[ga] ICANN Announces Cairo to be Site of March 2000 Meetings

["Andrew McLaughlin" <mclaughlin@pobox.com>]

ICANN is pleased to announce that its next round of meetings (March 7-10,
2000) will be held in Cairo, Egypt.  Details about the meetings have been
posted at <http://www.icann.org/cairo2000/cairo-details.htm>;  the page will
be updated regularly with new information.

ICANN thanks the members of the local host committee, chaired by Tarek Kamel
and sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Communication, the Cabinet
Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), and the Internet Society of
Egypt.

Excellent proposals were submitted by a number of prospective hosts in
Africa and the Middle East, and ICANN thanks all proposers for their
generous offers of assistance.  While the Cairo host committee's proposal
best matches ICANN's particular requirements for the March meetings, ICANN
recognizes the importance of sub-Saharan Africa's Internet communities and,
in particular, is committed to facilitating participation by Africans from
around the continent.


VENUE

The March 7-10 meetings will be held at the Cairo Sheraton hotel
<http://www.sheratonafricamideast.com/Cairo/index.html>.  Special room rates
have been arranged by the local host committee for attendees at the ICANN
meetings.


SCHEDULE AND AGENDA

The schedule for the March ICANN meetings will be as follows:

      7 & 8 March - DNSO (including Names Council, constituency groups, and
                            working groups);  advisory committees
      9 March - ICANN Public Forum
     10 March - ICANN Board meeting

The preliminary agenda for the ICANN Public Forum calls for review and
discussion of the following:

      - Considerations and policies relating to the creation of new
top-level domain name registries
      - At Large Membership and elections
      - ccTLD delegation and administration policies
      - ICANN budget for 2000-2001 fiscal year