Fwd: Summary descriptions for meeting with the Board tomorrow

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

Mary is having trouble with her email and asked me to pass this on.

I will forward these later tonight unless there are objections.  If there are objection, please suggest alternate text.

I thank Mary for delivering on this requirement.

avri

> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> The Board has asked that we send a 
> short summary description of each of the 4 topics we've asked them to 
> discuss with us, when they meet with us during Constituency Day tomorrow. 
> I've taken the liberty of drafting some suggested descriptions. If they 
> are fine with you, oerhaos Avri can forward them to the Board? Thanks.
> 
> On constituency relations:
> 
> The NPOC constituency recently raised two issues directly with the Board, 
> the first questioning the allocation of travel funds for Dakar and the
> second querying the NCSG EC's actions regarding the rejection of certain
> membership applications and the conduct of the recent NCSG Council
> elections. The NCUC responded formally to the former complaint, and
> members of the NCSG EC to the latter. Does the Board wish to comment on
> these letters and issues?
> 
> On ICANN and developing country relationships:
> 
> This is a broader topic than outreach, which is ongoing at ICANN,
> including within the GNSO. There continues to be misunderstandings and
> inaccurate perceptions outside ICANN of ICANN, its mission and activities,
> including on IPv6 and DNSSEC deployment, and IDNs. Developments at the IGF
> and ITU, including the recent IBSA proposal, provide a broader context to
> measure how ICANN is viewed by developing countries, individual users
> particularly in non western countries, and governments, What does the
> Board intend to do to improve understanding of ICANN and ensure more
> robust and deeper relationships, especially in developing countries? What
> has the Board's Global Relationships Committee done?
> 
> On JAS -
> 
> The NCUC and several members of the NPOC constituency just submitted a
> formal statement endorsing all the recommendations in the JAS WG final
> report, and recommended, in particular, immediate adoption of three
> specific recommendationx. In view of the support that the JAS report has
> among the community, including in the GAC and ALAC, and in light of the
> timeline for new gTLDs, what does the Board intend to do? How can NCSG
> help the Board reach a fair and workable implementation solution?
> 
> On the community role in CEO search
> 
> It was encouraging to see that the Board's CEO recruiting committee held a
> public session here in Dakar, and outlined its approach, timeline and
> process. We will circulate the presentation slides to our members. For
> today's meeting, would the Board like to elaborate on those criteria? How
> will the Board ensure that the new CEO is not just symoathetic to, but
> will work actively to protect, non commercial users and interests?
>