[announce] REMINDER - NC telecon, 26 February 2001, 13:00 LA, 16:00 NY, 22:00 Paris, 8:00 Melbourne next day

[DNSO Secretariat <DNSO.Secretariat@dnso.org>]

REMINDER for tomorrow, 26 February 2001, NC teleconference.
The attached agenda includes URSs to documents
as well as PHONE +PASSCODE numbers.
The council@dnso.org list has been updated with 2 new members
from the NCDNH Constituency: Vany Martinez and Milton Mueller.
Thank you to Dany Vandromme for his excellent work and
participation to the NC meetings.


[ cf. http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010226.NCtelecon-agenda.html ]

ICANN/DNSO

       DNSO Names Council Teleconference on 26 February 2001 - agenda
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14 February 2001.

This agenda was established according to the agenda procedures Version 4,
August 2000 proposed by the NC Intake Committee, and adopted by the NC for 3
months.

     Agenda NC 26 February 2001 (120 mins)

     Timeline
        o Prepared, approved and amended by the Intake Committee and the NC
          Chair
        o Deadline for supporting documents = 7 days before = 19 February

Date, time, phones and webcast

  1. The Names Council teleconference will be held on 26 February at the
     following time:

(13:00 LA, 16:00 New York, 22:00 CET, 6:00 next day Japan/Korea, 8:00 Melbourne)
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      Local time between November and end March, WINTER in the NORTH hemisphere
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      Reference (Coordinated Universal Time)     UTC         21:00
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      California, USA                            UTC-8+0DST  13:00
      Missouri, USA                              UTC-6+0DST  15:00
      Monterrey, Mexico                          UTC-6+0DST  15:00
      Washington DC, USA                   (EST) UTC-5+0DST  16:00
      St.Thomas, Virgin Islands                  UTC-4+0DST  17:00
      Santiago, Chile                            UTC-4+1DST  18:00 since 15 Oct
      Buenos Aires, Argentina                    UTC-3+0DST  18:00
      Nouakchott, Mauritania                     UTC+0+0DST  21:00
      London, United Kingdom                     UTC+0+0DST  21:00
      Brussels, Belgium                    (CET) UTC+1+0DST  22:00
      Barcelona, Spain                     (CET) UTC+1+0DST  22:00
      Frankfurt, Germany                   (CET) UTC+1+0DST  22:00
      Paris, France                        (CET) UTC+1+0DST  22:00
      Seoul, Korea                               UTC+9+0DST  06:00
      Tokyo, Japan                               UTC+9+0DST  06:00
      Melbourne, Australia                      UTC+10+1DST  08:00 since 27 Aug
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      The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March (with some exceptions)
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      For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

  2. The teleconference bridge will be provided by Theresa Swinehart

  3. The NC will not be webcast due to budget constraints.

          Dial in number: +1 773-756-4600

          Passcode #: 4034

          Conference leader: Ms Theresa Swinehart

          10 ports "listen only" will be reserved for remote
          participants

          The full participants are the 19 NC members as listed in
          http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ncmembers.html, DNSO
          Secretariat and ICANN Officers

          The conference Scribe will be Maca Jamin

Agenda and related documents

Philip Sheppard will be chairing the NC teleconference.

Schduled time for meeting -120 mins. Agenda accocated time - 115 mins.

  1. Approval of minutes of 24 January and 8 February. - 5 mins
        o http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010124.NCtelecon-minutes.html
        o http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010208.NCtelecon-minutes.html

  2. Consolidating existing NC procedures into one document - NC rule of
     procedure

     DECISION TO approve NC Rules of Procedure (Philip Shepherd) - 5 minutes
        o http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010220.NCprocedures-v2.0.html

  3. Procedure regarding prolonged absences from NC meetings (Elisabeth
     Porteneuve) - 5 minutes

  4. Melbourne agenda - (Philip Sheppard) - 5 mins

  5. DECISION of NC to invite the GA to manage an election process to select
     a nominee for appointment by the NC to the position of Chair of the
     GA.- (Erica Roberts) - 10 mins

  6. New TLDs (ICANN staff) - 10 min
        o Update on negotiations on new TLDs and explanation of means of
          charter enforcement

  7. Non-commercial constituency - results and implications of the
     constituency vote on four resolutions made at the constituency's Marina
     del Rey meeting. (Dany Vandromme) - 10 mins
        o http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc04/msg00618.html
          (2-UDRP)
        o http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc04/msg00619.html (4-new
          TLDs)
        o http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc04/msg00620.html
          (5-sunrise)
        o http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc04/msg00621.html
          (7-freedom of speach)

  8. ccTLDs - report on issues arising from the 2001 Hawaii and Geneva
     meetings - (Elisabeth Porteneuve) - 15 mins

  9. Streamlining - DECISION on closure of working groups that have
     completed their task (A, B, C) and use of their e-mail lists - (Philip
     Sheppard) - 10 mins.

 10. WG D - final report, use for Review process and next steps - (Philip
     Sheppard) - 10 mins

 11. WG E - next steps with final report - (YJ)- 10 mins

 12. Budget Committee update - (Roger Cochetti) - 10 mins

 13. Any new business

Next NC meeting will be held on 11 March 2001, in Melbourne
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