Kuala Lumpur meeting minutes

[Milton Mueller]

NCUC meeting minutes, July 19, 2004
3:00 - 5:00

Attending:
Hassan  Research division of PTT Iran 
Horacio Cadiz, PHNet, EC member for Asia Pacific region [HC]
Milton Mueller, Syracuse U., NCUC Chair [MM]
Norbert Klein, Cambodia [NK]
Marc Rotenberg, EPIC, USA
Ed Viltz, PIR, USA
Alejandro Pisanty, ICANN Board
Angela Kuga Thas, Malaysia APC

1. Whois
Due to late arrival, MM's opportunity to address 
registrars missed. Will meet with Registrar constituency 
chair on Wednesday, other NCUC members interested 
in Whois invited to join. Also a meeting of the Council 
and TF members will happen tomorrow. General consensus 
is that TF 1 and 2 will be consolidated, and that TF 3 is not 
ready for prime time. But no specific action plans can be 
made until after Tuesday's meeting.

2. Upcoming elections
Iliya will be asked to handle balloting again. Must hold 
elections for two of the Council seats. MM will run for Chair 
again if there is no one else willing to do it. HC will run for 
AP region again. Group makes a determination now that 
Frannie will replace Chris Chiu as NA's EC member, and see 
if there are any objections. A formal election for Chris's 
position now makes no sense in that new elections will be 
held in October. 

3. Budget planning and the PIR grant 
PIR funding requires annual report. Send annual PIR 
report to the membership, it can double as a financial report. 

4. Iliya's plan of action
        4a. Chat meetings.
Advantages of using chat for synchronous meetings noted: 
cheaper, easier for those for whom English is not a first 
language, generates a log/record. Discussion of problems we 
have had using chat client software. Klein notes that Yahoo 
chat reputed to be the best. MM will investigate Yahoo; HC 
offers to set up a chat server if needed.
Klein also mentions Skype – VoIP system.
        4b Website
Assoc. for Progressive Communication has an "action 
application" system that handles website updating and project management. HC will talk to APC about whether NCUC can use it. 
        4c Reports
Iliya's suggestion that beneficiaries of NCUC funding write a 
report is considered and approved, while recognizing that it is 
extra work. HC: will do a report; these and other reports will 
be saved for annual PIR report. 
        4d NCUC brochure
Considered a good idea. MM will adapt website and other 
content to this purpose, and work with Iliya to produce a 
brochure for NCUC
        4e Charter revision. 
Will be done at this Fall's elections. Use Adam Peake's 
suggestions, add a procedure to replacing resigning EC 
members.

5. WSIS and meeting with Markus Kummer
NCUC members will meet privately with Markus Kummer, 
Tuesday eve. Also met with him in connection with the 
joint ALAC meeting. 

Discussion of hostility of some governments to ICANN. 
HC was on advisory board for National Telecommunications 
Commission, of Ministry, lobbied to take a look at the ccTLD 
manager. Acts as ISP, registry, registrar. Government 
wants to separate registries and registrars. 

6. Joint meeting with ALAC.
Announced, will meet at 5:30

7. sTLDs
General discussion of .asia, .jobs, and OECD report. While 
NCUC views new TLDs favorably, .asia's status as a sponsored 
TLD questioned.