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BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Friday, 28 OCTOBER 2011.
ICANN Meeting - Dakar


>>STEVE CROCKER:  WELCOME, EVERYBODY.  WE ARE STARTING OUR LAST DAY OF
FORMAL PUBLIC MEETINGS.  THE -- THIS EARLY MORNING SESSION IS DEVOTED
TO HEARING FROM THE COMMITTEES OF THE ICANN BOARD.  QUITE A BIT OF THE
BOARD'S WORK IS DONE IN THESE COMMITTEES, AND THE BOARD MEMBERS AND
THE SUPPORTING STAFF ALL WORK QUITE HARD.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL PROCEED IN ORDER OF -- WE USUALLY USE
ALPHABETICAL ORDER.  WE MAY HAVE TO ROTATE A BIT DEPENDING ON WHO IS
AVAILABLE HERE.  SO WE'LL START WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY
ERIKA MANN.

>>ERIKA MANN:  THANK YOU, STEVE.  LET ME RUN THROUGH -- BRIEFLY
THROUGH THE TWO SLIDES WHICH I HAVE PREPARED.

SO I CHAIR THE BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS ON THE
BOARD ARE STEVE CROCKER AND GONZALO -- AND GONZALO NAVARRO.

>>STEVE CROCKER:  WHAT?

>>ERIKA MANN:  SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLOW.

OKAY.  THE BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE PROVIDES GUIDANCE IN THE FINANCIAL
AND CONTROL MEASURES OF ICANN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS.

SO WE DID THE FY 2011 EXTERNAL AUDIT PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER AT OUR BOARD
MEETING IN SANTA MONICA.  WE HAD A CLEAN AUDIT REPORT FROM MOSS ADAMS,
WHO IS OUR EXTERNAL FIRM WE ARE WORKING WITH, AND MOSS ADAMS CONCLUDED
WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE REQUIRED DEADLINE, WHICH IS A VERY POSITIVE AND
GOOD SIGN.

THE AUDITOR'S FEEDBACK, FORMAL AND -- IN FORMAL MEETINGS REFLECTED A
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF THE PROCESS AND OF THE
FINANCIAL INFORMATION COMMUNICATED.

WE WERE INCREDIBLY PLEASED ABOUT THIS, AND WE HEARD FROM OUR ADVISORS,
FROM OUR AUDIT FIRM, MOSS ADAMS, THAT INDEED THE IMPROVEMENT FROM 2010
TO 2011 WAS SIGNIFICANT.

AND WE AGREED ON AND ENGAGED WITH AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT COMMITTEE
FINANCIAL EXPERT FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, IN ADDITION.

SO WE HAVE A FIRM WHICH WE ARE WORKING WITH AND WHICH IS DOING THE
AUDIT AND, IN ADDITION, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WORKS WITH AN INDEPENDENT
FINANCIAL EXPERT TO GIVE US EVEN FURTHER ASSURANCE THAT THE PROCEDURE
AND THE WORK WE ARE DOING IS, INDEED, FOLLOWING U.S. AND, AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE, INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES WITH REGARD TO OUR AUDIT WORK.

NOW, WHAT WE THEN DISCUSSED IN OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING IS THAT WE'D LIKE
TO TAKE THIS WORK A STEP FURTHER, SO THAT WITH REQUIREMENTS AND WISHES
FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WE CAN MEET FURTHER IMPROVING OUR STANDARDS.

SO THE BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE IS DEVELOPING GUIDANCE IN THE FINANCIAL
AND INTERNAL CONTROL MEASURES OF ICANN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNAL CONTROLS WORK PLAN WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING:  A TIME LINE WITH A MULTI-ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WORK PLAN,
DEFINITION OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTIONS, AND INTEGRATION WITH THE
WORK OF ICANN'S MANAGEMENT.

NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH IS REALLY KEY AND WE REALLY WANT TO
ENSURE THAT ALL THE PROCESSES WHICH ARE PART OF THE INTERNAL CONTROL,
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WILL REFLECT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS WHICH WE ARE
SETTING UP, AND THAT THEY ARE EMBEDDED IN ALL OF THE PROCEDURES AND
ALL OF THE WORK PLAN ICANN IS WORKING ON AND IS DEVELOPING.

AND IN ADDITION, WE WILL WORK ON A DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAMEWORK TO
BENCHMARK ICANN'S ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING POLICY AGAINST WELL-KNOWN
REPORTING STANDARDS NOT APPLICABLE TO ICANN BUT CONSIDERED AS USEFUL.

NOW, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.  THERE ARE MANY INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS WHICH ALREADY EXIST.  MOST OF THEM, ONE MUST ADMIT, ARE MORE
DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED FOR LARGE CORPORATIONS AND LARGE FIRMS.
NONETHELESS, MANY OF THE STANDARDS CAN BE HELPFUL AS A BENCHMARK, AND
WE WILL DO A VERY CAREFUL REVIEW ON ALL OF THOSE U.S.-BASED OR
INTERNATIONALLY-BASED STANDARDS AND WE WILL WORK ON SUCH KIND OF A
BENCHMARK TO ENSURE THAT WE EVEN CAN FURTHER IMPROVE OUR WORK.

THAT'S IT.  QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIKA.

BRUCE, YOU READY?  THE NEXT COMMITTEE REPORT IS ON THE BOARD
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY BRUCE TONKIN.

>>BRUCE TONKIN:  THANK YOU, STEVE.  THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS AS SHOWN HERE:  BRUCE TONKIN, CHAIR; AND THE
MEMBERS ARE CHERINE CHALABY, BILL GRAHAM, RAM MOHAN, RAMARAJ, AND RAY
PLZAK.

ONE OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS OF THE BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS 14 OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ATRT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AS WE REPORTED ON
THOSE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THEY ARE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION.
SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLETE.  SOME OF THEM ARE DUE FOR COMPLETION LATER
NEXT YEAR.

