Fwd: [council] Board meeting agenda for 15 Feb 2008 in New Delhi

Robin Gross robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG
Wed Feb 6 00:28:40 CET 2008


NCUC'ers,

We have conference call capability for anyone in the constituency who
will NOT be in New Delhi but would like to participate in the NCUC
constituency meeting on Tuesday 12 February 9:00am (local).  The
details for how to dial-in to this call are on the NCUC's WebEx
Office webpage: http://ncuc.webexone.com	(they shouldn't be posted
publicly here)

I know Norbert Klein, Carlos Souza, and I will be in New Delhi for
the ICANN meeting.   Anyone else from NCUC coming to New Delhi for
the meeting?   Thanks!  I hope to see as many of you as possible.

(See separate update from Bruce Tonkin on Board mtg in New Delhi).

All best,
Robin


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
> Date: February 5, 2008 2:45:29 PM PST
> To: "Council GNSO" <council at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [council] Board meeting agenda for 15 Feb 2008 in New Delhi
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Below is the agenda for the Board meeting in New Delhi.   Key
> topics of
> relevance to the GNSO are new gTLDs and IDNs.   My understanding so
> far
> is that the Board is probably not going to approve the new gTLD
> recommendations in New Delhi, but will be considering some of the work
> done by staff on implementation.
>
> One thing worth noting is that while the GNSO struggles to meet the
> PDP
> timetable in the bylaws due to the complexity of the issues - it is
> also
> the case that the Board also struggles to take action on GNSO
> recommendations within a timeframe that was envisaged in the bylaws
> for
> the same reason :-)   Having said that I do know that the staff has
> been
> doing extensive work on the new gTLD recommendations, and I will
> continue to encourage staff to discuss this work with the GNSO.
>
> The other topic for the GNSO to consider is the budget for the 1
> July 08
> to 30 June 08 year.   Some of the areas of discussion include the
> proposal to charge registrars transaction fees during the 5 day
> add-grace period, and an appropriate travel policy for the many
> volunteers that contribute to ICANN policy development.   When
> considering travel budgets - it is important to think in terms of
> relative priority of expenditure (e.g what expenditure could we
> give up
> to support more meeting participation, or could we invest in better
> audio/video conferencing techniques?), rather than simply adding more
> expenses to ICANN as an organisation.   The proposed budget already
> raises expenses from $42 million in this financial year, to $57
> million
> in 1 Jul 08 to 30 Jun 09 financial year (about a 35% increase).   We
> need to consider this cost in the context of the tasks (allocation
> of IP
> addresses and domain names), and the context of the industry
> size.   The
> travel and meeting budget is currently proposed to be around $10
> million
> (or around 17% of total expenditure) to provide some context.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From:  http://www.icann.org/minutes/
>
> 15 February 2008
> Regular Board Meeting
>
> Agenda
>
> (As set by the Executive Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors)
>
> 1) Approval of Minutes of January 2008 Board Meeting
>
> 2) Approval of ICANN Accountability and Transparency Frameworks
>
> 3) Review of Board Governance Committee Recommendations
>
> Possible BGC Actions
>
> (Ombudsman Framework)
>
> (Bylaws Mandated Reviews Update)
>
> 4) Review of Board Finance Committee Recommendations
>
> Possible BFC Actions
>
> (Funds Disbursement and Approvals Policy)
>
> (Budget Next Steps)
>
> 5) Review of Board Audit Committee Recommendations
>
> Possible Audit Committee Actions
>
> (Approval of Auditor)
>
> 6) New gTLDs - Next Steps
>
> 7) Acknowledging Receipt of DNSSEC Recommendations from SSAC
>
> 8) ICANN Bylaws Change Request from ALAC
>
> 9) IDNs (update on IDNc discussions and technical test)
>
> 10) Other Business
>
>
>




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