Executive Committee of the ICANN Board - Preliminary Report | 21 July 2008

The Executive Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors met via teleconference on 21 July 2008. Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush opened the meeting at 20.00 UTC / 1.00 PM PDT US.

The following Executive Committee Members attended the meeting: Peter Dengate Thrush (Chair), Raimundo Beca, Roberto Gaetano (Vice Chair), Rita Rodin and Dr. Paul Twomey. John Jeffrey, General Counsel & Secretary; and, Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, Services, also attended the Meeting.

The following items were discussed:

There was a general discussion regarding the posting of the previous Executive Committee Minutes and John Jeffrey agreed to look into publicly posting the preliminary reports and getting the minutes approved on outstanding minutes for the next Executive Committee Meeting.

Board Meeting Agenda Setting -- Executive Committee unanimously approved (by all members present) the following proposed agenda for the 31 July / 1 August 2008 Special Meeting of the Board:

1) President's Monthly Report

2) GNSO Improvements Council Restructuring

3) GNSO Improvements Implementation Progress

4) ASN Global Policy for Autonomous System Numbers

5) Independent Reviews Status Report

6) Registry Agreements Update - .AERO and .POST

7) Informational Update on Single-Letter Second-Level Registry Service Requests

8) ICANN response to UN Letter on "Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the Internet."

9) Update on New gTLD Process - Next Steps

10) Recommendation of BGC's Recommendation for academic appointment to Nominating Committee

11) BFC's Recommendation regarding the Mexico City Budget Approval

12) Other Business

13) Recommendation of Board's Compensation Committee

14) Board Executive Session

Other discussions were taken offline.

The Meeting was formally adjourned at 20.35 UTC.