WITH RESPECT TO RECOMMENDATION 5, WHICH RELATES TO BOARD COMPENSATION,
THE -- THERE'S QUITE A FEW STEPS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO PUT THAT IN
PLACE.  ONE OF THOSE STEPS IS UPDATES TO THE BYLAWS AND CONFLICT OF
INTEREST -- OR SECTIONS OF OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND THEY
HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO BEING CONSIDERED BY THE
BOARD.  AND WE ALSO HAVE A REPORT THAT'S BEEN DONE BY AN EXTERNAL
AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO COMPENSATION AND WE HOPE TO PUBLISH THAT
SHORTLY.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON IS POPULATING VARIOUS
COMMITTEES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE CEO SEARCH COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED
JUST RECENTLY.

IN THE LEAD-UP TO THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, JUST PRIOR TO THE AGM, WE
DO A REVIEW OF ALL THE BOARD COMMITTEES AND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THOSE,
AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL LATER THIS MORNING IN THE
BOARD MEETING, ALONG WITH THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.

WE ALSO MANAGED A PROCESS FOR APPOINTING BOTH A CHAIR AND A CHAIR-
ELECT FOR THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED.

OKAY.  ANOTHER ACTIVITY THE BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, IT MANAGES A
SELF-APPRAISAL FOR THE BOARD, AND THAT SELF-APPRAISAL, THE AIM IS TO
HAVE THAT DONE PROBABLY AROUND THE SORT OF MARCH TIME FRAME NEXT YEAR,
WITH THE INTENT THAT AT OUR NEXT BOARD WORKSHOP, WHICH IS IN -- I
THINK AROUND -- TYPICALLY AROUND MAY, WE WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE
RESULTS OF THAT SELF-APPRAISAL.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A RECONSIDERATION REQUEST WITH RESPECT TO A
PARTICULAR DOMAIN NAME THAT WAS ALSO RESOLVED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONTINUOUSLY WORK THROUGH
VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR PROCESSES.  ONE OF THOSE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GET
TRANSPARENCY WITH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, AND PART OF THAT IS
DETERMINING WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE ASKING THE NOMINATING
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER WHEN APPOINTING LEADERSHIP ROLES AT ICANN,
WHETHER ON THE BOARD OR ON THE GNSO, AND THE BOARD HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT WHAT THE CRITERIA SHOULD BE FOR THE BOARD AND WE HOPE TO -- TO
BE ABLE TO FORMALIZE THAT AS WELL.

A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME THIS WEEK AND IN RECENT BOARD GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAS BEEN -- IS PART OF OUR NORMAL REVIEW PROCESS OF
OUR CONFLICTS AND OUR ETHICS AND OUR CONFIDENTIALITY AND CONDUCT
POLICIES.  THIS TIME, WE THINK IT'S TIMELY TO DO A MAJOR REVIEW OF
THOSE WITH EXTERNAL ADVICE, RATHER THAN JUST INTERNAL WITHIN THE ICANN
COMMUNITY, AND NATURALLY THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE PIECES OF ADVICE WILL
GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE APPROVAL.

AND AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, THE AIM WOULD BE TO HAVE NEW
POLICIES OR UPDATED POLICIES IN PLACE BY MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

THE OTHER GROUP THAT, AGAIN, I THINK WILL BE DECIDED ON IN THE BOARD
MEETING LATER TODAY IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A DNS RISK MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK OVERSIGHT GROUP, WHICH IS AN OUTCOME OF THE VARIOUS
DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE SECURITY ISSUES AND RISK ISSUES IN THE DNS SYSTEM, AND
PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT WE'RE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN, WHICH IS MOSTLY
THE TOP-LEVEL PART OF THE DNS.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN MANAGING, IT'S ALWAYS A TRADEOFF BETWEEN
COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM AT A MANAGEABLE SIZE, BUT WE
ALSO HAVE MANY BOARD DIRECTORS THAT ARE SO COMMITTED THEY WANT TO BE
ON EVERYTHING, SO WE'RE CREATING AN ABILITY TO DO THAT THROUGH
ALLOWING ANY BOARD MEMBER TO OBSERVE AT ANY COMMITTEE, AND WITH A SET
OF GUIDELINES FOR HOW TO DO THAT SO THAT WE DON'T MAKE THE PROCEDURES
AND OPERATIONS OF THAT COMMITTEE TOO CUMBERSOME.

WE'RE ALSO -- SIMILAR TO THE DISCUSSION I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE
NOMINATING COMMITTEE, BUT WE DO A REVIEW OF THE BOARD'S SKILL SETS AND
ALSO INFORM THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ON WHERE WE'RE VERY STRONG AS A
COLLECTIVE AND AREAS WHERE THE BOARD COULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL
EXPERTISE.

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE BOARD GOVERNANCE REPORT.

>>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRUCE.  ANY QUESTIONS?

GREAT.

THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ARE NEXT IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER, BUT NEITHER POSTS ANY PUBLIC REPORTS.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS THE SMALL COMMITTEE THAT CAN ACT IN LIEU OF
THE BOARD, WHEN NECESSARY.  WE'VE GENERALLY MADE A PRACTICE OF NOT
TRYING TO HAVE VERY MANY THINGS GO THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AT THE MOMENT, IT'S BEEN -- FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN
MAINLY FOCUSED ON APPROVING INTERNAL TRAVEL EXPENSES.  SO WE'VE
STEERED VERY FAR AWAY FROM EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY CHERINE CHALABY, WHO IS UNDER THE
WEATHER, UNFORTUNATELY.  RAMARAJ, WHO WAS THE PAST CHAIR AND IS STILL
AN ACTIVE MEMBER, WILL GIVE THE REPORT.

>>RAMARAJ:  THANKS, STEVE.

>>STEVE CROCKER:  HERE YOU GO.

>>RAMARAJ:  THANK YOU.  IT'S A SMALL COMMITTEE.  CHERINE, MYSELF,
SEBASTIEN, AND GEORGE.

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE FROM JUNE AT SINGAPORE, THE
COMMITTEE SPENT SOME TIME IN RECOMMENDING FOR APPROVAL THE BUDGET.
ALSO LOOKED AT ADEQUATE BUDGET AVAILABILITY FOR ATRT IMPLEMENTATION,
THE RECOMMENDATIONS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE BUDGETS.

THE INVESTMENT POLICY IS A FUND INVESTMENT MANAGER THAT MANAGES OUR
RESERVE FUND.  WE HAD INVESTED 44 MILLION INTO THE RESERVE FUND.  UBS
HAS BEEN MANAGING IT SO FAR.  THAT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS, SO WE THOUGHT
IT IS PRUDENT TO HAVE A BID AND GET SOMEBODY ELSE.

WE REQUESTED UBS ALSO TO BID, AND THE MONEY AS OF END SEPTEMBER, THE
44 INVESTED, IS AT ABOUT 49 MILLION NOW, AND THAT'S THE MONEY THAT'S
BEEN MOVED TO STATE STREET, A VERY LARGE AND AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA OF
CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCE.

SO WE'VE REQUESTED THAT PRINCIPAL PROTECTION BE ONE OF THE GUIDING
POLICIES HERE, AND SO EFFECTIVE 1ST OCTOBER, WE HAVE STATE STREET NOW
MANAGING THE INVESTMENT POLICY -- THE INVESTMENTS.

WE'VE ALSO APPROVED -- OR RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL HERE AN ADDITIONAL
BUDGET FOR THE GTLD COMMUNICATION PLAN.  THERE'S A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR
OUTREACH, AND THEREFORE, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, ADDITIONAL MONIES HAVE
BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD.

ON THE BUDGET PROCESS, TWO STEPS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED ALREADY, AND
THAT IS THAT INSTEAD OF A 30-DAY WINDOW, TWO WINDOWS THAT WE HAVE AT
THE FRAMEWORK TIME AND THEN AT THE DRAFT BUDGET, TO INCREASE THAT TO
45 DAYS SO THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE TIME FOR COMMUNITY INPUT THERE.  AND
OF COURSE WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE HOW BETTER TO INTERACT WITH
COMMUNITY CHAIRS AND INVOLVE THEM IN THE DECISION-MAKING OF BUDGET
ALLOCATION IN THE PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S WHERE --

THE FSR, THE NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM, IS BEING IMPLEMENTED.  ALREADY WE
ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME BETTER REPORTS AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SAMPLE
REPORTS FOR SHARING WITH EVERYBODY AT THE NEXT MEETING.

WE'VE CHANGED TO HSBC TO GET BETTER ONLINE TRANSACTIONS RATHER THAN
PHYSICAL CHECKS, SO WE HAVE BRANCHES NOW IN SYDNEY, BRUSSELS, AND
MARINA DEL REY.

SO HSBC IS THE CHANGE IN BANK.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING -- REVIEWING THE INSURANCE BROKER.  AGAIN, AS PART
OF PROCUREMENT POLICY, THAT AFTER A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, IT'S BETTER
TO REVIEW IT PERIODICALLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE HAVE A NEW CFO, XAVIER, AND HE'S BEEN AT ICANN FOR SIX WEEKS.  HE
STILL SAYS HE'S NOT GETTING OVERWHELMED AND HAS COME UP WITH SOME GOOD
IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE FINANCE AND THE SYSTEMS AND THE PROCESS, AND
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS AT A MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH AND
THEN SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS?

>>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU, RAMARAJ.  AND LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT A
COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COVERED ARE QUITE IMPORTANT AND GO TO
THE HEART OF HOW WE OPERATE AND WHAT WE ASPIRE TO.

THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE SCHEDULE MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL THING, BUT IT'S
PART OF A LARGER AND VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT THAT WE REALLY WANT TO
CONNECT UP THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE, MAKE SURE
THAT THE WAY THE FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED MATCH WHAT OUR CORE VALUES
AND OUR MISSION ARE, AND THIS IS COUPLED WITH GETTING TO A GREAT DEAL
MORE INTERACTION WITH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.

A COMPLEMENTARY PORTION OF THAT SAME THRUST IS THE EVOLUTION IN OUR
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS INTERNALLY AND IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE
CORE BUSINESS FUNCTION OF MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHERE THE CASH IS AND
WHAT OUR EXPENSES ARE AND SO FORTH, BUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE
BUDGET FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO
SERVE THE NEEDS AND REQUESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE ADDITION TO THE STAFF OF XAVIER CALVEZ BODES
VERY WELL.  VERY FAST START AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT DEAL MORE.

SO PARDON ME FOR THIS EDITORIAL, BUT I AM QUITE PLEASED.  IT'S OFTEN
VERY DRY.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR?

>>CHRIS CHAPLOW: :  YES.  CHRIS CHAPLOW, VICE CHAIR, FINANCE
OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY.

THE LAST BUDGET WAS APPROVED AT THE SINGAPORE MEETING, BUT IT WAS
APPROVED BY THE BOARD WITH EXCEPTIONS, BUT THE EXCEPTIONS WEREN'T
SPECIFIED AT THE BOARD MEETING, AND THEN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT WAS
ISSUED ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST.

IS IT PUBLISHED ANYWHERE WHAT THOSE EXCEPTIONS, WHAT THOSE
INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE BOARD THAT WENT INTO THAT REVISED
DOCUMENT -- INTO THE DOCUMENT, ARE?

