Hello All, Below is a draft agenda for the Council meeting on 18 May 2006. I have held off inviting ICANN Board candidates for Board seat #14 to speak to the Council, until we have some more certainty on the timing of the re-consideration request, and the business constituency have had time to consider appointing Council members for the purpose of the election. The next steps will be discussed and agreed upon as part of item 9 of the agenda. Although the agenda appears long - most of the items are status reports. Regards Bruce Draft Agenda for Council meeting - Thursday 18 May 2006 Coordinated Universal Time UTC 12:00 (5:00am Los Angeles, 8:00am Washington DC, 9:00am Buenos Aires, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 19:00 Phnom Penh, 22:00 Melbourne, 00:00 Auckland) Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: WHOIS task force membership Proposed motion 1: "The GNSO Council appoints Jordyn Buchanan as a non-voting outside adviser to the WHOIS Task force under Annex A, Section 5(a) of the ICANN bylaws. Jordyn is able to participate fully as a member of the task force and is able to act in the role of chair if so elected by the task force." Proposed motion 2: "The GNSO Council appoints Avri Doria as a voting outside adviser to the WHOIS task force under Annex A, Section 5(a) of the ICANN bylaws. Avri is able to participate fully as a member of the task force and is able to act in the role of chair if so elected by the task force. Item 3: Update on WHOIS task force activities Item 4: IDN issues report - agree next steps - e.g relating to the formation of a working group to review the issues and develop a terms of reference for a new PDP Item 5: Update on PDP-Feb06 - Contractual conditions for existing gTLDs - Dr Liz Williams Item 6: Update on PDP-Dec05 - new gTLDs - Dr Liz Williams Item 7: Update on GNSO meeting procedures Item 8: Update on GNSO review - Dr Liz Williams Item 9: Process and timing of next steps for the GNSO election Item 10: Update on planning for Morocco meeting - hotel arrangements, use of weekend prior to the meeting. Regards, Bruce Tonkin