Preliminary Report | Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board | 22 October 2015

Formal Minutes are still to be approved by the ICANN Board.

Note: This has not been approved by the Board and does not constitute minutes but does provide a preliminary attempt setting forth the unapproved reporting of the resolutions from that meeting. Details on voting and abstentions will be provided in the Minutes, when approved at a future meeting.

NOTE ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED WITHIN PRELIMINARY REPORT – ON RATIONALES – Where available, a draft Rationale for each of the Board's actions is presented under the associated Resolution. A draft Rationale is not final until approved with the minutes of the Board meeting.

An Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors was held in Dublin, Ireland on 22 October 2015 at 18:53 local time.

Steve Crocker, Chair, promptly called the meeting to order.

In addition to the Chair, the following Directors participated in all or part of the meeting: Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cherine Chalaby, Fadi Chehadé (President and CEO), Ron da Silva, Chris Disspain, Asha Hemrajani, Rafael Lito Ibarra, Markus Kummer, Bruno Lanvin, Erika Mann, George Sadowsky, Mike Silber, Bruce Tonkin (Vice Chair), Lousewies van der Laan, and Kuo-Wei Wu.

The following Board Liaisons participated in all or part of the meeting: Ram Mohan (SSAC Liaison), Thomas Schneider (GAC Liaison), and Jonne Soininen (IETF Liaison).

The following Board Liaisons sent their apologies: Suzanne Woolf (RSSAC Liaison).

Secretary: John Jeffrey (General Counsel and Secretary).

This is a Preliminary Report of the Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board, which took place on 22 October 2015.

1. Main Agenda
   1. Election of ICANN Board Chair
   2. Election of ICANN Board Vice Chair
   3. Appointment of Membership of Board Committees
   4. Board-GAC Recommendation Implementation Working Group
   5. Confirmation of Officers of ICANN

 

1. Main Agenda

   The Chair introduced the initial meeting of the new Board and asked for Bruce Tonkin to assume leadership of the meeting for the first item.

   1. Election of ICANN Board Chair

      The Board took the following action:

      Resolved (2015.10.22.23), Steve Crocker is elected as Chairman of the Board.

      All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2015.10.22.23 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.

   2. Election of ICANN Board Vice Chair

      The Chair resumed leadership of the meeting. The Board took the following action:

      Resolved (2015.10.22.24), Cherine Chalaby is elected as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

      All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2015.10.22.24 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.

   3. Appointment of Membership of Board Committees

      The Board took the following action:

      Resolved (2015.10.22.25), membership of the following Board Committees is established as follows:

      Audit

      Erika Mann (Chair)
      Steve Crocker
      Asha Hemrajani
      Bruno Lanvin
      Mike Silber

      Compensation

      George Sadowsky (Chair)
      Steve Crocker
      Chris Disspain
      Erika Mann
      Ram Mohan (Liaison)
      Bruce Tonkin

      Executive

      Steve Crocker (Chair)
      Cherine Chalaby
      Fadi Chehadé
      Chris Disspain
      Bruce Tonkin

      Finance

      Cherine Chalaby (Co-Chair)
      Asha Hemrajani (Co-Chair)
      Ron da Silva
      Chris Disspain
      Markus Kummer
      George Sadowsky

      Governance

      Chris Disspain (Chair)
      Rinalia Abdul Rahim
      Cherine Chalaby
      Erika Mann
      Mike Silber
      Bruce Tonkin
      Suzanne Woolf (Liaison)

      Risk

      Ram Mohan (Liaison) (Co-Chair)
      Mike Silber (Co-Chair)
      Rafael "Lito" Ibarra
      George Sadowsky
      Jonne Soininen (Liaison)
      Suzanne Woolf (Liaison)
      Kuo-Wei Wu

      Organizational Effectiveness

      Rinalia Abdul Rahim (Chair)
      Markus Kummer
      Bruno Lanvin
      Lousewies van der Laan
      Kuo-Wei Wu

      All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2015.10.22.25 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.

   4. Board-GAC Recommendation Implementation Working Group

      The Board took the following action:

      Resolved (2015.10.22.26), membership of the Board-GAC Recommendation Implementation Working Group is established as follows:

      Markus Kummer (Co-Chair)
      Chris Disspain
      Erika Mann
      Ram Mohan (Liaison)
      Mike Silber
      Lousewies van der Laan

      All members of the Board approved of Resolution 2015.10.22.26 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.

   5. Confirmation of Officers of ICANN

      The Board took the following action:

      Resolved (2015.10.22.27), Fadi Chehadé is elected as President and Chief Executive Officer.

      Resolved (2015.10.22.28), John Jeffrey is elected as General Counsel and Secretary.

      Resolved (2015.10.22.29), Xavier Calvez is elected as Chief Financial Officer.

      Resolved (2015.10.22.30), Akram Atallah is elected as President, Global Domains Division.

      Resolved (2015.10.22.31), Susanna Bennett is elected as Chief Operating Officer.

      Resolved (2015.10.22.32), David Olive is elected as Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support & General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters – Istanbul

      Resolved (2015.10.22.33), Ashwin Rangan is elected as Chief Innovation and Information Officer.

      All members of the Board approved of Resolutions 2015.10.22.27, 2015.10.22.2 by acclamation. The Resolution carried.

      2015.10.22.28, 2015.10.22.29, 2015.10.22.30, 2015.10.22.31, 2015.10.22.32, and 2015.10.22.33 by acclamation. The Resolutions carried.

   The Chair then called the meeting to a close.

Published on 2 November 2015