mexico UTC -6+0DST 13:00 Irving, Texas (CST) UTC -6+0DST 13:00 Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC -5+0DST 14:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC -3+0DST 16:00 Sao Paulo, Brazil UTC -3+1DST 17:00 London, United Kingdom UTC +0+0DST 19:00 Brussels, Belgium (CET) UTC +1+0DST 20:00 Barcelona, Spain (CET) UTC +1+0DST 20:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CET) UTC +1+0DST 20:00 Stockholm, Sweden (CET) UTC +1+0DST 20:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC +1+0DST 20:00 Melbourne, Australia UTC +10+1DST 06:00 Friday 18 February Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand UTC +12+1DST 08:00 Friday 18 February ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST ends/starts on last Sunday of March 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with some exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ |