-----Original Message----- From: Ben Edelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 6:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ANNOUNCE: Proposed NC Procedure from Berkman Center At its August meeting in Santiago, Chile, the Names Council asked the Berkman Center to propose a set of procedures by which it might more effectively conduct its in-person meetings. Several Harvard Law School students have researched the task and prepared a draft recommended procedure. Rather than attach the surprisingly large Word documents and PowerPoint presentations to this message, I've posted them online at <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/dnso/ncprocedure/> The students working on the project began their recommendation to the Names Council with the following text that I think effectively frames the task at hand: "Thank you for inviting us to participate and contribute in your efforts to come up with a workable Domain Name System. We hope to facilitate the objectives of the Names Council, namely, advising the ICANN Board with respect to policy issues relating to the Domain Name System. We have therefore provided a set of procedural rules that the Names Council can adhere to when formulating consensus recommendations. Enclosed are our suggestions for the Names Council meeting procedures, as well as our conception of how the Names Council formulates recommendations and presents them to the ICANN board. While the rest of this package will explain in detail the procedures we suggest and why we urge their adoption, this brief letter will attempt to highlight some of the themes and policies that underlie our choices and motivate our reasoning. We hope you find these comments and procedures to be helpful as you tackle the DNS issues ahead." The document remains a work in progress; the students, other Berkman Center staff and affiliates, and, I believe, the Names Council itself all solicit comments and suggestions from all interested parties. To that end, we've prepared a discussion space on the web site, though we'll also be following the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list for relevant discussion taking place here. Ben Edelman Berkman Center