Meeting - Feb 19 2008

ISOC-NY held a public meeting on Feb 19 2008 at NYU.

Attendees

• David Solomonoff
• Joseph Shraibman
• Joly MacFie
• Danny Younger
• Evan Korth
• Doviet Saperaly
• Gene Gaines (by phone)

Minutes

1. ISOC-DC - Gene Gaines spoke about collaboration between ISOC-DC and ISOC-NY.

1. Website - It is agreed that ISOC-NY will assist ISOC-DC in creating a new website.
2. Meetings - Methods of collaboration on meetings, including ISOC's Marratech server, will be explored.
3. Events - Limited inter-chapter webcasting of conferences, of which there are plenty in DC, is a possibility.

2. North American Chapters Noting the newly formed Philadelphia Chapter, and recent contact from the Colorado Chapter - the possibility of forming a North American Co-ordinating Chapter along the European lines was discussed. The consensus was that a formal structure is not needed at this time, but inter-chapter communication and activities should be actively pursued.

3. ICANN

1. Registrants Danny related his recent efforts to encourage the formation of a Registrants constituency for ICANN. He considers that none of the existing structures purely look out for this important group of stakeholders.
2. JPA Danny noted that he intends to attend the DOC's mid-term review of the ICANN JPA on Feb 28. There was discussion of ISOC's submitted comments. Danny suggests that there is general consensus that ICANN needs to do more before it is seen to be robust enough to stand alone, particularly by the US politicians that will have the ultimate say. He doesn't see possible global efforts to initiate alternative roots as much of a threat.
3. IDN's Danny noted that this is still an area with much detail to be thrashed out, particularly as to which countries are going to manage language-based registries.

(more coming)