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<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear
all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Below is the staff
report ahead of next week's conference call of the GNSO Council.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the best,
Maria</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=421020017-16062005>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">GNSO
Council Staff Report<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">16 June
2005<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">1<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>WHOIS Task Force<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Recommendation
1 on notification:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Progress</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">: The Final
task force report was submitted to the GNSO Council for consideration at the
June 2 2005 meeting. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff has
completed the following information-gathering exercises:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Top 10
registrars’ notification practices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">10 randomly
chosen registrars’ notification practices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Current
status</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">: Report for
consideration at Council meeting on 23 June, 2005. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Purpose of
Whois<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Progress:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff has
completed the following information-gathering exercises:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Uses of
Whois data <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Current
status</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">The task force
is developing work on the purpose of whois.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=OLE_LINK2></A><A
name=OLE_LINK1></A><A name=OLE_LINK3></A><A name=OLE_LINK4><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Recommendation
2 on conflicts with national
laws<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Progress</SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">The task force
aims to finalize the recommendation for circulation to constituencies (for
constituency statements) on Tuesday 21 June, 2005.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">The
recommendation will then be the subject of a preliminary task force report,
public comments, and a final task force report to the GNSO Council which is
anticipated by late August 2005.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Current
status</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">: Recommendation being
finalized by task force for circulation to constituencies.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff
contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maria
Farrell<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">2<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Transfers policy implementation report</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Progress:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Tina Dam,
Karen Lentz and Maria Farrell are available to work with GNSO Council members on
this topic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Karen has
developed some statistics on the type of complaints/questions we receive about
transfers that can be shared with the entire working group to help decide what
part of the policy language to clarify. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Current
status</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Awaiting Council member
response<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff
contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tina Dam / Maria Farrell
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list -81.0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">New
gTLDs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Including
internationalized domain names at the TLD level.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Progress:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">New gTLD
question list in preparation for circulation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Current
status</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In progress<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff
contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Olof
Nordling<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Input to ICANN
strategic / operational planning process and <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">budget
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Progress</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Conference call held with ICANN staff on
9 June discussed how to manage interactive consultation in <?xml:namespace
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
/><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Luxembourg</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Current
status:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Q</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">uestions to guide the sessions are being developed
and refined and will be circulated to the constituencies, SOs and ALAC two weeks
before <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Luxembourg</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Friday 24 June)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff contact:
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kurt Pritz / Maria
Farrell<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">7<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Planning for ICANN <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Luxembourg</st1:place></st1:country-region>
meeting<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Progress:
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The agenda is expected to be circulated
early in the week beginning 20 June, 2005. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Council
contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Marilyn
Cade<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Staff
contact:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Glen de Saint Gery
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