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Dates:	25-27 May, 1999
Location:	Berlin, Germany
Venue:	Hotel Adlon
Website:	ICANN.org
Historical Significance
Board approves the formation of constituency groups within DNSO

ICANN 2 was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999. All meetings took place the Hotel Adlon.

Key developments[edit | edit source]

The first day saw the new advisory committees meet, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and Membership Advisory Committee, meet. There was also a presentation from IANA which talked about delegation practices. Each of the seven constituencies of the Domain Name Supporting Organization also engaged in meetings. In addition to this, the DNSO initial assembly was to be held during the afternoon. The meeting commenced at around 1:30 pm and featured the introduction of webcasting services, to ensure that people not in attendance were still able to take part in the discussion. The meeting gave participants in the various DNSO constituency group meetings the opportunity to report on their respective morning meetings, and also gave all DNSO General Assembly participants the opportunity to discuss the DNSO structure, as well as possible next steps in the DNSO process.

Outcomes[edit | edit source]

The board approved the creation of the Protocol Supporting Organization (PSO) and instructed ICANN's president to draft implementation bylaws for the organization. The board acknowledged and approved various points of progress on the Membership Advisory Committee's development of an At-Large membership model. And the board acknowledged the WIPO report and praised its comprehensive and deep recommendations for a uniform process of responding to trademark issues. The board directed the testbed registrars to work together to formulate a draft Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy for the board's consideration.^[1]

The board meeting included a number of resolutions related to the presentations and proposals from the prior meeting days. The following constituencies were approved within the DNSO:

gTLD Registries
Registrars
ccTLD registries
Commercial and business entities
Intellectual property
ISPs and connectivity providers

Key sessions[edit | edit source]

On May 26th, the ICANN Board of Directors held a day-long public forum. The meeting required no preregistration for the participants, and was open to all persons interested in attending the meeting. Webcasting services were also employed here for those wishing to participate from afar. The meeting's agenda included a discussion of the following topics:

Proposals for ICANN Supporting Organizations

Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Membership Advisory Committee

Proposals for Domain Name Supporting Organization Constituency Groups

The World Intellectual Property Organization's "Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process"

Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Advisory Committee on Independent Review^[2]

Preliminary 1999-2000 ICANN budget

All of these topics were posted online and were available to view and comment on, they can still be found here.

ICANN Board[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ICANN 2 Archive - Board Resolutions from the Berlin Meeting, May 27th, 1999]
↑ ICANN 2 Archive - Presentation of Advisory Committee on Independent Review, May 26, 1999

[1] ICANN 2 Archive - Board Resolutions from the Berlin Meeting, May 27th, 1999]

[2] ICANN 2 Archive - Presentation of Advisory Committee on Independent Review, May 26, 1999

