- Category: Administration and Budget
- Topic: Location of ICANN October 2012 Meeting
- Board meeting date: 18 March 2011
- Resolution number: 2011.03.18.09
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-18mar11-en.htm#1.6
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board designates the 2012 Annual Meeting to be held in Toronto, Canada.
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Whereas, ICANN intends to hold its third Meeting for 2012 in the North America region as per its policy.
Whereas, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) submitted a viable proposal to serve as host for the ICANN 2012 North America Meeting.
Whereas, staff has completed a thorough review of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) proposal and finds it acceptable.
Whereas, the Board Finance Committee reviewed and approved the budget for the ICANN 2012 North America Meeting, with a budget not to exceed US$2.01M.
Resolved (2011.03.18.09), the Board designates the ICANN meetings to be held in Toronto, Canada from 14-19 October 2012 as the 2012 Annual Meeting, and approves a budget for the meeting not to exceed US$2.01 million.
Implementation Actions
- Not applicable.
Rationale
As part of ICANN's public meeting schedule, three times a year ICANN hosts a meeting in a different geographic region (as defined in the ICANN Bylaws) of the world. Meeting Number 45, scheduled for 14-19 October 2012, is to occur in the North America Geographic Region. A call for recommendations for the location of the meeting in North America was posted on 1 November 2010. A proposal was received from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).
The Board reviewed Staff's recommendation for hosting the meeting in Toronto, Canada, and the determination that the proposal met the significant factors of the Meeting Selection Criteria used to guide site selection work. Outside of the call for recommendations, the process for selection of sites does not call for public consultation, as the staff assessments of the feasibility of any site is the primary consideration.
There will be a financial impact on ICANN in hosting the meeting and providing travel support as necessary, as well as on the community in incurring costs to travel to the meeting. There is no impact on the security or the stability of the DNS due to the hosting of the meeting.
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolution 2009.08.27.05, approving ICANN meeting dates for 2011, 2012, and 2013, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-27aug09-en.htm.
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- Information on ICANN's public meetings is available at: http://meetings.icann.org/calendar.
- Funding identified in resolution.
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