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IAC Report 26/05/00

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ISOCNZ International Affairs Committee

Report to Council May 2000

International Affairs Committee met on Friday, 19 May, attended by Peter Dengate Thrush (Chair), Jim Higgins, Sue Leader, Frank March and Patrick O'Brien.

SUMMIT

  1. Sue reported that progress had been made on locating a venue, and required input into the agenda, speakers and sponsorship.
  2. The general topics for the Summit included
    1. an explanation of the ICANN structure and relationships with other international, regional and national bodies.
    2. examination of the proposed contract between CCTLDs and ICANN focusing on the level of payment, and the level of service provided.
    3. new generic top level domains.
    4. CCTLD management best practices, delegation and re-delegation, and the GAC position.
  3. Facilitators of proposed working groups would be required as well as a convenor, and speakers. A number of names were considered.
  4. The Chair undertook to produce a draft agenda for consideration by the committee on-line.

Budget

  1. The previous Summit had cost approximately $31,000, subsidised by Domainz to the tune of $13,000. ihug and EY had also provided sponsorship. A high component of that cost was web casting which would again be required.
  2. Jim Higgins and Peter Dengate Thrush undertook to make inquiries of possible sponsors.

Ministerial opening

  1. The Chair undertook to prepare a letter for despatch by the Executive Director to the Minister.

CCTLD SECRETARIAT

  1. A bid was despatched following the last Council meeting, which has been acknowledged, but there has been no formal feedback.

APTLD

  1. We have been asked to sign up and pay membership fees to the proposed new version of this organisation "Asia Pacific Domain Name". This is intended to reflect the structure of ICANN and provide opportunities in the Asian region for fora to discuss all equivalent ICANN matters. The Executive Director is not receiving responses to mail.
  2. At the last APTLD meeting, then Chair, Kilnam Chon, was to stand down to be replaced by the most senior member (in the Korean way). Under that proposal, it was assumed that Bill Semich was now Chair.
  3. Concern was expressed at the ability to influence this organisation and its cost. There is an opportunity to take part, and New Zealand has, in past meetings, been a major contributor.
  4. It was also recognised it was important to ISOCNZ to contribute to Pacific affairs.
  5. Jim Higgins was attending, on behalf of Domainz, the APTLD seminar to be run in Fiji. He would be speaking on the new Domainz system, and the Domains/ISOCNZ model.
  6. The Committee agreed it was important that ISOCNZ support this meeting, and agreed to recommend to Council that Councillor Harris be sent to represent ISOCNZ at this meeting. The object of the meeting was to inform Pacific states about ICANN developments, and registry matters, and the role of a Councillor attending would be to assist those objects, make connections on behalf of ISOCNZ, and offer assistance in ISOCNZ's name to developing countries in the Pacific region.

ICANN BILL

  1. An invoice had been received for US$15,694.85 for fiscal year ending 30 June 2000. There is considerable discussion about the history of the development of ICANN funding. In the end it was resolved to recommend to Council that ISOCNZ make a minimum, voluntary, contribution on a without prejudice basis. No amount was agreed, but reference was made to the APTLD format, adopted and improved by CENTR. It is hoped that by the time of the Council meeting, the Committee will be in a position to recommend an amount.

CCTLD's BEST PRACTICE

  1. Sue reported that there had been formed a CCTLD drafting group, and that she was apparently on it. Other pressure had kept her from attending to that. She agreed to copy all such correspondence to the Chair.

ICANNN MEETING; YOKOHAMA, JULY 2000

  1. Discussions as to the best representation of ISOCNZ followed. It was agreed to recommend to Council that the Chair and the Executive Director be asked to attend the meetings. These would, as in previous meetings, focus on CCTLD and other DNSO issues. It was important to establish connections with the ASO and PSO.
  2. Accordingly, it was recommended that Neville Brownlee, of Auckland University, be approached by the Chair with a view to his attending the PSO meeting at ISOCNZ expense.
  3. There was a meeting scheduled to review the introduction of Chinese characters into the DNS. Because of his facility in Mandarin, it was resolved to recommend to Council that Ray Brownrigg of Victoria University be asked to attend the meeting at ISOCNZ's expense, and to provide a report on the consequences of this for the DNS in New Zealand to ISOCNZ.
  4. The attendance at Yokohama of ISOCNZ member Joop Teermestra was reviewed.
  5. The Committee resolved to recommend to Council that in its view it was advantageous for New Zealand's profile in international affairs, and to New Zealand members for Joop to attend, and recommended funding him to the extent of $1,500, conditional upon receiving a report of his activities at the meeting to ISOCNZ Council.

CHAPTER OF ISOC

  1. The Chair raised the question as to progress with this issue. The Executive Director reported that it had been dealt with by the Policy Committee, to which it had been delegated. Policy had recommended that ISOCNZ not become a Chapter, and Council would be receiving that recommendation next week.

COSTS

  1. There was a discussion concerning funding of travel, including as part of the revenue relationship between ISOCNZ and Domainz. Patrick O'Brien noted that there needed to be clear authority for expenditure. The Executive Director noted that the need for professional advice in this area had been noted. The Chair suggested that it might now be appropriate to seek that advice, so that it could be available during the joint sessions of Council and the Board in clarifying governance and administration.
  2. Consideration was also given to paying people travelling on Council business a "per diem". Frank March agreed to provide a sample of a policy which might be useful as a precedent in future cases.

The meeting closed at 1.30pm.

P C Dengate Thrush
Chair
22 May 2000

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