[Fwd: [council] Summary of Aug Board workshop - 9-11 Aug 2007]

[Robin Gross]

FYI:

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Subject: 	[council] Summary of Aug Board workshop - 9-11 Aug 2007
Date: 	Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:13:04 +1000
From: 	Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
To: 	GNSO Council <council at gnso.icann.org>



For information:

Note that public summary of the August Board workshop is now also
available at:

http://www.icann.org/minutes/workshop-9-11aug07.htm

ICANN Board of Directors Workshop, 9 - 11 August, 2007

(Not designated as an Official Board Meeting)

4 October 2007

Summary

The ICANN Board of Directors met in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles from
9-11 August, and worked on the following topics:

* Review of the terms of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN
and the US Department of Commerce, and review of progress on ICANN's
responsibilities under the JPA
(http://www.icann.org/general/agreements.htm):

* Security and stability of the system of unique identifiers

* Transparency

* Accountability

* TLD management

* Multi-stakeholder model

* Role of governments (GAC)

* IP addressing

* Corporate responsibility

* Corporate administrative structure and practices

* Review of objectives for 2008 on the major topics facing ICANN;
- New gTLDs process,
- Internationalized Domain Names,
- Security issues,
- DNSSEC,
- IPv4 and IPv6,
- Outreach and the Internet Governance Forum.

* Board governance issues;
- Discussion of the terms of reference for review of the Board,
- Succession and leadership planning,
- Global outreach

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin