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ICANN Board of Directors Workshop, 9 - 11 August, 2007

4 October 2007

Summary

The ICANN Board of Directors met in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles from 9-11 August, and worked on the following topics: 

  • Review of the terms of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and the US Department of Commerce, and review of progress on ICANN’s responsibilities under the JPA (http://www.icann.org/general/agreements.htm):
  • Security and stability of the system of unique identifiers
  • Transparency
  • Accountability
  • TLD management
  • Multi-stakeholder model
  • Role of governments (GAC)
  • IP addressing
  • Corporate responsibility
  • Corporate administrative structure and practices
  • Review of objectives for 2008 on the major topics facing ICANN;
    • New gTLDs process,
    • Internationalized Domain Names,
    • Security issues,
    • DNSSEC,
    • IPv4 and IPv6,
    • Outreach and the Internet Governance Forum.
  • Board governance issues;
    • Discussion of the terms of reference for review of the Board,
    • Succession and leadership planning,
    • Global outreach