Re: [ispcp] ICANN Board resolutions from 28 October 2010 meeting

["Anthony Harris" <harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wolf-Ulrich,

Thanks for sharing this. Miracles never cease!

Tony Harris

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Hello All,

Below are the resolutions from the ICANN Board meeting on Thursday 28 Oct.

Key decisions include:

- approval of changes to bylaws to support ALAC election of a Board member

- approval to use ICANN reserve funds to set up resources for processing new 
gTLD applications, prior to getting application fees
- approval to delegate  قطر. ("Qatar") to Supreme Council of Information and 
Communication Technology
- approval to re-delegate .qa ("Qatar") to Supreme Council of Information 
and Communication Technology
- Board directs staff to adopt as a working plan the new gTLD launch 
scenario (see attached PDF) with launch date of Q2 2011
- Board decides to enter into a consultation with the GAC over .xxx prior to 
the Cartagena meeting
- Board provides thanks working group for work so far on new gTLD applicant 
support and encourages further work on the criteria for eligibility

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


From: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm

Adopted Board Resolutions

28 October 2010 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

1.Executive Session
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RESOLVED, (2010.10.28.01) the Board approves the CEO Objectives Matrix.


2.Consent Agenda
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RESOLVED, the following resolutions in this Consent Agenda are hereby 
approved:
a. Approval of Minutes of 5 August 2010 ICANN Special Board Meeting

RESOLVED (2010.10.28.02) the Board hereby approves the minutes of the 5 
August 2010 ICANN Special Board Meeting.
b. Approval of Minutes of 25 September 2010 ICANN Special Board Meeting
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.03) the Board hereby approves the minutes of the 25 
September 2010 ICANN Special Board Meeting.

c. From the SSAC – Changes to SSAC Membership:

i. Approval of Appointment of Merike Kaeo to the SSAC

Whereas, the SSAC does review its membership and make adjustments from 
time-to-time.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.04) the Board appoints Merike Kaeo to the Security and 
Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).

ii.  Thanks to Departing SSAC Member Dan Simon

Whereas, Dan Simon was appointed to the ICANN Security and Stability 
Advisory Committee on 26 June 2009. Whereas, ICANN wishes to acknowledge and 
thank Dan Simon for his service to the community by his membership on the 
Security and Stability Advisory Committee.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.05), Dan Simon has earned the deep appreciation of the 
Board for his service to ICANN by his membership on the Security and 
Stability Advisory Committee, and that the Board wishes Dan Simon well in 
all future endeavours.

d.  From the Board Governance Committee – Approval of revised Board Audit 
Committee Charter and Board Executive Committee Charter
Whereas, each Committee of the Board of Directors should have a Charter to 
define the Committee's work and operations.
Whereas, the Board Audit Committee has reviewed its Charter approved in 2000 
and approved revisions to reflect the scope of the Committee's work, and to 
align with language common to all charters as approved by the Board 
Governance Committee.
Whereas, the Board Executive Committee approved a Charter incorporating 
language common to all charters.
Whereas, the Board Governance Committee recommended the proposed Charter to 
the Board Executive Committee, and recommends that the Board approve the 
Board Audit Committee revised Charter.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.06) the Board approves the revised Board Audit 
Committee Charter and the Charter for the Board Executive Committee.

e.  From the Board Governance Committee – Approval of Chair and Vice-Chair 
Position Descriptions
Whereas, the Board Governance Committee spent several months reviewing and 
revising, and has recommended that the Board approve a formal position 
description for the Chair and the Vice Chair of ICANN's Board of Directors.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.07) the Board approves the position descriptions for 
the Chair and the Vice Chair of ICANN's Board of Directors, which are posted 
at
http://www.icann.org/en/board/chair-and-vice-chair-position-descriptions-29oct10-en.htm