>>RAMARAJ:  MY MEMORY OF EXCEPTIONS WAS THAT WHETHER WE COULD
REPRESENT SOME OF THOSE BUDGET PORTIONS IN THE NEW FSR, BUT OTHERWISE,
THE NUMBERS PER SE UNDER DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS WERE APPROVED ENTIRELY
BY THE BOARD.

IT WAS A REQUEST FOR BETTER PRESENTATION THAT WAS SOUGHT, AND THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WAS KEEN TO PRESENT.

WITH XAVIER JUST COMING IN, HE WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO BE
ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND REPRESENT, SO SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH
IS WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THAT OUT.

>>CHRIS CHAPLOW: :  THANK YOU.

>>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE MOVE NOW TO THE PRESENTATION BY THE GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS COMMITTEE,
BOARD RELATIONS COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY GONZALO NAVARRO.

>>GONZALO NAVARRO:  THANK YOU, STEVE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WELL, THE BGRC IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED COMMITTEES
IN THE BOARD.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES -- OR MEMBERS FROM ALMOST EVERY REGION IN THE
WORLD.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE SINCE JUNE.  THIS COMMITTEE WAS LED
BY PETER DENGATE THRUSH BEFORE, SO HERE IS A REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES
THAT WE HAVE BEEN PERFORMING SINCE THEN.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING REVIEWS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT ICANN HAS AND HAD WITH GOVERNMENTS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, AND STAKEHOLDERS ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS.

WE ALSO -- OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST THE BOARD AND THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IN THE INTERNATIONAL FORAS AND MEETINGS THAT WE
NEED TO DEAL IN THE WAY OF OUR DUTIES, ON THE SCOPE OF OUR DUTIES, SO
THEREFORE, OUR -- THE FIRST BIG MEETING THAT WE HAD IN THIS PERIOD WAS
THE IGF, WHERE THE STAFF WERE PREPARING A COMPLETE REPORT FOR THE BGRC
AND RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS AND OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE -- OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

ONE OF THE TASKS, OR THE MOST INTERESTING TASK THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND
WE ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING IN THE NEXT YEAR, IS TO ASSIST THE BOARD
IN DEVELOPING ICANN'S INTERNATIONALIZATION OBJECTIVES.

WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO MAYBE CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONALIZATION,
BECAUSE IN THE VERY CURRENT WAY THAT SOME MEMBERS AND THIS CHAIR SEE
IT, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TERM FOR THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE CONDUCTING,
BUT IT SEEMS -- OR WANTS TO REFLECT THAT WE ARE TAKING -- WE ARE
THINKING IN THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION AND THE MULTINATIONAL
DIMENSION THAT ICANN HAS, AND IT'S OUR HOPE AND OUR GOAL TO ASSIST THE
BOARD IN THINKING AND REACHING THAT INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION IN A
REALLY COLLABORATIVE AND BALANCED WAY.

AND FINALLY, AS A LAST POINT, WE CONTINUE TO ASSIST THE BOARD IN
DEVELOPING THE IANA FUNCTIONS CONTRACT RENEWAL OBJECTIVES AND
STRATEGY.  THIS IS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE INHERIT FROM THE
COMMITTEE THAT PETER WAS LEADING.  THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ISSUES TO ADDRESS DURING THAT PERIOD, AND WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION THAT THIS IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE HAS FOR THE
BOARD.  WE WERE NOT DEALING WITH THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THE IANA
FUNCTION, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE, BUT
WE WERE TRYING TO ASSIST TO PROVIDE ADVICE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL POINT
OF VIEW TO THE BOARD.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE WERE DOING DURING THE LAST MONTHS, AND
WHAT WE EXPECT TO ACHIEVE DURING THE NEXT.  THANK YOU, STEVE.  ANY
QUESTIONS?

>>STEVE CROCKER:  GOOD MORNING, MARILYN.

>>MARILYN CADE:  GOOD MORNING.  AS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SPOKEN
THIS MORNING AT THE MICROPHONE, I'LL SAY FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS
MARILYN CADE.

MY QUESTION, GONZALO, IS -- MAYBE IT'S A STATEMENT, RATHER THAN A
QUESTION, BUT AT THE LAST MEETING IN SINGAPORE, WHEN THE CSG, THE
COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDER GROUP, CAME TO MEET WITH THE BOARD IN OUR
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, WE PRESENTED THREE TOPICS THAT WE CONSIDERED TOP
PRIORITY, AND ONE OF THOSE WAS DISCUSSING HOW THE -- HOW ICANN COULD
TAKE BETTER ADVANTAGE OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THOSE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE VERY ACTIVE LEADERS IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER
INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUPS AND BODIES, SINCE TYPICALLY THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE FROM AT LEAST GLOBAL CORPORATIONS IN THOSE AREAS.

AT THIS MEETING, WE RAISED THE SAME QUESTION.  IS IT, AT SOME POINT,
GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN A RESPONSE OR IS THERE ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO
ASK FOR FOLLOW-UP ON THAT?

>>GONZALO NAVARRO:  THANK YOU, MARILYN.

THAT STATEMENT IS REALLY INTERESTING AND FOR SURE IS GOING TO TAKE --
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR US.

ICANN HAS, UNDOUBTEDLY, AN INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION.  IT'S INSERTED IN
THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL, AND SURELY WE HAVE MANY, MANY
OUTSTANDING LEADERS.  I MEAN, THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD HERE WORKING
WITH US, COMING TO OUR MEETINGS, EXPRESSING THEIR OPINIONS PUBLICLY
AND MAYBE AT THE BAR.  BUT IT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE OPINION OF THESE PEOPLE, AND DURING OUR INTERNATIONALIZATION
PROCESS OR THINKING, WE WILL CONSULT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SPECIFIC
TOPICS THAT COULD RESULT AS INTERESTING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT
GROUP OF PEOPLE TO ADD TO THE THINKING AND THE TASKS THAT WE ARE
CONDUCTING.  SO WE WILL DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.

