Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 20 October 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 - Committee teleconference - 25 August 2005 - Council teleconference - 1 September 2005 - Council teleconference - 8 September 2005 - Council teleconference - 22 September 2005 Item 2: Staff action items - list of current GNSO work items - update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule Item 3: Process for election of GNSO Council chair - current term of GNSO Council chair finishes 18 November 2005 - consider election for a one month term (18 Nov to 18 Dec 05) to align with terms of Council members that expire at the end of annual general meetings - then hold election with full Council in December Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, .jobs. .mobi etc) - update on questions to structure the evaluation Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds - update on development of issues report Item 6: Policy development for IDNs - update on background document Item 7: Update on WHOIS task force Item 8: Update on ICANN strategic planning from Marina Del Ray Meeting (Marilyn and Ross) Item 9: Update on GNSO operational and strategic planning process Item 10: Any other business