Proposed GNSO Council Agenda for the Open Council Meeting in Cairo 5 November 2008 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time 06:00 UTC - Cairo - 08:00 -see below for local times Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for meeting 4 hours. Dial-in numbers for remote participation sent individually to absent Council members. Item 1: Start of Meeting (08:00 - 08:15) 1.1: Remote connectivity check 1.2: Roll Call 1.3: Update of Statements of Interest 1.4: Agenda review Item 2: Update on AGP Budget Provision and Consensus Policy (08:30 - 09:00) Craig Schwartz Item 3: Report and Discussion on GNSO Improvements and restructuring (09:00-09:30) Avri Doria, Chuck Gomes GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implement... Item 4: WHOIS Discussions/feedback on Studies for which estimates are requested (09:30-10:00) 4.1 Background Update - Liz Gasster 4.2 Status Update - Chuck Gomes WHOIS Reference Documents: GNSO WHOIS resolution of 31 October 2007 http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200710 GAC WHOIS study recommendations of 16 April 2008 http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf WHOIS Study Group Report to the GNSO Council 22 May 2008 - http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-study-group-report-to-council-... SSAC report 33 http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac033.pdf WHOIS Hypotheses Study Group Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-study-hypothesis-group-report-to-co... ALAC statement on WHOIS studies https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?statement_on_whois_hypothesis_worki... Item 5: Discussion/Feedback on New gTLD planning (10:00-10:30) Should the GNSO Council be taking any action at this point? - Discussion - Open Microphone Item 6: Discussion on Single Character Names in existing gTLDs (10:30-10:50) Patrick Jones - Retrospective - Where things stand Reference document Reserved Names Working Group Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/final-report-rn-wg-23may07.htm Excerpts from GNSO Reserved Names WG Report Recommendations regarding Geographic & Geopolitical Reserved Names Top Level (ASCII and Unicode strings) http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/excerpts-gnso-reserved-names-wg-repor... Item 7: General Open Discussion (10:50 -11:50) Item 8: AOB Pending Motions (if any) (11:50 -12:00) 8.1 Confirmation of ccNSO Liaison 8.2 Acknowledge and create a schedule for GNSO Issues Report on Registration Abuse Policies1 http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registration-abuse/gnso-issues-report-registrat... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 06:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 22:00 Cedar Rapids (CST)UTC-6+0DST 00:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 01:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-2+1DST 04:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-2+1DST 04:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 06:00 Brussels, Belgium (CET) UTC+1+0DST 07:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 07:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 07:00 Barcelona, Spain (CET) UTC+1+0DST 07:00 Oslo, Norway (CET) UTC+1+0DST 07:00 Cairo, Egypt UTC+2+0DST 08:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+6+0DST 11:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 13:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 14:00 Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 14:00 Melbourne, Australia (EST) UTC+10+1DST 17:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST ends on last Sunday of October 2008, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org