Re: January 17th ICANN Teleconference

[edyson@edventure.com (Esther Dyson)]

We will be posting the minutes of this call shortly. Please stand by.

Esther Dyson

At 12:20 PM 26/01/99 -0500, Michael Sondow wrote:
>Esther Dyson, George Conrades, Mike Roberts, and the ICANN Board-
>
>The announcement on the ICANN website (reproduced below) indicates that this
>teleconference was of such
>importance to the Internet that, since it was apparently not public or
>recorded, the ICANN Interim Board is morally obligated to announce publicly
>its results and conclusions.
>
>The ICIIU calls on you, the ICANN Interim Board members, to supply a brief
>statement on the decisions you made on each of the conference's topics as
>listed below, so that the Internet community may know what you are doing,
>and what you are planning to do, to affect its future.
>
>..................................................................
>January 17, 1999 - Special Meeting 
>
>           The Initial Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for
>Assigned Names and Numbers will conduct a special meeting via telephone on
>January 17, 1999, at 9:00 am U.S. East Coast time for the following
>purposes:  
>
>           -Discussion of the transition of authority for IANA functions to
>ICANN, ratification of necessary              agreements with the University
>of Southern California, and authorization of
>proposals,                        negotiation, and agreements with the
>United States Department of Commerce regarding ICANN                    
>assumption of the IANA function.  
>
>           -Discussion of anticipated income and expenditures and
>authorization for Interim CEO to proceed                with expenditures
>within the availability of funds.  
>
>           -Ratification of Executive Committee election of interim Chief
>Financial Officer/Treasurer and                 Secretary.  
>
>           -Staff and board member reports on:  the status of the Department
>of Commerce/NSI plan for a Shared
>            Registration System, including ICANNís  role in developing
>registrar accreditation guidelines and             related matters;
>supporting organization formation progress; ICANN committee progress; status
>of              WIPO domain name system recommendations; activities under
>ICANNís Joint Project Agreement with                the United States
>Department of Commerce; and planning for upcoming Singapore meeting.  
>..................................................................
>
>
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>International Congress of Independent Internet Users (ICIIU) 
>        http://www.iciiu.org       iciiu@iciiu.org 
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>


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