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• Category:  Administration /and Budget
• Topic: Adoption of Corrective Amendments to the Bylaws
• Board meeting date: 13 October 2003
• Resolution number: 03.149
• URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-13oct03.htm
• Status: Completed

Summary
Board adopted adopts the amendments to the bylaws allowing ICANN to hold its annual meeting at Marina Del Rey, California or any other appropriate place of the Board's time and choosing, provided such annual meeting is held within 14 months of the immediately preceding annual meeting.

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As resolved at the Board's 12 September 2003 meeting, proposed bylaw amendments regarding the annual meeting for the corporation and certain other procedural items had been drafted and posted for public review and comment, with no comments having been received. The following resolutions were accordingly proposed:Whereas, at the Special Meeting of the Board held 12 September 2003, the Board proposed the adoption of certain corrective amendments to the Bylaws designed to (i) allow additional flexibility in the timing and scheduling of ICANN's annual meetings, and, in particular, to allow ICANN's 2003 annual meeting to be held in Carthage, Tunisia, 27-31 October 2003 and (ii) calculate certain time periods under the Bylaws in "business days" rather than "calendar days;"

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The following resolution was presented for consideration by Mr. Pisanty, and seconded by Mr. Palage:

Wiki MarkupResolved, \ [03.149\] that the Board adopts the amendments to the bylaws amending Article III, Section 5, and Article VI, Section 13 as proposed.
(The Board approved the above resolution by a 12-0-0 vote.)

Implementation Actions

• Amend Bylaws.
  • Responsible entity: ICANN Secretary
  • Due date: none  None provided 
  • Completion date: 13 October 2003

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• Board instructed the staff to prepare an amendment to the bylaws for public posting to allow the annual meeting for ICANN to be held at Marina Del Rey, California or any other appropriate place of the Board's time and choosing, as recorded in Minutes of 12 September 2003 Board Meeting, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-12sep03.htm
• Other resolutions TBD.

Additional Information

• The resolution did not discuss funding for the items specified therein.
• Posting of proposed amendment to Bylaws available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-12sep03.htm
• The proposed amendments were approved for inclusion in the Bylaws as amended 13 October 2003, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-13oct03.htm
• The resolution did not discuss funding for the items specified therein.

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