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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Glen and all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>my new email address is <A href="mailto:rosemary.sinclair@unsw.edu.au">rosemary.sinclair@unsw.edu.au</A></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of Glen de Saint Géry<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 17/05/2011 3:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Council GNSO<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] Corrected time: Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 19 May 2011<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Dear Councillors,</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Please find the proposed draft agenda for the GNSO Council meeting to be held on Thursday, 19 May 2011 at 15:00 UTC.</SPAN></STRONG><BR><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Please note that the latest updates are always found on the agenda on the Wiki.</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Please let me know if you have any questions.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Thank you.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Kind regards,</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Glen</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 19 May 2011.</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-19may11-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-19may11-en.htm</A><BR><A href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+19+May+2011">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+19+May+2011</A></SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The motions are posted on page:</SPAN></B></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+May+2011">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+May+2011</A><BR><BR><SPAN class=a>This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 7 April 2011 for the GNSO Council.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-08apr11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-08apr11-en.pdf</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">For convenience:</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 excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Meeting Time 15:00 UTC<BR><BR>Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times<BR>(08:00 Los Angeles, 1<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">1</SPAN>:00 Washington DC, 15:00 London, 17:00 Brussels<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">)</SPAN> </SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Friday 20 May <BR>00:00 Tokyo; 01:00 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'">GN</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=a><B>SO Council meeting audiocast </B></SPAN></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'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR></SPAN></U></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">1.1 Roll Call<STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></U></STRONG><B><U><BR></U></B><BR>1.2 Updated statement of interest received from</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Bill Drake</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/drake-soi-05may11-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/drake-soi-05may11-en.htm</A> </SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">J<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">ohn Berard</SPAN></STRONG><BR><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/berard-soi-current-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/berard-soi-current-en.htm</A><BR><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/msg11235.html"><SPAN lang=EN-US> 28 April 2011 Council minutes </SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">–approved on May 20 2011</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 2: Pending Projects – GNSO Constituency reconfirmations and review of Stakeholder Group (SG) charters (15 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Standard agenda item to update the Council on the GNSO's Pending Projects.<BR>Refer to Pending Projects list </SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">2.1 Update (Rob Hoggarth)</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">2.2 Discussion</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">§</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Where are we now on this?<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">§</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> If SIC now holds token, should this still be on the GNSO's Pending Projects (PP) List?</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR>2.3 Next steps?<BR><BR>2.4 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder) <BR><BR><STRONG><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 3: Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS) (20 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><BR><BR>Second "milestone motion" was sent to the Council by the JAS group on May 8. Refer to motion made following receipt of that report</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/second-milestone-report-jas-08may11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/second-milestone-report-jas-08may11-en.pdf</A><BR><BR>3.1 Update and reading of the motion (Rafik Dammak).<BR><BR>3. 2 Discussion <BR><BR>3.3 Vote</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">3.4 Next steps?</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 4: Registration Abuse (RAP) outstanding recommendations ( 15 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR>At its meeting on 3 February 2011, the GNSO Council moved forward with two recommendations of the RAP WG (UDRP Issue Report and Discussion paper on best practices to address abusive registrations of domain names) and started deliberations on a third recommendation (Fake Renewal notices).</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">However there are still a number of RAPWG recommendations that are waiting for Council consideration </SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">(see project list -http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf)</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">4.1 Update from Staff (Marika Konings).</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">4.2 Discussion.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">4.3 Next steps.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 5: Whois requirements (15 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR>During the 28 April GNSO Council meeting, Avri Doria discussed possible next steps that she and Chuck Gomes have suggested for the Whois Service Requirements Report.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Specifically, it was suggested that a drafting team be formed to develop a survey to estimate the level of agreement that the conclusions and assumptions in the Report have in the broader community.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">5.1 Update from Staff (Liz Gasster).</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">5.2 Discussion.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">5.3 Next steps.