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

[Robin Gross]

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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