Dear Aisling Heraughty-
I want to call your attention to an error in your recent press
release concerning the ICANN Berlin meetings. You have referred to
the ICANN board as the "initial board", whereas it is actually the
"interim board". Art. V Sec. 1 of the ICANN Bylaws states that:
"The initial Board of Directors of the Corporation ("Initial Board")
shall consist of nine At Large members, the President (when
appointed) and those Directors that have been selected in accordance
with these bylaws by any Supporting Organization(s)
that exists under Section 3(a) of Article VI during the term of any
of such At Large members."
The present board doesn't fit that definition, and therefore can't
rightly be called the "initial board". I'm sure you'll want to
correct this so that Ogilvy isn't accused of releasing
misinformation.
Thanks.
Yours,
Michael Sondow
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PRESS ADVISORY
THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN)
CONVENES
PUBLIC OPEN MEETINGS IN BERLIN
What
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN -
http://www.icann.org) will be holding a set of open meetings in
Berlin on
May 25 - 26, 1999. ICANN is the new global non-profit corporation
formed to
oversee a set of the Internet's core technical management functions.
Between now and September 2000, ICANN will gradually be assuming
responsibility for coordinating the assignment of protocol
parameters, the
management of the domain name system, and the allocation of IP
address
space.
At the Berlin public open meeting, ICANN's 10-member Initial Board
of
Directors will discuss and hear public comments on a number of
issues,
including the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO)
recent
recommendations on trademarks and the operation of the domain name
system;
the recognition of the seven constituency groups that will comprise
the
Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO); proposals for ICANN's
membership
structure and independent review mechanism; the proposed ICANN
Budget for
1999-2000; and the status of the registrar competition testbed in
the .com,
.net, and .org top-level domains. In addition to the ICANN public
open
meeting, there will be meetings of the DNSO constituency group
organizing
efforts, the Governmental Advisory Committee, and the Membership
Advisory
Committee, and an inaugural meeting of the DNSO General Assembly.
There
will be a press conference on May 28 at which the ICANN Initial
Board will
discuss its Berlin meetings, including the Board's votes on May 27.
The ICANN public open meeting on May 26 will be webcast, including
real-time
audio, video, and scribe's notes (not verbatim transcripts) --
please see
http://www.cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/ for details. Online
participants will be able to submit real-time questions and
comments.
Likewise, the inaugural meeting of the DNSO General Assembly will be
webcast
on May 25.
Members of the press interested in attending the press conference
must send
requests for accreditation to:
Aisling Heraughty
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax (+32-2) 545 6610)
