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Dates:	25-27 May, 1999
Location:	Berlin, Germany
Venue:	Hotel Adlon
Website:	ICANN.org

ICANN 2 was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999. All meetings took place the Hotel Adlon. Given that this was only the second ICANN meeting ever, its great successes were . The Advisory commitees for the ICANN 2 meetings were as follows.

The Meeting (Day 1 May 25th, 1999)[edit | edit source]

The first day saw the new advisory committees meet. These committees were the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and the Membership Advisory Committee. There was also a statement from IANA TLD which talked about the delegation practises.

Throughout the morning ICANN had reserved a metting room for each of the seven self-organizing constituencies of the Domain Name Supporting Organization. In addition to this, the DNSO initial assembly was to be held during the afternoon. The meeting commneced 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 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, as well as possible next steps in the DNSO process.

Day 2 (May 26th, 1999) ICANN Open Meeting[edit | edit source]

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. 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

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.

The tentative agenda for the meeting was as follows:[edit | edit source]

• 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.[1]

An even more indepth Documentation to the meetings agenda, and the timeline that wa adhered to during the day can be found here.[2]

Day 3 (May 27th 1999, ICANN Board Meeting)[edit | edit source]

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-'''ICANN 2''' was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999.
+'''ICANN 2''' was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999. All meetings took place the Hotel Adlon. Given that this was only the second ICANN meeting ever, its great successes were . The Advisory commitees for the ICANN 2 meetings were as follows.
+==The Meeting (Day 1 May 25th, 1999)==
+The first day saw the new [[Advisory Committees|advisory committees]] meet. These committees were the [[GAC|Governmental Advisory Committee]] (GAC) and the [[Membership Advisory Committee]]. There was also a statement from IANA TLD which talked about the delegation practises.
-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.
-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.
+Throughout the morning ICANN had reserved a metting room for each of the seven self-organizing constituencies of the [[Domain Name Supporting Organization]]. In addition to this, the DNSO initial assembly was to be held during the afternoon. The meeting commneced 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 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, as well as possible next steps in the DNSO process.
+==Day 2 (May 26th, 1999) ICANN Open Meeting==
-ICANN 2 was held in Berlin, between 25-27 May 1999. All meetings were stationed in the Hotel Adlon. 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 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. Webcasting services were also employed here for those wishing to participate from afar.  The meeting's agenda included a discussion of the following topics:
-- Governmental Advisory Commitee
+* Proposals for ICANN [[Supporting Organizations]]
-- Statement of IANA TLD Delegation Practices
+* Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN [[Membership Advisory Committee]]
-- Membership Advisory Committee
+* 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"
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+* Preliminary recommendations of the ICANN Advisory Committee on Independent Review
-==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.
+* 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 [http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/berlin/drafts2.html here].
-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.
-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.
-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.
-==Day 2 (May 26th 1999) ICANN Open Meeting==
-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.
-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].