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.
Date |
Resolution Title | Category | Status | Resolution Number | Topic | Summary |
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| 27 Jan 2019 | Consideration of Reconsideration Request 16-11: Travel Reservations SRL, Famous Four Media Limited (and its subsidiary applicant dot Hotel Limited), Fegistry LLC, Minds + Machines Group Limited, Spring McCook, LLC, and Radix FZC (and its subsidiary applic | gTLDs | Complete | 2019.01.27.23 | Reconsideration Request 16-11: .HOTEL |
The Board adopts the BAMC Recommendation on Request 16-11 |
| 16 Jan 2019 | President and CEO At-Risk Compensation for First Half of FY19 | Administration and Budget | Complete | 2019.01.16.05 | President and CEO At-Risk Compensation for First Half of FY19 |
The Board hereby approves a payment to the President and CEO for the first half of his FY19 at-risk compensation component |
| 16 Jan 2019 | Establishment of Board Working Group on Anti-Harassment | Board | Complete | 2019.01.16.01 | Board Working Group on Anti-Harassment |
The Board hereby establishes a Board Working Group on Anti-Harassment along with the members |
| 16 Jan 2019 | Consideration of Reconsideration Request 18-10: The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization | gTLDs | Complete | 2019.01.16.02 – 2019.01.16.04 | Reconsideration Request 18-10: The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization |
The Board adopts the BAMC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 18-10, which recommended that Request 18-10 be denied |
| 06 Nov 2018 | Approval of Minutes | Board | Complete | 2018.11.06.01 | Approval of the 6 September and 3 October 2018 Minutes |
The Board approves the minutes of the 16 September and 3 October 2018 Meetings of the ICANN Board |
| 06 Nov 2018 | Consideration of Reconsideration Request 18-8 | gTLDs | Complete | 2018.11.06.02 | Consideration of Reconsideration Request 18-8 |
The Board adopts the BAMC Recommendation on Request 18-8 |
| 06 Nov 2018 | Reaffirming the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data | gTLDs | Complete | 2018.11.06.03 – 2018.11.06.04 | Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data |
The Board reaffirms the Advisory Statement Concerning Adoption of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Appointment of Root Server Operator Organization Representatives to the RSSAC | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.02 | Appointment of RSSAC Representatives |
The Board appoints Root Server Operator Organization Representatives to serve on the RSSAC |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Thank You to Ram Mohan for his service to the ICANN Board | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.27 | Thank You to Ram Mohan for his service to the ICANN Board |
Ram Mohan has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Appointment of Board Designee to the Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.14 – 2018.10.25.15 | Appointment of Board Designee to ATRT3 |
The Board appoints Maarten Botterman to serve as a member of ATRT3 |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Confirmation of Officers of ICANN | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.32-2018.10.25.37 | Officers of ICANN |
Confirmation of Officers of ICANN |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Reserve Fund Replenishment Strategy | Administration and Budget | Complete | 2018.10.25.22 – 2018.10.25.23 | Reserve Fund Replenishment Strategy |
The Board directs the ICANN to increase the Reserve Fund through annual excesses from the operating fund of ICANN organization |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Appointment of Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Co-Chair | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.03 | The Board appoints Co-Chair of the RSSAC |
The Board accepts the recommendation of the RSSAC and appoints Fred Baker as Co-Chair of the RSSAC |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Thank You to George Sadowsky for his service to the ICANN Board | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.28 | Thank You to George Sadowsky for his service to the ICANN Board |
George Sadowsky has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Geographic Regions Review Working Group Final Report | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.16 | Geographic Regions Review Working Group Final Report |
The ICANN Board accepts the Working Group recommendations that are consistent with the accompanying "Recommendations Mapping Document" |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Annual Meeting of the Member | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.38 | Annual Meeting of the Member |
The ICANN Board confirms that this meeting is the Annual Meeting of the Member of Public Technical Identifiers ("PTI"). |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Thank You to Lousewies van der Laan for her service to the ICANN Board | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.24 | Thank You to Lousewies van der Laan for her service to the ICANN Board |
Lousewies van der Laan has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for her term of service |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Deferral of Transition to Thick WHOIS Consensus Policy Implementation | Board | Incomplete | 2018.10.25.04 | defer compliance enforcement of the Thick WHOIS Transition Policy |
The President and CEO, is authorized to defer compliance enforcement of the Thick WHOIS Transition Policy to allow additional time for the registrars and Verisign to reach agreement |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Election of ICANN Board Chair | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.29 | Election of ICANN Board Chair |
Cherine Chalaby is elected as Chair of the Board. |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Appointment of Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Co-Chair | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.03 | Appointment of RSSAC Co-Chair |
