Dear Council Members: As a follow-up to my previous post, I just wanted to advise the council that the Secretariat has updated the ICANN website to include all of these dates, including the proposed agenda for the 21-Feb-2006 meeting within seven days of that meeting as required by the bylaws. * Review of Public Comments Regarding VeriSign Settlement Agreements * Litigation Status Update * Discussion of VeriSign Settlement Agreements * Designation of São Paulo as 2006 Annual Meeting * Consideration of ccNSO's ccPDP Results and Recommendations on Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes * Approval of Contractor to Conduct GNSO Review * Designation of Academic Organization to Select Delegate for ICANN's 2006 Nominating Committee * Approval of Director's Expenses * Other Business Should anyone have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I have heard from at least one registrar regarding the briefing that staff provided yesterday. I would hope that these briefing assist the respective constituencies in helping formulate comments which they can submit via the public forum. Although I have the benefit of monitoring your calls and this list's communications, I believe it is important to use the public forum as the primary mechanism to document the community's position on the proposed Verisign settlement agreements. I also point to the proposed approval of the contract to conduct the GNSO review which should be of particular importance to the GNSO. Best regards, Michael D. Palage