Board Activities and Meetings
Approved Board Resolutions | Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board 25 October 2018
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Main Agenda
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Election of ICANN Board Chair
Resolved (2018.10.25.29), Cherine Chalaby is elected as Chair of the Board.
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Election of ICANN Board Vice Chair
Resolved (2018.10.25.30), Chris Disspain is elected as Vice-Chair of the Board.
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Appointment of Membership and Leadership of Board Committees
Resolved (2018.10.25.31), membership and leadership of the following Board Committees is established as follows:
Accountability Mechanisms
Chris Disspain (Chair)
Becky Burr
Sarah Deutsch
Nigel Roberts
Léon SanchezAudit
Sarah Deutsch (Chair)
Avri Doria
Chris Disspain
Akinori Maemura
Nigel RobertsCompensation
Cherine Chalaby (Chair)
Maarten Botterman
Becky Burr
Ron da Silva
Chris DisspainExecutive
Cherine Chalaby (Chair)
Becky Burr
Chris Disspain
Göran MarbyFinance
Ron da Silva (Chair)
Maarten Botterman
Danko Jevtovic
Khaled Koubaa
Tripti SinhaGovernance
Becky Burr (Chair)
Maarten Botterman
Ron da Silva
Khaled Koubaa
Matthew ShearsOrganizational Effectiveness
Khaled Koubaa (Chair)
Avri Doria
Lito Ibarra
Danko Jevtovic
León SanchezRisk
Lito Ibarra (Chair)
Akinori Maemura
Harald Alvestrand
Merike Kaeo
Kaveh Ranjbar
Matthew Shears
Tripti SinhaTechnical
Akinori Maemura (Chair)
Harald Alvestrand
Avri Doria
Lito Ibarra
Merike Kaeo
Tripti Sinha
Kaveh RanjbarRationale for Resolution 2018.10.25.31
Article 7, Section 7.2 and Article 14 of the ICANN Bylaws call for the Board to appoint the Board Chair, Board Vice Chair, and establish membership and leadership of each Board Committee, including filling any vacancies which may occur in these positions during the year.
The appointment of the Board leadership and Board Committee membership and leadership is consistent with ICANN's Mission and is in the public interest as it is important to ensure that the Board and its Committees have the properly skilled expertise to carry forth ICANN's Mission, Commitments and Core Values.
This decision will have no direct fiscal impact on the organization and no impact on the security, stability or resiliency of the domain name system.
This is an Organizational Administrative Function that does not require public comment.
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Confirmation of Officers of ICANN
Resolved (2018.10.25.32), Göran Marby is elected as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Resolved (2018.10.25.33), John Jeffrey is elected as General Counsel and Secretary.
Resolved (2018.10.25.34), Xavier Calvez is elected as Chief Financial Officer.
Resolved (2018.10.25.35), Susanna Bennett is elected as Chief Operating Officer.
Resolved (2018.10.25.36), David Olive is elected as Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support.
Resolved (2018.10.25.37), Ashwin Rangan is elected as Senior Vice President, Engineering & Chief Information Officer.
PTI Member Meeting
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Annual Meeting of the Member
Resolved (2018.10.25.38), the ICANN Board confirms that this meeting is the Annual Meeting of the Member of Public Technical Identifiers ("PTI").
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Election of PTI President
Whereas, pursuant to Section 7.2 of the PTI Bylaws, ICANN as the sole member is required to annually elect a President of PTI.
Resolved (2018.10.25.39), the ICANN Board, in its role as sole member of PTI, hereby re-elects Kim Davies as the President of PTI.
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Election of PTI Board Member
Whereas, ICANN, in its role as sole member of PTI, has the obligation to appoint all members of the PTI Board in accordance with Article 5 of the PTI Bylaws.
Whereas, there is a vacancy in Seat 3 of the PTI Board, previously held by Akram Atallah. The ICANN Board, as the sole member of PTI, is authorized to elect a Director to fill this vacancy under Section 5.6.5 of the PTI Bylaws.
Whereas, ICANN organization recommends that Trang Nguyen, ICANN's Vice President, GDD Strategic Programs, serve to in Seat 3 of the PTI Board to fill the vacancy and complete the term ending at the end of the annual meeting of the member in 2019.
Whereas, there are no other changes to the composition of the PTI Board.
Resolved (2018.10.25.40), ICANN, in its role as sole member of PTI, elects Trang Nguyen to fill the vacancy in Seat 3 of the PTI Board, with a term ending at the end of the annual meeting of the member in 2019.
Rationale for Resolution 2018.10.25.40
The resolutions taken here today fulfill ICANN's responsibility, as the sole member of PTI, to annually elect the President of PTI and appoint Directors to the Board. The regular election of a PTI President and appointment of a Director to fill a vacancy on the PTI Board will allow the PTI Board to continue its work.
The appointment of the PTI President and Board director are taken fully in line with the obligations as set forth in the PTI Bylaws, and respectful of the community's recommendations of the proposed composition of the Board.
These actions confirm ICANN's continued commitment to its Bylaws as adopted on 1 October 2016 and ICANN's obligations surrounding the performance of the IANA Functions that are contracted to PTI. This also directly serves ICANN's mission to ensure the stable and secure operations of the Internet's unique identifiers, and serves the public interest in the continued stable performance of the IANA functions.
None of the actions taken today are anticipated to have any impact on the security, stability or resiliency of the DNS, though PTI is essential to ICANN's security, stability and resiliency work. There are resource implications in supporting PTI, which are reflected in the PTI, IANA and ICANN Budgets.
The appointment of the PTI President and the appointment of the PTI Board are Organizational Administrative Functions for which public comments were not necessary.
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Published on 25 October 2018