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? >