- Category: Board
- Topic: Independent Review
- Board meeting date: 7 May 2001
- Resolution number: 01.49, 01.50, 01.51
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-07may01.htm
- Status: Suspended
Summary
Board notes there are nine vacancies on the Independent Review Panel and adopts procedures to fill those vacancies.
Text
Whereas, on 10 March 2000 the Board adopted ICANN's Independent Review Policy based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Independent Review;
Whereas, the Address Council, the Names Council, and the Protocol Council have each appointed two members to serve on the Independent Review Panel Nominating Committee;
Whereas, the policy contemplates that nine initial members will be appointed to the Independent Review Panel;
Whereas, the Board has concluded that the Independent Review Panel Nominating Committee should be afforded 90 days to convene for the first time and to find qualified nominees for all nine initial vacancies; it is therefore
RESOLVED [01.49] that Board notes that there are presently nine vacancies on the Independent Review Panel;
FURTHER RESOLVED [01.50] that the Secretary is directed on behalf of the Board to notify the appointed members of the Independent Review Panel Nominating Committee of the vacancies and to request that the Nominating Committee convene to make nominations to fill those vacancies; and
FURTHER RESOLVED [01.51] that the Independent Review Panel Nominating Committee should be allowed 90 days after the date of notification to forward its nominations for the nine initial members of the Independent Review Panel to the Board, notwithstanding the provision, in Section 5.9 of the Independent Review Policy, setting a 45-day deadline for the nominations to fill vacancies generally.
Implementation Actions
- Notify the appointed members of the Independent Review Panel Nominating Committee of the nine vacancies on the Independent Review Panel and request that the Nominating Committee convene to make nominations to fill those vacancies.
- Responsible entity: Secretary of the Board
- Due date: not provided
- Completion date: 22 May 2001
- Forward nominations for the nine initial members of the Independent Review Panel to the Board.
- Responsible entity: Independent Review Panel Nominating Committee
- Due date: 90 days after being notified by Secretary of the vacancies on Independent Review Panel
- Completion date: Suspended
Other Related Resolutions
- Board Resolution 00.21, adopted on 10 March 2000, whereby the Board adopted ICANN's Independent Review Policy based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Independent Review
- Board Resolution 00.20, adopted on 10 March 2000, whereby the Board directed the President and staff to implement the Independent Review Policy and to initiate the formation of the Nominating Committee
- Board Resolution 01.78, adopted on 15 October 2001, whereby the Board held that the IRP NomCom is given until 15 October 2001 to forward to the Board its nominations for the nine initial members of the Independent Review.
- Board Resolution 02.46, adopted on 14 March 2002, whereby the Board excused the members of the Independent Review Nominating Committee from further service.
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- Resolution 01.51, adopted on 7 May 2001, was superseded by Resolution 01.78, adopted on 15 October 2001, and Resolution 02.46, adopted on 14 March 2002.
- The work on the Independent Review process was taken over by the Committee on Evolution and Reform, with more information available at http://www.icann.org/en/committees/evol-reform/links.htm.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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