Historical Resolution Tracking Feature

The Board approves Recommendation 5.4, and rejects Recommendations 19.1 and 19.2 issued within the SSR2 Review Team Final Report

The Board authorizes ICANN to facilitate all necessary contracting and disbursements for the host venue for the March 2025 ICANN Public Meeting in Seattle, Washington

The Board authorizes ICANN to facilitate all necessary contracting and disbursements for the host venue and hotel for the June 2023 ICANN Public Meeting in Washington D.C.

The ICANN Board initiates the Fundamental Bylaws Amendment process relating to IANA Naming Function Reviews and the IANA Naming Function Separation Process

The Board approves the amendments to Bylaws

The Board authorizes ICANN to engage the audit firm(s) for the financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2022

The Board adopts the GNSO Council EPDP Phase 2A Policy Recommendations as set forth in section 3 of the Final Report

The Board defers the SSR3 to allow the ICANN community and organization sufficient time to plan for, and implement pertinent ATRT3 recommendations once prioritized for implementation

The Board asks the BAMC to review, consider and evaluate the allegations relating to the Domain Acquisition Agreement (DAA) between NDC and Verisign and the allegations relating to Afilias' conduct during the Auction Blackout Period

The Board directs the ICANN to advise the Board on whether and how ICANN can continue this effort beyond FY22 and be instilled in future budget years

The Board adopts the FY23 IANA Operating Plan and Budget

The Board accepts Recommendation 1 calling for ICANN org to engage with the Root Zone Maintainer and the Root Server operators to ensure the addition of a ZONEMD resource record to the root zone will not negatively impact the distribution of root zone data within the Root Server System

The Board adopts the GNSO Council's Supplemental Recommendation on the Expedited Policy Development Process on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (EPDP) Phase 1, Recommendation 12

ICANN organization has a need for continued third-party ad hoc development and quality assurance support to augment its Engineering and IT capacity

The ICANN Board adopts all 35 final Phase 1 PDP recommendations as documented in the PDP Working Group's Phase 1 Final Report

The Board directs ICANN to reimburse Afilias for its share of the IRP costs in furtherance of the Panel's Final Declaration

ICANN organization has a need for continued third-party development, quality assurance and content management support to augment its IT capacity

The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting Communiqué: Actions and Updates (16 January 2022)"

The Board hereby approves a payment to the President and CEO for his annual at-risk compensation component for the first half of FY22

The Board hereby approves a tranche of money to pay existing and upcoming outside counsel legal fees and IRP Panel fees

The Board hereby approves a tranche of money to pay upcoming outside legal fees and IRP Panel fees

The ICANN Board accepts Recommendations 1 and 2 from RSSAC059 and will consider Recommendations 3 and 4 from RSSAC059 as part of its ongoing evaluation and consideration of Recommendations 2 and 3 from RSSAC038

The Board confirms that ICANN73 shall not proceed as an in-person meeting ICANN to take all steps necessary to cancel the facilities and arrangements made for an in-person meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Whereas, pursuant to Section 7.2 of the PTI Bylaws, ICANN as the sole member is required to annually elect a President of PTI. Resolved (2021.10.28.39), the ICANN Board, in its role as sole member of PTI, hereby re-elects Kim Davies as the President of PTI.

The Board approves the transfer of US$10,000,000 from the Operating Fund to the Reserve Fund and US$5,000,000 from the Operating Fund to the SFICR

The Board authorizes ICANN to take all necessary actions to execute a contract with RC Transcriptions

ICANN wishes to acknowledge the considerable effort, skills, and time that members of the stakeholder community contribute to ICANN

Maarten Botterman is elected as Chair of the Board

Lito Ibarra has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond

The ICANN Board confirms that this meeting is the Annual Meeting of the Member of Public Technical Identifiers ("PTI")

Appointment of Membership and Leadership of Board Committees

The Board affirms that the ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021 to 2025 shall remain in force and unchanged, with no restatement of the Strategic Plan needed at this time

Merike Käo has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for her term of service, and the Board wishes her well in her future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond

Ron da Silva has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond

Nigel Roberts has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond

Annual appointment of ICANN Officers

León Sánchez is elected as Vice-Chair of the Board

The Board accepts the final report from the independent examiner on the ccNSO2 Review and the Feasibility Assessment from the ccNSO2 Review Working Party and approves the initiation of the Standard Bylaws Amendment Process

The Board appoints Fred Baker, Matt Larson, Lars-Johan Liman, and Brad Verd to the RSSAC through 31 December 2024

The Board appoints Michael Graham as the 2022 NomCom Chair and J. Damon Ashcraft as the 2022 NomCom Chair-Elect

The Board appoints Michael Graham as the 2022 NomCom Chair and J. Damon Ashcraft as the 2022 NomCom Chair-Elect

The Board directs ICANN to conduct the Operational Design Phase (ODP) by addressing the questions outlined in the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Operational Design Phase Scoping Document

The Board hereby approves a payment to the Ombudsman of his FY21 at-risk compensation component

The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – ICANN71 Virtual Policy Forum Communiqué: Actions and Updates (12 September 2021)"

The Board authorizes ICANN to seek a stay of the .GCC IRP and open an informal dialogue with the GAC regarding the rationale for the GAC consensus advice on the .GCC application

The Board approves performance goals for the President and CEO for FY22

The Board authorizes ICANN to take all necessary actions to change references in the Los Angeles Office Lease Renewal resolution and rationale about the term of lease from 10 years to 129 months

The Board approves performance goals for the President and CEO for FY22

The Board approves the minutes of the 11 March, 25 March, 12 May, and 21 June 2021 Meetings of the ICANN Board

The Board grants the President and CEO discretion to adjust the compensation for FY22, effective 1 July 2021 for ICANN officers

The Board reappoints SSAC members to three-year terms beginning 01 January 2022 and ending 31 December 2024

The Board adopts the revised Board Governance Committee Charter and Board Risk Committee Charter

The Board approves the revised ICANN Investment Policy that allows funds in the Operating Fund and SFICR to be invested in long-term, moderate-yield, and moderately liquid investment instruments

The Board authorizes ICANN to take all necessary actions to execute a new 10-year lease for ICANN's current Los Angeles office location

The Board takes action on each of the 63 recommendations issued within the SSR2 Review Team Final Report

The Board approves transfers of from the Operating Fund to the Reserve Fund and to the SFICR

The Board confirms that ICANN72 shall be held as a virtual meeting only

The Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations 19-22 for a new Consensus Policy on gTLD Registration Data

The Board hereby approves a payment to the President and CEO for his annual at-risk compensation component for the second half of FY21

The Board is deferring the initiation of the GNSO3 Review until such time as the Board, community and org better understand the impact of the ATRT3 Recommendations on the next Organizational Review cycle

The Board finds that ICANN org acted upon SAC065's Recommendation 1. The Board considers SAC065 to be completed

The Board finds the actions in SAC045 to be considered resolved by the NCAP and that the remaining items being tracked in the ICANN org Action Request Registry may be completed

The Board accepts all four of the Recommendations within the IFR Final Report

The Board adopts the FY22-26 Operating and Financial Plan and the FY22 Operating and Budget

The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum Communiqué: Actions and Updates (12 May 2021)"

The Board approves the transfer of US$10,000,000 from the Operating Fund to the Reserve Fund and the creation of SFICR

The Board hereby approves a tranche of money to pay upcoming outside legal fees and IRP Panel fees

The Board finds that the actions called for by the recommendations from SAC070 advising action for ICANN org, specifically Recommendations 3, 4a, 5, and 6, have been completed by ICANN org

The Board finds that ICANN org has implemented all of SAC062's Recommendations, and considers SAC062 to be completed

The Board finds that ICANN org acted upon all Recommendations from SAC063, SAC073, and SAC102, as is evidenced by the successful first KSK Rollover

The Board authorizes ICANN to take all necessary actions to execute a new lease for ICANN's current Singapore office location

The Board accepts Recommendation 1, which calls for implementing a prototype measurement system for RSOs and accepts Recommendation 2 to implement a more permanent measurement system after establishing and using the prototype measurement system from Recommendation 1

The Board accepts the Final Implementation Report of the second SSAC Review issued by the SSAC RWP approved by the SSAC

The Board accepts Recommendation 3, relating to conducting a study to understand the feasibility and impact of node re-delegation attacks

The Board directs the NCAP DG to proceed with Study 2 as redesigned, and directs ICANN to participate in Study 2 in the manner indicated in the redesigned proposal

The Board directs ICANN to proceed with the Operational Design Phase for GNSO Council-approved recommendations (#1-18) from the EPDP Phase 2 Final Report on the System for Standardized Access and Disclosure

The Board authorizes ICANN to engage BDO USA, LLP and BDO member firms as the audit firm(s) for the financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2021

The Board confirms that ICANN71 shall not proceed as an in-person meeting,

IANA has reviewed and evaluated the request to delegate the ישראל. top-level domain to the Israel Internet Association

The revised Board Committee and Leadership Selection Procedures are approved

Jean-Jacques Sahel shall be the new branch manager and legal representative for ICANN's branch office in Brussels, Belgium, effective 1 August 2017

The Board appoints Nicholas Tomasso as the representative of the Liaison Office in Istanbul, Turkey

PTI has reviewed and evaluated the request to delegate the eight country-code top-level domains representing India in various languages to NIXI

The Board authorizes ICANN to facilitate contracting with the convention center and host hotels for the November 2019 ICANN Public Meeting in Montreal, Canada

The Board authorizes ICANN to facilitate contracting with the convention center and host hotels for the March 2019 ICANN Public Meeting in Kobe, Japan

The Board approves the BC Charter Amendments to adjust its composition of membership and enable it to more effectively undertake its policy development responsibilities

The Board appoints Andrew de la Haije to the SSAC for a three-year term beginning immediately and ending on 31 December 2020.

