Preliminary Report of Organizational Board Meeting 10 December 2010

[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 reporting of the resolutions from that meeting. Details on voting and abstentions will be provided in the Board's Minutes, when approved by the board at a future meeting, and are also available in the transcript posted at http://cartagena39.icann.org/meetings/cartagena2010/transcript-board-meeting-10dec10-en.txt.

An Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors was held on 10 December 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.

Peter Dengate Trush promptly called an Organizational Meeting of the Board of Directors to order.

In addition to Peter Dengate Thrush, the following Directors participated in all or part of the meeting: Sébastien Bachollet, Rod Beckstrom (President and CEO), Cherine Chalaby, Bertrand de la Chapelle, Steve Crocker, Gonzalo Navarro, Rita Rodin Johnston, Erika Mann, Raymond A. Plzak, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, Mike Silber, Bruce Tonkin, Katim Touray, and Kuo-Wei Wu.

The following Board Liaisons participated in all or part of the meeting: Heather Dryden, GAC Liaison; Ram Mohan, SSAC Liaison; Thomas Narten, IETF Liaison; and Reinhard Scholl, TLG Liaison.

  1. Election of Board Chairman

    Peter Dengate Thrush handed the chairing of the meeting to Steve Crocker, who nominated Peter to serve as the Chairman of the Board. After a call for additional nominations went unanswered, the Board took the following action:

    Resolved (2010.12.10.37), Peter Dengate-Thrush is elected as Chairman of the Board.

    All Board members present unanimously approved of Resolution 2010.12.10.37.

  2. Election of Board Vice-Chairman

    The Chair then resumed the chairinf of the meeting and nominated Steve Crocker to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Board then took the follwing action:

    Resolved (2010.12.10.38), that Steve Crocker is elected as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

    All Board members present unanimously approved of Resolution 2010.12.10.38.

    Steve Crocker then noted that he will be stepping down from his chairmanship of the SSAC in order to focus his attention on Board issues, and that a succession process will be instituted with the assistance of Ray Plzak, the SSAC Vice-Chair.

  3. Appointment of Membership of Board Committees

    After identification of the considerable work performed by the Board Governance Committee in recommending a slate, Bruce Tonkin then presented the resolution establishing the membership of Board Committees.

    The Board then took the following action:

    Resolved (2010.12.10.39), that membership of the following Board committees be established:

    • Audit
      • Rita Rodin Johnston (Chair)
      • Steve Crocker
      • Erika Mann
    • Compensation
      • Peter Dengate-Thrush (Chair)
      • Rita Rodin Johnston
      • Rajasekhar Ramaraj
      • Bruce Tonkin
    • Executive
      • Chairman of the Board (Chair)
      • Vice-Chairman of the Board
      • President/CEO
      • Rajasekhar Ramaraj
    • Finance
      • Rajasekhar Ramaraj (Chair)
      • Sebastien Bachollet
      • Cherine Chalaby
      • George Sadowsky
      • Bruce Tonkin (Observer)
    • Governance
      • Bruce Tonkin (Chair)
      • Cherine Chalaby
      • Steve Crocker
      • Rita Rodin Johnston
      • Ram Mohan (Liaison)
      • Ray Plzak
    • Global Relations
      • Peter Dengate Thrush (Chair)
      • Cherine Chalaby
      • Erika Mann
      • Gonzalo Navarro
      • George Sadowsky
      • Katim Touray
      • Kuo-Wei Wu
    • IANA
      • Kuo-Wei Wu (Chair)
      • Bertrand de La Chapelle
      • Thomas Narten (Liaison)
      • Ray Plzak
      • Katim Touray
      • Suzanne Woolf (Liaison)
    • Public Participation
      • Mike Silber (Chair)
      • Sebastien Bachollet
      • Thomas Narten (Liaison)
      • Gonzalo Navarro
      • Katim Touray
      • Kuo-Wei Wu
    • Risk
      • Steve Crocker (Chair)
      • Mike Silber
      • Bruce Tonkin
      • Rajasekhar Ramaraj
      • Suzanne Woolf (Liaison)
    • Structural Improvements
      • Ray Plzak (Chair)
      • Bertrand de La Chapelle
      • George Sadowsky
      • Reinhard Scholl (Liaison)
      • Mike Silber

    All Board members present unanimously approved of Resolution 2010.12.10.39.

  4. Confirmation of Officers of ICANN

    The Chair then introduced the resolutions appointing the officers of ICANN. The Board then took the following action:

    Resolved (2010.12.10.40), Rod A. Beckstrom is elected as President and Chief Executive Officer.

    Resolved (2010.12.10.41), Akram Atallah is elected as Chief Operating Officer.

    Resolved (2010.12.10.42), Akram Atallah is elected as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

    Resolved (2010.12.10.43), John Jeffrey is elected as General Counsel and Secretary.

    Resolved (2010.12.10.44), Kurt Pritz is elected as Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Relations.

    All Board members present unanimously approved of Resolutions 2010.12.10.40, 2010.12.10.41, 2010.12.10.42, 2010.12.10.43, and 2010.12.10.44.

    The CEO noted his thanks for the continued support fo the ICANN management team.

  5. Other Business

    Sébastien Bachollet thanked the members of the At-Large community for his election as a Board member, noted the history of his involvement with ICANN, and his hopes that the Board will work together for the good of the internet and its billions of users around the world.

    The Chair then adjourned the meeting.