GNSO Council Rome Meeting Agenda

Proposed GNSO Council Agenda Wednesday , March 3, 2004

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
(7:00am Los Angeles, 10:00am Washington DC, 15:00 London, 2:00am (next day) 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 who has notified their absence

Item 1: Approval of Agenda

Item 2: Approval of minutes of last meeting
- 19 February 2004
- Actions arising

Item 3: Update on WHOIS task forces (30 mins)
Receive an update from the WHOIS task force chairs
- key outcomes from workshops
- assess current level of consensus
- possible recommendations

Item 4: Update on PDP for approval process for gtld registry changes (30 mins)
Receive an update from the GNSO Committee chair (Bruce Tonkin)
- key outcomes from workshops - assess current level of consensus
- possible recommendations

Item 5: GNSO 2004 planning (60 mins)
- what are the measurable outcomes we are seeking from ICANN for 2004 given its current level of resourcing
- ie how do we measure success from policy work? (examples may include establishing a baseline for current number of transfer complaints to ICANN, and seeking to reduce that by some percentage, or establishing a baseline for WHOIS data accuracy, and seeking to improve that etc)
- what are the priority areas for further work

Note the following ranked list of priorities was discussed in the meeting of 29 October 2003:
(1) registry services (2) WHOIS (3) new gtlds (4) enforcement (5) UDRP
Marc Schneiders has also suggested considering policy aspects associated with possible re-assignment of the .net gtld.

Item 6: Any other business

(7::00 LA, 10:00 New York, 16:00 Paris, 00:00 midnight Thursday 4 March Japan/Korea,, 04:00 Melbourne, Thursday 4 March
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