Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 27 March 2008

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

Coordinated Universal Time UTC 15:00 - see below for local times
(08:00 Los Angeles, 11:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 23:00 Singapore)

Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting
Scheduled time for meeting 120 minutes.

Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members.

Item 0: Roll call of Council members (5 mins)

Item 1: Update any statements of interest (5 mins)

Item 2: Review/amend agenda (5 mins)

Item 3: Approve GNSO minutes of 31 January 2008 (5 mins)

http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04828.html

Item 4: Confirm Election Results for ICANN Board seat 14 (5 mins)
Please check your vote against your code

http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04814.html

Item 5: Update from Denise Michel on Board activities (15 mins)

5.1 Discuss feedback from Board on new gTLD process

Item 6: IDNC update - Edmon Chung (10 mins)

Item 7: GNSO - ccNSO relations (10 mins)

Item 8: GNSO Improvements - Discuss planning group (20 mins)

8.1 Add members to initial planning group

Item 9: Discuss Whois report - Start discussions on what to ask for a bid on. (20 mins)

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf

Item 10: Report on Single-Character Domain Names at the second -level (20 mins)
- determine next steps

ICANN synthesis on Single-Character Domain Names at the Second-Level

http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-synthesis-on-sldns-27feb08.pdf

Item 11: Vote on Electronic Voting (15 mins)

Absentee voting bylaw amendment

http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf

Item 12: Transfer Denial Reasons PDP Update (10 mins)

INTER-REGISTRAR TRANSFER POLICY ISSUES - PDP Recommendations - 19 Mar 08

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-initial-report-on-irt-policy-17mar08.pdf

Item 13: AOB (5 mins)

Item 14: Action Item Review (5 mins)

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf

(08:00 Los Angeles, 11:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 16:00 Brussels, 02:00 Melbourne, next day)
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