Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 17 February 2005 Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 (11am Los Angeles, 2pm Washington DC, 7pm London, 6am (next day) Melbourne ) Item 1: Approval of minutes Item 2: Report on Amsterdam Consultation on the ICANN Strategic Plan 7-8 February 2005 Item 3: Update on procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture and operation of a gTLD registry. Item 4: Update on WHOIS task forces Item 5: Election for ICANN Board seat #14 (currently held by Michael Palage) - the GNSO Council must affirm the vote of Board Seat #14 no later than 5 May 2005 - the elected Board member takes up seat #14 on 5 June 2005 - Proposed process: -- Call for nominations: Friday 11 March 2005 Call to be sent out on Council list. (only Council members, based on consultation with their constituencies, can nominate) -- End of nominations: Friday 25 March 2005 -- hold election in person at the GNSO Council meeting in Mar del Plata, 6 April 2005 (note a majority of the Council votes must be in favour of the successful candidate - this may require multiple rounds of voting) Item 6: Report from ICANN staff on current complaints raised by Internet users and registrants Item 7: Update from ICANN staff on new appointments, and plans for issues report on re-registration of recently deleted names Item 8: Any other business