The Board approves the minutes of the 18 May 2017 Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board

The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Copenhagen Communiqué: Actions and Updates (12 June 2017)."

The Board approves the extension of Herb Waye's contract to serve as ICANN's Ombudsman for an additional year

The President and CEO is directed to grant ICANN approvals for the release of country and territory names at the second-level

The Board approves the Global Amendment and the Registry Agreement as revised and the President and CEO is authorized to finalize and execute the Global Amendment

The Board requests that the BGC develop the inaugural charter of the Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) to be responsible for considering Reconsideration Requests

The Board initiates the second SSAC Review in June 2017

The Board approves the minutes of the 16 March and 19 April 2017 Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board

The Board approves committing $646,800 during Fiscal Year 2018 to cover the costs associated with the adopted SO/AC additional budget requests.

The Board initiates the second RSSAC Review and directs ICANN organization to post a Request for Proposal to procure an independent examiner to begin the review as soon as practically feasible

The Board thanks Glen de Saint Géry for her dedicated service to the ICANN community and wishes her well in her future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond

Permanent protections for the identifiers of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its respective components

The Board adopts the Community Anti-Harassment Policy as revised and directs ICANN to monitor whether the Office of the Ombudsman is the appropriate place for Community members to file a complaint

The Board accepts that dot Sports Limited is the prevailing party in the dot Sport Limited v. ICANN Independent Review Process

The Board has determined that further consideration and analysis of the Gulf Cooperation Council v. ICANN IRP Final Declaration is needed

The Board approves the proposed revisions to the charter of the Organizational Effectiveness Committee to expand its oversight to include Specific Reviews.

Adoption of a set of guidelines, the "ICANN Delegation of Authority Guidelines," to provide greater clarity of roles between the Board and CEO/Management.

The Board instructs ICANN to work with the Registrar Stakeholder Group to evaluate alternatives for the implementation concerns related to Transfer Policy Part C.

Approval of the proposed .MOBI Renewal Registry Agreement

The Board appoints to the RSSAC the representative from F-root server operator, Fred Baker, through 31 December 2018.

The Board appoints Jay Daley and Cristian Hesselman to the SSAC for three-year terms ending on 31 December 2019.

The Board approves the minutes of the 3 February 2017 Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board.

The Board confirms the instruction to the ICANN President and CEO to defer compliance enforcement on the removal or addition privacy/proxy within the Transfer Policy until implementation issues have been resolved.

The Board appoints Kaveh Ranjbar to serve as a member of the Second SSR Review Team

The Board appoints Chris Disspain to serve as a member of the RDS Review Team

The Board accepts the GNSO Review Implementation Plan, drafted by the GNSO Review Working Group, adopted by the GNSO Council, and considered and supported by the Organizational Effectiveness Committee.

The Board approves an amendment to the .XXX Registry Agreement to align its fee schedule with the fee schedule contained in the new gTLD Registry Agreement.

The Board appoints Paul Ebersman to the SSAC for a three-year term beginning immediately upon approval of the Board and ending on 31 December 2020.

PTI has reviewed and evaluated the request to delegate the .پاکستان country-code top-level domain to National Telecommunication Corporation.

The Board approves the minutes of the 13 December 2016 Meetings of the ICANN Board.

The Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Hyderabad Communiqué: Actions and Updates" in response to items of GAC advice in the Hyderabad Communiqué.

The Board approves the publication of the Board Committees Activity Reports released every six month on the Board Activity pages of the ICANN website,

BGC has identified that Board's performance would be enhanced through the development of a Board committee specifically charged with oversight of ICANN Accountability Mechanisms.

The Board authorizes the President and CEO to take all steps necessary to engage BDO LLP and BDO member firms as the auditors for the financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.

Board hereby approves a payment to the President and CEO for his FY17 SR1 at-risk compensation component as recommended by the Compensation Committee

Board grants the President and CEO the discretion to adjust the CIO's compensation for FY17, effective 1 July 2016

The Board indicates that the March 2018 Public Meeting shall be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to engage in and facilitate all necessary contracting and disbursements for the host and other hotels

Board adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Helsinki Communiqué: Actions and Updates (13 December 2016)" [PDF, 298 KB] in response to items of GAC advice in the Helsinki Communiqué.

Board thanks Suzanne Woolf for her service on the RZERC and appoints Kaveh Ranjbar to the ICANN Board position on the RZERC

ICANN Board accepts the recommendation of the RSSAC and appoints Tripti Sinha as co-chair of RSSAC

The Board approves the minutes of the 5 November and 8 November 2016

The Board recognizes Bruno Lanvin for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board elects Elise Gerich as the President of PTI.

The Board elects Officers of ICANN

The Board appoints Markus Kummer (Chair), Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Ron da Silva, Chris Disspain, Rafael “Lito” Ibarra, Khaled Koubaa, George Sadowsky, and Lousewies van der Laan to the Board Working Group on Internet Governance.

The Board appoints Chris Disspain (Chair), Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Markus Kummer, Akinori Maemura, and Kaveh Ranjbar (Liaison) to the Board Working Group on Registration Directory Services

The Board appoints Ram Mohan (Liaison) (Chair), Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Khaled Koubaa, Akinori Maemura, Kaveh Ranjbar (Liaison), and Jonne Soininen (Liaison) to the Board IDN Variant Working Group.

The Board appoints Markus Kummer (Co-Chair), Maarten Botterman, Chris Disspain, Ram Mohan (Liaison), Mike Silber, and Lousewies van der Laan to the Board-GAC Recommendation Implementation Working Group.

The Board appoints membership of the following Board Committees; Audit, Compensation, Executive, Finance, Governance, Organizational Effectiveness and Risk.

The Board elects Cherine Chalaby as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

The Board elects Steve Crocker as Chairman of the Board.

The Board recognizes Bruce Tonkin for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board recognizes Suzanne Woolf for her term of service, and the Board wishes her well in her future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board recognizes Kuo-Wei Wu for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board recognizes Erika Mann for her term of service, and the Board wishes her well in her future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

The Board expresses its deep appreciation for the tireless efforts of the global multistakeholder community; and its deep appreciation to the US Department of Commerce, for standing by the long-standing commitment to end the IANA Functions contract, and for its dedication, and tireless efforts as a partner with ICANN and the community to achieving this historic goal.

The Board accepts that Corn Lake is the prevailing party in the Corn Lake, LLC v. ICANN IRP; the Board acted without conflict of interest; “the Board members exercised independent judgment, believed to be in the best interests of the community”; “the [Board] action of omitting .CHARITY from the [Final Review Procedure] was inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws”

The Board approves the minutes of 9 August, 15 August, 17 September and 30 September 2016

The Board approves the Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Codes, authorizing ICANN to issue a blanket authorization that allows new gTLD registry operators who implement the required measures to release all reserved letter/letter two-character ASCII labels not otherwise reserved pursuant to Specification 5, Section 6 of the New gTLD Registry Agreement.

The Board appoints Jacques Latour and Tara Whalen to the SSAC for three-year terms beginning immediately upon approval of the Board and ending on 31 December 2019.

The Board reappoints the following SSAC members to three-year terms beginning 01 January 2017 and ending 31 December 2019: Jeff Bedser, Ben Butler, Merike Kaeo, Warren Kumari, Xiaodong Lee, Carlos Martinez, and Danny McPherson.

