Re: [council] NC telecon, Oct 27th, agenda

[Richard Lindsay <richard@interq.ad.jp>]

Greetings,

I apologize for not requesting an entry in AOB earlier, but finally my
work has caught up with me.

If we have time, I would like to put forward a proposal (not yet drafted
but hopefully I can complete this tomorrow night before the
teleconference) requesting the ICANN board review its requirements
for only citizenship for geographic diversity for Names Council
representation.  I believe some other constituencies (in addition
to the Registrars) consider that membership is based on organization,
so requiring citizenship is often not rational.

Specifically I will be proposing that the NC request the ICANN board
to substitute "citizens or long term residents of more than 2 years"
in place of "citizens" of a region to meet geographic diversity
requirements.  If we have time tomorrow, I would like to discuss this
to get a sense of what the NC may think about the issue.  I realize
this is not a critical issue, but it might be wise to submit this in time
for the LA meeting.

Granted there is a lot of work to do, so if there is no interest in
pursuing this now, we can wait until after LA.

Regards,
Richard

Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:

> Agenda and related documents
>
>   1. Discussion and adoption of agenda
>
>   2. Minutes and Matters Arising
>
>           Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 03:18:40 -0400
>
>           From Andrew McLaughlin to the Names Council:
>
>           Note that the current agenda for the ICANN Public Forum on
>           Wednesday, November 3, includes about 5 minutes for remarks
>           by a representative of the Names Council. See
>           http://www.icann.org/losangeles99/losangeles-details.htm#Agenda.
>           The NC should designate an appropriate (and available)
>           presenter.
>
>   3. Names Council Chair
>
>         o Selection of LA NC Chair
>
>           The IP Constituency was expected to chair the NC, namely Jonathan
>           Cohen. As Jonathan got elected to the ICANN Board, it seems
>           necessary to select somebody else.
>
>   4. General Assembly Chair
>
>         o Selection of LA GA Chair
>         o Election of GA Chair for year 2000
>
>      From http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991005.NCtelecon-minutes.html
>
>           There is a general misunderstunding about the GA role.
>
>           Action: NC initiate a discussion about the GA structure as well as
>           about relations between different components of the DNSO. From October
>           16th, after elections to the ICANN Board, the NC will initiate the call
>           for nominations for permanent GA Chair. To be elected in LA.
>
>           Action: NC initiate a discussion about concensus. There is a necessity
>           to have more understanding abount consensus. The Chair of GA should not
>           interpret consensus like in Santiago meetings. The coordination between
>           the NC and GA is needed.
>
>   5. Schedule of Meetings in LA and technical arrangements
>
>      General pattern
>
>              Monday:
>
>                 * Meetings of some ICANN-related entities, such as Domain Name
>                   Supporting Organization (DNSO) Constituency Groups.
>
>              Tuesday:
>
>                 * Meeting of Governmental Advisory Committee.
>                 * Meeting of DNSO General Assembly.
>                 * Meeting of DNSO Names Council
>                 * Possible meetings relating to Address Supporting Organization or
>                   Protocol Supporting Organization.
>
>              Wednesday:
>
>                 * ICANN Open Meeting (public session with the ICANN Board of Directors).
>
>              Thursday:
>
>                 * Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors.
>                 * Press conference.
>
>      LA known program:
>      http://www.icann.org/losangeles99/losangeles-details.htm
>
>      Shall the secretariat coordinate/publish different WG's and
>      Constituencies' agendas ?
>
>   6. The issue of meeting procedures
>
>      Berkman Center (Jonathan Zittrain) cooperation proposal - establishing
>      a rendez-vous between the NC and Harward's students
>
>      Related documents:
>
>         o http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991026.NCprocedures-berkman.html
>           Cover Letter for Proposed NC Procedure from Berkman Center
>         o "http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/dnso/ncprocedure Proposed NC
>           Procedure from Berkman Center
>   7. AOB
>
>         o Statistics of the NC teleconference chair

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