Background Papers 2 June 2003

The following are background materials for the Board's meeting of 2 June 2003:

A. Proposed Corrective Amendments to Bylaws

• General Counsel's Proposed Corrections to Bylaws (11 May 2003)
• General Counsel's (Revised) Proposed Corrections to Bylaws (31 May 2003)

B. Reconsideration Requests

• Reconsideration Committee Recommendation on Request RC 02-5 (Dotster) (20 May 2003)
• Reconsideration Committee Recommendation on Request RC 02-6 (VeriSign) (20 May 2003)
• Letter from Kevin E. Brannon to Stuart Lynn (9 September 2002)
• Letter from Kevin E. Brannon to Stuart Lynn and Louis Touton (30 October 2002)
• Message from Louis Touton to Kevin E. Brannon (3 November 2002)
• Letter from Kevin E. Brannon to Paul Twomey (9 April 2003)
• Message from Louis Touton to Kevin E. Brannon (6 May 2003)
• Letter from Robert R. Parsons to Dan Halloran (8 May 2003)
• Letter from Charles Gomes to Dan Halloran (28 May 2003)
• Letter from Paul Stahura to Dan Halloran (31 May 2003)

C. Authorization to Amend .biz Registry Agreement to Implement Redemption Grace Period

• General Counsel's Briefing Regarding Proposed Revisions to .biz Registry Agreement to Implement Redemption Grace Period (29 May 2003)

D. Next Steps on WIPO-2

• General Counsel's Briefing Concerning Policy-Development Process on WIPO-2 Recommendations (1 June 2003)
• Communiqué of the Governmental Advisory Committee, item 4 (25 March 2003) (GAC comments)
• Message from Bruce Tonkin, GNSO Chair, to Louis Touton (7 May 2003) (GNSO Council comments)
• Message from Vittorio Bertola, At-Large Advisory Committee Chair, to Louis Touton (12 May 2003) (ALAC comments)
• Message from Michael Heltzer, Secretary of GNSO Intellectual Property Constituency, to Louis Touton (15 May 2003) (IPC comments)
• Message from GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency to Paul Twomey and Vint Cerf (21 May 2003) (CBUC comments)