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      <h1><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Approved Board Resolutions | Special Meeting of
          the ICANN Board<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">10 April 2012</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><strong><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">Establishment of New gTLD Program Committee</span></strong><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Resolved (2012.04.10.01), the Board hereby
          establishes the Board New gTLD Program Committee as follows:
          (i) the voting members of the Committee will consist of: Rod
          Beckstrom, Cherine Chalaby, Chris Disspain, Bill Graham, Erika
          Mann, Gonzalo Navarro, Ray Plzak, R. Ramaraj, George Sadowsky,
          Mike Silber, and Kuo-Wei Wu; (ii) the liaisons to the
          Committee will be Thomas Roessler; and (iii) the Chair of the
          Committee will be Cherine Chalaby.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Resolved (2012.04.10.02), the Board hereby
          delegates to the Board New gTLD Program Committee all legal
          and decision making authority of the Board relating to the New
          gTLD Program (for the round of the Program, which commenced in
          January 2012 and for the related Applicant Guidebook that
          applies to this current round) as set forth in its Charter,
          which excludes those things that the Board is prohibited from
          delegating by law, or pursuant to Article XII, Section 2 of
          the ICANN Bylaws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Resolved (2012.04.10.03), all members of the New
          gTLD Program Committee reinforce their commitment to the 8
          December 2011 Resolution of the Board (Resolution
          2011.12.08.19) regarding Board member conflicts, and
          specifying in part: "Any and all Board members who approve any
          new gTLD application shall not take a contracted or employment
          position with any company sponsoring or in any way involved
          with that new gTLD for 12 months after the Board made the
          decision on the application."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Resolved (2012.04.10.04), the Board directs the
          CEO to prepare a document setting forth a process for the
          creation of Board Committees to address future situations
          where there may be multiple Board members with perceived,
          potential or actual conflicts of interest on an issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <h4><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rationale
          for Resolutions 2012.04.10.01-2012.04.10.04<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
      <p><em><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">In order to have efficient meetings and take
            appropriate actions with respect to the New gTLD Program for
            the current round of the Program and as related to the
            Applicant Guidebook, the Board decided to create the "New
            gTLD Program Committee" in accordance with Article XII of
            the Bylaws and has delegated decision making authority to
            the Committee as it relates to the New gTLD Program for the
            current round of the Program which commenced in January 2012
            and for the related Applicant Guidebook that applies to this
            current round.</span></em><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><em><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">Establishing this new Committee without
            conflicted members, and delegating to it decision making
            authority, will provide some distinct advantages. First, it
            will eliminate any uncertainty for conflict Board members
            with respect to attendance at Board meetings and workshops
            since the New gTLD Program topics can be dealt with at the
            Committee level. Second, it will allow for actions to be
            taken without a meeting by the committee. As the Board is
            aware, actions without a meeting cannot be taken unless done
            via electronic submission by unanimous consent; such
            unanimous consent cannot be achieved if just one Board
            member is conflicted. Third, it will provide the community
            with a transparent view into the Board's commitment to
            dealing with actual, potential or perceived conflicts.</span></em><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><em><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">This resolution should have a positive impact
            on the community and ICANN as a whole as the New gTLD
            Program Committee will be able to take actions relating to
            the New gTLD Program for the current round of the Program
            and as related to the Applicant Guidebook without any
            question of conflict arising. No fiscal impact is
            anticipated as a result of this action and there will be no
            impact on the security, stability no resiliency of the
            domain name system.</span></em><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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