>>MARILYN CADE:  I WANT TO BE SURE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES --
I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR WHAT WE SAID AND WHAT WE MEANT, AS
THE CSG.

WE DIDN'T JUST MEAN ASK OUR OPINIONS.  WE MEANT PARTNER WITH US.  SO
THAT WAS THE THING I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR.

>>GONZALO NAVARRO:  THANK YOU, MARILYN.  SORRY, MY FAULT.  I WASN'T
CLEAR ABOUT IT.  NO, WE'RE NOT THINKING TO HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE
FUTURE TO ENGAGE IN A REGULAR BASIS WITH ANY PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL NOT GIVE A PROFOUND THOUGHT ON THAT
IDEA, WHICH IS A -- HOW TO SAY -- IS A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION.  THANK
YOU.

 >>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GONZALO.

THE NEXT COMMITTEE IS THE IANA COMMITTEE, WHICH OVERSEES THE IANA
FUNCTIONS WITHIN ICANN.  THIS IS CHAIRED BY KUO-WEI WU.  KUO?

 >>KUO-WEI WU:  STEVE, THANK YOU.  GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.  FIRST OF
 ALL, THERE IS SIX BOARD MEMBERS IN THE COMMITTEE; MYSELF AND KATIM
 AND RAY AND BERTRAND AND THOMAS AND SUZANNE.

IN THE MEETING NOW WE HAVE TOTAL OF THREE MEETINGS.  ONE IS ON AUGUST
15 AND ONE IS ON SEPTEMBER 15.  AND ALSO WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING JUST
IN THIS WEEK.

THE WORK SINCE SINGAPORE MEETING UNTIL NOW AND, BASICALLY, THE MEETING
ON THE PROPOSED IANA COMMUNICATION PLAN.

BASICALLY, WE JUST ESTABLISHED THE PROCEDURE FOR ALL IANA
DOCUMENTATION, HOW TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO REVIEW IT.
AND, SECOND OF ALL, WE ALSO REVIEWED THE FIRST YEAR OF THE DNSSEC KEY
SIGN KEY MANAGEMENT AND FOUND IT IN KEEPING WITH THE DEFINED PROCESS.
AND RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED THE BRIEFING ABOUT HOW TO
DO PREPARE FOR THE IANA OFFICE AND MEASUREMENT AND TARGET AND SOA.

AND THE LAST ONE WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST, BASICALLY, BRIEFING ON THE
IPV4 PREPARATIONS.  AND AT THIS MOMENT, AS WE KNOW, THE APNIC IPV4
BLOCK HAS ALREADY RUN OUT.  BUT ANOTHER FOUR OF THE IPV6 BLOCKS STILL
HAVE SOME SPACE AVAILABLE.

IN -- I THINK THIS IS THE LAST FOUR OR THREE MEETINGS ARE, BASICALLY,
THE SUMMARIES.  SO THAT'S MY REPORT.  THANK YOU.  STEVE?

 >>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  ANY QUESTIONS?  GOOD.

THE NEXT ONE IN ORDER WOULD BE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE.
I'M INFORMED THAT MIKE SILBER IS SCHEDULED TO SHOW UP HERE.  >>RAY
PLZAK:  STEVE, SEBASTIAN IS HERE.  HE CAN DO IT.

 >>STEVE CROCKER:  EXCELLENT.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  SEBASTIEN,
 PLEASE.

 >>SEBASTIEN BACHOLLET:  HOW TO TAKE THE POWER WHEN YOU'RE ON TIME.
 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  I WILL TRY TO DO THE JOB THAT MIKE WAS SUPPOSED
 TO DO.

AND THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE MIKE SILBER AS
CHAIR, MYSELF, THOMAS, GONZALO, KATIM, AND KUO-WEI WU.  WE TRY TO BE
AS MUCH FOCUSED AS POSSIBLE WITH BIGGER ITEMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PROCESSES.  THE QUESTION OF THE MEETING, THE CURRENT MEETING AND THE
MEETING IN THE FUTURE, HOW WE CAN IMAGINE THIS EVOLUTION, WE TAKE A
GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN WITH THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION TOOLS, NOT BECAUSE
WE LIKE THE TOOLS BUT BECAUSE WE LIKE THE PEOPLE USING THE -- AT THE
OTHER HAND OF THE SYSTEM.  AND DISCUSSION AROUND OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT.

IN THE RECENT ACTIVITY WE HAD TO OVERSEE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ATRT
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 15, 16, 17, 18, AND 21.  ALL ARE, OBVIOUSLY,
AROUND THE QUESTION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AROUND THE COMMENT
PERIOD.  AND THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS DONE IN THAT ARENA NOW.

WE TRY TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION TOOLS WITH
SOME DIFFICULTY. BECAUSE, IF YOU ARE IN THE MEETING, YOU USE ALSO
THESE TOOLS.  AND WE WOULD LIKE, REALLY, TO DISCRIMINATE THE PEOPLE
ONSITE AND THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE.  AND, AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST
RECOGNIZE THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'S VERY USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE IN
TWO, EVEN THREE ROOMS AT THE SAME TIME.  THE SAME TOOLS USED FOR ALL
THAT POSSIBILITY.

SINCE SAN FRANCISCO THERE WERE NEWCOMER ACTIVITIES.  VERY USEFUL FROM
OUR POINT OF VIEW AND, HOPEFULLY, FOR THE NEWCOMERS WITH THE LOUNGE
AND WITH THE SESSION TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEEK COMING
AND WITH A SPECIAL TAG IN THEIR BADGE TO ALLOW THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS
TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN FRONT OF A NEWCOMER AND THAT YOU NEED MAYBE TO
DECREASE THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACRONYMISM
OF THIS ORGANIZATION, JUST TO TAKE ONE EXAMPLE.  AND THAT'S A GOOD
WAY.  WE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE PURSUED IN THE FUTURE.

