ICANN Resolutions

For each Board resolution ICANN provides basic information, including when it was approved, what it's about, and the status and details of the resulting implementation actions. Additional information and links to related resolutions are also provided, enabling users to research Board resolutions, track implementation of every Board action, and quickly find more information on topics of interest addressed by the Board.

Important note: The Board Resolutions are as reported in the Board Meeting Transcripts, Minutes & Resolutions portion of ICANN's website. Only the words contained in the Resolutions themselves represent the official acts of the Board. The explanatory text provided through this database (including the summary, implementation actions, identification of related resolutions, and additional information) is an interpretation or an explanation that has no official authority and does not represent the purpose behind the Board actions, nor does any explanations or interpretations modify or override the Resolutions themselves. Resolutions can only be modified through further act of the ICANN Board.

There may be a delay in updating this tool with the latest resolutions. To find the most up to date resolutions, please visit: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/resolutions-2014-03-24-en.

Datesort descending Resolution Title Category Status Resolution Number Topic Summary
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Election of Corporate Officers Administration and Budget Complete 05., 05., 05., 05. Election of Corporate Officers

Board elects Dr. Paul Twomey as President and Chief Executive Officer, John Jeffrey as General Counsel and Secretary, Kurt Pritz as Vice President, Business Operations, and Melanie Keller as Chief Financial Officer.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Election of Board Vice-Chairman Board Complete 05.__ Election of Board Vice-Chairman

Board elects Alejandro Pisanty as Vice-Chairman of Board.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Election of Board Chairman Board Complete 05.___ Election of Board Chairman

Board elects Vinton Cerf as Chairman of Board.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Board Committee Assignments Board Complete 05.__ Board Committee Assignments

Board confirms the membership of the Audit Committee, Board of Governance Committee, Conflicts of Interest Committee, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Meetings Committee, and Reconsideration Committee.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Authorization Regarding Restricted Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Budget Items Administration and Budget Complete 05., 05. Restricted Budget Items

Board confirms the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Budget, and removes specified expense restrictions. Board recommends that the President and CEO provide regular reports to the Board Finance Committee on how resources are being allocated.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Joint Resolution of the Audit and Board Governance Committees ICANN Structures Ongoing 05._ Audit and Board Governance Committee

Board directs the President to enable a system of performance and quality audits of the various operational functions of ICANN, and to inform the Board of the outcome of these performance and quality audits.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - President's IANA Consultation Committee ICANN Structures Complete 05.__ President's IANA Consultation Committee

Board directs President to appoint a President's IANA Consultation Committee, to be responsible for giving advice to the President and the Board on IANA operations and performance improvement issues.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Proposed Bylaws Changes on ALAC's Certification of At-Large Structures ICANN Structures Complete 05.__ ALAC's Certification of At-Large Structures

Board approves ALAC's proposed amendment to the bylaws regarding the number of votes required to certify a group as an "At-Large Structures."
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - .ASIA sTLD Negotiations gTLDs Complete 05., 05. .ASIA sTLD Negotiations

Board authorizes President and General Counsel to enter negotiations relating to proposed commercial and technical terms of .ASIA sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) with applicant; President to present negotiated terms to Board for approval.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - 2006 Nominating Committee Chair Appointment ICANN Structures Complete 05._, 05._ Appointment of 2006 Nominating Committee Chair

Board appoints Eugenio Triana as chair of the 2006 Nominating Committee.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Acknowledgment of ccNSO Recommendations on Proposed Bylaws Changes ICANN Structures Complete 05.__ ccNSO Council's Recommendations

Board directs staff to post the ccNSO Council's recommendations for public comment.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Approval of Terms of Reference for GNSO Review ICANN Structures Complete 05.__ Terms of Reference for GNO Review

Board directs staff to initiate the GNSO Review in accordance with the approved Terms of Reference.
04 Dec 2005 2005-12-04 - Presiden's Strategy Committee ICANN Structures Complete 05.__ President's Strategy Committee

Board directs the President to appoint a President's Strategy Committee to give advice to the Board.
10 Jan 2006 2006-01-10 - Extensions of Deadlines for gTLD Agreement Renewal Processes gTLDs Complete 06.02 gTLD Agreement Renewal Processes

Board authorizes staff to continue renewal negotiations with gTLD registry operators for up to six months.
21 Feb 2006 2006-02-21 - Approval of Contractor to Conduct GNSO Review ICANN Structures Complete 06.05 GNSO Review by London School of Economics

Board authorizes President and General Counsel to engage the London School of Economics Public Policy Group to conduct the GNSO Review.
21 Feb 2006 2006-02-21 - Designation of Academic Organization to Select Delegate for ICANN's 2006 Nominating Committee Administration and Budget Complete 06.06 Academic Organization to Select Delegate for 2006 Nominating Committee

Board designates CANARIE Advanced Networks to select a delegate to represent academic and similar organizations on the 2006 Nominating Committee.
21 Feb 2006 2006-02-21 - Designation of Sao Paulo as 2006 Annual Meeting Administration and Budget Complete 06.04 Authorization of ICANN meeting

Board authorizes President to make arrangements for ICANN's meeting in Sao Paulo and designates it as ICANN's 2006 Annual Meeting.
28 Feb 2006 2006-02-28 - Approval of Directors' Expenses Administration and Budget Complete 06.10 Expense Reimbursement

Board authorizes reimbursements to Directors and liaisons for specified expenses.