 f.  From the Board Governance Committee – Approval for Posting of Bylaw 
Changes relating to transition of Board terms
Whereas, the Bylaws require that all incoming members of the ICANN Board of 
Directors not appointed by the Nominating Committee (NomCom) are seated on 
the Board six months after the prior year's Annual General Meeting (AGM);
Whereas, six months after the prior year's AGM typically occurs in- between 
ICANN's International Public Meetings, and if the Bylaws are amended to 
allow for a voting Board member to be selected by the At-Large Community, 
the transition of the new Seat 15 is anticipated to occur between ICANN's 
International Public Meetings;
Whereas, the Board Review Working Group recommended that the seating of 
Board members not appointed by NomCom occur at a mid-year International 
Public Meeting of ICANN to facilitate the transitioning of the Board;
Whereas, the Board Governance Committee ("BGC") has considered this issue 
and recognized that a mid-year meeting may not occur on an annual basis, and 
recommended modifications to allow for seating of incoming directors without 
delay;
Whereas, the proposed Bylaws amendments reflect the anticipated addition of 
a voting member selected by the At-Large Community, incorporating amendments 
already posted for public comment, at
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007-en.htm#al-director

Whereas, the BGC recommends that the Board approve the posting for public 
comment of the proposed Bylaws amendments.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.08), that the proposed Bylaws amendments be posted for 
public comment for a period of not less than 30 days.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.09), once the public comment period is concluded and 
the public comments have been evaluated and summarized, the Board will 
consider the proposed Bylaws amendments for approval.

 g.  From the Board Structural Improvements Committee – Approval of Bylaws 
Necessary to Seat Director from At-Large Community
Whereas, on 27 August 2009, the Board approved in principle the 
recommendation of the Board review Working Group (BRWG) to add one voting 
director from the At-Large Community to the ICANN Board of Directors and 
removing the present ALAC Liaison to the Board. 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-27aug09-en.htm
Whereas, the BRWG issued its Final Report containing the recommendation with 
the expectation that "the selection process will be designed, approved and 
implemented in time for the new Director to be seated at the 2010 Annual 
General Meeting."
Whereas, on 12 March 2010 the Board directed the Structural Improvements 
Committee (SIC) to present a set of suggested actions to address the 
recommendations formulated in the BRWG final report. 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#1.6
Whereas, on 25 June 2010, the Board approved a recommendation from the SIC 
and directed the ICANN CEO to post for public comment proposed Bylaws 
amendments necessary to allow for the seating of a Board Director selected 
by the At-Large Community and to remove the present ALAC Liaison. 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jun10-en.htm#1.7
Whereas, the proposed Bylaws amendments were posted for public comment for 
45 days, ending on 15 August 2010, and staff prepared a full Summary and 
Analysis of comments determining that no substantive edits were necessary to 
the proposed amendments. Staff prepared minor revisions to the Bylaws 
amendments based upon items arising in public comment and identified in the 
Summary and Analysis.
Whereas, the SIC, at its 14 October 2010 meeting, considered the further 
proposed amendments and recommended that the Board approve the Bylaws 
amendments as modified by Staff.
Whereas, to address concerns arising in the public comment period, the Board 
recommends that the At-Large Community consider the possibility that the 
At-Large Community's selection process to identify a Director to fill the 
six-month vacancy in Seat 15 at the conclusion of ICANN's Annual General 
Meeting in 2010 could also be declared to select the Director to serve in 
the first regular term of Seat 15, as defined within the amended Bylaws, 
without the re-initiation of a Board seat selection process.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.10), the Board approves the Bylaws revisions as revised 
by Staff in response to public comment. The Bylaws as amended will allow for 
the seating of the Board Director selected by the At-Large Community at the 
conclusion of the ICANN's Annual General Meeting in 2010.

h.  From the Board Structural Improvements Committee – Approval of Posting 
for Comment of SSAC Related Changes to ICANN Bylaws
Whereas, Article XI, Section 2, Subsection 2 of the Bylaws governs the 
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).
Whereas, in its final report published 29 January 2010 
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ssac/ssac-review-wg-final-report-29jan10-en.pdf
[PDF, 282 KB], the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) 
recommended that task area one of the SSAC Charter (Section 2(2)(a)(1) 
http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#XI) should be removed because it 
is out of scope of the activities of the SSAC.
Whereas, on 12 March 2010, the Board received the SSAC final report and 
directed the Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) to identify actions 
necessary to address the recommendations within the report, at
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#1.6

