- Category: ICANN Structures
- Topic: Review of ICANN's Geographic Regions
- Board meeting date: 7 November 2008
- Resolution number: 2008.11.07.08, 2008.11.07.09
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07nov08.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board creates a cross-community working group to study ICANN's Geographic regions framework; invites community SOs and ACs to nominate members; and asks the working group to draft a charter for Board review and approval at its March 2009 meeting in Mexico City.
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Whereas, the ccNSO raised issues regarding the assignment of territories to ICANN Geographic Regions and noted that any change to ICANN Geographic Regions could have widespread effect in ICANN. Subsequently, the ccNSO Council asked the ICANN Board to appoint a community-wide working group to review issues related to Geographic Regions, consult with all stakeholders, and submit proposed changes to the Board.
Whereas, the Board asked for input from the ICANN community in November 2007 on the ccNSO Council's request for such a working group, and recently the ALAC, GNSO, and GAC have indicated their support for the appointment of a working group on this topic.
Resolved (2008.11.07.08), the Board authorizes the formation of a community-wide working group to study and review the issues related to the definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions, consult with all stakeholders, and submit proposals for community and Board consideration relating to the current definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions. The Board requests that all interested Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees nominate two individuals to serve on the working group, the composition of which the Board would like to approve at the December Board meeting.
Resolved (2008.11.07.09), the Board requests the working group, as its first order of business, to draft and seek community input on a proposed charter, and submit the draft document for community review, and Board consideration and approval at the March 2009 Board meeting in Mexico City. In drafting the charter, the working group is directed to focus, but not limit, its work on the criteria for assigning countries, dependencies and recognized geopolitical entities to a Geographic Region, and to take into consideration the relevant ccNSO Board paper, the recent GNSO comments, and other community advice – including the GAC's original advice on the topic in 2000 <http://www.icann.org/en/committees/gac/communique-14jul00.htm>. Further, the Board directs ICANN Staff to support these efforts.
Implementation Actions
- Nominate members.
- Responsible entity: ICANN Community SOs and ACs
- Due date: December 2008
- Completion date: 3 February 2009
- Draft a WG Charter.
- Responsible entity: Working Group
- Due date: March 2009
- Completion date: 18 February 2009
Other Related Resolutions
- WG Charter approval, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#1.2.
Additional Information
- Public Comment Forum regarding WG Charter, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200903.html#regions-charter.
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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