IN OUR TOP TO-DO LIST, OF COURSE, IT'S TO FINALIZE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ATRT RECOMMENDATIONS.  THE FUTURE ICANN MEETINGS WE HELD A
CONSULTATION SESSION IN DAKAR TWO DAYS AGO OR YESTERDAY.  AND REALLY
TO TRY TO DISCUSS WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND HOW WE CAN IMAGINE SOME
CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ICANN MEETINGS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  IT IS THE REPORT FROM MIKE SILBER ABOUT THE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE.

 >>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SEBASTIEN.  AND THANKS VERY
 MUCH FOR STEPPING IN.  ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS?  WE TAKE THIS ACTIVITY
 QUITE SERIOUSLY.  ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK GOES INTO STRUCTURING THESE
 MEETINGS AND IN GENERAL IN TRYING TO MAKE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE,
 PROVIDE ACCESS TO EVERYONE TO PROVIDE INPUTS.  AND WE DON'T DO THIS
 JUST AS A MATTER OF FORM.  WE DO IT TO BE EFFECTIVE.  AND IT'S A
 PONDEROUS AND COMPLICATED PROCESS.  AND WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE IT,
 IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY, IMPROVE THE SENSE OF SATISFACTION THAT WE'D
 LIKE TO HAVE FROM THIS -- FROM OUR PROCESSES.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT COMMITTEE SEEMS TO BE THE RISK COMMITTEE, WHICH I CHAIR.  MEMBERS
ON THIS COMMITTEE ARE SUZANNE WOOLF, BRUCE TONKIN, MIKE SILBER,
RAMARAJ, AND MYSELF.

ACTIONS SINCE SINGAPORE ARE THE RISK COMMITTEE MET ON BOTH THE 19TH OF
AUGUST AND THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER.  THE GENERAL WORK OF THE COMMITTEE
IS TO GO INTO SOME DEPTH LOOKING AT SPECIFIC AREAS, WHAT WE CALL KEY
PROGRAMS.  AND THERE'S A REVIEW IN ROTATION OF EACH OF THESE AREAS.
AND MORE THROUGH THE YEAR.

THOUGH WE REVIEWED IDN AND VARIANT PROJECT, ICANN'S IT AND INTERNAL
SYSTEMS, BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING, PLANNING NEW GTLDS, AND ICANN
MEETINGS.

THE KEY PROGRAM UPDATES THAT WE HAD DURING THIS WEEK'S MEETINGS WERE
TWO.  WE PROBED INTO THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW ICANN.ORG WEB
SITE.  THE NEW WEB SITE IS MUCH MORE LIVELY AND ACTIVE AND DYNAMIC
INSTEAD OF STATIC.

THE -- IT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO MAKE THESE
THINGS WORK AND TO WORK SAFELY AND SMOOTHLY.  EVERYONE IS QUITE
FAMILIAR WITH HOW EASY IT IS FOR SITES TO BECOME INFECTED AND HAVE ALL
OTHER KINDS OF PROBLEMS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT HOW DNSSEC IS FUNCTIONING AT THE ROOT LEVEL AFTER
MORE THAN A YEAR OF OPERATION.  I'M PLEASED TO REPORT IT'S ALL SQUEAKY
CLEAN AND WORKING VERY SMOOTHLY.

IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT SPECIFIC AREAS, ALSO TRYING TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE RISK LANDSCAPE SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PLACE EACH OF THE
PROGRAMS, EACH OF THE ACTIVITIES INTO THIS LANDSCAPE AND THEN, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, USE THE LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK AS A WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING.  SO AS AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING THING.  AND WE
DRAFTED A WORK PLAN FOR THE COMING YEAR.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  ANY
QUESTIONS?  THANK YOU.

THE NEXT COMMITTEE IS THE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE.  RAY
PLZAK CHAIRS.

 >>RAY PLZAK:  THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.  I'M GOING TO ADD A SLIGHT
 ADDENDUM TO MY REPORT, AND I'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW.  YOU BEGAN THIS
 SESSION BY SAYING THIS IS WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE BOARD
 IS DONE OR A LOT OF THE WORK IS DONE OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT, SINCE THE TIME YOU MADE THAT REMARK
UNTIL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE SIZE OF THE AUDIENCE HAS INCREASED BY
AT LEAST 30 TO 40 TIMES.

[LAUGHTER]

AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THAT'S A JOKE.

PART OF OUR ABILITY TO BE TRANSPARENT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REPORT
TO THE COMMUNITY OR FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT'S BEING DONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES ON THAT'S, IN A SENSE, BEHIND THE
SCENES BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COMMUNITIES MEET ON TELECONFERENCES AND
SO FORTH.  BUT, BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE
OF THAT.  AND THIS IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND I WILL BE STRONGLY ADVOCATING WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT
WE DO SOMETHING TO FIX THE WAY THAT WE GET THIS VITAL INFORMATION TO
THE COMMUNITY.

HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL NOW MOVE ON.

THIS IS THE COMMITTEE.  I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES, BERTRAND, MIKE,
GEORGE, AND REINHARD, WHO IS DEPARTING TODAY.  AND WE WILL MISS HIM.
I WILL SAY IT HAS BEEN MOST INTERESTING TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE ITU ON
THIS COMMITTEE.  AND WE WERE WORKING TO FIND WAYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THE ITU SHOULD BE DOING WITH REGARDS TO ICANN.