28 Feb 2006 2006-02-28 - Consideration of ccNSO's Recommendations 1, 6, 7 and 8 on Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes ICANN Structures Complete 06.08 ccNSO Recommendations on Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes

Board approves Bylaws changes as proposed through ccNSO Recommendation 1, 6, 7 and 8.
28 Feb 2006 2006-02-28 - Consideration of ccNSO's Recommendations 2, 4 and 5 on Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes ICANN Structures Complete 06.09 ccNSO Recommendations on Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes

Board approves the Bylaws changes as proposed through ccNSO Recommendations 2, 4 and 5.
28 Feb 2006 2006-02-28 - VeriSign Settlement Agreements gTLDs Complete 06.07 VeriSign Settlement Agreements

Board approves VeriSign settlement agreements, and directs ICANN Staff to implement them.
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - Consideration of ccNSO's Recommendation 3 on Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes ICANN Structures Complete 06.11 ccNSO Bylaw Recommendation Consideration

Board rejects ccNSO's recommendation for the addition of a new subsection 3 to ICANN Bylaws Article IX, Section 6, and directs staff to communicate with ccNSO for further input.
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - Appointment of Lyman Chapin as the Chairman of the Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel gTLDs Complete 06.21 Appointment of Chair of Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel (RSTEP)

Board appoints Lyman Chapin as Chair of the Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel (RSTEP).
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - Consideration of and Approval of ICANN's Strategic Plan Administration and Budget Complete 06.18 Condieration and Approval of ICANN's Strategic Plan

Board approves the 2006-2009 Strategic Plan, and directs the President and staff to move forward with the community-based operational planning process.
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - ICM Registry sTLD Application gTLDs Complete 06.12 Negotiations with ICM for .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement

Board directs the President and General Counsel to analyze all public input to the proposed .XXX Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement, to continue negotiations with ICM, and to return to the Board with recommendaitons.

31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - Notice of Intent to Advance Implementation of New gTLD Process gTLDs Complete 06.22, 06.23, 06.24 Notice of Intent to Advance Implementation of New gTLD Process

Board authorizes ICANN Staff to post "Notice of Intent to Advance Implementation of New gTLD Process" and requests GNSO to complete initial report on new gTLDs at or before ICANN's next public meeting in Marrakech, Morocco.
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - Review of Recommendations 06.01 and 06.02 of the Board's Reconsideration Committee Board Complete 06.19, 06.20 Review of Recommendations from Board's Reconsideration Committee

Board adopts the recommendations of the Reconsideration Committee that the Board take no action on RC 06-1 or RC 06-2.
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - SSAC Report on Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots gTLDs Complete 06.13, 06.14 Alternative TLD Name Systems and Roots

Board accepts the SSAC Report and directs staff to forward the Report to ICANN's advisory committees and interested parties for their consideration in connection with the IDN TLD policy development process.
31 Mar 2006 2006-03-31 - SSAC Report on DNS Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks on TLD and Root Name System Operators ICANN Structures Complete 06.15, 06.16, 06.17 SSAC Report on DDoS Attacks

Board urges interested parties to consider broad adoption of BCP 38, RFC 2827 on Network Ingress Filtering, and SAC004 on Securing The Edge, in order to reduce threats posed by DNS DDoS attacks and similar DDoS attacks.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - Appointment of Chair of Meetings Committee Board Complete 06.31 Meetings Committee Chair

Board appoints Veni Markovski as Chair to the Board's Meetings Committee.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - Approval of Financial Expenditure for Attorney's Fees Administration and Budget Complete 06.29 Payment for Legal Services

Board authorizes President to pay legal services invoice.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - Approval of Minutes for 18 April 2006 Board Complete 06.26 Board Minutes

Board approved minutes for 16 April 2006 Board meeting.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - Approval of Reconsideration Committee's Recommendation on Reconsideration Request RC 06-3 Board Complete 06.32 Review of Recommendations from Board's Reconsideration Committee

Board adopts the Reconsideration Committee's recommendation to take no action on RC 06-3.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - Approval of the .TEL (Telnic) sTLD Registry Agreement gTLDs Complete 06.27 Approval of .TEL sTLD Registry Agreement

Board approves proposed agreement with Telnic concerning .TEL sTLD and authorizes the President to implement the agreement.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - GNSO Recommendation on a Procedure for Potential Conflicts between WHOIS Requirements and Privacy Laws gTLDs Complete 06.30 Potential conflicts between Whois requirements and national laws

Board adopts GNSO recommendation on procedure for potential conflicts between Whois requirements and applicable privacy laws.
10 May 2006 2006-05-10 - Approval of Director's Expenses Administration and Budget Complete 06.28 Expense Reimbursement

Board authorizes reimbursements to Directors and liaisons for specified expenses.

09 Jun 2006 2006-06-09 - Delegation of Aland Islands (.AX) Top-Level Domain ccTLDs Complete 06.34 Delegation of Åland Islands (.AX)

Board approves the proposed delegation of the .AX domain to the Regional Government of Åland.
09 Jun 2006 2006-06-09 - Approval of Financial Expenditures for Litigation Expert's Expenses gTLDs Complete 06.33 Approval of Litigation Expert Payment

Board authorizes ICANN Staff to pay litigation expert in the amount of US$100,201.64.
14 Jun 2006 2006-06-14 - Approval of Outstanding Minutes Board Complete 06.35, 06.36, 06.37, 06.38, 06.39, 06.40 Board Minutes

Board approved minutes for 16 August 2005, 15 September 2005, 12 October 2005, 24 October 2005, 8 November 2005, 4 December 2005, 10 January 2006, 23 January 2006, 21 February 2006, 28 February 2006, 31 March 2006 and 10 May 2006 Board meetings.
30 Jun 2006 2006-06-30 - ccNSO Recommendation on Bylaws Change ICANN Structures Complete 06.43 ccNSO Supplemental Recommendation on Bylaws Change

Board approves Bylaws change as proposed by the ccNSO Supplemental Recommendation.

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