DNSO General Assembly

August 24th, 1999

From: "Dr. Nii N. Quaynor" quaynor@ghana.com
To: ga@dnso.org
Cc: council@dnso.org
Subject: [council] Tentative Agenda, General Assembly Meeting, Santiago, Chile,
FACEA, Aug, 24, 14:00-20:00
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 13:51:11 -0000

Dear All,

A tentative agenda for the meeting and the minutes of the last informal GA discussion meeting are attached.

There will also be a webcast for those not able to be physically present at the GA meeting. Interested remote participants should go to shortly before the start of the meeting. The live audio and video feeds will require the RealPlayer 5.0 or later and a 14.4 Kbps or faster connection. The realtime chat will require a JAVA-capable browser (IE or Netscape 3.0 or later) or a separate IRC client.

1999.8.19

DNSO General Assembly - Revised Agenda

Date: 1999.8.24 14:00 - 19:00

Place: FACEA, Santiago, Chile

• 14:00 DNSO management/administration

  (Objective: Confirmation of Berlin GA meeting minutes, Discussion of GA chair such as the term (one term, or until nov. 1999, or other)

  Responsible: NC Chair and GA Chair

• 14:15 Update from the ICANN Board

  (Objective: an update on the ICANN Board)

  Responsible: ICANN

• 14:30 Update from the provisional Names Council

  (Objective: a progress report on the proposals for the administration of the DNSO)

  Responsible: NC Chair

• 15:00 Report from the Recognized, and Emerging DNSO Constituency Meetings

  (Objective: to provide the General Assembly with a understanding of each DNSO Constituency, its membership, its priority issues, etc. To provide a report on the Constituency elections to the Names Council (electorate, voting procedures, etc.))

  Responsible: Constituency Reps

• 16:00 Review of Working Groups

  Working Groups established by the Interim Names Council

  Working Groups proposed at public informal meeting held after Berlin DNSO General Assembly

  (Objective: to scope the current work of the DNSO and to establish who is already involved and working on the issues identified. To identify current working group leaders and members.)

  Responsible: Working Group Co-Chairs

• 17:00 ICANN Board Member Nomination Issue

  WG-D Report, The Schedule for Elections to the ICANN Board Discussion

  Responsible: WG-D Co-Chairs, ICANN

• 18:00 Strengthening Relationship between Names Council and General Assembly

  (Objective: Identify opportunities to increase communication, effectiveness of the General Assembly)

  Responsible: NC Chair and GA Chair

• 18:30 Break
• 19:00 Open Discussion

  Responsible: GA Chair

• 20:00 Close