[bc-gnso] ICANN Agenda for Brussels posted; reminder to register for ICANN Brussels meeting

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Members Update: 

Remember to register for the ICANN Brussels meeting; that should speed your 
onsite registration, and also helps to give an accurate count for attendance at 
ICANN overall.  You can choose to keep your details private, if you prefer not 
to be listed on the attendance list. 

BRUSSELS ICANN AGENDA is now posted:  ICANN just posted the agenda for 
Brussels; you will want to take a look at the agenda before our upcoming call 
on June 2. The agenda is packed with topics of interest to BC members, and many 
of the sessions will overlap with each other.  Of some note is a heavy focus on 
security issues  throughout the week of meetings.  There is also a somewhat 
mysterious workshop entitled "Brand management in the age of new gTLDs". I have 
emailed staff with a request for more information and to note that BC members 
have a significant interest in issues related to 'brands'. I hope to gain more 
information related to that workshop in particular. 

The heavy focus on security is not surprising; members may want to call the 
materials and topics to other internal business colleagues within their 
companies/associations.  WHOIS also has several important sessions.  Steve 
DelBianco, Vice Chair, Policy Coordination, will be addressing coordination and 
focus on the gNSO policy topics separately, and we have a call dedicated to 
those topics, scheduled for June 7. 

We will review the ICANN meeting agenda briefly on our Adm/Management call.  
Thanks to those who provided arrival information separately. 

Please mark your calendars for a reception Monday evening, which the BC and 
several of its members will be organizing/hosting, and for the Tuesday 
breakfast. Neither are on the calendar, since they are invitational, but all BC 
members are invited to both.  Later, we will also be asking you for any guests 
that you may want to invite from the business community. The purpose of the 
reception is for interaction by business members and any special guests they 
invite, such as senior executives, to interact with the GAC. There will be more 
details on the reception shortly. 

Reminder about Breakfast on Tuesday:  The breakfast will be at the venue and 
will begin at 8 a.m. as usual, with the Board and Senior ICANN staff as guests. 
More details on that will also be provided as we get closer to the actual 
meeting. 

Please also check out the public comment topics on the ICANN website since we 
will want to discuss the current public comments on the upcoming members calls. 
 We will divide the topics into those related to ICANN management/overall 
structural activities, and gNSO policy. I would like to invite member input on 
what topics the BC wants to have a public statement on, versus those where we 
just prefer to encourage individual BC members to speak  in public sessions on 
their individual perspectives.  Steve DelBianco and our councilors, Zahid Jamil 
and Mike Rodenbaugh, will be leading the call on June 7, and it will be 
important to also identify topics related to gNSO policy that need BC 
statements, if we do not already have positions. 

Kenya was a very successful meeting for the BC, with a very high degree of 
visibility and participation by our BC members. I look forward to seeing more 
of our members in Brussels, and to collaborating with all of you in planning 
the BC's presence and active engagement in ICANN's Brussels meeting. 

Marilyn Cade
BC Chair


Marilyn Cade
BC Chair