Bruce: Thank you. I was aware of the call in a couple of hours and I had intended on participating. Although I am generally in "listen mode" during most GNSO Council calls I would be willing to answer any questions which Council members may have. Although I think the joint call with the Board is an excellent idea, I would like to offer the following suggestion. Written questions and answers might be better as they could be submitted anonymously and would allow for maximum participation as not every Board member might be able to make the call. In fact there are generally several directors that miss each call for a variety of reasons. I look forward to further updates from the staff and Council in connection with this endeavor. Best regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:29 PM To: michael@palage.com; council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] Draft agenda for GNSO teleconference on terms of reference for the GNSO review - 25 August 2005 Hello Mike,

So if the council believes that this would be a constructive process I would encourage council to instruct staff to undertake a formalized Q&A process with the ICANN Board ASAP to provide specific reference points of what is and is not working.

The Council has scheduled a call with the ICANN Board on 8 September to do just that. We are having a meeting in 8&1/2 hours- which you are welcome to attend - to ensure we have an initial draft that we can send to the Board for input. Regards, Bruce