[council] ICANN Board resolutions from Saturday 13 Oct 2012

[Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

See below for outcomes of the Board meeting on Saturday on 13 Oct 2012.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-13oct12-en.htm

1. Consent Agenda:

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

a.   Approval of Board Meeting Minutes

Resolved (2012.10.13.01), the Board approves the minutes of the 3 October 2012 
ICANN Board Meeting.

b.   Acknowledgment of Receipt and Thank You for SAC056 Advisory on Impacts of 
Content Blocking via the Domain Name System to the ICANN Board.

Whereas, on 9 October 2012, the Security & Stability Advisory Committee forward 
the SSAC Advisory: SAC056: SSAC Advisory on Impacts of Content Blocking via the 
Domain Name System to the ICANN Board.

Whereas, the ICANN Board acknowledges that blocking using the DNS can cause 
collateral damage or unintended consequences with limited or no remedies 
available to affected parties.

Resolved (2012.10.13.02), the ICANN Board acknowledges receipt of SAC056 and 
thanks the SSAC for their work in preparing this Advisory for the ICANN 
community.


c.    Revisions to Board Governance Committee Charter

Whereas, the Charter of the Board Governance Committee required changes to 
remain factually accurate and the BGC recommends the Board to approve the 
changes.

Resolved (2012.10.13.03), the Board approves the revised Board Governance 
Committee Charter.



2.   Main Agenda:

a.   Approval of Proposed .Name Renewal Registry Agreement

Whereas, on 3 July 2012 ICANN commenced a public comment period 
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/name-renewal-2012-03jul12-en.htm> 
on a proposed agreement for renewal of the 2007 .name Registry Agreement 
<http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/name/agreement-15aug07-en.htm>.

Whereas, the proposed .name renewal Registry Agreement includes modified 
provisions to bring the .name Registry Agreement into line with other 
comparable agreements.

Whereas, the public comment forum on the proposed agreement closed on 23 August 
2012, with ICANN receiving three comments; a summary and analysis of the 
comments was provided to the Board.

The Board has determined that no revisions to the proposed .name renewal 
Registry Agreement are needed after taking the comments into account.

Whereas, the proposed .name renewal Registry Agreement includes significant 
improvements as compared to the current .name Registry Agreement.

Resolved (2012.10.13.04), the proposed .name renewal Registry Agreement is 
approved, and the President and CEO and the General Counsel are authorized to 
take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.