Hello All, See below for the agenda for the ICANN Board meeting next week. Quite a few issues relevant to the GNSO - including the result of PDP-Feb06 on contractual conditions, IDN in GNSO and ccNSO, domain name tasting, Network Solutions, GNSO recommendations on new gTLDs, Czech Arbitration Court for UDRP,. Looks like days worth of topics! Regards, Bruce From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/ 23 January 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors Proposed Agenda (as Approved by Executive Committee on 16 January 2008) 1) Approval of Minutes for 18 December 2007 2) GNSO Recommendation on Contractual Conditions for Existing gTLDs (PDP-Feb06) 3) Discussion of Ongoing Community Dialogue about IDN ccTLDs and gTLDs 4) ISC (F-Root Operator)/ICANN Mutual Responsibilities Agreement 5) Proposals to Address Domain Tasting 6) Compliance Report on Network Solutions' Front-Loading Activities 7) Memoranda of Understanding with the Institute for Information Security Issues (IISI) at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and with Russian Association of Networks and Services (RANS) 8) GNSO Recommendations on New gTLDs 9) UDRP Provider Application from Czech Arbitration Court 10) Update on Status of Bylaws-Mandated Reviews 11) Board Governance Committee Recommendations on Appointment of Chair and Members of ALAC Review Working Group 12) Board Governance Committee Recommendation on approval of Contractor for ALAC Review Working Group 13) Board Governance Committee Recommendation on dissolution of Board Meetings Committee 13) Redelegation of .AE (United Arab Emirates) 14) Supplemental Resolution re: Brussels Branch Office 15) UPU's .POST Agreement Update 16) Update on Preparedness for India ICANN Meeting 17) Discussion of President/CEO's Report for December 2007 18) Other Business