The ICANN Board will meet tomorrow (late evening US Eastern time), The Board Agenda for the Special Meeting of the Board (as set by the Executive Committee on 11 December 2007): 1) Approval of Minutes for 20 November 2007 Special Board Meeting – Preliminary Report is posted publicly @ http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-20nov07.htm 2) Discussion of .TEL Contractual Amendment – Possible Board Action 3) Discussion of ICANN Strategic Plan July 2008 – June 2011 4) Update on New gTLD Process 5) Discussion of Joint Project Agreement with the NTIA 6) Discussion of ICANN Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and Principles Document (Management Operating Principles) 7) Discussion of Supporting IPv6 in the Root Server System 8) Update on Formation of BGC’s ALAC Review Working Group 9) Discussion of President/CEO’s Report for November 2007 10) Discussion of President/CEO’s Performance Review Goals 11) Whois Conflict of National Laws Procedure 12) Update on Czech Arbitration Court UDRP Application 13) Other Business Agenda posted at <http://www.icann.org/minutes/> Most of these are informational items, from which I will report back any new information on which the At Large may wish to express its opinion. Did the ALAC want to share its AGP report to the GNSO with the Board as well? Shall I raise the Transparency concerns in the document Bret began? <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?alac_comments_on_accountability_and_tran...> --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/