[To: council@gnso.icann.org] Please note the two latest ICANN announcements concerning: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-06oct03.htm President Appoints Joint Working Group for WIPO-2 Process Issues http://www.icann.org/carthage/deletes-topic.htm One of the topics scheduled for ICANN Board discussion and possible action in Carthage, Tunisia (27-31 October 2003) is the Final Report of the GNSO Council's Deletes Task Force. The Deletes Task Force report recommends ICANN adopt a new uniform policy concerning gTLD registrar procedures for handling expiration of domain registrations. GNSO Secretrariat