The Board appoints to the RSSAC the following representatives from the D-, E-, G-, and H-root server operators: Tripti Sinha, Kevin Jones, Kevin Wright, and Howard Kash, respectively, through 31 December 2019.

The Board adopts the “ICANN Delegation of Authority Guidelines” to provide clear guidance and clarification of roles between the ICANN Board and the ICANN CEO/Management (“Guidelines”).

The Board wishes to acknowledge and thank members of the community when their terms of service end on the Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees and Nominating Committee.

The Board recommends that the auction proceeds be invested at three different investment managers to reduce the risk of custody, and be invested in safe and liquid financial instruments.

The Board approved of the .TEL Registry Agreement after finding that ICANN conducted a review of Telnic’s recent performance under the current agreement and found that Telnic substantially met its contractual requirements.

The Board hereby authorizes the posting of the draft ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy for public comment for 60 days in order to give the Community sufficient time to discuss the draft Policy, as well as formulate and submit public comment(s) on the draft Policy.

The Board approves ICANN entering into the Assignment Agreement between ICANN and the IETF Trust to assign the IANA IPR, and into the requisite License Agreements for the purpose of using the IANA IPR in the performance of each of the IANA functions.

The Board directs the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to undertake a review of the process by which ICANN staff interacts with the CPE provider in issuing its CPE reports.

The Board directs ICANN's President and CEO, or his designee, to proceed with implementing the KSK recommendations in RSSAC 003 in collaboration with the root zone management partners.

The Board appoints Hans Petter Holen as the 2017 Nominating Committee Chair and Zahid Jamil as the 2017 Nominating Committee Chair-Elect.

The Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to engage in and facilitate all necessary contracting and disbursements for the host Convention Centre for the October 2018 ICANN Public Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

ICANN has evaluated a request to IANA to create the .বাংলা country-code top-level domain and assign the role of sponsoring organization to the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Posts and Telecommunications Division of Bangladesh.

The Board approves the Naming Function Contract, where ICANN will contract with Public Technical Identifiers to serve as the IANA Naming Function operator and perform the IANA naming-related functions.

The Board approves the Services Agreement and commits ICANN to providing the necessary services and resources to PTI in order for it to perform the IANA functions.

The Board approves the proposed Amendment to extend the term of the .COM Registry Agreement to 30 November 2024 to coincide with the term of the Root Zone Maintainer Services Agreement (RZMA) between ICANN and Verisign.

The Board approves the Bylaws as the initial Bylaws for PTI, appoints Akram Atallah, David Conrad, Lise Fuhr, and Jonathan Robinson as Initial Directors of PTI, and appoints Elise Gerich as the President of PTI.

The Board directs the Board Governance Committee to re-evaluate Dot Registry's Reconsideration Requests 14-30, 14-32 and 14-33 in light of the Panel majority's Final Declaration in the Dot Registry IRP and the issues it identified with respect to the BGC's actions in evaluating these Reconsideration Requests.

The Board Approves the minutes of 25 & 27 June 2016

Board approves the RZERC charter as revised in response to public comment and Board appoints Suzanne Woolf to serve on the RZERC

ICANN Board authorizes ICANN's CEO, or his designee, to proceed with the formation of PTI, including the filing of the proposed PTI Articles of Incorporation as revised after public comment.

Proposed RZMA is approved, and the President and CEO, or his designee(s), is authorized to take such actions as appropriate to finalize and execute the Agreement.

ICANN Board approves the proposed amendments to ICANN's Articles of Incorporation, which shall be deemed effective upon the expiration the IANA Functions Contract between ICANN and NTIA.

The ICANN Board hereby adopts all the final recommendations of the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP Working Group, directs the President and CEO, or his authorized designee, to develop and execute an implementation plan

Board accepts the findings of the Final Declaration, will consider next steps in relation to Dot Registry's Reconsideration Requests or the relevant new gTLDs before the Board takes any further action. directs the Secretary, or his designee(s), to post the Board briefing materials on this matter simultaneously with the resolutions.

The Board directs the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to move forward with processing HTLD's application for .HOTEL after finding that cancelling the application is not warranted

The Board approved a payment to the Ombudsman based on performance goals set by the Board based on his FY16 at-risk compensation component.

In order to attract and retain high caliber staff the ICANN Board granted the President and CEO the discretion to increase the FY17 base salary and provide a competitive compensation package for ICANN staff.

Board adopts the FY17 Update to the Five-Year Operating Plan [PDF, 680 KB].

The Board thanks Matt Larson for his service to the SSAC

Board hereby adopts the revised Expected Standards of Behaviors as they were posted for public comment on 16 May 2016, with slight modification for clarification.

Independent Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization Final Report and Recommendations

Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to proceed with processing the New gTLD Program applications at issue in the IRP consistent with the standard New gTLD Program processes.

Board adopts the FY17 Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 1.34 MB] and in doing so establishes the Variable Accreditation Fees (per registrar and transaction) as set forth in the FY17 Operating Plan and Budget.

Delegation of the бг ("bg") domain representing Bulgaria in Cyrillic script to Imena.BG Plc (Names.BG Plc)

Board approves the minutes of the 19 April, 15 May and 27 May 2016 meetings of the ICANN Board.

Board hereby reaffirms the resolution on .HOTEL and .ECO IRP Declaration as it passed on 10 March 2016

Board authorizes the President and CEO to take such actions as appropriate to finalize and execute the 2016 IETF MoU Supplemental Agreement with the IETF

The ICANN Board authorizes the President and CEO o take such actions as appropriate to finalize and execute the Service Level Agreement with the Regional Internet Registries for the IANA Numbering Services as contemplated by the Proposal.

the ICANN Board approves the posting of the draft Restated Articles of Incorporation for public comment on the ICANN website as soon as reasonably practicable.

the ICANN Board adopts the New ICANN Bylaws as revised on 26 May 2016

the ICANN Board approves the RySG Charter Amendments as documented in the briefing materials submitted to the Board

Board approval of minutes from Meetings of the ICANN Board on 3, 9, 10 March 2016

The SSAC Membership Committee, on behalf of the SSAC, requested that the Board should appoint John R. Levine to the SSAC for a three-year term beginning immediately upon approval by the Board and ending on 31 December 2019.

Board approves proposed revisions to the language of the Expected Standards of Behavior

BGC) has recommended that the Board form a Board Working Group on Internet Governance (BWG-IG) to provide consultation and advice on ICANN's efforts related to involvement in Internet governance work,

Board acknowldges receipt of the PDP Final Report and GNSO Council's Receommendations Report concerning the final PDP submitted by GNSO

Board approves relocation of the October 2016 Public Meeting.

Enhancing Openness and Transparency – Board Deliberations

Board approves USG IANA Stewardship Transition – Additional FY16 Expenses and Funding

Board approves relocation of the October 2016 Public Meeting.

Board approves committing $643,700 during Fiscal Year 2017 to cover the costs associated with the adopted SO/AC additional budget requests.

Thank you to Fadi Chehade for his service as ICANN CEO

Thank you to Fadi Chehade for his service as ICANN CEO

Thank you to the ICG Secretariat

Board thanks the ICANN staff who worked on all aspects of the development of the transition and accountability proposals.

Board approves of the transmittal of the Report the National Telecommunications & Information Administration of the United States Department of Commerce to accompany the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal developed by the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group.

ICANN Board accepts the ICG's IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal

Board accepts the findings of the Panel's Final Declaration

Board thanks to Interpreters, Staff, Event and Hotel Teams of ICANN 55 Meeting

THe Board thanks the Sponsors of ICANN 55 Meeting

The Board wishes to extend its thanks to the local host organizer, ANRT, for its support.

Board approves a budget envelope of up to US$1.5 million, as an interim measure, to cover the costs of the Project to be incurred until the first estimate is produced, to be funded through a fund release from the Reserve Fund.

Board adopts the New Board Mentorship Program

Board receives and reviews the IRD Final (WHOIS) Report submitted by the IRD Working Group and next steps

Board approves the minutes of the 3 February 2016 Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board.

Appointment of F-Root Server Operator Representative to the RSSAC

Board approval of Appointment of F-Root Server Operator Representative to the RSSAC

Board Approval of Appointment of Independent Auditors

Board endorses and adopts the ICANN Investment Policy as revised.

Approval of President and CEO FY16 SR2 At-Risk Compensation

Approval of proposed President and CEO Compensation

Approval of June 2018 ICANN Meeting Venue Contracting

Approval of March 2018 ICANN Meeting Venue Contracting

Approval of October 2017 ICANN Meeting Venue Contracting

Approval of June 2017 ICANN Meeting Venue Contracting

Approval of March 2017 ICANN Meeting Venue Contracting

Approval of June 2016 ICANN Meeting Venue Contracting

Consideration of Re-evaluation of the Vistaprint Limited String Confusion Objection Expert Determination

Delegation of .AFRICA to be operated by ZACR pursuant to the Registry Agreement that ZACR has entered with ICANN.

