ICANN Meetings in Montevideo 7-10 September 2001

ICANN's next round of meetings will be held (7-10 September 2001), in Montevideo, Uruguay. The meetings are free to attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development process. You can take part in these meetings by attending in person, by taking part in the webcast and remote participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the various ICANN-related mailing lists.

The Host Committee has provided a local website with information regarding the area, the meeting and local hotels.

Details about the meetings are being posted on this page as they become available. Please check back often!

MEETING SCHEDULE

This meeting schedule will be updated as more information becomes available. All meetings will be held at the Radisson Hotel, Montevideo. Friday, September 7th Registration Desk Open (0800-1700) (Foyer) ICANN Orientation Workshop (0900-1000) (Room tba) Government Advisory Committee      Agenda (0800 - 1700):            1. Welcome            2. Election of Vice Chairs            3. .info and country names            4. Working Methods including outreach activities            5. Briefing from President/CEO of ICANN (Open Session)            6. Meeting with ICANN Chair and Board members (Open Session)              ›  Items 5&6 - (1330 - 1400)            7. Update from the working groups:              •  international domain names              •  use of geographic and geo-political terms as TLDs and second level domains              •  applicability of international conventions            8. Update on ccTLD issues            9. Open Session with ccTLD Constituency (1615 - 1700) At Large Study Committee Outreach Meeting (1000-1200, 1700-1900) (Gauguin) Domain Name Supporting Organization Constituency Meetings Business/Intellectual Property/ISP Constituencies Joint Meeting (0800-1230) (Picasso Room) Agenda: Overview of Agenda Registrars: Transfers Issues At Large Study Committee Evaluation of new gTLDs – Discussion Whois Report ccTLDs Supporting Organization Agreement on next steps Business Constituency (1400-1800) (Picasso Room 3) Introductory Remarks and Overview of Agenda: BC Reps Work Items from joint meeting and other work items:    •Transfers    • Evaluation of new gTLDs    • ccTLD SO    • .org - consultation/next steps – Guest: Milton Mueller    • At large membership position    • NAIS – Guests: TBD    • Budget Committee/NC Uniqueness in the DNS and other thoughts – Guest Speaker: John Klensin Members Only Session    • Financial Report    • Approaches to reorganizing the NC/At Large Issues    • Schedule for Election Process for BC reps to NC    • Membership fees, grace period, Membership criteria Hold 18.00 - 19.00 for joint drafting sessions on positions related to shared session in a.m. Country Code TLD Registry Constituency (0800-1300) (Florida Room) gTLD Registry Constituency (1100 -1300) (Rembrandt Room) Intellectual Property Constituency (1330-1800) (Picasso Room 4) ISP Constituency (1330-1800) (Picasso Room 2) Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency (0800-1800) (Cezanne Room) Registrars Constituency (1400-1800) (Renoir Room)   Saturday, September 8th Registration Desk Open (0800-1700) (Foyer) Government Advisory Committee      Agenda (0800 - 1800) (continued from 7 September):            10. Evaluation of new gTLDs            11. Second WIPO Process - Final Report            12. Presentation from At Large Study Committee            13. Whois            14. Dates for next meeting            15. Other business            16. GAC Communique            17. Open Session (1700 - 1800) Domain Name Supporting Organization General Assembly - (0830-1300) (Ballroom)      Agenda:      1. Administration: 0800 - 0805 Report from the Chair - Danny Younger 0805 - 0810 Report from the Secretariat - Elisabeth Porteneuve      2. Issues: 0810 - 0815 VeriSign: Equitable Allocation of SRS Resources 0815 - 0820 VeriSign: Internationalized Domains Update 0820 - 0835 Registrars: Transfers and Expiring Domains 0835 - 0845 ccTLDs: Formation of ccSO 0845 - 0850 Neulevel: Status of .biz roll-out 0850 - 0900 Afilias: Report on .info Sunrise Registrations 0900 - 0915 ALSC Report 0915 - 0925 NAIS Report 0925 - 0930 Interim Coordinating Committee Comments      3. Public Forum: 0930 - 1000 Open Microphone      4. Intermission: 1000 - 1010 intermission      5. Reports: 1010 - 1015 Simultaneous Translation Task Force - Pilar Luque 1015 - 1020 New TLD Evaluation Task Force - Y.J.Park 1020 - 1025 UDRP Task Force - Milton Mueller 1025 - 1030 Whois Committee 1030 - 1035 Review Task Force - Roberto Gaetano 1035 - 1040 .Org Task Force - Milton Mueller 1040 - 1050 Cyberspace Association - Joop Teernstra 1050 - 1100 Global Internet Policy Initiative - Alan Davidson      6. Session with the DNSO Board Candidates: 1100 - 1120 Candidates' Statements 1120 - 1200 Open Microphone: Questions for the Candidates      7. 1300 End of General Assembly plenary session Names Council - (1400-1700) (Ballroom)      Agenda:      1. ICANN Board elections: update on GA session with candidates (Philip) 5 mins reminder of voting procedure (Elisabeth) 5 mins      2. Re-structuring and review process: At Large report (feedback from previous day) (Marilyn) 20 mins Individuals Constituency /link to At Large (Philip) 20 mins ccSO and implications for DNSO (Peter) 20 mins      3. Equitable Allocation of SRS Resources (Ken) 30 mins      4. WhoiIs survey (Paul) 10 mins      5. Future of Dot org (Milton) 30 mins      6. Reports from other task forces DNSO Review (Philip) 10 mins UDRP Review (Guillermo) 10 mins      7. Any other business Address Supporting Organization - (0800-1200) (Florida Room) IANA ccTLD Managers Workshop (0930-1200) (Picasso Room)   Sunday, September 9th (see "Agenda" section below for agenda) Registration Desk Open (0800-1700) (Foyer) ICANN Public Forum (0830-1800) (Ballroom)   Monday, September 10th (see "Agenda" section below for agenda) Registration Desk Open (0800-1200) (Foyer) Short Reports (Staff/Board Committees), etc. (0830-1030) (Ballroom) ICANN Board Meeting (1030-1500) (Ballroom) Other Meetings None currently scheduled.

