RE: [registrars] Board meeting agenda for 15 Feb 2008 in New Delhi

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good idea Bruce.  If anyone in Delhi wants to discuss the budget issues
that we may want to present to ICANN during our meeting on Tuesday,
let's plan to meet for lunch on Monday in the main dining area.  Thanks.


 

Jon

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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:04 PM
To: Bruce Tonkin; Registrars Constituency
Subject: RE: [registrars] Board meeting agenda for 15 Feb 2008 in New
Delhi

 

 

Bruce, 

 

Thanks for this.

 

Are you prepared to provide you thoughts and feedback to this committee

or to the Constituency?

 

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-----Original Message-----

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[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin

Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 9:52 AM

To: Registrars Constituency

Subject: [registrars] Board meeting agenda for 15 Feb 2008 in New Delhi

 

 

Hello All,

 

 

Below is the agenda for the Board meeting in New Delhi.   Key topics of

relevance to the GNSO are new gTLDs and IDNs.   My understanding so far

is that the Board is probably not going to approve the new gTLD

recommendations in New Delhi, but will be considering some of the work

done by staff on implementation.   

 

The other topic for the registrars to consider is the budget for the 1

July 08 to 30 June 08 year.   Some of the areas of discussion include

the proposal to charge registrars transaction fees during the 5 day

add-grace period, and an appropriate travel policy for the many

volunteers that contribute to ICANN policy development.    The proposed

budget raises expenses from $42 million in this financial year, to $57

million in 1 Jul 08 to 30 Jun 09 financial year (about a 35% increase).

The travel and meeting budget is currently proposed to be around $10

million (or around 17% of total expenditure) to provide some context.

 

I encourage the registrars constituency to consider the expenditure

budget as a whole, and be able to provide some constructive feedback on

prioritisation for the budget, and whether the expense levels are

reasonable given the tasks of the organisation.   Of course I expect

registrars will want to know what the transaction fees will be, and how

these may be changed during the add-grace period - but I think it is

also important for the industry to be thinking about what ICANN is

doing, and whether that expenditure is reasonable.

 

Maybe the registrars constituency could consider forming a subcommittee

to review the budget in detail in New Delhi, and report back to the

registrars constituency with some recommendations.   It would be good if

this could be done prior to the registrars meeting with representatives

of the Board and staff.

 

 

Regards,

Bruce Tonkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From:  http://www.icann.org/minutes/

 

15 February 2008

Regular Board Meeting

 

Agenda

 

(As set by the Executive Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors)

 

1) Approval of Minutes of January 2008 Board Meeting

 

2) Approval of ICANN Accountability and Transparency Frameworks

 

3) Review of Board Governance Committee Recommendations

 

Possible BGC Actions

 

(Ombudsman Framework)

 

(Bylaws Mandated Reviews Update)

 

4) Review of Board Finance Committee Recommendations

 

Possible BFC Actions

 

(Funds Disbursement and Approvals Policy)

 

(Budget Next Steps)

 

5) Review of Board Audit Committee Recommendations

 

Possible Audit Committee Actions

 

(Approval of Auditor)

 

6) New gTLDs - Next Steps

 

7) Acknowledging Receipt of DNSSEC Recommendations from SSAC

 

8) ICANN Bylaws Change Request from ALAC

 

9) IDNs (update on IDNc discussions and technical test)

 

10) Other Business