- Category: ICANN Structures
- Topic: ALAC Review Improvements
- Board meeting date: 26 June 2009
- Resolution number: 2009.06.26.29, 2009.06.26.30
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board directed ICANN Staff to assist the At-Large community in developing a proposed implementation plan and timeline for the report recommendations for Board review and approval, and indicated that providing At-Large with voting seats would be discussed by the Board.
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Whereas, at its 20 June 2009 meeting, the Board's Structural Improvements Committee approved the ALAC Review Working Group's Final Report <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-10jun09-en.htm>.
Whereas, the report's recommended allocation of two voting Directors to At-Large requires consideration of alternative options and recommendations arising out of the Board review process to reduce the size of the Board and reconsider the size and composition of the Nominating Committee.
Whereas, the other recommendations formulated by the ALAC Review Working Group can move to the implementation phase, as noted by the SIC.
Resolved (2009.06.26.29), the final report of the ALAC Review Working Group is received by the Board, and the Working Group Chair and its Members are thanked for their work.
Resolved (2009.06.26.30), the Board directs ICANN Staff to assist the At-Large community in developing a proposed implementation plan and timeline for the recommendations in the report (except for the recommendation to provide At-Large with voting seats, which will be discussed by the Board at its next meeting). These plans and timeline should be submitted to the Structural Improvements Committee for review and Board approval.
Implementation Actions
- Develop and submit proposed implementation plan and timeline
- Responsible entity: At-Large community and ICANN Policy Staff
- Due date: None specified
- Completion date: 7 June 2010
- Discuss At-Large voting seats on Board at next Board meeting
- Responsible entity: Board
- Due date: July 2009
- Completion date: 27 August 2009
Other Related Resolutions
- 27 August 2009 Resolution approving in principle a voting director appointed from the At-Large Community, at http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-27aug09-en.htm
Additional Information
- No additional funding provided (though ICANN's draft FY11 Operating Plan and Budget allocates US$50,000 for the implementation of the ALAC/At-Large Improvements, at http://www.icann.org/en/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-v1-fy11-17may10-en.pdf).
- On 4 August 2009, the ALAC adopted a resolution <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?resolution_on_creating_an_at_large_review_wg_implementation_plan_al_alac_res_0809_1> (AL.ALAC/RES.0809/1) endorsing specific steps toward the implementation of the Final Report's 13 recommendations.
- The work on the tasks for each recommendation is well underway. For a list of those tasks already near completion or completed, see our Simplified Improvements Implementation Outline <http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tLWfIP-TYeKgrmqH6AW-Q9g&output=html> (Last updated 26 April 2010)
- On 7 June, the ALAC-At-Large Improvements Project Plan, developed jointly by the ALAC and ICANN's At-Large staff was submitted to the SIC. This Project Plan contains an implementation timeline and addresses issues related to Board Guidance, Budgetary Implications and Bylaw Changes. The plan is available at https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/at-large-improvements/attachments/at_large_improvements_workspace:20100615224612-0-15340/original/ALAC-At-Large%20Improvements%20Implementation%20Project%20Plan%20(7%20June%202010).pdf
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