ICANN President’s Report Shanghai, China October 30, 2002 Stuart Lynn

Overview l Shanghai Meeting l Staffing and Budget l Audit Report l MOU with U.S. DOC l ccTLDs l Dot Org l Advisory Committees l New TLDs l Meetings

Staffing and Budget

Staff Changes l 20 staff on board l Andrew McLaughlin now half-time l Herbert Vitzthum will leave ICANN l Anne-Rachel Inné will join ICANN l Steve Conte joined technical staff l Denise Michel joined consulting staff l Some administrative staff turnover l Other positions posted –Registry liaison –Webmaster

Audit Report l Being finalized –Should be posted next week l Reconciles with unaudited figures –Differences due to accounting presentation –e.g. l Includes DNSO income/expenditures l Combines New gTLD expenditures

MOU with U.S. DOC l Amendment signed September 12 –One-year extension l Focuses on specific tasks –In broader context l Collaboration with DOC l Challenge for “community”

ccTLDs l Continuing ongoing work on agreements –Several forthcoming l Differences of view over policy interpretation –AXFR issue and nameserver changes –Channeled into constructive framework l How to improve DNS stability –Overall policy context needs rethinking l Nameserver changes come in different flavors

Dot Org l Selection process complete –Board decision on ISOC/PIR proposal l Eleven proposals submitted –Appreciation to all bidders l Proposed agreement with PIR posted –Seven-day rule in play l Collaborative transition planniong

Advisory and Other Committees l IDN Committee (Katoh) l Security and Stability Advisory Committee (Crocker) l Root Server System Advisory Committee (Murai) l Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)

New TLDs l Board solicited my recommendation l Proposed three-part action plan –Present to forum later today l Post next week –Board decision at Annual Meeting

Meetings l 2002 Annual Meeting –Amsterdam –December 14-15, 2002 l 2003 Spring Meeting –Rio de Janeiro –March (23) Mon 24- Thur 27, 2003 l 2003 Summer Meeting –Montreal, Canada –June (22) Mon 23-Thur 26, 2003 l 2003 Fall Meeting –Africa? –November?

Closing Comments

Questions?