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<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear All,<br>
<br>
Please find the updated GNSO Council Agenda for <strong><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>28 October 2010 </span></strong><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>at </span></strong><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>20 UTC.<br>
</span></strong></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-28oct10-en.htm"
target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-28oct10-en.htm</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_28_october_2010<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The updates
items are :<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 3:
Election of Council Chair & Vice Chairs (15 minutes)<br>
<br>
Item 4: Whois Studies (15 minutes)<br>
</span></u></strong><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 7: Planning for
Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes)</span></strong></span></u></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
7.1 Overview of plans/schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry)<br>
<a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf</a><br>
<br>
<span class=style1><b><u>Item 9: Other Business (5 Minutes)</u></b></span><u><br>
<br>
</u><span class=style1>9.1 </span></span><span class=style1><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf"><span
lang=EN-US>Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar
Accreditation Agreement </span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
<span class=a>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agenda for GNSO Council
Meeting 28 October 2010.</span></strong></span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
<span class=a>This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council
Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council.</span><br>
<span class=a>http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
convenience:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* An
excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in
Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<br>
* An exce<span class=a>rpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the
absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Meeting
Time 20:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See the
following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times:<br>
<br>
13:00 PDT; 15:00 CDT; 16:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 22:00 CET;
24:00 Moscow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday,
29 October </span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Hong Kong; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 Melbourne<br>
<br>
Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should
notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Council meeting
audiocast </span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u"><span lang=EN-US>http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</span></a></span></strong><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item
1: Administrative matters (15 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.1 Roll
call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>• Per the
GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors
regarding “any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant
Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or
discussion” in this meeting.<br>
Here is the definition provided in the procedures:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Disclosure
of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written
statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be
commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit
such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be
perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The main issues
for this meeting are <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO
Prioritization<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Election Procedures for Council Chair
& Vice Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whois
Studies<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Voting Procedures when Councilors are
absent &/or must abstain<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disclosure
of Interest Procedures<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=a1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
1.2 Update any statements of interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note that
revised SoI"s were received from:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/davis-soi-19oct10-en.htm">Terry
Davis</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/taylor-soi-21oct10.htm">David
Taylor</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
1.3 Review/amend agenda<br>
<br>
1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating
Procedures:<br>
• </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg09798.html%20%20"><span
lang=EN-US>7 October 2010 meeting minutes </span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>– Scheduled for approval on 28
October 2010.<br>
<br>
<strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 2: GNSO Project
Prioritization (20 minutes)</span></u></strong><br>
<br>
2.1 Refer to </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/new-gtld-applicant-support-draft-recommendations-summary-07oct10-en.pdf%20"><span
lang=EN-US>posted project ratings</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:<br>
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-ratings-23jun10-en.pdf
<br>
<br>
2.2 Key points made in the 15 July Council meeting (from meeting minutes):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
• “. . . not a useful exercise, not much was learnt, should not
proceed further with the prioritization exercise.”<br>
• “. . . spending more time on the exercise will not accomplish
useful results.”<br>
• “It was a difficult exercise, policy matters were not prioritized
and the core issue, management of the workload, still has not been
resolved.”<br>
• “The exercise was intended as a first step and not intended to
solve the workload management; other steps are needed. The exercise contributed
an important degree of common awareness and dissent to the group.”<br>
• “The prioritization process could be improved with further input
from the Councilors and stakeholder groups.”<br>
• “The exercise is important and informative from a staff
perspective and the Council needs to look at a two-step process going forward:
step one - form a small team to improve the process used to date drawing on
input received; step two - develop a process to manage the workload with input
from staff of the resources being used to support each of the working groups,
which will reflect both staff and community efforts.”<br>
• “Support was expressed for continuing the prioritization work,
but linking it to the overall ICANN Staff and Community workload and to the
Budget process.”<br>
• “The question of available resources should be looked at in
context. The Vertical Integration working group as an example of one that would
not normally have commenced with all the work before Council, yet it did and the
community resources were available.”<br>
• “Some believe that work should be prioritized but the methodology
chosen is not the most appropriate or efficient.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
2.3 Next Steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>•
Staff Utilization Analysis (Liz Gasster)<br>
Refer to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-policy-staff-utilization-28sep10-en.pdf"
target="_blank" title="(external link)"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-policy-staff-utilization-28sep10-en.pdf</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>
<br>
• Results of Adobe Connect Poll regarding possible next steps:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
o Option 1: Spend no more time on prioritization - 5 votes (33%) <br>
o Option 2: Develop a plan for using the results to manage the workload in the
near term - 2 votes (13%) <br>
o Option 3: Form a drafting team with the task of developing a new process - 0
votes (0%) <br>
o Option 4: Form a drafting team with the task of improving the process - 1
vote (7%) <br>
o Option 5: Other? (including combinations of options 2, 3, and or 4) - 7 votes
(47%) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>•
Discussion?<br>
• Action Items<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item
3: Election of Council Chair & Vice Chairs (15 minutes)</span></u></strong><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Refer to
proposed procedures: <br>
http://gnso.icann.org/elections/draft-election-procedures-2010.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.1 Brief