Whereas, the SIC, at its 14 October 2010 meeting, recommended that the 
Bylaws should be amended to achieve the recommendation of the Working Group 
on improvements to the SSAC by removing task area one and renumbering the 
other task areas.
Whereas, the SIC also considered the SSAC reviewer's recommendation that the 
Board should have the power to remove SSAC members, and recommended that the 
Bylaws should be amended to reflect this companion removal power. Any 
removal should be formed in consultation with the SSAC.
RESOLVED (2010.28.10.11), the Board directs that the proposed Bylaws 
amendment should be posted for public comment for a period of no less than 
30 days.

 i.  From the Board Structural Improvements Committee – Approval of Posting 
for Comment of Nominating Committee Chair-Elect Changes to ICANN Bylaws
Whereas, Article VII, Section 2 and 3 of the Bylaws govern the composition 
of the Nominating Committee (NomCom) and the terms of the NomCom members.
Whereas, in its final report published 29 January 2010 
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/nomcom/nomcom-review-finalization-wg-final-report-29jan10-en.pdf, 
the NomCom Review Finalization Working Group recommended that the Chair of 
the NomCom be elected one year in advance, requiring changes to the ICANN 
Bylaws in Article VII, Section 2 and 3 at 
http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#VII
Whereas, on 12 March 2010, the Board received the NomCom Review final report 
and directed the Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) to identify actions 
necessary to address the recommendations within the report, at
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#1.6

Whereas, the SIC, at its 14 October 2010 meeting, recommended that the 
Bylaws should be amended to achieve the recommendation of the NomCom Review 
Finalization Working Group by electing the NomCom Chair one year in advance, 
while also highlighting that the related Bylaws amendments must incorporate 
appropriate flexibility for the Board.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.12), the Board directs that the proposed Bylaws 
amendment should be posted for public comment for a period of no less than 
30 days.

 j. Approval of Funding Source for New gTLD Deployment Budget

Whereas, the Board approved the new gTLD Deployment Budget at its meeting on 
25 September 2010 (see Resolution 2010.09.25.01 at:
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm ).

Whereas, the Board Finance Committee (BFC) discussed the amount of the new 
gTLD Deployment Budget and unanimously agreed to recommend that it not 
exceed $4.0 million.
Whereas, the BFC discussed the new gTLD Deployment Budget and unanimously 
agreed that it shall be funded now from the reserve fund and not from the 
adopted operating expense budget.

RESOLVED (2010.10.28.13), the funds for the new gTLD Deployment budget shall 
be available and shall not exceed $4 million.

RESOLVED (2010.10.28.14), the new gTLD Deployment Budget shall be funded now 
from the ICANN reserve fund and not from the annual adopted operating 
expense budget.


Main Agenda
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3.  Ratification of MOU with Global Cyber Security Center – Discussion moved 
to Board retreat

4.  President & CEO's Report – No resolution


5.  IDN ccTLDs (for information)


a. Update on IDN ccTLDs – No resolution


b. Issues Report on Variant Management – No resolution


6.  Delegation of قطر. ("Qatar")
================================


a.  Approval of Delegation

Whereas, Qatar is a country currently listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard;

Whereas, قطر ("Qatar"), encoded as "xn--wgbl6a", is a string that has been 
deemed to appropriately represent Qatar through the IDN Fast Track process;
Whereas, ICANN has received a request for delegation of قطر . to the Supreme 
Council of Information and Communication Technology;
Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the 
proposed delegation would be in the interests of the local and global 
Internet communities;
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.15), the proposed delegation of the قطر . top-level 
domain to the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology is 
approved.

