Hello All, See below for a draft agenda. Note that USA moves onto Daylight savings time on 11 March, but most other places don't change until later in March - so the time of the meeting for March will still be 19:00 UTC. At the end of the meeting, I have allocated time under agenda item 11 to deal with any issues arising from the election process. As I am a candidate in the election, I will not chair this discussion. I will make myself available for phone interview by Council members and the leadership of constituencies. This could be scheduled for the second hour of the call. If there are any other candidates - they will also be invited, and if they are unable to make the call - a separate interview time will be scheduled by ICANN staff. Regards, Bruce Tonkin Draft Agenda for Council meeting - Thursday 15 March 2007 12:00 LA, 15:00 Washington DC, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 Brussels, 6:00 Melbourne next day 16 March 2007 Item 0: Roll call of Council members on the call Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Approval of Minutes - 1 February 2007 http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03223.html Item 3: Working Group on "Protecting the rights of others" - Ratify statement of work at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03230.html - propose extension of deadline until May 2007 Item 4: Observers in working groups - Ratify observer rules for working groups at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03272.html Item 5: Update progress from Reserved Names working group - report from Chuck Gomes Item 6: Update progress from IDN working group - report from Ram Mohan Item 7: Update from WHOIS task force - final report - meeting with GAC in Lisbon - next steps - possible implementation working group Item 8: Update on PDP-Feb 06 - contractual conditions for existing gTLDs - final report - summary of any consensus recommendations Item 9: Update on PDP-Dec 05 - new gTLDs - status of report for Lisbon - meeting with GAC in Lisbon - further work to be done Item 10: any other business ** Item 11: GNSO Board election - BT to hand over chair, and will not participate as a Council member - update from staff on next steps - opportunity for Council and constituency leadership to interview candidates Regards, Bruce Tonkin