Board Activities and Meetings
Minutes | Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board | 2 November 2017
An Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 2 November 2017 at 18:30 local time.
Cherine Chalaby, Chair, promptly called the meeting to order. In addition to the Chair, the following Directors participated in all or part of the meeting: Maarten Botterman, Becky Burr, Ron da Silva, Sarah Deutsch, Chris Disspain (Vice Chair), Avri Doria, Rafael Lito Ibarra, Khaled Koubaa, Akinori Maemura, Göran Marby (President and CEO), George Sadowsky, Léon Sanchez, Matthew Shears, Mike Silber, and Lousewies van der Laan.
The following Board Liaisons participated in all or part of the meeting: Ram Mohan (SSAC Liaison), Kaveh Ranjbar (RSSAC Liaison), Manal Ismail (GAC Liaison), and Jonne Soininen (IETF Liaison).
Secretary: John Jeffrey (General Counsel and Secretary).
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Main Agenda
Cherine Chalaby introduced the initial meeting of the new Board and asked for Chris Disspain to assume leadership of the meeting for the first item.
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Election of ICANN Board Chair
Chris Disspain introduced the agenda item. The Board then took the following action:
Resolved (2017.11.02.40), Cherine Chalaby is elected as Chair of the Board.
All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2017.11.02.40 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.
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Election of ICANN Board Vice Chair
The Chair, Cherine Chalaby, introduced the agenda item. The Board then took the following action:
Resolved (2017.11.02.41), Chris Disspain is elected as Vice-Chair of the Board.
All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2017.11.02.41 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.
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Appointment of Membership and Leadership of Board Committees
Becky Burr introduced the agenda item and read the proposed slate of members to serve on various Board Committees. The Board then took the following action:
Resolved (2017.11.02.42), membership of the following Board Committees is established as follows:
Accountability Mechanisms
Chris Disspain (Chair)
Becky Burr
Sarah Deutsch
Léon Sanchez
Mike SilberAudit
Lousewies van der Laan (Chair)
Sarah Deutsch
Akinori Maemura
Mike SilberCompensation
Cherine Chalaby (Chair)
Chris Disspain
Ram Mohan (Non-Voting Member)
George Sadowsky
Jonne Soininen (Non-Voting Member)Executive
Cherine Chalaby (Chair)
Becky Burr
Chris Disspain
Göran MarbyFinance
Ron da Silva (Chair)
Maarten Botterman
Chris Disspain
Khaled Koubaa
George SadowskyGovernance
Becky Burr (Chair)
Maarten Botterman
Ron da Silva
Ram Mohan (Non-Voting Member)
Lousewies van der LaanRisk
Rafael Lito Ibarra (Co-Chair)
Ram Mohan (Co-Chair/Non-Voting Member)
Akinori Maemura
Kaveh Ranjbar (Non-Voting Member)
Matthew Shears
Jonne Soininen (Non-Voting Member)Organizational Effectiveness
Khaled Koubaa (Chair)
Avri Doria
Rafael Lito Ibarra
George Sadowsky
Léon Sanchez
Matthew ShearsTechnical
Kaveh Ranjbar (Chair/Non-Voting Member)
Rafael Lito Ibarra (Vice Chair)
Cherine Chalaby
Ron da Silva
Avri Doria
Akinori Maemura
Ram Mohan (Non-Voting Member)
George Sadowsky
Jonne Soininen (Non-Voting Member)All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2017.11.02.42 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.
Rationale for Resolutions 2017.11.02.40 – 2017.11.02.42
Article 7, Section 7.2 and Article 14 of the ICANN Bylaws call for the Board to appoint the Board Chair, Board Vice Chair, as well as the chairs and membership of each Board Committee, including filling any vacancies which may occur in these positions during the year. The appointment of the Board leadership and Board Committee leadership and membership is consistent with ICANN's Mission and is in the public interest as it is important to ensure that the Board and its Committees have the properly skilled expertise to carry forth ICANN's Mission, Commitments and Core Values.
This decision will have no direct fiscal impact on the organization and no impact on the security, stability or resiliency of the domain name system.
This decision is an Organizational Administrative Function that does not require public comment.
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Confirmation of Officers of ICANN
The Chair introduced the agenda item. The Chair read the proposed slate of Officers of ICANN. The Board then took the following action:
Resolved (2017.11.02.43), Göran Marby is elected as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Resolved (2017.11.02.44), John Jeffrey is elected as General Counsel and Secretary.
Resolved (2017.11.02.45), Xavier Calvez is elected as Chief Financial Officer.
Resolved (2017.11.02.46), Akram Atallah is elected as President, Global Domains Division.
Resolved (2017.11.02.47), Susanna Bennett is elected as Chief Operating Officer.
Resolved (2017.11.02.48), David Olive is elected as Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support.
Resolved (2017.11.02.49), Ashwin Rangan is elected as Senior Vice President, Engineering & Chief Information Officer.
All members of the Board approved of Resolutions 2017.11.02.42, 2017.11.02.43, 2017.11.02.44, 2017.11.02.45, 2017.11.02.46, 2017.11.02.47, 2017.11.02.48, and 2017.11.02.49 by acclamation. The Resolutions carried.
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Apppointment of the Directors to the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board
Chris Disspain provided an update on the appointment of the Directors to the PTI Board. He stated that PTI will be holding its annual meeting later in 2017 during which it will consider the appointment of the nominated directors alongside the composition of the remainder of the PTI board. The ICANN Board must review the nominees to ensure that they meet all the requirements of the PTI Bylaws including reviewing the decision by the 2017 Nominating Committee regarding compliance with section 5.2 and 5.3 of the PTI Bylaws.
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The Chair then called the meeting to a close.
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Published on 14 December 2017