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

[carlos a. afonso]

Yes, Gustavo Gindre and Marcelo Costa will be there.

I will try and join you by teleconf.

bs

--c.a.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Gross <robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG>
To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:28:40 -0800
Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: [council] Board meeting agenda for 15 Feb
2008 in New Delhi

> 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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