[council] Preliminary Report of Special Board Meeting - 22 Jan 2010

[Bruce Tonkin]

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-22jan10-en.htm

Preliminary Report of Special Board Meeting

22 January 2010
[Formal Minutes are still to be approved by the ICANN Board] 

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

A Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors was held via
teleconference 22 January 2010 @ 19.00 UTC. Chairman Peter Dengate
Thrush promptly called the meeting to order. 

In addition to Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush the following Directors
participated in all or part of the meeting: Rod Beckstrom (President and
CEO), Dennis Jennings (Vice Chairman), Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Raimundo
Beca, Steve Crocker, Gonzalo Navarro, Rita Rodin Johnston, Raymond A.
Plzak, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, Mike Silber, Bruce Tonkin,
and Katim Touray. Jean-Jacques Subrenat was unable to attend. 

The following Board Liaisons participated in all or part of the meeting:
Janis Karklins, GAC Liaison; Ram Mohan, SSAC Liaison; Thomas Narten,
IETF Liaison; Jonne Soininen, TLG Liaison; Vanda Scartezini, ALAC
Liaison; and Suzanne Woolf, RSSAC Liaison. 

This is a preliminary report of the approved resolutions resulting from
the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors, which took place on
22 January 2010. 

Agenda 

1.Venue for the March ICANN International meeting
The President and CEO made a presentation on the Board on the assessment
of security in Nairobi following recent events in the area.

Commitment to Nairobi for ICANN's 37th International Meeting: 

Whereas, the ICANN Board approved holding its 2010 Africa meeting in
Nairobi during its May 2009 Board Meeting (see resolution 2009-05-21-09)


Whereas, ICANN has received questions [from individuals, companies and
an ICANN constituency group] regarding security and has conducted
internal reviews and external reviews of the current security conditions
following on from recent events in Nairobi, 

Resolved (2010.01.22.01), the ICANN Board confirms its commitment to
hold the ICANN 37th International Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in March of
2010. 

All voting members in attendance supported the resolution. The motion
carried. 

The Board then took the following action:

Resolved (2010.01.22.02), the ICANN Board authorizes the CEO and
President to work with the Kenyan hosts and authorities and others for
the provision of additional security. 

All voting members in attendance supported the resolution. The motion
carried. 

The Chair thanked the Board for the prompt attention to this issue and
staff for the work done. The Chair noted that in light of the Board's
commitment to proceed to Nairobi, the staff should focus work on making
the meeting as successful as possible.

Adjourned 20.31 UTC