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 6: Community Working Groups CWG (20 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR>The activities of some recent CWGs have raised concerns among some in the ICANN community about whether CWGs should exist, and if so, the practices under which they should operate. Recently the number of cross-SO and AC working groups has increased and the GNSO is currently involved in more than six. </SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The value and effectiveness of these groups might be enhanced if the community could build a common understanding of some high-level principles that would speak to when CWGs may be convened, and agree on some basic practices as to how CWGs should operate.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">As there has been a lot of discussion on this by the Council, this discussion item aims to focus that discussion and begin to formalise a possible Council position on CWGs.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Here are some high level draft principles that have been discussed and that could serve as a baseline for this discussion:</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Draft Principles for Cross-SO/AC Working Groups (CWGs)</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">1. Scope of CWGs –</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">1.1. The purpose of CWGs should be limited to : 1) providing a discussion forum to achieve greater community understanding of issues of common interest; or 2) providing advice to the ICANN staff, community and/or ICANN Board on issues of common interest.<BR>1.2. CWGs may not be used to develop new consensus policy. Each SO has its own rules for developing new policy.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">2. Practices for CWGs -- </SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">2.1. GNSO Working Group Guidelines (or similar defined) should apply to all CWGs whenever possible. Exceptions should be detailed, and explained, in the charter for the CWG.<BR>2.2. All CWGs should be chartered by the applicable SOs and ACs (including those initiated by the Board) and each SO and AC should approve a single charter.<BR>2.3. The Charter should speak to the outcomes expected of the group and the steps that must be followed for review of those outcomes by the chartering SOs and ACs.<BR>2.4. CWGs should be expected to follow the approved charter. If a concern arises, it should be brought to all chartering organizations for resolution according to Working Group Guidelines.<BR>2.5. The Final Reports and Outcomes of all CWGs should be communicated to the chartering organizations (only) for review and further action.<BR>2.6. The participating SOs and ACs will make time commitments to finalize actions so as not to unreasonably delay action on a CWG report.<BR>2.7. SOs and ACs should make all reasonable efforts to solicit and consider the views of other SOs and ACs and to try to accommodate diverging views where possible before finalizing their positions.<BR>2.8. If the work of a CWG leads to a policy recommendation, that recommendation would still need to be considered and approved through the appropriate Policy Development Process.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">6.1 Discussion</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">6.2 Next steps</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><STRONG><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 7: Proposed GNSO Council teleconference schedule change (10 minutes)</SPAN></U></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR>Last year, the Council opted to maintain the current (at the time) practice of holding a teleconference every 3 weeks, and planned to review that a year later.<BR>The Council Leadership team would like to propose a schedule change to 1 teleconference every 4 weeks. Recent efforts at reducing the pending projects and prioritizing the Council's workload have met with success, and make this schedule change possible.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">7.1 Discussion</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">7.2 Next steps.</SPAN></P>
<P class=style1><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 8. Singapore Schedule (10 minutes) </SPAN></U></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">8.1 GNSO-selected Board , ccNSO and GAC topics <BR><BR>8.2 <SPAN class=a>Key votes or discussion topics where briefing papers would be desired.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=style1><SPAN class=style11><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Item 9. Any Other Business (5 minutes) </SPAN></B></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=style1><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)</SPAN></B></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.</SPAN></P>
<P class=a1><SPAN class=style11><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=style11><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-07apr11-en.pdf"><SPAN lang=EN-US>GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4</SPAN></A></SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=style11><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">)</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><BR><BR><SPAN class=a>4.4.1 Applicability</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures.</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP);</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>b. Approve a PDP recommendation;</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws;</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>d. Fill a Council position open for election.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=a>4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting‟s adjournment. In exceptional circumstanc</SPAN>es,announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present.<BR><BR>4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become available.<BR>4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. <SPAN class=a>(There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.</SPAN>)<BR><SPAN class=a>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Local time between March & October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 15:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+1DST 08:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 09:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 11:00</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 16:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Tunis, Tunisia (CET)UTC+1+0DST 16:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Moscow, Russian Federation UTC+3+1DST 19:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=a>Melbourne,/Sydney A</SPAN>ustralia (EST) UTC+10+0DST 01:00 next day <BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions)<BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>For other places see </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="http://www.timeanddate.com/"><SPAN lang=EN-US>http://www.timeanddate.com</SPAN></A> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
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