Planning for ICANN's May meeting in Berlin is progressing rapidly -- relevant details will be posted on this page as soon as they are available.

ICANN's Berlin meetings will be held at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin. For more information on the Hotel Adlon and other suggested hotels, click here.

May 25, 1999 -- Advisory Committees, DNSO Constituency Groups and DNSO General Assembly Meetings

Advisory Committees. The following ICANN committees will meet in Berlin on May 25:

• Governmental Advisory Committee

• Membership Advisory Committee

DNSO General Assembly. In addition, the first meeting of the DNSO General Assembly will be held in the afternoon on May 25, 1999.
 

May 26 -- 1999, ICANN Open Meeting

The ICANN Board of Directors will hold a day-long public meeting in Berlin.  This meeting requires no preregistration and is open to all interested persons. For those unable to attend in person, remote participation in the meeting will also be possible via the Internet.  The meeting agenda will include discussion of the following items that have been or will soon be posted for public comment at http://www.icann.org/berlin/drafts2.html:

• Proposals for ICANN Supporting Organizations
• Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Membership Advisory Committee
• Proposals for Domain Name Supporting Organization Constituency Groups
• The World Intellectual Property Organization's "Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process"
• Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Advisory Committee on Independent Review
• Proposed 1999-2000 ICANN budget
• Solitication of comments on the geographic diversity requirements for the ICANN Board of Directors
• Solicitation of comments on the definition of the DNSO registry Constituency Group

• Reports from the Chair and President
• Governmental Advisory Committee report
• Root Server System Advisory Committee report
• 1999-2000 ICANN budget report
• Report on status of registrar accreditation process
• Other reports TBD
• Discussion of supporting organization status
• Reports from DNSO constituency organizers
• Report from DNSO general assembly organizational meeting
• Discussion of any other pending SO applications
• Discussion of WIPO report items
• Discussion of ICANN Membership Structure
• Discussion of ICANN independent review policy
• Discussion of geographic diversity provisions of the ICANN bylaws

The ICANN Board of Directors will meet to discuss and vote on any pending resolutions with regard to (tentative agenda posted May 5, 1999):

• Recognition of Domain Name Supporting Organization Constituency Groups
• Formation of other Supporting Organizations
• Independent Review Advisory Committee recommendations
• WIPO Final Report, including annexes
• ICANN membership structure
• Geographic diversity provisions of the ICANN bylaws
• 1999-2000 ICANN Budget
• Transition to a permanent Board and CEO
• Staff appointments, hiring and administration