CURRENT STATUS, THE TIMELINE ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU SEE THINGS MOVING
TO THE RIGHT.  RIGHT NOW THE ONE THAT'S FURTHEST BACK -- BUT WE WILL
CATCH UP VERY QUICKLY -- IS THE ASO REVIEW.  IT'S UNDER NRO AUSPICES.
THIS IS THE ONLY BYLAWS REVIEW THAT'S CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION ITSELF, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS
NOT BEEN ABOVE BOARD AND SO FORTH.  THEY'VE GONE THROUGH TERMS OF
REFERENCE, AND THEY DID GO THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS.  AND THEY HAVE
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR DOING THE WORK.  AND I'M CERTAIN THAT A
NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED.  AND I KNOW
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TO ALL OF THE REGIONAL REGISTRIES IN THEIR
MEETINGS AND HAVE CONDUCTED SURVEYS AND CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS.  SO I
KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DYNAMIC REVIEW.  AT THE PRESENT
TIME THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT'S -- REVIEW THAT'S IN THE STRUCTURAL
IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE WORK ON. AND THAT'S THE TLG.  THERE'S STILL
WORK TO BE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE RSSAC IMPLEMENTATION AND WE'VE
BEGUN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.

IN REGARDS TO PARTICULARLY THE BOARD AND NOMCOM REVIEWS, A NUMBER OF
THE ITEMS IN THOSE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN SUBSUMED, IF YOU WILL, BY THE
ATRT RECOMMENDATIONS.  SO AT THIS MEETING THAT WE HAD THIS PAST WEEK,
WE WENT THROUGH AND REVIEWED ALL THOSE.  AND WE'LL BE CLOSING OUT
THOSE REVIEW ITEMS WHICH ARE NOW UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ATRT.  AND
THAT SHOULD THEN MOVE THESE ALONG.  THERE'S A FEW ITEMS LEFT ON THE
BOARD REVIEW AND ONE ITEM LEFT ON THE NOMCOM REVIEW.

ALAC, IN THEIR USUAL AND DILIGENT MANNER, HAS BEEN WORKING AHEAD.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY INDUSTRIOUS IN THIS AREA.  THEY JUST PRESENTED
THE BOARD WITH A INTERIM REPORT TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
SLEEPING, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING.  AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
THEIR VERY DETAILED REPORT.  THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE REPORT AND THANKING YOU.  AND,
GUYS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL REPORT.  OKAY.

THE GNSO, WE'RE STILL ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF IT AND THE SSAC.  THE
TECHNICAL RELATIONS WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED AS AN OUTCOME OF THE TLG
REPORT.  SO THAT REPORT FOR THE WORKING GROUP IS GOING TO BE POSTED
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, HOPEFULLY TODAY, BY THE BOARD.  AND THEN WE NEED
TO BEGIN IN EARNEST WORK ON WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO.  BECAUSE
THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOT THE TECHNICAL RELATIONS GROUP.  THE BOTTOM LINE
IS HOW DOES ICANN GET THE ADVICE IT NEEDS WHEN IT NEEDS IT?

AS I MENTIONED IN SINGAPORE, WE ARE GOING -- WE HAVE BEGUN WORK ON
REVIEW CRITERIA FOR THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.  I WAS ASKED IN SINGAPORE
IF I WOULD INCLUDE THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP CHAIRS IN THIS WORK.  AND IT
WAS MY FULL INTENT TO DO THAT THIS WEEK.  HOWEVER, AS TRYING TO FIND A
TIME TO DO THIS WHERE I COULD GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER WHEN THE BOARD
WASN'T OFF DOING SOMETHING, PROVED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE.  SO,
CONSEQUENTLY, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WHEN I GET BACK IS WE WILL TAKE THE
DRAFT REPORT, AFTER WE DO ONE MORE COMMITTEE SCRUB OF IT.  AND THEN
I'M GOING TO SEND IT TO THE CHAIRS OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND THE
CHAIRS OF THE CONSTITUENCIES AND ASK FOR THEIR INITIAL COMMENTS AND
FEEDBACK.

AND, STAKEHOLDER AND CONSTITUENCY GROUP CHAIRS, BE ADVISED THAT YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DWELL ON THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO
MOVE IT ALONG.  AND SO -- BUT I DO VALUE YOUR INPUT.  IT'S CRITICAL
AND IT'S IMPORTANT.  YOU ASKED FOR EARLY INVOLVEMENT, SO I'M GETTING
YOU EARLY INVOLVEMENT.  SO NOW YOU'RE ON MY COMMITTEE, SO YOU WILL
WORK FOR ME.

THE EVENT -- THE BOARD HAS TASKED SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR THE -- FOR
INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT.

ALSO, THIS REVIEW CRITERIA, PLUS THE CRITERIA WE RECENTLY ENACTED FOR
THE CONSTITUENCIES, ARE GOING TO FORM PARTS OF THE CRITERIA THAT WILL
BE USED IN THE NEXT BYLAWS REVIEW OF THE GNSO.

AND WE DID BEGIN THIS WEEK DISCUSSIONS ON FUTURE REVIEWS.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE REVIEW CRITERIA.  WE WILL, EARLY IN
2012, BEGIN WORK ON PREPARING TO CONDUCT THE NEXT ROUND OF BYLAWS
REVIEWS, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO START IN 2013.  AND WE'RE LOOKING TO
LEARN FROM ALL THE LESSONS THAT, HOPEFULLY, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE
LAST CYCLE AND MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE OBJECTIVE PROCESS.  PEOPLE KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWED ON.  NOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
CRITERIA AT THE LAST MOMENT.  MAKE THEM OBJECTIVE AND MAKE IT A SMOOTH
AS POSSIBLE PROCESS.

