Hello All, Below is the agenda for the ICANN Board teleconference. Relevant topics include: - Update Discussion on New gTLDs - GNSO Improvements Report and Update on Implementation Efforts - WHOIS Policy Information Update - GNSO Proposal on Absentee Voting - Review of GNSO's Motion on Domain Name Tasting - Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Negotiations and Process Update - Single-Letter Names at the Second Level Information Update Regards, Bruce Tonkin 29 May 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors Proposed Agenda 1) Approval of the 30 April 2008 Board Minutes 2) President's Report 3) ICANN Meetings Reform Discussion 4) ICANN Paris Meeting Discussion 5) Finance Committee's Update: ICANN Budget and other matters 6) New Board Committee's Discussion 7) Board Governance Committee's - Acceptance of Proposal for Formation of Review Working Groups for RSSAC 8) Discussion on Board Review, including discussion of selection of independent third-party board review consultant 9) Update Discussion on New gTLDs 10) GNSO Improvements Report and Update on Implementation Efforts 11) WHOIS Policy Information Update 12) Discussion of Board Tools 13) GNSO Proposal on Absentee Voting 13) Review of GNSO's Motion on Domain Name Tasting 15) PIR's Proposed Implementation of DNSSEC in .ORG 16) Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Negotiations and Process Update 17) Single-Letter Names at the Second Level Information Update 18) Update Discussions on various Bylaws-Mandated Reviews 19) Compensation Committee Report 20) Other Business