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+'''ICANN 2''' was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999. All meetings took place the Hotel Adlon.
-'''ICANN 2''' was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999.
+==Key developments==
-ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.
+The first day saw the new [[Advisory Committee|advisory committees]] meet, the [[GAC|Governmental Advisory Committee]] (GAC) and [[Membership Advisory Committee]], meet. There was also a presentation from IANA which talked about delegation practices. Each of the seven constituencies of the [[Domain Name Supporting Organization]] also engaged in meetings. In addition to this, the DNSO initial assembly was to be held during the afternoon. The meeting commenced at around 1:30 pm and featured the introduction of webcasting services, to ensure that people not in attendance were still able to take part in the discussion. The meeting gave participants in the various DNSO constituency group meetings the opportunity to report on their respective morning meetings, and also gave all DNSO General Assembly participants the opportunity to discuss the DNSO structure, as well as possible next steps in the DNSO process.
-ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.
+==Outcomes==
+The board approved the creation of the [[Protocol Supporting Organization]] (PSO) and instructed ICANN's president to draft implementation bylaws for the organization. The board acknowledged and approved various points of progress on the Membership Advisory Committee's development of an At-Large membership model. And the board acknowledged the WIPO report and praised its comprehensive and deep recommendations for a uniform process of responding to trademark issues. The board directed the testbed registrars to work together to formulate a draft [[Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy]] for the board's consideration.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/berlin/berlin-resolutions.html ICANN 2 Archive - Board Resolutions from the Berlin Meeting], May 27th, 1999]</ref>
-ICANN 2 was held in Berlin, between 25-27 May 1999. All meetings were stationed in the Hotel Aldon. This was only the second ICANN meeting to take place, and due to the succsess of the first one, this was due to prove even better, with yet more important topics on the agenda. The Advisory commitees for the ICANN 2 meetings were as follows.
+The board meeting included a number of resolutions related to the presentations and proposals from the prior meeting days. The following constituencies were approved within the [[DNSO]]:
+* gTLD Registries
+* Registrars
+* ccTLD registries
+* Commercial and business entities
+* Intellectual property
+* ISPs and connectivity providers
-- Governmental Advisory Commitee
-- Statement of IANA TLD Delegation Practices
+==Key sessions==
-- Membership Advisory Committee
+On May 26th, the ICANN Board of Directors held a day-long public forum.  The meeting required no preregistration for the participants, and was open to all persons interested in attending the meeting. Webcasting services were also employed here for those wishing to participate from afar.  The meeting's agenda included a discussion of the following topics:
+* Proposals for ICANN [[Supporting Organizations]]
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+* Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN [[Membership Advisory Committee]]
-==The Meeting (Day 1 May 25th 1999)==
-The actual meeting took place over four days, each day was subject to differnt terms and agendas. One the first day (May 25th 1999), the initail meet was restricted to just the advisory committees that were to be taking part. These committees were the Governmental advisory committee and the Membership Advisory Committee. There was also a statement from IANA TLD which talked about the delegation practises.
+* Proposals for [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organization]] Constituency Groups
+* The [[WIPO|World Intellectual Property Organization]]'s "Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process"
-Throughout the morning ICANN had reserved a metting room for each of the seven self-organizing constituencies of the Domain Name Supporting Organization. All information that was talked about during these meetings cannot be found at the current time, hoeever it is hopeful that all agendas and topics, talked about will be availble to comment on through following the link.
+* Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Advisory Committee on Independent Review<ref>[https://cyber.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/archive/open2.html#irac ICANN 2 Archive - Presentation of Advisory Committee on Independent Review], May 26, 1999</ref>
+* Preliminary 1999-2000 ICANN budget
-In addition to this, the DNSO initial assembly was to be held on this day, during the afternoon. the meeting commneced at around 1:30 pm and had seen the introduction of webcasting services, to ensure that people not being able to attend the meetings in person, were still able to take part in the discussion. The meeting gave participants in the various DNSO constiuency group meetings, the opportunity to report on their respective morning meetings, and also gave all DNSO General Assembly participants the opportunity to discuss the DNSO structure, aswell as possible next steps in the DNSO process.
+All of these topics were posted online and were available to view and comment on, they can still be found [http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/berlin/drafts2.html here].
+==ICANN Board==
-The DNSO general assembly meeting was webcast, which included the use of realtime Audio and Video feeds. This allowed for realtime feedback and participation for persons not able to attend.
+*[[Mike Roberts|Michael Roberts]]
+*[[Esther Dyson]]
+*[[Pindar Wong]]
+*[[Geraldine Capdeboscq]]
+*[[George Conrades]]
+*[[Greg Crew]]
+*[[Frank Fitzsimmons]]
+*[[Hans Kraaijenbrink]]
+*[[Jun Murai]]
+*[[Eugenio Triana]]
+*[[Linda Wilson]]
-==Day 2 (May 26th 1999) ICANN Open Meeting==
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-The ICANN Board of Directors held a day-long public meeting in Berlin at the Hotel Adlon.  The meeting required no preregistration for the participants, and was open to all persons interested in attending the meeting. For those people that were unable to attend in person,a remote participation service was set up for the meeting, this was made possible via the Internet.  The meetings agenda included a discussion of the following topics.
+[[Category:ICANN Meetings|ICANN 02]]
+[[Category:Germany]]
-Proposals for ICANN Supporting Organizations:
-• Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Membership Advisory Committee
-• Proposals for Domain Name Supporting Organization Constituency Groups
-• The World Intellectual Property Organization's "Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process"
-• Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Advisory Committee on Independent Review
-• Preliminary 1999-2000 ICANN budget
-All of these topics have been posted online and are availble to view and comment on through following the link [http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/berlin/drafts2.html].
-===The tentative agenda for the meeting was as follows:===
-• Reports from the Chair and President
-• Governmental Advisory Committee report
-• Root Server System Advisory Committee report
-• 1999-2000 ICANN budget report
-• Report on status of registrar accreditation process
-• Discussion of supporting organization status
-◦ Reports from DNSO constituency organizers
-◦ Report from DNSO general assembly organizational meeting
-◦ Discussion of any other pending SO applications
-• Discussion of WIPO report items
-• Discussion of ICANN Membership Structure
-• Discussion of ICANN independent review policy
-• Discussion of geographic diversity provisions of the ICANN bylaws
-All of the Meeting was Webcast ad further information including minutes from the meeting can be found thorugh following the Link provided here.[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/]
-An even more indepth Documentation to the meetings agenda, and the timeline that wa adhered to during the day can be found here.[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/archive/open.html]
-==Day 3 (May 27th 1999 ICANN Board Meeting)==
-[[Category:ICANN Meetings]]