ICANN Resolutions

BGC has identified that Board's performance would be enhanced through the development of a Board committee specifically charged with oversight of ICANN Accountability Mechanisms.

The Board confirms the instruction to the ICANN President and CEO to defer compliance enforcement on the removal or addition privacy/proxy within the Transfer Policy until implementation issues have been resolved.

The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Hyderabad Communiqué: Actions and Updates" in response to items of GAC advice in the Hyderabad Communiqué.

Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Helsinki Communiqué: Actions and Updates (13 December 2016)" [PDF, 298 KB] in response to items of GAC advice in the Helsinki Communiqué.

The Board approves the minutes of the 5 November and 8 November 2016

ICANN Board accepts the recommendation of the RSSAC and appoints Tripti Sinha as co-chair of RSSAC

The Board recommends that the auction proceeds be invested at three different investment managers to reduce the risk of custody, and be invested in safe and liquid financial instruments.

The Board accepts that Corn Lake is the prevailing party in the Corn Lake, LLC v. ICANN IRP; the Board acted without conflict of interest; “the Board members exercised independent judgment, believed to be in the best interests of the community”; “the [Board] action of omitting .CHARITY from the [Final Review Procedure] was inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws”

The Board elects Officers of ICANN

The Board adopts the “ICANN Delegation of Authority Guidelines” to provide clear guidance and clarification of roles between the ICANN Board and the ICANN CEO/Management (“Guidelines”).

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.

The Board elects Elise Gerich as the President of PTI.

The Board approved of the .TEL Registry Agreement after finding that ICANN conducted a review of Telnic’s recent performance under the current agreement and found that Telnic substantially met its contractual requirements.

The Board recognizes Bruno Lanvin for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board elects Steve Crocker as Chairman of the Board.

The Board appoints Chris Disspain (Chair), Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Markus Kummer, Akinori Maemura, and Kaveh Ranjbar (Liaison) to the Board Working Group on Registration Directory Services

The Board appoints to the RSSAC the following representatives from the D-, E-, G-, and H-root server operators: Tripti Sinha, Kevin Jones, Kevin Wright, and Howard Kash, respectively, through 31 December 2019.

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 recognizes Kuo-Wei Wu for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.