GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda

Proposed GNSO Open Council Meeting in Mexico City Agenda 4 March 2009

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

Coordinated Universal Time 14:00 UTC - see below for local times
(08:00 Mexico City, 06:00 Los Angeles, 09:00 Washington DC, 14:00 London, 15:00 Brussels, 01:00 Melbourne next day)

Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting
Scheduled time for meeting 08:00 - 12:30

Remote participation dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members.

Item 0: Roll call of Council members 8:00 8:05

Item 1: Update any statements of interest

Item 2: Review/amend agenda

Item 3: Whois issues 08:05 - 09:00

• 3.1 Whois Studies
   
  • Presentation on Staff request
  • Open discussion
  • Vote on request motion
    https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?04_mar_2009_motions
     
• 3.2 Current Whois policy requirements for IDNs
   
  • Discussion of SSAC issues and whether there is a policy issue
  • Open discussion

Item 4: Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Discussion 09:00 - 09:45

• 4.1 Staff update on status and options
  
  Staff RAA Amendments briefing paper provided to community on 12 Dec. 2008:
  https://archive.icann.org/en/gnso/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05907.html
  
  Staff RAA Amendments briefing paper provided to community on 29 Oct. 2008:
  https://archive.icann.org/en/gnso/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05617.html
  
  Consultation on RAA Amendments:
  http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/raa-public-comments-23oct07.pdf
   
• 4. 2 Brief Position Statements from Constituencies, NomCom reps and Liaisons".
   
• 4. 3 Open discussion
   
• 4. 4 Vote on motion
  
  https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?04_mar_2009_motions

BREAK 09:45 - 10:00

Item 5: Registry Services Evaluation Process 10:00 - 10:30

• 5. 1 Staff update
   
• 5.2 Anwers to questions raised on Council list
   
• 5.3 Q/A and discussion

Item 6: GNSO Improvements and Restructuring 10:30 - 11:15

• 6.1 Policy Pprocess Steering Ccommittee (PPSC) and Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Activities including Work Team (WT) status
  • Status Updates
  • Q/A and Discussion
     
• 6.2 Update on constituency re-certification
  
  http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/renewal-process-en.htm
  • Status Updates
  • Q/A and Discussion
     
• 6.3 Update on Stakeholder Group charters
  • Status Updates
  • Q/A and Discussion
     
• 6.4 Endorsement of Report of ALAC/GNSO WG on User Involvement in the GNSO
  • Explanation of the Report
  • Q/A and Discussion
     
• 6.5 Brief Self introduction of prospective constituencies that have filed "Notice of Intent to Form New Constituency"

BREAK 11:15 - 11:30

Item 7: Open Microphone 11:30 - 12:30

(06:00 Los Angeles, 08:00 Mexico City, 09:00 Washington DC, 14:00 London, 15:00 Brussels, 01:00 Melbourne next day)
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Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 14:00
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California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 06:00
Mexico City, UTC-6+0DST 08:00
New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 09:00
Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-2+1DST 12:00
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-2+1DST 11:00
London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 14:00
Brussels, Belgium (CET) UTC+1+0DST 15:00
Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 15:00
Barcelona, Spain (CET) UTC+1+0DST 15:00
Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+1DST 19:00
Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 22:00
Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 22:00
Melbourne, Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 01:00 (Thursday 5 March.)
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