- Category: Administration and Budget
- Topic: Board Activities Funding
- Board meeting date: 18 March 2011
- Resolution number: 2011.03.18.26, 2011.03.18.27
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-18mar11-en.htm#6
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board approves the proposed budgets for FY2011 additional activities and directs the CEO to fund such activities, if feasible, with the contingency line item of USD$1.5M.
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Whereas, on 29 June 2010, the ICANN Board passed the FY11 Operating Plan and Budget.
Whereas, during FY11, the Board has undertaken several activities that were not addressed in the budget.
Whereas, the budget for these items were presented on 13 March 2011 to the Board Finance Committee (BFC).
Whereas, the Board Finance Committee recommends that the Board confirm the proposed budgets for these activities, directing the CEO to stay within the total overall FY11 approved budget, if feasible, by funding these items from the contingency line item of USD$1.5M.
Resolved (2011.03.18.26), the Board confirms that the CEO has been directed to undertake the activities for which the additional budget numbers have been recommended by the Board Finance Committee.
Resolved (2011.03.18.27), the Board approves the proposed budgets for the following additional activities in FY11 in an amount not to exceed $1,640,000.00: (i) AOC Reviews; (ii) third Board Retreat; (iii) GAC Meeting; (iv) IDN Variant Panel; and (v) ATRT Recommendations. The Board further directs the CEO to use the USD$1.5M contingency line item to stay, if feasible, within the total amount of the FY11 approved budget when implementing these activities.
Implementation Actions
- None
Rationale
The Board had previously approved the important activities that are addressed in this resolution. At the time the Board approved the activities, the budgets for the additional items were not available. Thus, the BFC has now approved the budget for these additional activities and the Board has confirmed its approval of the activities in light of the budget for them.
The approval of these additional line items should have a positive public effect in that it increases transparency of the amount spent on such important activities undertaken by ICANN in this fiscal year. There financial impact on ICANN is evident from the budget and the direction for the CEO to remain within the original FY11 budget, if feasible. It does not appear that there will be any financial impact on the ICANN Community. Approval of these budget lines items does not present any impact on the systemic security, stability and resiliency of the DNS.
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolution 2010.06.25.28, Adoption of Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25jun10-en.htm#8.
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- FY2011 Operating Plan and Budget available at: http://www.icann.org/en/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-v1-fy11-17may10-en.pdf.
- Minutes from the Board Finance Committee's 13 March 2011 meeting available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-bfc-13mar11-en.htm.
- Funding identified in resolution.
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