Ombudsman Report Regarding Complaint by Hu Yi Global Information Resources

Board approval of the regular meeting of the Board on 21 October, 22 October and 2 December 2015 and the minutes of the NGPC meeting on 18 October

Board Approval of Tripti Sinha and Brad Verd as co-chairs of RSSAC

redelegate the .TG country-code top-level domain to Autorite de Reglementation des Secteurs de Postes et de Telecommunications (ART&P).

Delegation of the .ею ("eu") domain representing the European Union in Cyrillic script to EURid vzw/asbl

Delegation of the .澳門 ("Macao") domain representing Macao in Traditional Chinese script to the Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation (DSRT)

Consideration of Independent Review Process Panel's Final Declaration in Merck KGaA v. ICANN

Reconsideration Requests 15-19 (the ICANN Business Constituency & the ICANN Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)) and 15-20 (The Internet Commerce Association)

Consideration of Expert Determination Re: Objection to Application for .HOSPITAL

Board Approves President and CEO FY16 SR1 At-Risk Compensation

USG IANA Stewardship Transition – Additional FY16 Expenses and Funding

Establishing a Set of KPIs for Board Performance and Improvement Efforts

GAC Advice: Dublin Communiqué (October 2015)

Board Approves President and CEO FY16 SR1 At-Risk Compensation

Thank You for SSAC Departing Members' service to ICANN.

The Board accepts the recommendation of the SSAC and reappoints the following SSAC members to three-year terms beginning 1 January 2016 and ending 31 December 2018: Jaap Akkerhuis, Patrik Fältström, Ondrej Filip, Jim Galvin, Robert Guerra, Julie Hammer, Ram Mohan, Doron Shikmoni, and Suzanne Woolf.

The Board of Directors appoints the representatives from the A/J-, F-, I-, and L-root server operators, Brad Verd, Jim Martin, Lars-Johan Liman, and John Crain, respectively, through 31 December 2018.

This resolution opened up a public comment period, directing the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to initiate and manage a public comment period of at least 120 days on the Geographic Regions Review Working Group Final Report to give the community an opportunity to review the recommendations of the Working Group, and to provide any additional comments on those recommendations.

The Board defers to a subsequent meeting its consideration of the Panel recommendation in the Final Declaration that the Board exercise its judgment on the question of whether an additional review is appropriate to re-evaluate the Expert Determination.

Authorization for ICANN's lease for the Los Angeles hub office.

The Board notes the passing of Internet pioneer Dr. Rob Blokzijl

The ICANN Board is to review, evaluate, and approve the request to delegate the عراق country-code top-level domain to Communications and Media Commission (CMC).

The Board acknowledges and wishes to thank ICANN Community Members

The Board wishes to Thank the local host of ICANN54

Board Thanks the Sponsors of ICANN54

Board thanks nterpreters, Staff, Event and Hotel Teams of ICANN 54 Meeting

Board thanks the 2015 Nominating Committee

the ICANN Board approves the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group Charter Amendments with encouragement to the RySG to consider a broader examination of the weighted voting, membership and structural matters regarding the operations of the stakeholder group.

The ICANN Board of Directors approves the decommissioning of New gTLD Program Committee

he Board accepts the following findings of the Panel’s Final Declaration in Vistaprint v. ICANN

Board thanks Wolfgang Kleinwächter for his service to the ICANN Board

The Board wishes to thank Ray Plzak for his service to the ICANN Board

Board to review, evaluate, and approve the request to delegate the ελ country-code top-level domain to ICS-FORTH GR

Board approval of the regular meeting of the Board on 28 September 2015

Confirmation of ICANN Officers.

Reconfirming Members of the Board-GAC Recommendation Implementation Working Group.

Board Membership Appointments approved.

Cherine Chalaby is elected as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

Steve Crocker is elected as Chairman of the Board.

Board adopts the BGC's Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 15-18

The NGPC adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice – Buenos Aires Communiqué 24 June 2015: Actions and Updates (18 October 2015)"

The Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 28 September 2015 meeting.

Board endorses the set of GNSO principles / requirements as they relate to policy & implementation as outlined in section 4, Annex L of the Final Recommendations Report

Board approves the appointments of Stephane Van Gelder as 2016 NomCom Chair and Hans Petter Holen as 2016 Nomination Committee Chair-Elect

NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 15-13.

The Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 21 August 2015 meeting.

Board approval for meeting minutes for Board meeting which took place

Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations concerning the translation and transliteration of contact information as presented in the Final Report.

ICANN staff and the Board Finance Committee have recommended that the Board authorize the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to take all actions necessary to execute the contracts for a new ERP initiative

Board Finance Committee has recommended that the Board authorize the release of funds from the Reserve Fund to cover the actual costs incurred in FY15 related to the USG IANA Stewardship Transition initiative

Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations concerning the translation and transliteration of contact information as presented in the Final Report.

Board approval for meeting minutes for Board meeting which took place

The Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 21 August 2015 meeting.

NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 15-13.

Board approves the appointments of Stephane Van Gelder as 2016 NomCom Chair and Hans Petter Holen as 2016 Nomination Committee Chair-Elect

The Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 6 June 2015 and 21 June 2015 meetings.

Board approval of proposed Officer Compensation

Board approves a payment to the Ombudsman of his FY15 at-risk compensation component.

Board hereby approves a payment to the President and CEO for his FY15 SR2 at-risk compensation component

Request the Board endorse the proposed schedule for the conduct of upcoming AoC Reviews Request the Board to adopt the proposed schedule for the conduct of upcoming Bylaws mandated Organizational Reviews

BGC recommendeds that Reconsideration Request 15-7 submitted by Requester Booking.com B.V. ("Booking.com") submitted a standard application for .hotels, and Requester Travel Reservations SRL ("TRS") be denied

Board approves the minutes of the 21 June and 25 June 2015 Meetings of the ICANN Board.

Board Finance Committee has reviewed the current Contracting and Disbursement Policy and recommended that it be revised to define the signature authority for bank transaction purposes, in addition to the approval authority already defined in the current document.

This resolution continues the Board's attention to the implementation of the Action Plan adopted by the Board in response to the WHOIS Review Team's recommendations. The Board is asked to adopt the Charter and proposed members of the Board Working Group on Registration Data Directory Services.

The Board approves ICANN to initiate a public comment period on potential changes to the ICANN Bylaws to implement certain recommendations resulting from the GNSO's non-PDP Policy and Implementation Working Group

Board approves changing the name of the Board IDN Variants Working Group to the Board IDN Working Group, expands the scope of the Board IDN Working Group to include other IDN-related issues (as reflected in the Charter),

Board approves the proposed revisions to the charter of the Structural Improvements Committee, including the change in the name to Organizational Effectiveness Committee.

Board approves the payment of $508,624.98 to Sidley Austin LLP for professional services rendered and expenses incurred through March 31, 2015 for the CWG-Stewardship

Board adopts the FY16 Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 1.74 MB] and in doing so establishes the Variable Accreditation Fees (per registrar and transaction) as set forth in the FY16 Operating Plan and Budget.

Board asks the ccNSO, in consultation with other stakeholders, including GAC and SSAC, to provide further guidance on and refinement of the methodology of second string similarity review process

The Board thanks the Local Hosts of ICANN 53

The Board thanks the Interpreters, Staff, Event and Hotel Teams of ICANN 53 Meeting

The Board thanks the sponsors of the ICANN 53 Meeting

ICANN Board of Directors wishes to acknowledge and thank members of the following community organizations: Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committee, At-Large community, Public Safety Working Group (PSWG), and Registrars Stakeholder Group in the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)

Board approves San Juan, Puerto Rico as the location for ICANN 57

The Board approves Marrakech, Morocco for the site for the March 2016 ICANN Meeting.

Adoption of the Framework of Interpretation recommendations for ccTLD Delegations and Redelegations which was developed by Framework of Interpretation Working Group (FOIWG) and reviewed by CCNSO and considered by the GAC

Board acknowledges the receipt of SAC070: SSAC Advisory on the Use of Static TLD / Suffix Lists.

Board approves the appointment of Wes Hardaker as the representative for the B-Root Server Operator Representative to the RSSAC through 31 December 2017

Board approves the meeting minutes of the 26 April 2015 Meeting of the ICANN Board

Board hereby approves the establishment of the President and CEO Search Committee, and approves the recommended membership and leadership of that Committee

Board Governance Committee has recommended that the Board extend the current Ombudsman's term for another year, through 27 July 2016.

Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 1 April 2015 and 25 April 2015 meetings.

The NGPC's action today addresses the GAC's Category 2.2 Safeguard Advice and creates a path forward for the remaining applicants in this round of the New gTLD Program who propose to provide exclusive registry access for a generic string ("Exclusive Generic Applicants").

Board approve the release of funds from the Reserve Fund to cover costs incurred in FY15 related to the USG IANA Stewardship Transition initiative in an amount not to exceed US$7 million

Approval of Minutes for 12 Feb 2015

, ICANN has reviewed and evaluated the request to delegate the .հայ IDN country-code top-level domain to Internet Society. The documentation demonstrates that the proper procedures were followed in evaluating the request.

ICANN has reviewed and evaluated the request to redelegate the .BN country-code top-level domain to Brunei Darussalam Network Information Centre Sdn Bhd (BNNIC).

The board is asked to approve the CIIO's recommendations that there is an immediate need to assess the software code-base managed by ICANN staff that has not already been assessed.

Board directs that a new Preliminary Issue Report that follows this framework [PDF, 612 KB] be prepared and delivered to the GNSO; Board commits to forming a group of Board members that will (i) liaise with the GNSO on the policy development process to examine the EWG's recommended model and propose policies to support the creation of the next generation registration directory services,

Board approval of minutes from meeting of the Board on 11 February 2015

Booking.com filed a request for an Independent Review Proceeding (IRP) challenging the ICANN Board's handling of Booking.com's application for .hotels Board accepts the following findings of the Independent Review Panel's Final Declaration that: (1) Booking.com has failed to identify any instance of Board action or inaction, or any action or inaction of ICANN staff or any third party (such as the ICC, acting as SSP), that could be considered to be inconsistent with ICANN's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws...

Board approve the release of funds from the Reserve Fund to cover costs incurred in FY15 related to the USG IANA Stewardship Transition initiative in an amount not to exceed US$7 million

Request for Board to approve a contract for consolidation of IT resources to Zensar

Board approval on funding of additional budget requests from ICANN's Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC).

Board adopts ICANN Five-Year Operating plan for FY16-FY20 complements the Five-Year Strategic Plan, will guide ICANN's activities for the next five years, and will inform ICANN's annual operating plans and budgets.

The Board approves the appointment of Rinalia Abdul-Rahim as the Chair of the Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) and retains Ray Plzak as a member of the SIC

The board is asked to approve the CIIO's recommendations that there is an immediate need to assess the software code-base managed by ICANN staff that has not already been assessed.

Request for the Board to approve the consolidation of the existing three investment accounts to two which will hold and manage the funds resulting from new gTLD application fees collected

Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 5 February 2015 and 12 February 2015 meetings

Board Approves the request to delegate the бел country-code top-level domain to Reliable Software Inc.

Board approves the delegation of .TP be removed from the DNS Root Zone

Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations sending the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy and director the CEO to develop an implementation plan.

Board approves the final recommendations for the collection of metrics for the New gTLD Program to Support the future AoC Review on Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice made by the IAG-CCT

Board approval of the SSAC and reappoints the following SSAC members to three-year terms beginning 01 January 2015 and ending 31 December 2017: Greg Aaron, Don Blumenthal, KC Claffy, Lyman Chapin, Steve Crocker, Mark Kosters, Russ Mundy, Rod Rasmussen, and Mark Seiden

The Board approves of the appointment Geoff Huston to the SSAC.

The Board is taking action at this time to accept the advice of the GAC from the 11 February 2015 GAC Singapore Communiqué [PDF, 264 KB] regarding the release of two-letter codes at the second level in gTLDs.

Thank you to departing members of RSSAC, SSAC, GNSO, and GAC

Board to approve payment to the President and CEO for his FY15 SR-1 At-Risk compensation

Approval of Ashwin Rangan as an Officer of ICANN with the title of Chief Innovation and Information Officer

Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of its 11 December 2014 meeting

The Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approved the minutes of its 12-14 October 2014 and 7 November 2014 meetings.

Audit Committee recommend that the Board authorize the President and CEO, or his designee(s), the authority to take all necessary actions to engage one or more BDO member firms to serve as ICANN's independent auditor in any location

Board approves contracting and disbursements for the Meeting venue of the June 2015 ICANN Public Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Board approval of appointment of B-, C-, F-, and K- Root Server Operator Representatives to the RSSAC based on recommendation from the RSSAC co-chairs

SAC 064 - highlights some of the DNS "search list" processing behavior SAC 065 - ICANN and operators of Internet infrastructure and manufacturers to take action to address the unresolved critical design and deployment issues that have enabled increasingly large and severe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks using the DNS.

Board accepts the final report from the Number Resource Organization (NRO) issued in the form of a letter to the Chair of the Structural Improvements Committee in November 2013 regarding the completion of implementation work resulting from the ASO Review.

MSWG produced a Final Report of recommendations and the development of a implementation plan based on recommendations within the Final Report.

Development of the application and evaluation processes in the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook ("Applicant Guidebook");Board has reaffirmed its commitment to opening a subsequent application round

New gTLD Program Committee adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-9.

The NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-10.

Board to approve a longer term agreement with ACIG Consulting Firm

Board approval to identify an alternate location for ICANN 52 and postpone Marrakech as a host location until 2016

Election of Steve Crocker as Chairman of the Board.

Re-Election of Bruce Tonkin as Vice-Chair of the Board

Board establishes membership of the committees of the Board for 2015

Board establishes membership of the working groups of the Board

Board elected officers of the organization.

Board appoints Stéphane Van Gelder as the 2015 Nominating Committee (NomCom) Chair and Ron Andruff as the Chair-Elect.

Board adopts the FY15 Operating Plan and Budget and in doing so establishes the Variable Accreditation Fees (per registrar and transaction).

Board recognizes the service of departing SSAC committee member David Conrad upon his departure.

The Board appoints Benedict Addis to the SSAC.

Approved the minutes of the 30 July 2014 Meeting of the ICANN Board.

The Board appoints Stephane Van Gelder as the 2015 Nominating Committee Chair.

The Board acknowledges the Final ATLAS II Declaration and looks forward to following up with the ALAC on any inputs that are provided to the Board resulting from the Final ATLAS II Declaration.

The NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 14-27.

NGPC adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice (Beijing, Durban, Buenos Aires, Singapore, and London): Actions and Updates (8 September 2014)

Approved Board meeting minutes from its 21 June, 18 July and 30 July 2014 NGPC meetings.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 26 June 2014 Board Meeting

Board authorizes engagement of independent auditor

Board approves Dublin, Ireland as the location of the ICANN 2015 Public Meeting from 18-22 October 2015.

Execution of lease for a new office facility in Istanbul, Turkey.

BWG-NomCom review of Recommendation 10 of the Nominating Committee Review Finalization Working Group

Board approval of changes to Board Compensation

Board to approve payment to the President and CEO for his FY14 T3 at risk compensation

Board approval of payment to Ombudsman of FY14 At-Risk Compensation

Board approves to extend the employment agreement of the President and CEO thru 30 June 2017

NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 14-10

ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of the 5 March, 29 April, 14 May, and 6 June 2014 NGPC meetings.

NGPC adopts the scorecard titled "GAC Advice (Beijing, Durban, Buenos Aires and Singapore): Actions and Updates (06 June 2014)"

NGPC adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Requests 14-13, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18, 14-19, 14-20, 14-21, 14-22, 14-24, 14-25, and 14-26

ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) approves the minutes of the 22 March, 26 March and 3-4 April 2014 NGPC meetings.

NGPC approves the minutes of the 7 October and 5 November 2013 meetings of New gTLD Program Committee.

NGPC approves the minutes of the 28 September 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meeting.

New gTLD Program Committee adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-7

New gTLD Program Committee adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-6

New gTLD Program Committee adopts the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-8

NGPC adopts and directs the implementation of the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan, and provides recommendations to the Board regarding follow-up items to manage name collision.

Board approves the delegation of the Iran country code top-level domain to the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 17 & 18 July and 22 August 2013 Board Meetings.

Board receives final ccNSO Implementation Plan update (dated September 2013), notes the completion of the implementation phase of the ccNSO review, and directs the President and CEO to assess the improvements arising out of the ccNSO review in accordance with the assessment phase of the organizational review cycle.

Board postpones GNSO Review to commence in 2014 and directs the SIC to commence preparations for this Review as soon as feasible.

