ICANN Resolutions

The Board recognizes Suzanne Woolf for her term of service, and the Board wishes her well in her future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board expresses its deep appreciation for the tireless efforts of the global multistakeholder community; and its deep appreciation to the US Department of Commerce, for standing by the long-standing commitment to end the IANA Functions contract, and for its dedication, and tireless efforts as a partner with ICANN and the community to achieving this historic goal.

Thanks to departing Board member Thomas Narten

Board thanks Wolfgang Kleinwächter for his service to the ICANN Board

IANA has reviewed and evaluated the request to transfer the .BJ country-code top-level domain to Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste du Bénin (ARCEP BENIN)

IANA has reviewed and evaluated the request to transfer the .CO top-level domain to the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies

Transfer the .TD ccTLD to l'Agence de Développement des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (ADETIC)

IANA has reviewed and evaluated the request to transfer the .TZ top-level domain to the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority

The Board approves the transfer of US$10,000,000 from the Operating Fund to the Reserve Fund and the creation of SFICR

The Board approves the transfer of US$10,000,000 from the Operating Fund to the Reserve Fund and US$5,000,000 from the Operating Fund to the SFICR

The Board approves the Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Codes, authorizing ICANN to issue a blanket authorization that allows new gTLD registry operators who implement the required measures to release all reserved letter/letter two-character ASCII labels not otherwise reserved pursuant to Specification 5, Section 6 of the New gTLD Registry Agreement.

The Board authorizes ICANN to seek a stay of the .GCC IRP and open an informal dialogue with the GAC regarding the rationale for the GAC consensus advice on the .GCC application

Board approves amending the Fast Track Implementation Plan to implement the two-panel process for string similarity review in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process and allows for all pending requests for IDN ccTLD strings under the Fast Track Process to have the option to request evaluation by the new Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP) once the EPSRP is comprised.

Board approves a budget envelope of up to US$1.5 million, as an interim measure, to cover the costs of the Project to be incurred until the first estimate is produced, to be funded through a fund release from the Reserve Fund.