Dear Bruce, I see that the Board is getting an update on the progress of discussions on Proposed VeriSign Settlement. The policy activities of the gNSO Council which are directly related should be part of that update. I understand that sometimes it is difficult for the policy activities and their relevance to decisions the Board may undertake to be visible to the full Board. It would be unfortunate if the full Board did not have a good understanding of the progress and the timing related to policy development specific to this agreement. Since Council has just completed a very important step, perhaps the way to ensure a thorough understanding, and the ability of the Board to ask questions of the Council, via our chair, would be to have you join Olof to provide the update. Best regards, Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michael D. Palage Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:17 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] ICANN Board Teleconference - 23-Jan-2006 Dear Council Members: Please be advised that the ICANN Board this evening was notified of a special meeting this upcoming Monday to discuss an "Update on Discussions on Proposed VeriSign Settlement." See http://www.icann.org/minutes/ Best regards, Michael D. Palage