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" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: February 5, 2008 2:45:29 PM PST > To: "Council GNSO" <[log in to unmask]> > 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 > > > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]