[council] Recapping today's ccNSO Council meeting

[john at crediblecontext.com]

 All,
 Today's ccNSO Council meeting did not have a quorum so all motions were put off.  Interestingly, not put off to the next meeting, but to the mailing list.  An example of some of the ways our two Councils operate differently.
 Let with discussion items only, the bulk of the meeting was devoted to Internet governance.  While the best that was said is that the multiple efforts (e.g., 1Net, cross-community working group, Strategy Panel on the Internet Governance Ecosystem and the 5th Panel) are “starting to get more functional.”  
 It is clear that momentum on this issue and the date of the meeting in Brazil will make it hard for ICANN in general and Fadi in particular to tamp down urgency on Internet governance in Singapore.  We know this is his intent on the strength of his comments at the most recent SO & AC Leaders conference call.
 There were some stats reported about the Brazil meeting.  There are 800 spots available and 433 “expressions of interest” have been made.  Of those expressions, 31 percent are female and 69 percent are male.  Regionally, 37 percent are from Latin America, 19 percent are from Europe, 18 percent are from North America, 12 percent from Asia, 11 percent from Africa and 3 percent from Oceana.  
 There was a sense of the ccNSO Council that participation by ccTLD managers is being tamped down because the organizers are focused on three other kinds of participants: Government, Business and Civil Society.  The frustration over this was focused on the future of the IANA contract which it was said is essential to the cc's.
 Finally, there was a report from staff that name collisions will be on the Singapore agenda for the ccNSO Council meeting.
 Cheers,
 Berard
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