ccNSO meeting report
Cape Town, South Africa
0. Introduction
The ccNSO meeting was held in Cape Town, South Africa on the 2nd and 3rd of
December, 2004, at which representatives of 20 country-code top level domains
(ccTLDs) who are ccNSO members met, along with 15 ccTLDs who are not ccNSO
members and several dozen observers.
We are delighted that the meeting was so well attended by both members and non-
members.
Because of the timing of the various meetings, the ccNSO Council has not yet held
it’s meeting and will do so this afternoon. So, this report is a members report and
some of the decisions made and outlined need to be officially resolved by the
Council.
1. CCNSO PROCEDURES
The ccNSO finalised its internal rules and procedures of operation, agreeing that it
will operate openly and without discrimination, allowing for and encouraging
maximum public participation.
At the Council meeting tomorrow a Chair and Vice Chair will be appointed for a 1
year term.
It was agreed to appoint a liaison the ALAC,
Appointments to the ICANN Board were discussed and the ccNSO Council should be
in a position to make those 2 appointments within the next month.
Thanks to the work of the ccNSO/GAC working group both the GAC and the ccNSO
have agreed a method for ongoing liaison between us. The opening of this line of
communication is a very important achievement and will lead to increasing dialogue
between the GAC and ccNSO. It means that our future joint meetings rather than
being merely a chance to report will become a venue for meaningful discussion on
topics of mutual interest and importance.
Finally in this session the members met briefly our 3 new Councillors who have been
appointed by the Nom Com. We look forward to working closely with them in their
new role.
2. WSIS
The ccNSO discussed the recent developments concerning the WSIS, WGIG and
parallel developments related to the ITU. Marcus Kummer and Theresa Swinehart
attended this session.
It was agreed that the ccNSO’s WSIS worki