[council] The Future of ICANN: A Series of Regional Consultative Meetings

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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The Future of ICANN: A Series of Regional Consultative Meetings
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15aug08-en.htm

15 August 2008

A series of regional consultative meetings about crucial changes to ICANN will 
take place over the next three months in an effort to reach out to and involve 
the organization's global stakeholders.

Four dates had been set so far*, with at least one other due to be announced 
shortly. They are:

Tuesday, 19 August: Montevideo, Uruguay
Tuesday, 26 August: Christchurch, New Zealand.
Monday, 15 September: Geneva, Switzerland
Tuesday, 30 September: Washington DC, United States of America
A further date in Africa will be added shortly.
The meetings will be a part of ICANN's Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC) 
consultation that was opened in June following the community's response to the 
Midterm Review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) that ICANN has with the US 
Department of Commerce.

To date, three documents have been produced to guide the IIC consultation: a 
Transition Action Plan; an Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN 
document; and an FAQ. All three documents have been produced by the President's 
Strategy Committee (PSC) of ICANN and they are currently under review by the 
PSC following a first public comment period that closed on 31 July.

The regional consultative meetings will explain the IIC consultation and its 
aims, and encourage discussion and debate surrounding a number of measures for 
improving confidence in ICANN both as an organization and as a model for 
coordinating the Internet's unique identifiers. At least one member of the PSC 
and one ICANN staff person will be present at each meeting and will help manage 
it.

More details on the meetings and the consultation can be found online at 
http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/regional-meetings.htm. Any questions about the 
meetings or process should be sent to iic@xxxxxxxxx.

ICANN encourages all those in the community to try to take part in one of the 
sessions and looks forward to engaging with its stakeholders over the next few 
months.


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* With the exception of Washington, the dates coincide with existing meetings 
where Internet community members and those interested in ICANN issues are 
already expected to attend.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org