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• Category: Administration /and Budget
• Topic: Travel Expense Authorization Expenses for Board Members on President's Strategy Committee
• Board meeting date: 1 October 2008
• Resolution number: 2008.10.01.20
• URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01oct08.htm
• Status: Completed

Summary

Board authorized authorizes travel support for Board Members in the President's Strategy Committee members who are also Board members. 

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The Chairman noted that the PSC had decided to conduct research on improving institutional confidence issues before them and that such outreach had been conducted at the LACNIC Meeting in Uruguay, APNIC Meeting in Christchurch, and that others were planned including a meeting scheduled for Washington DC, the following day, where approximately 150 people were expected.

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The Chairman moved the following resolution and Dennis Jennings seconded:

Whereas the following Board members are also members of the President's Strategy Committee; Peter Dengate Thrush, Raimundo Beca, Jean-Jacques Subrenat;

Whereas travel authorization is required to support these members' participation in planned outreach activities during the consultation process on Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN, including to specified meetings in Montevideo (Raimundo Beca), Washington D.C. (Peter Dengate Thrush, Raimundo Beca, Jean- Jacques Subrenat), Brussels (Jean-Jacques Subrenat), expected forthcoming in Middle East region (two Board/PSC members TBA, post-Cairo meeting) and Addis Ababa (Afrinic meeting, Raimundo Beca);

Whereas explicit authorization is required to approve travel support for these global outreach activities by Board members;

It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.20), that the Board authorizes travel support for Board Members who are also members of the President's Strategy Committee to attend meetings and consultations during the FY08-09 'Improving Institutional Confidence' outreach process.A voice vote was taken of all Board Members present for each resolution, and the motion was approved by a vote of 9 to 1 negative vote case by Steve Goldstein for the reasons stated above, with no abstentions.

Implementation Actions

• None
  • Responsible entity: None
  • Due date: None provided
  • Completion date: None

Other Related Resolutions

• Board directed the President to appoint a President's Strategy Committee to give advice to the Board, as recorded in the Minutes of the 4 December 2005 Board Meeting, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-04dec05.htm.
• Board recognized the President's Strategy Committee Recommendations and requested that the Committee provide further detail, as recorded in the Resolutions of the 30 March 2007 Board Meeting, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30mar07.htm.
• Board accepted President's Strategy Committee's report and directed ICANN staff to undertake the the public consultation recommended in the action plan, as recorded in the Resolutions of the 26 June 2008 Board Meeting, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm.
• Other resolutions TBD.

Additional Information

• The resolution approves funding, but does not identify its source.
• The text of the papers submitted as A copy of the Committee's report are report is available at: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-16jun08-en.htm.
• More information about the report, including public comments, is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/.
• The resolution approves funding, but does not identify its source.

Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions.  See Board Resolutions Page for more information.

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