Still looking for a reasonably priced hotel, but I should be there anyway. --c.a. Milton L Mueller wrote: > Hello, all > The Paris ICANN meeting is only about a month a way. I'd like to > initiate some planning now. > > First, I believe (not fully confirmed yet, but likely) that the Internet > Governance Project and Cotelco will be making a special effort to > facilitate remote participation in the NCUC constituency meeting Tuesday > June 24. We'll be doing this through Dr. Cogburn's E-lluminate platform, > which still seems to be the easiest alternative. So if you can't come > but want to stay active in the constituency, please mark your calendars > for June and see if it is possible to sit at your computer during part > of the f2f meeting. > > Second, we need to set an agenda. > A big part of the agenda will be the GNSO reform process. We will need > to discuss it among ourselves, invite in some outside speakers, and will > also be having a special meeting with ALAC about that at 5:00 pm. Some > of this work will require some advance preparation, such as coming up > with a draft charter for a new stakeholder group. > We also need to consider the usual business issues: membership, the next > elections, funds, etc > Other items I can suggest are: > The Whois "studies" process > JPA issues > IANA is offering to meet to discuss some DNSSEC-related change > I think .org will want to meet with us again > > Please use this list to add any other agenda items you are concerned > about! > > Third, we need to make decisions about financial support for travel. I > am going to ask NCUC for US$750 towards hotel. I can get there on my own > nickel but hotels there are expensive. Others on the Council will > probably need more support, and we may want to consider other requests. > > > Milton Mueller > Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies > XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology > ------------------------------ > Internet Governance Project: > http://internetgovernance.org > >