[council] ICANN Board Call

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Council Members:

The ICANN Board just concluded its teleconference today and took the
following actions.

(1) Approval of São Paulo, Brazil as the venue for the 2006 ICANN annual
meeting the first week in December; and

(2) Approved funds to pay the evaluators for their work in connection
with the review of the GNSO;

Although there was a discussion regarding the VeriSign settlement
negotiation, there was no action taking. There is a scheduled call for
next week 28-Feb-2006. Although the Chair and secretariat have not yet
finalized the agenda for that call it is most likely to involve further
VeriSign discussions as well as those items which have not yet been
completed from today's call. As always, I will try to keep the council
informed of any developments.

Best regards,

Michael D. Palage