GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda

Draft Agenda for GNSO Council meeting Thursday, October 20, 2005

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

Coordinated Universal Time UTC 12:00
(5:00 LA, 8:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 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 1: Approval of minutes
- Committee teleconference - 25 August 2005
- Council teleconference - 1 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 8 September 2005
- Council teleconference - 22 September 2005

Item 2: Staff action items
- list of current GNSO work items
- update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule

Item 3: Process for election of GNSO Council chair
- current term of GNSO Council chair finishes 18 November 2005
- consider election for a one month term (18 Nov to 18 Dec 05) to align
with terms of Council members that expire at the end of annual general
meetings
- then hold election with full Council in December

Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel,
.jobs. .mobi etc)
- update on questions to structure the evaluation

Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds
- update on development of issues report

Item 6: Policy development for IDNs
- update on background document

Item 7: Update on WHOIS task force

Item 8: Update on ICANN strategic planning from Marina Del Ray Meeting
(Marilyn and Ross)

Item 9: Update on GNSO operational and strategic planning process

Item 10: Any other business

(5:00 LA, 8:00 New York, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne)
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Auckland, New Zealand UTC+12+1DST 01:00 Friday 14 October
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