Bruce, I would like to raise a topic for discussion before the Council call, and we may want to ask the ICANN GC or assistant GC to advise the Council. As I recall, consensus policy takes 2/3s majority. Due to weighted voting there are 27 total votes. However, with one vacancy of the Nominating Committee appointees, there are actually only 26 votes. Thus 2/3s would be of the 26 votes, not 27. Let's confirm that first with General Counsel. Then, 2/3s would be .... 17 votes, or 18 votes? I think it is 17.4, which would be 17. -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:34 AM To: Bruce Tonkin; council@gnso.icann.org Cc: Kurt Pritz; Paul Verhoef; gnso.icann; Tim Cole; Tina Dam; Maria Farrell; Paul Twomey Subject: [council] Draft Agenda for GNSO Council teleconference - Thursday 23 June 2005 Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 23 June 2005 Coordinated Universal Time UTC 12:00 (5:00 Los Angeles, 8:00 Washington DC, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne) Item 1: Approval of minutes Item 2: Staff report - current areas of work - WHOIS, new gtlds, transfers, IDNs - update on strategic/operational planning process - status of meeting agenda for Luxembourg - update from Paul Twomey on WSIS/WGIG Item 3: Consideration of final report from the WHOIS task force with respect to improving notification and consent for the use of contact data in the Whois system. Item 4: Approval of voting rules for combined WHOIS task force Item 5: new gtlds - update from staff Item 6: update of GNSO Council meetings in Mar Del Plata Item 7: Any other business