AGENDA FOR ICANN PUBLIC FORUM AND BOARD MEETING

The ICANN Public Forum will be held on Sunday, 9 September 2001. The agenda currently includes the following discussion items and reports: (Draft as of 3 September 2001) Internationalized domain names At Large Study Committee report GAC Report gTLD Registries Constituency—Continued Recognition ASO Report (lunch break) DNSO Names Council report on status of: DNSO review Whois services Future of the .org TLD UDRP review Equitable allocation of SRS resources Sponsored TLD agreements and .pro Issues and process for evaluation of new TLDs Registration transfer rules Update on ccTLD Agreements Open microphone The ICANN Public Forum will continue from 08:30 to 10:30 on Monday, 10 September 2001, with the following presentation and reports: (Draft as of 3 September 2001) Presentation: ENUM: an overview and status – Tony Holmes and Mark McFadden Reports: President Finance Committee Audit Committee Meetings Committee Root-Server System Advisory Committee The ICANN Board Meeting will begin on Monday, 10 September 2001 at 10:30. The current agenda includes the following items: (Draft as of 4 September 2001) Welcome Extending Schedule for IRP NomCom's Nominations to 28 September 2001 Reconsideration Committee Recommendation 01-3 (Monsoon Assets) and Revised Recommendation 00-15 (ICM Registry) Continued recognition of gTLD Registries Constituency Authorization for sponsored TLD agreements, progress concerning .pro Consideration of ccTLD agreement with auDA Approval of amendment extending MoU with U.S. Department of Commerce Approval of amendment extending root-server CRADA Appointment of IDN Steering Committee Appointment of President to Executive Committee Arrangements for Future Meetings Thanks to host committee, sponsors, etc. Adjournment Please check back often for changes to the agenda for the ICANN Public Forum on 9 and 10 September 2001 or the ICANN Board Meeting on 10 September 2001. Comments on the agenda should be sent to Andrew McLaughlin.   SPONSORS AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES We are presently actively seeking sponsors for the upcoming meeting. Sponsors are given prominent recognition for their contribution to the ICANN process. If you or your organization are interested in sponsorship of the webcast please feel free to contact meetings@icann.org. If you are interested in sponsoring coffee breaks or other parts of the meeting please contact the local organizers at icann@seciu.edu.uy As the meeting is being run on a cost-recovery basis, sponsorship opportunities are limited.   WEBCAST AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION INFORMATION ICANN will be webcasting the DNSO General Assembly and Names Council Meetings (8 September), the ICANN Public Forum (9 September), and the ICANN Board meeting (10 September). Click Here for details of the webcasts and remote participation opportunities for those unable to attend the meetings in person.   PRE-REGISTRATION Pre-Register Pre-registration for the Montevideo meetings is now available. While pre-registration is not required, the information will be used to prepare printed nametags. Pre-registration will also assure that you're kept up to date about logistical details as information becomes available. As an option, you may choose to be included on a public list of meeting attendees.   PRESS AND MEDIA INFORMATION Members of the press should contact the ICANN General Counsel, John Jeffrey for assistance of any kind. Comments concerning the layout, construction and functionality of this site should be sent to webmaster@icann.org. Page Updated 14-Sep-2001 (c) 2001  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. All rights reserved.