ICANN 02

Dates:	25-27 May, 1999
Location:	Berlin, Germany
Venue:	Hotel Adlon
Website:	ICANN 2 SITE

ICANN 2 was held in Berlin, Germany from between 25-27 May, 1999.

May 25, 1999 -- Advisory Committees, DNSO Constituency Groups and DNSO General Assembly Meetings

Advisory Committees. The following ICANN committees will meet in Berlin on May 25:

On may 25, the following ICANN Committees met in Berlin:

Governmental Advisory Committee that represented the Statement of IANA TLD Delegation Practices, prepared by ICANN/IANA staff at the request of the GAC. Membership Advisory Committee

The first meeting of DNSO General Assembly was held in the afternoon in the hotel. A particpation fee of $50 was collected at the door. This participation was take to fund the cost of DNSO related meeting rooms, facilities and webcasting services. The archives of this meeting can be read here

A day long public meeting was held in berlin by the ICANN board of directors.

The ICANN Board of Directors will hold a day-long public meeting in Berlin. This meeting requires no preregistration and is open to all interested persons. For those unable to attend in person, remote participation in the meeting will also be possible via the Internet. The meeting agenda will include discussion of the following items that have been or will soon be posted for public comment at http://www.icann.org/berlin/drafts2.html:

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 Proposed 1999-2000 ICANN budget Solitication of comments on the geographic diversity requirements for the ICANN Board of Directors Solicitation of comments on the definition of the DNSO registry Constituency Group The tentative agenda for the meeting is (posted May 5, 1999):

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 Other reports TBD 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 The ICANN Open Meeting will be webcast (audio and video feeds), enabling realtime remote feedback and participation. For details, please see http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/. May 27, 1999 -- ICANN Board Meeting

The ICANN Board of Directors will meet to discuss and vote on any pending resolutions with regard to (tentative agenda posted May 5, 1999):

Recognition of Domain Name Supporting Organization Constituency Groups Formation of other Supporting Organizations Independent Review Advisory Committee recommendations WIPO Final Report, including annexes ICANN membership structure Geographic diversity provisions of the ICANN bylaws 1999-2000 ICANN Budget Transition to a permanent Board and CEO Staff appointments, hiring and administration May 28, 1999 -- ICANN Press Conference

There will be a press conference at 10:00am at the Hotel Adlon. Journalists should send requests for accreditation to Aisling Heraughty (aisling.heraughty@ogilvy.be), fax: +32 (2) 545-6610.