Board appoints Cheryl Langdon-Orr as the 2014 Nominating Committee Chair and Stéphane Van Gelder as the 2014 Nominating Committee Chair-Elect.

Board authorizes the President and CEO to take all actions necessary to transfer from ICANN’s operating fund to ICANN’s Reserve Fund all amounts, whether already paid or to be repaid in the future, that constitute Historical Development Costs.

Board approves the charter amendment process formulated and recommended by the Structural Improvements Committee and directs ICANN Staff to notify the leadership of the various GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies of the process and post a copy of the approved process on the GNSO web site within seven calendar days.

Board approves the empanelment of an Implementation Advisory Group for Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice.

Approved NGPC meeting minutes from 13 August 2013 and 10 September 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings.

NGPC adopts the “Remaining Items from Beijing and Durban GAC Advice: Updates and Actions” (28 September 2013).

Approved Board meeting minutes from 17 & 18 July and 22 August 2013 Board Meetings.

Approved NGPC meeting minutes from 13 and 17 July 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings.

NGPC denies Booking.com's Reconsideration Request 13-5 relating to the .hotels and .hoteis strings because Booking.com has not stated proper grounds for reconsideration.

NGPC adopts the “ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee Scorecard in response to GAC Durban Communiqué” (10 September 2013).

Board approves renewal of .ORG Registry Agreement (with revised provisions) and authorizes the President, Generic Domains Division and the General Counsel to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.

Board approves renewal of .BIZ Registry Agreement (with revised provisions) and authorizes the President, Generic Domains Division and the General Counsel to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.

Board approves renewal of .INFO Registry Agreement (with revised provisions) and authorizes the President, Generic Domains Division and the General Counsel to take such actions as appropriate to implement the agreement.

Board approves payment to the Ombudsman for his FY13 at-risk compensation component.

Board approves of redelegation of .BW

Board authorizes President and CEO to enter into an agreement between ICANN and Cannon Constructors Group South, Inc. for the construction of additional office space and to make all necessary disbursements in furtherance of the agreement.

Board approves the redelegation of .PT

Board adopts FY14 Operating Plan and Budget.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 27 June 2013 Board Meeting.

Approved NGPC meeting minutes from 18 & 25 June and 2 July 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings.

NGPC denies DCA Trust's Reconsideration Request 13-4 relating to the .AFRICA string because DCA Trust has not stated proper grounds for reconsideration.

The New gTLD Program Committee affirms that the use of dotless domains is prohibited.

Board authorizes the President and CEO to enter into a lease for the ICANN Singapore hub office in an amount not to exceed US$750,000 for a two-year term.

Board thanks volunteers departing from the ccNSO Council, the GNSO Council, the New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG), Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) and the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO).

Jonne Soininen appointed as a non-voting Liaison to the IANA Committee, the New gTLD Program Committee, the Public and Stakeholder Engagement Committee, and the Risk Committee.

Board directs the commencement of the process under the AoC for convening the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Review Team (Review Team).

Board appoints RSSAC Co-Chairs and initial RSSAC members.

Board approves delay in adoption of FY14 Budget to allow for review of further public comment.

Thanks to departing Board member Thomas Narten

Board authorizes the President, Generic Domains Division to enter into one or more agreements, and make all disbursements required under the agreement(s), for the necessary CRM implementation work to support the upcoming phases of the New gTLD Program, including contracting and pre-delegation testing.

Board approves payment to the President and CEO for his FY13 T3 at-risk compensation component.

"NGPC confirms that appropriate preventative initial protection for the IGO identifiers will continue to be provided NGPC determines that pursuant to Specification 5 in the New gTLD Registry Agreement adopted on 2 July 2013, registry operators will continue to implement temporary protections for the precise IGO names and acronyms on the ""IGO List"" NGPC and GAC do not reach an agreement on outstanding implementation issues for protecting IGO names and acronyms by the first meeting of the NGPC following the ICANN 48 meeting in Buenos Aires, and subject to any matters that arise during the discussions, the NGPC determines that registry operators will be required to protect only the IGO names identified on the GAC's ""IGO List"" "

Board approves the delegation of the .мон (“mon”) domain representing Mongolia in Cyrillic to Datacom LLC

Board approves the redelegation of .ID

Board approves the redelegation of .EE

Board reappoints Chris LaHatte as the ICANN Ombudsman for a second two-year term from 28 July 2013 through 27 July 2015.

Ombudsman issued two reports relating to deadlines found in the New gTLD Dispute Resolution Procedures; in light of these reports and other inquiries from objectors, applicants, and the DRSPs, the NGPC directs that the Ombudsman reports be forwarded to the relevant DSRPs and determines that the DRSPs are permitted and encouraged to reconsider their strict adherence to the deadlines set forth in the Applicant Guidebook and apply reasonable judgment in such matters.

New gTLD Program Committee authorizes the President, Generic Domains Division, to disburse all fees necessary to the ICC for the objection proceedings that ICANN committed to fund, which have been filed by the Independent Objector, governments and the ALAC.

NGPC determines that no further action is warranted with respect to Request 13-3 and directs President and CEO to assure that the issues raised within Request 13-3 are brought to the ongoing community discussion on policy versus implementation within ICANN.

Initial protection for the IGO identifiers will continue to be provided as presented in the proposed New gTLD Registry Agreement and registry operators will be required to protect only the IGO names identified on the GAC's "IGO List dated 22/03/2013" until the NGPC and GAC are able to work through outstanding implementation issues concerning protections for IGO names and acronyms.

NGPC agrees to begin a dialogue with the GAC during the ICANN Meeting in Durban to clarify the scope of the requirements provided in the Category 1 Safeguard Advice (including Category 2.1 Safeguard Advice regarding "Restricted Access") and directs staff to defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC’s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dialogue with the GAC.

NGPC approves the revised New gTLD Registry Agreement (version attached), and the President and CEO is authorized to implement the revised New gTLD Registry Agreement and the New gTLD Program.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 18 May 2013 Board Meeting.

Board appoints Ben Butler to the SSAC.

Board authorizes and approves the contract with Solutions Street for the development of the Automated Registrar Onboarding System (AROS).

Board approves amending the Fast Track Implementation Plan to implement the two-panel process for string similarity review in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process and allows for all pending requests for IDN ccTLD strings under the Fast Track Process to have the option to request evaluation by the new Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP) once the EPSRP is comprised.

Board approves the form of the 2013 RAA and directs the President and CEO to take all necessary steps to proceed to execution of the 2013 RAA with all eligible Registrars and registrar applicants.

Board approves a confidential resolution relating to personnel or employment matters.

Board approves the minutes of the 4 June 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meeting.

NGPC adopts the "NGPC Proposal for Implementation of GAC Safeguards Applicable to All New gTLDs" NGPC adopts the "NGPC Proposal for Implementation of GAC Safeguards Applicable to All New gTLDs"

NGPC adopts the ""Proposed PIC Spec Implementation of GAC Category 2 Safeguards"" (20 June 2013) NGPC directs staff to make appropriate changes to the final draft of the New gTLD Registry Agreement NGPC directs staff to defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants seeking to impose exclusive registry access for ""generic strings"" to a single person or entity and/or that person's or entity's Affiliates (as defined in Section 2.9(c) of the Registry Agreement), pending a dialogue with the GAC.

NGPC has determined that no changes are needed to the existing mechanisms in the Applicant Guidebook to address potential consumer confusion resulting from allowing singular and plural versions of the same string.

Approved NGPC meeting minutes from 8 and 18 May 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings.

NGPC adopts the “NGPC Scorecard of 1As Regarding Non-Safeguard Advice in the GAC Beijing Communiqué” (4 June 2013) in response to the items of GAC advice in the Beijing Communiqué as presented in the scorecard.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 11 April 2013 Board Meeting.

For the period of time beginning on 1 July 2013 through to the date the Board approves the FY14 Budget, the Board directs the President and CEO to operate ICANN in a manner consistent with the FY14 Budget that is posted for public comment.

Board designates the October 2014 ICANN Public Meeting to be held in Los Angeles, California, USA, which is scheduled for 12-17 October 2014.

Board approves the application of the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to become a UDRP provider

Board directs the commission of a study on the use of TLDs that are not currently delegated at the root level of the public DNS (subsequently named, the "Name Collision Study").

Board approves the SSAC request in the amount of US$20,000 for additional travel to the ICANN meeting in Durban for inclusion in ICANN's Fiscal Year 2014 budget as part of the SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Fast-Track Process.

Board approves payment to the President and CEO for his FY13 T2 at-risk compensation component.

Board approves a confidential resolution relating to personnel or employment matters.