overview of procedures (Chuck Gomes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.2
Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.3
Edits?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.4 Any
objections to using the procedures for this election cycle?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.5
Should we consider referring the election procedures to the OSC & GCOT for
further review with the goal of starting the chair election process earlier to
increase the chances of the chair being elected before the vice chairs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item
4: Whois Studies (15 minutes)</span></u></strong><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.1
Status Report and presentation on Whois Studies (Liz Gasster)<br>
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-whois-studies-oct10-en.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
• Refer to redline version of Proxy/Privacy Reveal study (Study 4) RFP at
<br>
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29sep10-en.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
4.2 Staff analysis of Study #3 -- WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse (Liz Gasster)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct10-en.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.3
Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.4 Next
steps?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><strong><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item
5: Voting Procedures when Councilors are absent &/or must abstain (25
minutes)</span></u></strong><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></u></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<span class=a>5.1 Overview (Ken Bour, Staff; Ray Fassett, GNSO Council
Operations Work Team (GCOT) Chair)</span><br>
<br>
<span class=a>5.2 Discussion</span><br>
<br>
<span class=a>5.3 Report from Operations Steering Committee/ GNSO Council
Operations Work Team (OSC/GCOT) (Philip Sheppard, OSC Chair; Ray Fassett)</span><br>
<br>
<span class=a>5.4 Next steps?</span><br>
<b><u><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 6: Disclosure of
Interest Procedures (15 minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br>
<br>
<span class=a>6.1 Report fro</span>m OSC/GCOT (Philip Sheppard, Ray Fassett)<br>
<br>
6.2 Discussion<br>
<br>
6.3 Next steps?<br>
<b><u><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 7: Planning for
Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes)</span></strong></u></b><br>
<br>
7.1 Overview of plans/schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry)<br>
http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/gnso-draft-agenda-cartagena-26oct10-en.pdf <br>
<br>
7.2 Next steps?<br>
<br>
<strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 8: Status of
Continued Action Items (10 Minutes)</span></u></strong><br>
<br>
8.1 Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes)<br>
<b><br>
</b>8.2 Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation (Glen de
Saint Géry)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
• Volunteers to date: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (ISCPC), Tatyana Khramtsova
(RrSG), Ray Fassett (RySG), Avri Doria (NCSG), Rudi Vansnick (NCSG), Philip
Sheppard (CBUC)<br>
• Feedback from Steering Committees (Rob Hoggarth)<br>
• Question raised regarding GNSO Operating Procedures: Should the
concerns about the newly approved disclosure of interest requirements be dealt
with by the OSC & GCOT or by the standing committee?<br>
• Next steps? Charter?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
8.3 Progress of House/SG Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>•
Councilors<br>
• Chair & Vice Chair Nominations<br>
• NCA Assignments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span class=style1><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item
9: Other Business (5 Minutes)</span></u></b></span><u><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
</span></u><span class=style1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9.1
</span></span><span class=style1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf"><span
lang=EN-US>Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar
Accreditation Agreement </span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
<span class=a>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/raa-improvements-proposal-final-report-18oct01-en.pdf</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style11><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Appendix
1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9. Except
as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating
Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting
action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds
described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions:<br>
1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote
of each House or majority of one House;<br>
2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within Scope (as
described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each
House or more than 66% of one House;<br>
3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than
75% of one House and a majority of the other House (“GNSO
Supermajority”);<br>
4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an
affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO
Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups
supports the Recommendation;<br>
5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an
affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and<br>
6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting
Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that “a two-thirds
vote of the council” demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO
Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to
any contracting party affected by such contract provision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=style11><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Appendix
2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=a1><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Members
that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may
vote by absentee ballot:<br>
1. Initiate a policy development process;<br>
2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board;<br>
3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws;<br>
4. Fill a position open for election.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span class=a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and
authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e-
mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72
hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except
that, in exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote, the Chair
may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days. There must be a
quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.</span></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<span class=a>________________________________________</span><br>
<span class=a>Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN
hemisphere</span><br>
<span class=a>________________________________________</span><br>
<span class=a>Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC</span><br>
<span class=a>________________________________________</span><br>
<span class=a>California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 13:00 </span><br>
<span class=a>Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 15:00</span><br>
<span class=a>New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 16:00</span><br>
<span class=a>Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00</span><br>
<span class=a>Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 17:00</span><br>
<span class=a>Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 21:00</span><br>
<span class=a>Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00</span><br>
<span class=a>Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00</span><br>
<span class=a>Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 00:00 next day</span><br>
<span class=a>Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day</span><br>
<span class=a>Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day</span><br>
<span class=a>Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day</span><br>
<span class=a>Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day</span><br>
<span class=a>________________________________________</span><br>
<span class=a>The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00
local time (with exceptions)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen
de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO
Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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