Today is the Board meeting. Agenda here.
Joi Ito is blogging ICANN (including pictures). He also said at today's Board meeting that he is working with staff to adopt RSS 
and improved language translation, among other tools for improved communication. Terrific news.
I've posted more pictures from the last couple of days in Mar del Plata, including this one following today's recognition of AfriNIC.
ICANN has provisionally reserved (countrynames).jobs and (countrynames).travel pending further review and consideration of a request from the GAC. The issue will go to the GNSO for discussion and possible resolution.
Interesting comments from Dr. Cerf on .NET. The investigation of the Telecordia report will continue, and so will the negotiations with Verisign. But the agreement will not be signed until the Board has considered the comments submitted and any further report from Telecordia.
It's nice to see the Board have some discussions. They're actually exchanging views on IDNs...an improvement over the rote approval of resolutions we usually see.
Ernest Miller usually gets things right. He missed this one...by a mile: "Many have forgotten about the procedural and regulatory abomination that is ICANN...." By the way, ICANNWatch is more a forum than a publication. It would be a mistake to ascribe the .travel post to the ICANNWatch editors. When they have an opinion, they post it. On this, they didn't.
On this, they did.
Joi Ito: "Please be responsible."
Edward Hasbrouck: "I have requested that this decision be referred to a review panel independent of ICANN, and be stayed pending independent review...."