Approved NGPC meeting minutes from 26 March, 5 April and 11 April 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings.

NGPC denies Reconsideration Request 13-1 relating to the .UMMAH string on the basis that Ummah has not stated proper grounds for reconsideration and directs the President and CEO to include the concerns raised regarding qualification criteria for financial assistance in the review of the Applicant Support Program so that the design of future mechanisms to provide financial assistance and support in the New gTLD Program can benefit from the experiences within this first round.

NGPC denies Nameshop's Reconsideration Request 13-2 relating to the .IDN string because Nameshop has not stated proper grounds for reconsideration.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 28 February Board Meeting.

Board adopts revisions to the Bylaws modifying the charter for the RSSAC.

Board establishes Branch Office and Liaison Office in Istanbul, Turkey and appoints David Olive as the representative of both offices.

Board designates effective date of 11 April 2013 for the approved revisions to the Bylaws relating to ICANN's Reconsideration and Independent Review processes.

Board approves amendment to remove the cross-ownership restriction in the Fundació puntCAT 23 September 2005 Registry Agreement.

Board approves the redelegation of .GA

Board approves the name change of the Public Participation Committee to the Public and Stakeholder Engagement Committee.

Board approves the inclusion in ICANN’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget an amount for funds relating to 12 requests identified by the Community as part of the SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Fast-Track Process.

Board directs staff to implement the Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels, including updating the gTLD Applicant Guidebook and IDN ccTLD Process

Board ratifies NCSG denial of the PIA/CC application to become a new GNSO Constituency with the understanding that the decision is without prejudice and the Constituency proponents have the right to re-submit a new application.

Board thanks volunteers departing from the Commercial and Business Users Constituency (BC) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council

Approved NGPC meeting minutes from 1 and 2 February 2013 New gTLD Program Committee Meetings.

New gTLD Program Committee authorizes the President and CEO to enter into the proposed agreement with IBM for operation of the Sunrise and Trademark Claims services offered by the Trademark Clearinghouse.

IANA has reviewed and evaluated the request to delegate the ישראל. top-level domain to the Israel Internet Association

The Board approves the minutes of the 30 November 2020, the 17 December 2020, and the 14 January 2021 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

The Board approves an increase in the President and CEO's base salary for FY21

The Board approves the change in membership of the Board Audit Committee and Board Strategic Planning Committee as recommended by the BGC

The Board confirms that ICANN70 shall not proceed as an in-person meeting

The Board approves the minutes of the 22 October 2020 Annual General Meeting of the ICANN Board

The Board approves a payment to the President and CEO for his annual at-risk compensation component for the first half of FY21

The Board approves the ICANN Organization Risk Appetite Statement

The Board authorizes ICANN in consultation with the PTI, to take all necessary steps to perform the key signing ceremonies as provided in the contingency plans during 2021

The Board accepts the recommendation of the SSAC and appoints SSAC members

The Board appoints Fred Baker as the RSSAC chair

The Board affirms that the ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021 to 2025 shall remain in force and unchanged

The Board approves a change to a credit card payments processing service agreement

The Board approves five recommendations consisting of fifteen component parts issued within the ATRT3 Final Report

ICANN wishes to acknowledge the considerable effort, skills, and time that members of the stakeholder community contribute to ICANN

The Board grants ICANN discretion to adjust the compensation for FY21 of the SVP Engineering & Chief Information Officer; and SVP, Policy Development Support

León Sánchez is elected as Vice-Chair of the Board

The Board defers action at this time on the remaining recommendations from the GNSO's 2013 PDP on IGO-INGO Protections in All gTLDs and on the four recommendations approved by the GNSO Council

The Board takes action on each of the 11 recommendations specified within the scorecard titled "Competition, Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) Pending Recommendations: Board Action on 11 Recommendations"

Chris Disspain has earned the deep appreciation of the Board for his term of service, and the Board wishes him well in his future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond

The ICANN Board elects Directors to the PTI Board

The Board re-elects Kim Davies as the President of PTI

The Board approves the minutes of the 10 September 2020 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

Maarten Botterman is elected as Chair of the Board

The Board confirms that this meeting is the Annual Meeting of the Member of PTI

The Board establishes membership and leadership of Board Committees

The officers of ICANN shall be elected annually by the Board

The Board approves the establishment of the Board Strategic Planning Committee

The Board hereby approves a two-year extension to the President and CEO's Executive Services Agreement term

The Board approves the minutes of the 18 June 2020, 9 July 2020, and 13 & 27 August 2020 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

IANA has reviewed and evaluated the request to transfer the .CO top-level domain to the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies

The Board appoints Barbara Schleckser, Wesley Hardaker, Jun Murai, Kaveh Ranjbar, and Paul Vixie to the RSSAC.

The Board accepts the recommendation of the SSAC and appoints Rod Rasmussen as Chair of the SSAC, and members Greg Aaron, Benedict Addis, KC Claffy, Lyman Chapin, Geoff Huston, Barry Leiba, Russ Mundy, Rod Rasmussen, Chris Rosenraad, Mark Seiden, and Steve Crocker.

The Board appoints Ole Jacobsen as the 2021 Nominating Committee Chair and Tracy Hackshaw as the 2021 Nominating Committee Chair-Elect

The Board accepts the At-Large2 Review final implementation report of the second At-Large Review issued by the At-Large Review Implementation Working Group

The Board supports ICANN org's efforts to provide a pilot program for ICANN69, which addresses the hardships of those community members who have constrained access to Internet bandwidth that limits their ability to participate in ICANN Public Meetings during this COVID-19 pandemic

Effective 1 September 2020, Baher Ali Mohamed Abdelraouf Esmat is appointed as the representative of the liaison office in Istanbul, Turkey

The Board approves the revised Board Governance Committee Practice for Board Engagement in Developing Slate for Board Leadership

The Board approves the extension of Herb Waye's most recent contract to cover the time period from 1 July 2020 through 30 June 2025

The Board approves a payment to the Ombudsman of his FY20 at-risk compensation component

New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to open a 30-day public comment forum on this topic, which should include a call for identification of proposed objective criteria to classify applied-for TLDs as "closed generic" TLDs. New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to, concurrently with the opening of the public comment forum, request the GNSO to provide guidance on the issue of "closed generic" TLDs if the GNSO wishes to provide such guidance. Guidance on this issue is requested to be provided by the close of the public comment forum.

Board approves the entering and completion of negotiations for additional office space in Southern California office space, as well as redaction of details pending negotations.

Board approves the Registry Stakeholder Group Charter Amendments.

Approved David Olive as an officer and revised Contracting and Disbursement Policy to reflect officer titles.

Board authorizes engagement of independent auditor.

Approved minutes of the 10 January 2013 Committee meeting.

Board approves the creation of the Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Strategy Working Group, and directs it to identify appropriate community members for appointment.

The New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to seek public comment on a proposed mechanism to address the GAC's advice regarding transforming new gTLD applicants' statements of purpose and business plans for the applied-for gTLDs into contractual commitments subject to oversight.

Board thanks departing SSAC members Frederico Neves and Rick Wilhelm for their service.

Board approves the reappointment of SSAC Members Alain Aina, Jaap Akkerhuis, Patrik Fältström, Jim Galvin, Doug Maughan, Ram Mohan, Doron Shikmoni, Rick Wesson, and Suzanne Woolf.

Board directs President and CEO to post for public comment the proposed amendments to the ICANN Bylaws regarding the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC).

Proposal to conduct the ICANN Meetings in 2014 in Singapore, London (England), and a city to be identified in North America.

Board adopts the New gTLD Funds Investment Policy.

Board designates the November 2013 ICANN Public Meeting to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations amending the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy and directs the CEO to develop an implementation plan.

Board approves amendments to the ICANN Bylaws to align Board terms, and directs the President and CEO and the General Counsel and Secretary to take all necessary steps to inform the Supporting Organizations and At-Large Community of the revised deadlines within which they are required to complete selections for the Board of Directors.

Board approves a compensation supplement for Akram Atllah's service as ICANN's President and CEO.

Accountability Structures Expert Panel Recommendations

Approved Board meeting minutes from 13 October 2012, 28 October 2012 and 8 November 2012 Board Meetings.

Board approves restrictions for Red Cross/Red Crescent and International Olympic Committee names for new gTLDs at the second level remaining in place until such time as a policy is adopted that may require further action.

Board directs the GNSO to continue its work on policy recommendations on top and second-level protections for certain IGO and INGO names, and advise the Board of any concerns the Board should consider in making its decision whether to include second level protection for certain IGO names and acronyms in the New gTLD Program Applicant Guidebook.