PART OF THE DISCUSSION COMING OUT OF THE TLG REVIEW AND THE NEED FOR
ICANN TO GET ADVICE HAS ALSO CAUSED THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE
BROADER SCOPE OF HOW DOES ICANN BOARD GET THE ADVICE THAT IT NEEDS,
NOT ONLY ON TECHNICAL MATTERS BUT ON A NUMBER OF OTHER MATTERS.  THE
NEW GTLD PROGRAM IS GOING TO CAUSE -- IT HAS CAUSED THE BOARD TO
RECEIVE ADVICE AND NEED ADVICE IN AREAS THAT IT HADN'T NECESSARILY
NEEDED DETAILED ADVICE BEFORE.  SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.  AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT DISCUSSION IS GOING
TO GO.  BUT THE THING IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BECAUSE IN THE END IT'S THE ABILITY OF THE BOARD TO GET GOOD ADVICE
WHEN IT NEEDS IT THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.  AND WITH THAT, I'LL SAY THANK
YOU AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

 >>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  WE HAVE SOMEBODY -- WHO IS
 THAT?  GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MARILYN.

 >>MARILYN CADE:  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A
 COMMENT, RAY.  AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.  AT LONG LAST I HAVE THE
 -- I'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR YOU.

THE -- I DON'T MEAN TO BE FACETIOUS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THE
STAKEHOLDER GROUP CHAIRS AND CONSTITUENCY CHAIRS AND OUR MEMBERS TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY VERY SERIOUSLY.  AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.  WE
HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR AVAILABILITY
TO YOU SINCE, AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL, WE ARRIVE OVER THE WEEKEND.
BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT OFFLINE.

MY COMMENT IS ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURING -- THE REVIEW CYCLE AND THE
ABILITY -- THE ISSUE OF MEASURING US WHEN WE HAVE NOT YET HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE OR IMPLEMENT OR USE THE REQUESTED FINANCIAL
RESOURCES THAT WOULD HAVE ENABLED SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND
CONSTITUENCIES TO FULFILL SOME OF THE CHECKLISTS.  AND I'LL JUST --
I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON IT.  I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

THE REVIEW REQUIRES THE CONSTITUENCIES AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO DO A
NUMBER OF THINGS -- MAINTAIN A WEB SITE, MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE LIST, DO A
NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE RESOURCES HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FROM ICANN VIA THE
TOOLKIT IN AN EARLY ENOUGH CYCLE FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE TAKEN THAT
STEP.  SO THAT'S MERELY AN EXAMPLE.  WHEN WE GO IN TO MORE OF A
DIALOGUE WITH YOU, I THINK PERHAPS WE CAN HELP BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
KIND OF CYCLICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HOW SOON RESOURCES HAVE TO BE
PROVIDED TO THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THEM.

THE SECOND COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS IT IS MY VIEW -- I WILL SPEAK
AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT I WILL SAY IT'S FAIRLY WELL HELD IN MY
STAKEHOLDER GROUP, WE DO NOT THINK THAT THE HOUSING STRUCTURE THE
BOARD GAVE US IS WORKING.  AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT.

 >>RAY PLZAK:  THANK YOU, MARILYN.  SEVERAL THINGS.  THE COMMENT THAT
 YOU MADE WITH REGARD TO RESOURCE SUPPORT AND ALSO THE LAST COMMENT
 YOU JUST MADE WITH REGARD TO HOUSE STRUCTURE, WE'RE IN THAT LAST
 PHASE, WHICH IS ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS.

SO I WOULD WELCOME, AS AN OPENING HERE FOR YOU, AT LEAST, TO SEND ME
AN E-MAIL WITH A SET OF TALKING POINTS AND SO FORTH.  AS WE GO
FORWARD, I WOULD LOOK TO RECEIVE FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO
OTHER EFFECTS OF THE REVIEW, WHAT WAS FOUND TO BE DONE, WHAT WASN'T
CLEAR, HOW COULD THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN BETTER FRAMED, ALL OF
THOSE NICE THINGS.  THAT'S PART OF THE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS.  AND
THAT'S, OBVIOUSLY, PART OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN SETTING THE
STAGE FOR THE NEXT SET OF REVIEWS, WHICH IS WHY I'VE DEDICATED MOST OF
2012 TO DOING ALL OF THAT.  BECAUSE, WHEN WE START IN 2013, WE WANT
THIS THING TO GO.  AND WE WANT IT TO GO RIGHT.  SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS
YOU SAID ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

SO THE BALL IS BACK IN YOUR COURT TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO ME.  YOU HAVE
MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.  YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE.  AND I CAN COME DOWNTOWN
ANY TIME AND MEET WITH YOU.

 >>MARILYN CADE:  OH, WOW.

 >>RAY PLZAK:  SO, IF THAT'S NOT OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.
 AND I'M SURE WE WON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THIS.

REGARD TO THE OTHER THING, I WELCOME YOU WORKING FOR ME.  THANK YOU.

 >>STEVE CROCKER:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THAT BRINGS THE -- AN END TO
 THE LIST OF THE REPORTS.  I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE OR TWO IN
 HERE.  NO?  YES?  NOTHING IS MOVING.  MY COPY SAYS THAT, IN ADDITION
 TO THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE THERE, THE REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
 HTTP -- OH, THERE WE GO.  THERE WE GO.  LITTLE SLUGGISH.  THAT'S THE
 WAY I FEEL THIS MORNING, TOO.

SO THE URL FOR HOW TO FIND THESE REPORTS IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT
SLIDE.

FOR MORE DETAIL ON THE ACTIVITIES OF EACH COMMITTEE, MINUTES ARE BEING
PREPARED FOR EACH ICANN BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING.  FOLLOWING APPROVAL
BY THE COMMITTEE, THE MINUTES ARE POSTED ON BOTH THE COMMITTEE WEB
SITE AND THE BOARD MEETING TRANSCRIPTS, MINUTES AND RESOLUTION PAGE.
AND THE URL IS GIVEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE.

THIS CONCLUDES THE FIRST SESSION THIS MORNING, REPORTS BY BOARD
COMMITTEES.  WE'LL TAKE A VERY SHORT BREAK.  AND IN SEVEN MINUTES, AT
9:00, WE WILL BEGIN REPORTS FROM THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEES.  THANK YOU.  SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.