The ICANN Board will meet tonight/tomorrow, with this agenda: <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/agenda-23apr09.htm> Special Board Meeting - Proposed Agenda 23 April 2009 A. Consent Agenda 1. Approval of Minutes – 3 February 2009 and 12 February 2009 2. Approval of Board Audit Committee’s Recommendation for Engagement of Auditors for FY09-10 3. Approval of Charter of Community-Wide Working Group to Review The Structure of ICANN’s Present Geographic Regions 4. Approval of Board Governance Committee’s Recommendation regarding Ombudsman Framework 5. Approval of Board Governance Committee’s Recommendation for Posting of the Revised Conflict of Interest Policy for Public Comment 6. Approval of Board Governance Committee’s Recommendation of Procedures for Board Nominations 7. Approval of Redelegation of .NG 8. Approval of Phased Allocation Process for Single & Two-Character Domain Names in .BIZ, including proposed Contract Amendment 9. Approval of Posting for Public Comment the Plan for Enhancing Internet Security, Stability & Resiliency 10. Approval of Staff to Follow the Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries B. Regular Agenda 1. GNSO Improvements 1. Implementation Efforts 2. GNSO Council Restructuring 2. New gTLD Implementation Updates 1. Implementation Recommendation Team 2. Geographical Names 3. Timeline 3. Approval of Seoul Budget - October 2009 Meeting Location 4. Agenda for Upcoming Board Retreat 5. Other Business 6. Board Executive Session C. Informational Agenda 1. Registrar Accreditation Agreement Update 2. .PRO Registry Agreement Renewal 3. IDNccTLD Update 4. Update on FY10 Operational Planning & Budget Process 5. Reports from Board Committees 1. Audit Committee – 28 February 2009 Preliminary Report 2. Board Governance Committee – 11 February 2009 and 28 February 2009 Minutes 3. Finance Committee – 10 February 2009 Minutes and 28 February 2009 Preliminary Report 4. IANA Committee – 28 January 2009 and 16 February 2009 Minutes and 1 March 2009 Preliminary Report 5. Public Participation Committee – 17 February 2009 and 28 February 2009 Minutes 6. Risk Committee – 27 January 2009 and 1 March 2009 Preliminary Reports 7. Structural Improvements Committee – 10 February 2009 Minutes and 28 February 2009 Preliminary Report