[council] Resolutions from ICANN Board meeting 28 August 2012

[Bruce Tonkin]

Key decisions - 

- outcome of reconsideration request for the Board decision to approve the change to the .cat agreement for WHOIS

- delegation of country code for Malaysia in Arabic

- re-delegation of .rw for Rwanda

- approval of ICANN meeting in Durban, South Africa from 14-19 July 2013



From:   http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28aug12-en.htm



28 August 2012

 
 1.  Consent Agenda:

a.  Approval of Board Meeting Minutes

Resolved (2012.08.28.01), the Board approves the minutes of the 23 June 2012 ICANN Board Meeting.

b.  Confirmation of Report on Written Consent Actions

   Resolved (2012.08.28.02) the Board confirms the report on the Written Consent Actions of the August 2012.

c.  Request for Delegation of مليسيا. ("Maleesya") domain representing Malaysia in Arabic

Whereas, ‎مليسيا. ("Maleesya"), encoded as "xn--mgbx4cd0ab", is a string that has been deemed to appropriately represent Malaysia through the IDN Fast Track process.

Whereas, ICANN has received a request for delegation of ‎مليسيا. to MYNIC Berhad.

Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed delegation would be in the interests of the local and global Internet communities.

It is hereby resolved (2012.08.28.03), that the proposed delegation of the ‎مليسيا. domain to MYNIC Berhad is approved.

d.   Redelegation of .rw

Whereas, RW is the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country-code designated for Rwanda;

Whereas, ICANN has received a request for the redelegation of .RW to the Rwanda Information Communication and Technology Association;

Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed redelegation would be in the interests of the local and global Internet communities.

It is hereby resolved (2012.08.28.04), that the proposed redelegation of the .RW domain to the Rwanda Information Communication and Technology Association is approved.

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e.   Location of Africa 2013 Meeting

Whereas, ICANN intends to hold its second Meeting for 2013 in the Africa region as per its policy,

Whereas, the .za Domain Name Authority submitted a viable proposal to serve as host for the ICANN 2013 Africa Meeting.

Whereas, staff has completed a thorough review and analysis of the .za Domain Name Authority proposal and finds it acceptable.

Whereas, the Board Finance Committee has approved the budget for the ICANN 2013 Africa Meeting as proposed.

Whereas the Board Public Participation Committee is coordinating the review of the staff proposal and supports the proposition for the location of the ICANN 2013 Africa Meeting.

Resolved (2012.08.28.05), the Board accepts the proposal of the .za Domain Name Authority, and approves that the ICANN 2013 Africa Meeting shall be held in Durban, South Africa from 14-19 July 2013, with a budget not to exceed US$2.472M.



2.   Main Agenda:

a.  BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 12-2

Whereas, the Board Governance Committee has reviewed Reconsideration Request 12-2 submitted by the Intellectual Property Concerns Constituency concerning the Board's 6 May 2012 decision on Fundacio puntCAT's RSEP Request regarding the publication of Whois data for certain registrations within the .CAT Registry (http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-06may12-en.htm#1.2).

Whereas, the BGC recommends that Reconsideration Request 12-2 should be denied.

Whereas, Reconsideration Request 12-2 and the BGC's recommendation have been posted on the ICANN website at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration.

Resolved (2012.08.28.06), the Board adopts the recommendation of the BGC that Reconsideration Request 12-2 be denied, as the request did not identify any material information that the Board failed to take into consideration when taking its 6 May 2012 decision.

Resolved (2012.08.28.07), the Board 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 that was requested and approved.



3.   Executive Session

The Board conducted a confidential portion of the meeting during which it passed other resolutions (2012.08.28.C1 and 2011.08.28.C2) that shall remain confidential as an "action relating to personnel or employment matters", pursuant to Article III, section 5.2 of the ICANN Bylaws.