[bc-gnso] ALERTS From the Secretariat: Approved Board Resolutions | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

[Benedetta Rossi <bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-10apr12-en.htm


 Approved Board Resolutions | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

10 April 2012

*Establishment of New gTLD Program Committee*

Resolved (2012.04.10.01), the Board hereby establishes the Board New 
gTLD Program Committee as follows: (i) the voting members of the 
Committee will consist of: Rod Beckstrom, Cherine Chalaby, Chris 
Disspain, Bill Graham, Erika Mann, Gonzalo Navarro, Ray Plzak, R. 
Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, Mike Silber, and Kuo-Wei Wu; (ii) the liaisons 
to the Committee will be Thomas Roessler; and (iii) the Chair of the 
Committee will be Cherine Chalaby.
Resolved (2012.04.10.02), the Board hereby delegates to the Board New 
gTLD Program Committee all legal and decision making authority of the 
Board relating to the New gTLD Program (for the round of the Program, 
which commenced in January 2012 and for the related Applicant Guidebook 
that applies to this current round) as set forth in its Charter, which 
excludes those things that the Board is prohibited from delegating by 
law, or pursuant to Article XII, Section 2 of the ICANN Bylaws.
Resolved (2012.04.10.03), all members of the New gTLD Program Committee 
reinforce their commitment to the 8 December 2011 Resolution of the 
Board (Resolution 2011.12.08.19) regarding Board member conflicts, and 
specifying in part: "Any and all Board members who approve any new gTLD 
application shall not take a contracted or employment position with any 
company sponsoring or in any way involved with that new gTLD for 12 
months after the Board made the decision on the application."
Resolved (2012.04.10.04), the Board directs the CEO to prepare a 
document setting forth a process for the creation of Board Committees to 
address future situations where there may be multiple Board members with 
perceived, potential or actual conflicts of interest on an issue.

       Rationale for Resolutions 2012.04.10.01-2012.04.10.04

/In order to have efficient meetings and take appropriate actions with 
respect to the New gTLD Program for the current round of the Program and 
as related to the Applicant Guidebook, the Board decided to create the 
"New gTLD Program Committee" in accordance with Article XII of the 
Bylaws and has delegated decision making authority to the Committee as 
it relates to the New gTLD Program for the current round of the Program 
which commenced in January 2012 and for the related Applicant Guidebook 
that applies to this current round./
/Establishing this new Committee without conflicted members, and 
delegating to it decision making authority, will provide some distinct 
advantages. First, it will eliminate any uncertainty for conflict Board 
members with respect to attendance at Board meetings and workshops since 
the New gTLD Program topics can be dealt with at the Committee level. 
Second, it will allow for actions to be taken without a meeting by the 
committee. As the Board is aware, actions without a meeting cannot be 
taken unless done via electronic submission by unanimous consent; such 
unanimous consent cannot be achieved if just one Board member is 
conflicted. Third, it will provide the community with a transparent view 
into the Board's commitment to dealing with actual, potential or 
perceived conflicts./
/This resolution should have a positive impact on the community and 
ICANN as a whole as the New gTLD Program Committee will be able to take 
actions relating to the New gTLD Program for the current round of the 
Program and as related to the Applicant Guidebook without any question 
of conflict arising. No fiscal impact is anticipated as a result of this 
action and there will be no impact on the security, stability no 
resiliency of the domain name system./

Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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