Minutes – Board Risk Committee (RC) Meeting 4 December 2010

RC Attendees: Bruce Tonkin – Chair; Steve Crocker, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, Mike Silber, and Suzanne Woolf

Staff Attendees: John Jeffrey – General Counsel and Secretary; Kurt Pritz – Senior Vice President, Services; Samantha Eisner, and Patrick Jones

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The following is a summary of discussions, actions taken and actions identified:

1. Minutes: Reviewed and approved minutes from previous BRC meeting.

2. Action Items: Reviewed action items since Brussels, including work on IPv4 space depletion and commitments made in the Affirmation of Commitments.

   • Actions:

     • Staff to schedule update to the RC on the discussions with RIRs on IPv4 space and identification of significant risks and risk mitigation.

     • Staff to provide update to RC on the underlying work ICANN is doing to meet the commitments in the Affirmation of Commitments document.

3. 2011 Work Plan: Reviewed staff’s proposed work plan for 2011 and discussed timing of organizational risk reassessments.

   • Actions:

     • Staff to modify work plan to address committee comments, and to schedule next committee meetings.

4. New gTLDs: Received presentation from staff on project-level risk management and mitigation efforts identified for the New gTLD Program.

   • Action:

     • Staff to revise presentation to address RC comments and provide to Board, and prepare a paper for public release