11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA ICANN Protocol Supporting Organization General Assembly 11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Agenda Opening Introduction & Activities of the PSO signatories Status Report on PSO Protocol Council activities Invited Presentations Open Discussion

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Agenda Opening Introduction & Activities of the PSO signatories Status Report on PSO Protocol Council activities Invited Presentations Open Discussion

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Status Report on PSO Protocol Council Activities for the Aug Aug 2001 period

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Members of the PSO PC ETSI »Azucena Hernandez »Gerry Lawrence IETF »Leslie Daigle »Steve Bellovin ITU »Brian Moore »Fabio Bigi W3C »Philipp Hoschka »Daniel Weitzner

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Duties of PSO PC (1) Advice the ICANN Board on referred matters relating to assignment of parameters for Internet Protocols Development of policies & procedures for conflict resolution as requested by the signatory SDOs Development of substantive policies in the area of protocol parameter assignment

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Duties of PSO PC (2) Appointment of Directors of the ICANN Board in accordance with the By-laws of ICANN Provision of open information on official communications between ICANN and the PSO, PC proceedings and meeting announcements Holding of an open General Assembly

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA PSO Significant Dates (1) Aug 2000ETSI formed Secretariat to PSO PC; Transition of the PSO website & exploder lists IETF => ETSI; 6 th audio conference achieved: -- Decided PSO GA 2001 to be hosted by ETSI, in conjunction with other meetings of its IP-related Technical Committees (e.g. EP TIPHON, TC SPAN and TC TMN); -- Discussed the deadlock breaking mechanism, if needed for the selection of the PSO nominee to the ICANN Board (the one-year term of Mr. Jean-Francois Abramatic expired October 1 st 2000);

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA PSO Significant Dates (2) Sept th audio conference achieved: -- Defined an evaluation matrix of criteria for assessing the strengths of the candidates for the ICANN Director; -- Evaluated the profiles of the 3 nominees (Jean-Francois Abramatic, Helmut Schink and Ole Jacobsen); 8 th audio conference achieved: -- Final review of the candidates background & experience with the Internet culture & relevant technologies; -- Nominated Mr. Helmut Schink as the PSO representative to the ICANN Board for the three-year term beginning October 1 st 2000; Notified the ICANN Board of the PSO PC selection;

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA PSO Significant Dates (3) Nov 2000PSO activities presented to ICANN Meeting (California); Feb 2001Completely restructured the PSO website; 9 th audio conference achieved: -- Analysed the procedure of appointing PSO members to the Independent Review Nominating Committee (IRNC); -- Discussed the organization of the PSO GA (agenda, invited presentations, speakers, web-cast); March 2001Analysed the proposal for revision of the registry agreement for the.com/.net/.org with regard to potential protocol-related technical issues and provided recommendations to the ICANN Board Meeting (Melbourne); Appointed two PSO members to the IRNC: Mr. Houlin Zhao for a three-year term) and Mr. Tim Berners-Lee for a two- year term)

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA PSO Significant Dates (4) April th audio conference achieved: -- Decided the timeline for this years PSO nominations to the ICANN Board (the two-year term of Mr. Vinton Cerf expiresOctober 1 st 2001); June th audio conference achieved: -- Finalized arrangements for the PSO GA; -- PSO activities presented at ICANN Meeting (Stockholm); -- Analysed procedure for nomination to the ICANN Board July nd PSO GA hosted by ETSI in Sophia Antipolis Preparations for hand-over of PSO PC Secretariat (August 2001) from ETSI to …

11 July 2001, Sophia Antipolis PSO GA Selection of a PSO Nominee to the ICANN Board June 1 st 2001 Opening the Call for Nominations July 15 th 2001 Closing Date for Nominations Sept 15 th 2001 PSO-PC to notify the ICANN Board of its selection Oct 1 st 2001Beginning of the Term of the new ICANN Director