Board appoints Fred Baker as Co-Chair of the RSSAC |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Election of PTI President | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.39 | Election of PTI President |
The ICANN Board, in its role as sole member of PTI, hereby re-elects Kim Davies as the President of PTI |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Thank You to Jonne Soininen for his service to the ICANN Board | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.25 | Thank You to Jonne Soininen for his service to the ICANN Board |
Jonne has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Payment of Legal Invoice Exceeding $500,000 | Administration and Budget | Complete | 2018.10.25.05 | Payment of Legal Invoice Exceeding $500,000 |
The Board hereby authorizes the President and CEO to pay outside legal counsel's July 2018 invoice |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Election of ICANN Board Vice Chair | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.30 | Election of ICANN Board Vice Chair |
Chris Disspain is elected as Vice-Chair of the Board |
| 25 Oct 2018 | New gTLD Applications for .AMAZON | gTLDs | Incomplete | 2018.10.25.18 – 2018.10.25.19 |
The Board directs ICANN to remove the "Will Not Proceed" status and resume processing of the .AMAZON applications |
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| 25 Oct 2018 | Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Member Appointments | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.01 | Appointment of SSAC Members |
The Board accepts the recommendation of the SSAC and reappoints SSAC members to three-year terms |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Election of PTI Board Member | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.40 | Election of PTI Board Member |
ICANN, in its role as sole member of PTI, elects Trang Nguyen to fill the vacancy in Seat 3 of the PTI Board |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Thank You to Mike Silber for his service to the ICANN Board | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.26 | Thank You to Mike Silber for his service to the ICANN Board |
Mike Silber has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Thank You to Community Members | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.06-2018.10.25.13 | Thank You to Community Members |
ICANN wishes to acknowledge the considerable effort, skills, and time that members of the stakeholder community contribute to ICANN. |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Appointment of Membership and Leadership of Board Committees | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.31 | Membership and Leadership of Board Committees |
Appointment of Membership and Leadership of Board Committees |
| 25 Oct 2018 | Independent Review Process Interim Supplementary Rules of Procedure | Board | Complete | 2018.10.25.20 – 2018.10.25.21 | Independent Review Process Interim Supplementary Rules of Procedure |
The Board adopts the Independent Review Process Interim Supplementary Procedures |
| 03 Oct 2018 | Further Consideration of the Gulf Cooperation Council v. ICANN Independent Review Process Final Declarations | gTLDs | Complete | 2018.10.03.01 | Gulf Cooperation Council v. ICANN Independent Review Process Final Declarations |
The Board adopts the portion of the IRP Panel's recommendation that the application for .PERSIANGULF submitted in the current new gTLD round not proceed |
| 03 Oct 2018 | Further Consideration of the Asia Green IT System v. ICANN Independent Review Process Final Declaration | gTLDs | Complete | 2018.10.03.02 | Asia Green IT System v. ICANN Independent Review Process Final Declaration |
The Board directs ICANN that the pending application for .HALAL and the pending application for .ISLAM not proceed. |
| 16 Sep 2018 | Renewal of .coop TLD Registry Agreement | gTLDs | Complete | 2018.09.16.07 | .coop TLD Registry Agreement |
The proposed .coop Renewal Registry Agreement is approved |
| 16 Sep 2018 | Further Consideration of the .AMAZON Applications | gTLDs | Complete | 2018.09.16.12 – 2018.09.16.14 | .AMAZON Applications |
ICANN is directed to support the development of a solution for delegation of the strings represented in the .AMAZON applications that includes sharing the use of those top-level domains with the ACTO member states |
| 16 Sep 2018 | Appointment of 2019 Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect | Board | Complete | 2018.09.16.08 | Appointment of 2019 Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect |
The Board hereby appoints J. Damon Ashcraft as the 2019 Nominating Committee Chair and Cheryl Ann Miller as the 2019 Nominating Committee Chair-Elect |
| 16 Sep 2018 | Approval of Minutes | Board | Complete | 2018.09.16.01 | Approval of the 18 July and 21 August Minutes |
The Board approves the minutes of the 18 July and 21 August 2018 Meetings of the ICANN Board |
| 16 Sep 2018 | GAC Advice: Panama Communiqué (June 2018) | Board | Complete | 2018.09.16.09 | GAC Advice: Panama Communiqué |
The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Panama Communiqué: Actions and Updates (16 September 2018) in response to items of GAC advice in the Panama Communiqué |
| 16 Sep 2018 | Security and Stability Advisory Committee Appointment | Board | Complete | 2018.09.16.02 | Security and Stability Advisory Committee Appointment |
The Board appoints David Piscitello to the SSAC for a term beginning immediately upon approval of the Board and ending on 31 December 2020 |
| 16 Sep 2018 | Root Server Strategy | Root Zone | Incomplete | 2018.09.16.10 | Root Server Strategy |
The Board instructs the ICANN org as the operator of the ICANN Managed Root Server/L-Root (IMRS) to work with the Community to finalize a strategy to reduce effects of attacks on the IMRS |