Public participation site

Consultations on ICANN's Operating plan 07-08 were held in Lisbon with participants from the Arab region. Session was conduction in Arabic though the notes hereunder are in English.

List of participants:

Adel Gaaloul, ATI (.tn)
Henda Ben Ghezala, CCK, Tunis
Omar Karam, Egyptian Universities Network (.eg)
Mohamed El-Bashir, ISOC Sudan (.sd)
Alaedin El-Sharif, Libya Telecom and Technology (.ly)
Wessam Al-Alem, Libya Telecom and Technology (.ly)
Charles Shaban, TAGOrg, Jordan

Doug Brent, ICANN’s COO welcomed the participants.

The recent decision to change how things are is fine. The registrars imput is needed but also I would go further and ask that public would as well. We must prevent the chaos after register fly incident. There is no mention on the front page. It is like business as usual. The people who lost a domain because of Register fly not applying the renewal fees should have redress. There should be an easier mediation process in extreme cases like what happened at registerfly. There should be shared liability between domain reseller and the orgiginal registry.

Draft agenda

ICANN meetings are frequently used as the outing point for the reports, reviews and plans that have been drawn up since the previous meeting. The Lisbon meeting will see ICANN's first comprehensive Annual Report

What it is: Local hosts' welcome to Lisbon, and formal opening
of the Lisbon meeting.

Why it's important: This event provides a preview of the
week's activities.

Who should attend: All ICANN meeting participants are encouraged to attend this event to learn more about our hosts and about the ICANN community.