Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to take all steps necessary to engage BDO LLP and BDO member firms as the auditors for the financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2015.

Approval of Minutes for 12 Feb 2015

Board directs that a new Preliminary Issue Report that follows this framework [PDF, 612 KB] be prepared and delivered to the GNSO; Board commits to forming a group of Board members that will (i) liaise with the GNSO on the policy development process to examine the EWG's recommended model and propose policies to support the creation of the next generation registration directory services,

, ICANN has reviewed and evaluated the request to delegate the .հայ IDN country-code top-level domain to Internet Society. The documentation demonstrates that the proper procedures were followed in evaluating the request.

Board adopts ICANN Five-Year Operating plan for FY16-FY20 complements the Five-Year Strategic Plan, will guide ICANN's activities for the next five years, and will inform ICANN's annual operating plans and budgets.

Booking.com filed a request for an Independent Review Proceeding (IRP) challenging the ICANN Board's handling of Booking.com's application for .hotels Board accepts the following findings of the Independent Review Panel's Final Declaration that: (1) Booking.com has failed to identify any instance of Board action or inaction, or any action or inaction of ICANN staff or any third party (such as the ICC, acting as SSP), that could be considered to be inconsistent with ICANN's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws...

ICANN staff has evaluated a request for ccTLD delegation and is presenting its report to the Board for review. The proposal is to approve a request to the IANA department to create the country-code top-level domain and assign the role of sponsoring organization (also known as the manager or trustee) to Sudan Internet Society.

Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 5 February 2015 and 12 February 2015 meetings

Board approves the delegation of .TP be removed from the DNS Root Zone

Board approves the final recommendations for the collection of metrics for the New gTLD Program to Support the future AoC Review on Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice made by the IAG-CCT

The Board is taking action at this time to accept the advice of the GAC from the 11 February 2015 GAC Singapore Communiqué [PDF, 264 KB] regarding the release of two-letter codes at the second level in gTLDs.

The Board approves of the appointment Geoff Huston to the SSAC.

Approval of Ashwin Rangan as an Officer of ICANN with the title of Chief Innovation and Information Officer

The Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approved the minutes of its 12-14 October 2014 and 7 November 2014 meetings.

Board approves contracting and disbursements for the Meeting venue of the June 2015 ICANN Public Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Board approval of appointment of B-, C-, F-, and K- Root Server Operator Representatives to the RSSAC based on recommendation from the RSSAC co-chairs

Board accepts the final report from the Number Resource Organization (NRO) issued in the form of a letter to the Chair of the Structural Improvements Committee in November 2013 regarding the completion of implementation work resulting from the ASO Review.

The NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-10.

Board to approve a longer term agreement with ACIG Consulting Firm