Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 22 September 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 - teleconference - 18 August 2005 Item 2: Staff action items - list of current GNSO work items - status report on single letter domain names - update on statements of interest and amendment to the bylaws - GNSO Councillors induction proposal for Vancouver - GNSO session in ICANN newcomers session at Vancouver Item 3: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, .jobs. .mobi etc) - determine next steps E.g - clearly define remaining questions - a 30 day comment period - require constituency statements, registry operator statements - staff to produce evaluation report - identify time required from staff Item 4: Policy Development Process for new gtlds - initiate vote for an issues report (as per annex A, Section 1 (b)) of the bylaws) - issues report to contain background material on: * whether to continue to introduce new gTLDs - collect previous submissions from constituencies on new gTLDs * the criteria for approving applications for new gTLDs - collect previous material used for .org and .net tenders * the allocation method, assuming that there was a limit to how many gTLDs could be introduced at once - collect previous input (e.g OECD etc) * the key contractual conditions for those gTLDs which might include conditions such as : escrow policies, obligation to use an ICANN accredited registrar etc. - collect current significant conditions from new gTLD agreements Item 5: Policy development for IDNs - recommend request staff to provide a background document listing all past Board decisions regarding the implementation of IDNs, and the status of the IDN guidelines - this can be a precursor to motion to request an official issues report - establish clearly roles of: -- President's Advisory Committee on IDN -- IDN registry review group (gtld and cctld reps) to development Guidelines for the Implementation of the IETF IDN standards -- GAC work on IDNs -- GNSO/ccNSO policy development initiative Item 6: Draft terms of reference for GNSO Review - review current version Item 7: Update on GNSO Planning teleconferences Item 8: Any other business