[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, Ahead of the GNSO Council minutes, Council passed the following motions at its meeting on September 28, 2006. 1. The GNSO Council resolves: a) To instruct the PDPFeb06 task force to continue its work, to appoint an interim chair b) To instruct staff to propose a work schedule in agreement with the interim chair and Task Force this week and carry it out c) To ask the General Counsel within 14 days to list all ICANN agreements sections on consensus policy d) To ask the General Counsel within 14 days to compare and contrast the PDP06 Terms of Reference with the so –called “picket fence” consensus policy areas and provide a without prejudice assessment of likelihood of in or out of scope indicating uncertainty as necessary. Passed by acclaim. 2. The GNSO Council resolves: To request the Board to delay any decision on the .biz .info and .org agreements until the ICANN Board meeting after the Sao Paolo ICANN meetings 2006 and to take into account the current outcome of the PDPFeb06 task force at that time. Roll call vote. The motion passed. 11 votes in favour, 6 votes against, (Kiyoshi Tsuru dropped off the call at the time of the vote) 3. The GNSO Council resolves: To direct staff to begin information gathering, to conduct research and combine the background and historical information that would be necessary to review the policy development process and then make eventual changes to that process. Passed by acclaim Kind regards, Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org