7.  Redelegation of .QA (QATAR) top-level
=========================================

Whereas, QA is the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country-code designated for Qatar;

Whereas, ICANN has received a request for redelegation of .QA to the Supreme 
Council of Information and Communication Technology.
Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the 
proposed redelegation would be in the interests of the local and global 
Internet communities;
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.16), the proposed redelegation of the .QA top to 
the -level domain Supreme Council of Information and Communication 
Technology is approved.

8.  New gTLD Program
=====================


a. Update on Timeline

RESOLVED (2010.10.28.17), the Board directs staff to adopt as a working plan 
the Launch Scenario with launch date of Q2 2011, as contained in the graphic 
attached here [PDF, 112 KB]. 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/new-gtld-work-plan-28oct10-en.pdf

b.  Vertical Integration – No resolution


c. GNSO New gTLD Recommendation 6 Objection Process – No resolution


d.  GAC Issues Letter including Geographic Names – No resolution


e.  Affirmation of Commitment Considerations – No resolution



9.  ICM Registry Sponsored Top-Level Domains – Next Steps
=========================================================

Whereas, the Governmental Advisory Committee communicated to the ICANN Board 
regarding the application for the .XXX sTLD through: (1) the Wellington 
Communiqué; (2) a 2 February 2007 Letter from the Chair and Chair-Elect of 
the GAC to the Chair of the ICANN Board; (3) the Lisbon Communiqué; and (4) 
a 4 August 2010 Letter from the Chair of the GAC to the Chair of the ICANN 
Board;
Whereas, ICM provided a proposed Registry Agreement to ICANN that was posted 
for public comment for 30 days;
Whereas staff recommends that, though the proposed Registry Agreement 
provides sufficient measures to address many GAC concerns, entering into the 
proposed Registry Agreement may not be consistent with some of the 
broader-reaching communications from the GAC, and the GAC and the Board 
could benefit from consultation on those items [PDF, 48 KB].
RESOLVED  (2010.10.28.18) the Board Chair shall engage the GAC Chair on 
developing a process for consultation with the GAC on its advice about the 
ICM application.
RESOLVED  (2010.10.28.19) the Board Chair will suggest to the GAC Chair that 
any consultation process conclude prior to the ICANN Public Meeting in 
Cartagena, Colombia.

10.  Status Report on AOC Reviews



 a.  Update on Meeting the Commitments – No resolution


 b.  Review Teams – Update on Logistics & Budget Issues – No resolution


11.  Oversight of Board Committees – No resolution


12.  New gTLD Applicant Support

Whereas, the Board at its March 2010 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, passed 
resolutions recognizing the importance of an inclusive New gTLD Program, and 
requesting stakeholders to form a Working Group to develop sustainable 
support needy applicants for new gTLDs;
Whereas ALAC and the GNSO Council, in response to the Nairobi Board 
resolutions, formed a Joint Supporting Organization/Advisory Committee 
(SO/AC) Working Group on New gTLD Applicant Support (the JAS WG);
Whereas the JAS WG worked with various stakeholders and presented a report 
on their findings and recommendations to the Board, and the Board also 
received a statement on the matter from the African community;
Whereas the Board, at its September, 2010 meeting in Trondheim, Norway, made 
some statements on providing needy applicants with support such as outreach 
and education, and matching them with sources of support;
Whereas the Board, along the lines of its Nairobi meeting resolutions, is 
still committed to working with the community to ensure an inclusive new 
gTLD program;
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.20), the Board thanks the JAS WG and those members of 
the community who have devoted their time and energy on finding sustainable 
ways to support needy applicants for new gTLDs.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.21), the Board encourages the JAS WG and other 
stakeholders to continue their work on the matter, and in particular, 
provide specific guidelines on the implementation of their recommendations 
such as determining the criteria for eligibility for support.
RESOLVED (2010.10.28.22), the Board further stresses that any needy 
applicant support program must have a sustainable funding model that may be 
independent of ICANN and can be implemented transparently, and effectively 
to the benefit of the global Internet community.
13. Any Other Business – No resolution