The Board directs the CEO to launch a new effort to redefine the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data, and consider safeguards for protecting data, as a foundation for new gTLD policy and contractual negotiations, and to prepare an Issue Report on the same matters.

Revised Governance Guidelines

Establishes membership of the committees of the Board.

Board adopts the ICANN Language Services Policy and Procedures.

Board approves the proposed Revised Process for Handling Requests for Removal of Cross-Ownership Restrictions on Operators of Existing gTLDs.

Board elected officers of the organization

Election of Steve Crocker as the Chair of the Board

Thanks to volunteers departing from the At-Large Community, the ccNSO Council and GNSO Community Members

Election of Bruce Tonkin as the Vice-Chair of the Board

Thanks to the 2012 Nominating Committee

Thank you to departing Board liaison, Thomas Roessler.

Thanks to departing Board member Ramaraj.

The Board approves the proposed .name renewal Registry Agreement, and directs the President and CEO and the General Counsel to take appropriate actions to implement the agreement.

The Board acknowledges the receipt of, and thanks the SSAC for their work in preparing, SAC056: Advisory on Impacts of Content Blocking via the Domain Name System.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 3 October 2012 Board Meeting.

Board approves maintaining all or part of Resolutions 2012.10.13.05 and 2012.10.13.06, the corresponding rationale and related materials, confidential.

Board approves the revised Board Governance Committee Charter.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 13 September 2012 Board Meeting.

Board directs the CEO to post for public comment the proposed Registry Stakeholder Group Charter Amendment.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 13 September 2012 Board Meeting.

Board thanks the GNSO for its continued attention and ongoing work on this topic, and requests that the GNSO continue its work on a policy recommendation on second-level protections for the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent names on an expedited basis.

Board responds to SSAC letter of 2 July 2012 regarding the new gTLD process, requesting that staff complete documentation of the interactions between ICANN and the root server operators with respect to root zone scaling, work with NTIA and Verisign to explore publication of statements regarding preparation for the proposed changes, and publish current estimates of the expected growth of TLDs; formally asks RSSAC for its advice on these issues; and formally asks SSAC for its advice on how to conduct interdisciplinary studies of security and stability implications from expanding the root zone more than an order of magnitude.

Board authorizes compensation adjustments for Chief Financial Officer.

/Board approves criteria for determining Chair Compensation for Non-Standing Board Committees.

Board directs the President and CEO to post for public comment proposed revisions to the ICANN Bylaws to allow Board terms to be aligned.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 28 August 2012 Board Meeting.

Confirmation of report of actions taken by written consent on 2 August 2012.

Board approves the redelegation of .rw

Approval of Duban, South Africa as the location of Africa 2013 Meeting

Approved 23 June 2012 Board meeting minutes.

The Board adopts the BGC recommendation to deny Reconsideration Request 12-2, and directs the Secretary to amend the Whereas clause precedent to Resolution 2012.05.06.02 so as to remove the suggestion of a blanket prohibition of publication of Whois data for individual registrants, and to more accurately reflect the scope of the amendment to the .CAT Registry Agreement.

Thanks to departing President and CEO, Rod Beckstrom.

Thanks to departing At-Large Community Volunteer

Approve 6 May 2012 and 31 May 2012 Board meeting minutes.

Board approves the appointment of Ondrej Filip to SSAC.

Board thanks and acknowledges the members of the Nominating Committee and the supporting staff for the completion of the Nominating Committee's Structural Review.

Board thanks the members of the At Large Advisory Committee and supporting staff for their work in completing the implementation of the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan.

The New gTLD Program Committee approves a response to the 17 June 2012 GAC Letter regarding the New gTLD Program.

New gTLD Program Committee denies Reconsideration Request 12-1, regarding protection for the International Olympic Committee name for new gTLDs at the second level, and directs the President and CEO to consider additional public comments about the matter and provide an update to the New gTLD Program Committee.

New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process used for batching new gTLD applications.

Approved Committee minutes from 10 April 2012, 6 May 2012 and 29 May 2012.

The Board receives the WHOIS Final Report and Recommendations, and directs the President and CEO to consider public comment, assess other recommendations and proposals, and evaluate the feasibility and implementation paths for each proposal.

Board approves Judith Vazquez and Akram Atallah as members of the New gTLD Program Committee, and requests all members of the Committee reinforce their commitment to avoid conflicts of interest.

Thanks to the CEO Search Process Management Work Committee

Board directs staff to solicit comments on the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) report SAC 053: SSAC Report on Dotless Domains, and plan for its implementation.

Board approves allocation of previously-reserved TLD names in second- and higher-level .POST registrations.

Ombudsman Regular Meetings with Board

Board approves the Guidelines to Preserve Transparency of Nominating Committee.

Approval of Beijing, China as the location of April 2013 ICANN Public Meeting

Approval of renewal of the .COM Registry Agreement.

Approved Board meeting minutes from 14 March 2012, 12 March 2012, 28 March 2012 and 10 April 2012.

Board adopts the FY13 Operating Plan and Budget.

Board adopts the Compensation Framework.

Approved and directed RSEP request to allow Whois changes in .CAT Registry Agreement.

Approval of the July 2012-June 2015 Strategic Plan.

Approval of the Compensation Committee Charter

Adoption of Conflicts of Interest Policy, Code of Conduct, Expectations of Standards of Behavior, and Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Ratification of Global Policy Proposal From ASO for Post Exhaustion IPV4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA Function

Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations amending the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy and directs the CEO to develop an implementation plan.

Approval of the July 2012-June 2015 Strategic Plan.

Approved and directed RSEP request to allow Whois changes in .CAT Registry Agreement.

GNSO Recommendation for Protection of Red Cross and International Olympic Committee Names in New gTLDs

Establishment of New gTLD Program Committee

The New gTLD Program Committee directs staff to communicate with the community about protections available in the New gTLD Program.

Board approves the use of secondary timestamps/digital archery as the mechanism to sort new gTLD applications into batches.

Recognized departing SSAC member Xiaodong Lee.

Thanks to departing volunteer Patricio Poblete

Board authorizes engagement of independent auditor.

Board approved revisions to the ICANN Bylaws for the new GNSO Policy Development Process.

Board approves the charter of the DNS Risk Management Framework Working Group.

Board approves the redelegation of .BH

Approved 7 February 2012 Board meeting minutes.

Board adopts the GNSO Council Policy Recommendations amending the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy and directs the CEO to develop an implementation plan.

Appointed SSAC members.

Board waives notice for the meeting, waives any irregularity in notice for the first Special Meeting of the Board, and waives notice for the second Special Meeting of the Board

Authorizes the CEO to enter into contracts or statements of work with all gTLD Service Providers, and to make appropriate disbursements, as long as the contract and disbursement amounts are contemplated in the approved budget for the expenditures.

Approved 8 December 2011 Board meeting minutes.

Board directed CEO to publish a work plan for establishing the second application window for the New gTLD Program, and work with the ICANN community to refine the plan.

Board approval of posting Bylaws revisions on the GNSO Policy Development Process for public comment.

Board adopts the new Annex A- GNSO Policy Development Process to the ICANN Bylaws, amends the ICANN Bylaws to reflect this adoption, and directs the Board to transition to the new PDP.

Recognized departing SSAC member John Schnizlein.

Board approves the proposed amendment to the Fast Track Implementation Plan.

Board adopts new conflicts of interest rules as they relate to the New gTLD Program.

Board authorizes President and CEO to propose to the community a "secondary time stamp" system for determining the processing order for multiple batches of applications under the New gTLD Program, determines that there will be no preference given to when an application is submitted, and determines that the Board will not approve a system including a random selection process.

Board approves Independent Valuation Expert's recommendation to establish an annual retainer for voting Directors.

Approved 28 October 2011 Board meeting minutes.

Approved 28 October 2011 Organizational Board Meeting minutes.

Approved 22 October 2011 Board meeting minutes.

Board directs staff to finalize the implementation plan for the launch of the Applicant Support Program in January 2012, approves the fee reduction to $47,000 for Applicant Support candidates, and directs staff to amend the communications campaign to incorporate the Applicant Support Program.

Board receives the Final Report of the Joint Applicant Support Working Group, convenes a Board working group to implement its proposals, and directs the President and CEO to propose a detailed plan that could be discussed at a special meeting in December 2011.

Board directs negotiations with gTLD Registrars to begin immediately, resolves that the subject of the negotiations should include law enforcement and GNSO working group recommendations, and directs the Board to create an Issue Report to undertake a GNSO policy development process.

Board approves the initiation of a comment period on the amendments to Annex A of the ICANN Bylaws proposed by the GNSO PDP-WT.