[council] ICANN Board meeting resolutions - 3 October 2012

[Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

See below for the resolutions adopted at the Board meeting on Wed 3 Oct 2012.

Ones of interest to the GNSO would be:

- posting of draft changes to the charter of the registry stakeholder group

- appointment of Yrjö Juhani Länsipuro as chair of the 2013 Nominating committee

- appointment of Cheryl Langdon-Orr as chair-elect of the 2013 Nominating 
committee


Regards,
Bruce Tonkin




From:      
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-03oct12-en.htm

Approved Board Resolutions | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

1.
Consent Agenda:

Resolved, the following resolutions in this Consent Agenda are approved:

        a.  Approval of Board Meeting Minutes

        Resolved (2012.10.03.01), the Board approves the minutes of the 13 
September 2012 ICANN Regular Board Meeting.

        b.   Registry Stakeholder Group Charter Amendments for Posting

Whereas, The ICANN Bylaws (Article X, Section 5.3) state, "Each [GNSO] 
Stakeholder Group shall maintain recognition with the ICANN Board."

Whereas, the GNSO Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) has alerted ICANN Staff and 
the Board to a set of changes to its Charter including expanding the activities 
of its internal Observers Group and simplifying the process for assessment of 
annual dues.

Whereas, the Board believes community review and comment of the RySG charter 
changes can provide a useful input to the Board;

Resolved (2012.10.03.02) that the CEO is directed to open a Public Comment 
Forum asking for community review and comment on the changes that the Registry 
Stakeholder Group has proposed to its charter.



c.  Appointment of Narayan Gangalaramsamy to the Security & Stability Advisory 
Committee

Whereas, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) does review its 
membership and make adjustments from time-to-time.

Whereas, the SSAC Membership Committee, on behalf of the SSAC, requests that 
the Board should appoint Narayan Gangalaramsamy to the SSAC.

Resolved (2012.10.03.03), the Board appoints Narayan Gangalaramsamy to the SSAC.



d.  Contracting and Disbursement Authority For Audit Program Service Provider

Whereas, ICANN is committed to attaining a high ethical standard to help ensure 
the legitimacy and sustainability of the multi-stakeholder model.

Whereas, it is crucial to have strengthened programs and practices in place to 
help promote ICANN's goals, including that of enhanced contractual compliance.

Whereas, planning a thorough and comprehensive audit of ICANN registries and 
registrars over a three year timeframe is consistent with and is intended to 
help progress ICANN's goals of understanding, enhancing and improving 
contractual compliance.

[Negotiation details redacted]

Whereas, the value [negotiation details redacted] will exceed the ICANN 
Officers' existing contracting and disbursement authority.

Resolved (2012.10.03.04), the Board hereby authorizes the President and CEO, or 
his designees, to negotiate for and enter into a contract with an appropriate 
Audit Program service provider, and make all required disbursements called for 
under that contract [negotiation details redacted].

Resolved (2012.10.03.05), the Board approves the redaction of the details of 
the Resolution 2012.10.03.04 pending completion of negotiations.




2.  Main Agenda:

        a.  BGC Recommendation on Nominating Committee Chair/Chair-Elect

Whereas, the BGC has reviewed the Expressions of Interest from candidates for 
the Nominating Committee ("NomCom") Chair and Chair-Elect.

Whereas, the BGC has interviewed certain candidates and recommended that that 
Yrjö Juhani Länsipuro be appointed as the 2013 NomCom Chair and Cheryl 
Langdon-Orr be appointed as the 2013 NomCom Chair-Elect.

Resolved (2012.10.03.06), the Board adopts the recommendation of the BGC and 
hereby appoints Yrjö Juhani Länsipuro as the 2013 NomCom Chair and Cheryl 
Langdon-Orr as the 2013 NomCom Chair-Elect.


3.  Executive Session

The Board conducted a confidential portion of the meeting during which it 
passed other resolutions (2012.10.03.C1 and 2011.10.03.C2) that shall remain 
confidential as an "action relating to personnel or employment matters", 
pursuant to Article III, section 5.2 of the ICANN Bylaws.