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Board Compensation

9 January 2014

Below is the alphabetical list of voting Board Members (not including the President and CEO) and whether they have elected to receive compensation, which is currently set at an annual equivalent of US$35,000, plus US$5,000 for Board Committee chairs (see http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08dec11-en.htm#3):

Elected to Accept Compensation

  1. Sébastien Bachollet (effective December 2011)
  2. Cherine Chalaby (effective December 2011)
  3. Steve Crocker (effective June 2011)
  4. Chris Disspain (effective January 2014)
  5. Bill Graham (effective December 2011)
  6. Wolfgang Kleinwächter (effective November 2013)
  7. Bruno Lanvin (effective November 2013)
  8. Olga Madruga-Forti (effective October 2012)
  9. Erika Mann (effective December 2011)
  10. Gonzalo Navarro (effective December 2011)
  11. Ray Plzak (effective December 2011)
  12. George Sadowsky (effective December 2011)
  13. Mike Silber (effective December 2011)
  14. Kuo-Wei Wu (effective December 2011)

Declined to Accept Compensation

Bruce Tonkin

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