Board Activities and Meetings
Executive Committee Meeting - Minutes | 1 February 2008
Approved 19 March 2008
The Executive Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors met via teleconference on 1 February 2008. Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush opened the meeting at 1.00 PM PDT US. The following Executive Committee Members attended the meeting: Peter Dengate Thrush (Chair), Raimundo Beca, Roberto Gaetano, Rita Rodin and Paul Twomey. John Jeffrey, General Counsel & Secretary; Paul Levins, Vice President, Corporate Affairs; and, Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, Services also attended the Meeting.
The following items were discussed:
A) Executive Committee unanimously approved the following agenda for the 15 February 2008 Special Meeting of the Board:
-- Regular Board Meeting - Friday, 15 February 2008 --
Agenda
(As set by the Executive Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors)
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Approval of Minutes of January 2008 Board Meeting
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Approval of ICANN Accountability and Transparency Frameworks
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Review of Board Governance Committee Recommendations
Possible BGC Actions
(Ombudsman Framework)
(Bylaws Mandated Reviews Update)
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Review of Board Finance Committee Recommendations
Possible BFC Actions
(Funds Disbursement and Approvals Policy)
(Budget Next Steps)
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Review of Board Audit Committee Recommendations
Possible Audit Committee Actions
(Approval of Auditor)
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New gTLDs - Next Steps
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Acknowledging Receipt of DNSSEC Recommendations from SSAC
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ICANN Bylaws Change Request from ALAC
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IDNs (update on IDNc discussions and technical test)
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Other Business
B) Executive Committee unanimously approved the following discussion topics agenda for the 10 February 2008 Board Workshop in New Delhi:
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New gTLDs (briefing on implementation work)
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Discussion of Domain Tasting Issues (status report)
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GNSO Improvements (briefing on proposed final report)
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Bylaws Mandated Reviews (status report)
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At-Large Bylaw change (status report)
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IPV6 Discussion (status report and discussion of issues)
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Second-Level Single Letter Domains (discussion of issues)
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JPA Discussions Update (status report)
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POST Agreement (discussion of outstanding issues)
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Review of Board Meeting Agenda and Proposed Actions (not covered above)
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Presentation of Board Tools, Calendar, et. Al
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Discussion of Riga Board Workshop Agenda
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Any questions regarding other papers provided by Staff
The Meeting was formally adjourned at 2:21 PM PDT US.