Whereas, on 25 November 1998 the United
States Government entered a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) with ICANN, recognizing it as the
private-sector, not-for-profit corporation to which various technical
coordination tasks for the Internet would be transitioned;
Whereas, the MOU called for ICANN to develop
and test various mechanisms to allow stable, private-sector technical
coordination during a transition period in which the effectiveness
and stability of these mechanisms would be demonstrated;
Whereas, the U.S. Government has subsequently
entered into two other agreements with ICANN for provision of
services during the transition period: a Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) and a purchase
order for the IANA function;
Whereas, on 30 June 2000 ICANN submitted
its second status
report to the US Government under the MOU describing the
progress ICANN has made on completing the development and testing
tasks identified in the MOU;
Whereas, although the transition period
was originally scheduled to be completed by 30 September 2000,
it now appears that some transition tasks will remain pending
on that date;
Whereas, the U.S. Government has indicated
that it is willing to extend the time for ICANN, ccTLD managers
and affected governments, the RIRs, the root-server operators,
and other stakeholders to complete the tasks for up to one more
year;
Whereas, the U.S. Government has proposed
amendments to the MOU, CRADA, and the purchase order for the
IANA function that (a) adjust the list of ICANN's tasks to reflect
progress so far and (b) provide an extension to complete the
remaining tasks until 30 September 2001 or sooner if the parties
agree that the tasks have been completed;
Whereas, the language of these proposed
amendments has been presented to the Board;
RESOLVED [00.71] that
the President is authorized to enter an Amendment
2 to the MOU, an Amendment
1 to the CRADA, and a modification
0001 to the purchase order for the IANA function in substantially
the form presented to the Board.
Whereas, the Corporation has received an
invoice from Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue for $110,670.96 in
connection with legal services provided to the Corporation during
the month of June 2000;
RESOLVED [00.72] that
the President is authorized to pay that invoice.
RESOLVED [00.73] that
the minutes of the meetings of the Board for October 24, 1999,
May 4, 2000, and June 6, 2000, are hereby approved and adopted
by the Board as presented.
