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Adopted Resolutions from ICANN Board Meeting
30 March 2007
Index
Approval of Minutes
Proposed sTLD Agreement with ICM Registry
Discussion of Registrar Accreditation Agreement Review
Authorization to pay Legal Bills
Action on President’s Strategy Committee Final Report
Cooperative Agreements with International and Regional Organizations
Regional At-Large Organization MOUsRSSAC and SSAC Report to IANA on Adding AAAA Records to the RootDNSSEC Implementation Progress.MUSEUM Sponsorship Agreement Extension and Renewal Process
Board Governance Committee Recommendations on Independent Reviews
Protections for gTLD Registrants
Engagement of Auditors
Thanks to Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi
Thanks to Sponsors, Staff, Scribes, and Event TeamsThanks to Local Hosts
Approval of Minutes
Resolved (07.17), the minutes of the Board Meeting of 13 March 2007 are approved.
| back to top |Proposed sTLD Agreement with ICM Registry
Whereas, on 15 December 2003, ICANN solicited proposals from potential sponsors to create new sponsored top-leveldomain (sTLD) registries, seeking applications that would “address the needs and interests of a clearly defined community(the Sponsored TLD Community), which can benefit from the establishment of a TLD operating in a policy formulation
environment in which the community would participate.”
Whereas, on 19 March 2004, ICM Registry, LLC (ICM) submitted an application for the delegation of a .XXX sponsored
TLD (“sTLD”) (the “ICM Application”) which was evaluated according to ICANN's designated sTLD processes.
Whereas, on 1 June 2005, the ICANN Board voted 6-3 with two abstentions to authorize the President and GeneralCounsel to enter into negotiations with ICM relating to proposed commercial and technical terms for the .XXX sTLD.
Whereas, on 9 August 2005, ICANN posted a draft proposed .XXX sTLD registry agreement on the ICANN website.
Whereas, on 15 September 2005, the Board voted 11-0 with 3 abstentions expressing concerns regarding issues relating
to compliance with the proposed .XXX sponsored TLD registry agreement (including possible proposals for codes ofconduct and ongoing obligations regarding potential changes in ownership) and, noting that the Board had received
extensive public comments, directed the ICANN President and General Counsel to discuss possible additional contractual
provisions or modifications for inclusion in the .XXX registry agreement so as to ensure that there were effective
provisions requiring development and implementation of policies consistent with the principles in the ICM application.

Whereas, on 18 April 2006, a revised draft proposed .XXX sTLD registry agreement was posted by ICANN on its site, andICANN requested and received extensive public comment on this agreement.
Whereas, on 10 May 2006, at the specific request of the applicant the Board reviewed the revised draft proposed .XXX sTLD
registry agreement and the motion to adopt the proposed agreement failed by a vote of 9 to 5.
Whereas, on 19 May 2006, the applicant submitted a request for reconsideration<http://www.icann.org/committees/reconsideration/icm-06-4/petition-20may06.pdf>. On 29 October 2006, ICM withdrew its
reconsideration request and resumed negotiations in an attempt to agree to a new version of the proposed agreement for
Board consideration.
Whereas, on 5 January 2007, ICM negotiated a further revised draft .XXX sTLD registry agreement (“Revised Agreement”),
which was posted by ICANN and received extensive public comment on the Revised Agreement.
Whereas, the Board has received and analyzed unprecedented public comment, as well as advice from the GAC via
communiqués issued in Wellington and in Lisbon, relating to ICM’s Application and the Revised Agreement.
Therefore, the Board has determined that:
ICM’s Application and the Revised Agreement fail to meet, among other things, the Sponsored Community criteria of
the RFP specification.
Based on the extensive public comment and from the GAC's communiqués that this agreement raises public policy
issues.
Approval of the ICM Application and Revised Agreement is not appropriate as they do not resolve the issues raised in
the GAC Communiqués, and ICM’s response does not address the GAC’s concern for offensive content, and similarly
avoids the GAC’s concern for the protection of vulnerable members of the community. The Board does not believethese public policy concerns can be credibly resolved with the mechanisms proposed by the applicant.
The ICM Application raises significant law enforcement compliance issues because of countries' varying laws relating
to content and practices that define the nature of the application, therefore obligating ICANN to acquire a responsibility
related to content and conduct.
The Board agrees with the reference in the GAC communiqué from Lisbon, that under the Revised Agreement, there
are credible scenarios that lead to circumstances in which ICANN would be forced to assume an ongoing
management and oversight role regarding Internet content, which is inconsistent with its technical mandate.
Accordingly, it is resolved (07.__) that the Proposed Agreement with ICM concerning the .XXX sTLD is rejected and theapplication request for a delegation of the .XXX sTLD is hereby denied.
| back to top |Discussion of Registrar Accreditation Agreement Review(Discussion only)| back to top |Authorization to pay Legal Bills
Whereas, ICANN has had significant needs for legal services during the months of October, November, December 2006 andJanuary and February 2007.
Whereas, Jones Day has provided extensive legal services to meet these needs, and ICANN has received invoices from
Jones Day in connection with these services totaling US$108,135.45 for October 2006, US$79,902.98 for November 2006,
US$26,642.87 for December 2006, US$27,427.22 for January 2007, and US$46,506.57 for February 2007.
Whereas, the General Counsel and the acting Chief Financial Officer have reviewed the invoices and determined that they
are proper and should be paid.
Resolved (07.__), the President is authorized to make payments to Jones Day in the amount of US$288,615.09 for legal
services provided to ICANN during October, November and December 2006, and January and February 2007.
| back to top |Action on President’s Strategy Committee Final Report
Whereas, ICANN's mission is to coordinate, at the overall level, the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers, and inparticular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems.

Whereas, the ICANN Board noted in 2005 that the ICANN community could benefit from the advice of a group responsible
for making observations and recommendations concerning strategic issues facing ICANN, and resolved in 2005 to direct the
President to appoint the President’s Strategy Committee;
Whereas, the President’s Strategy Committee conducted its work and consulted with the community on input to its proposed
Recommendations;
Whereas, the President’s Strategy Committee Recommendations addressing ICANN’s status and continued improved
responsiveness to an evolving global environment; contributing to capacity development; and participation and role ofstakeholders have been presented to the ICANN Board and community;
Resolved (07.__), to recognize the President’s Strategy Committee Recommendations and request that the Committee
provide further detail on aspects arising from the recommendations and conduct in consultation with the community an
evaluation and analysis of their implementation and related implications.
| back to top |Cooperative Agreements with International and Regional Organizations
Whereas, ICANN has developed a collaborative program with private and intergovernmental parties to conduct outreach to
governments and local Internet communities;
Whereas, ICANN staff has engaged with respective organizations both globally and regionally;
Whereas, organizations have expressed an interest to enter into non-binding cooperative agreement MoUs with ICANN tohighlight cooperation and partnerships;
Whereas, these cooperative agreement MoUs seek to enable cooperation and partnership on areas consistent with ICANN’s
bylaws, strategic and operating plan;
Resolved (07.__), that these cooperative agreement MoUs are a positive step in enhancing cooperation and working in
partnership with respective organizations, and the President is authorized to enter into agreements such as the cooperative
agreement MoUs with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association(PITA), and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).
| back to top |Regional At-Large Organization MOUs
Whereas, the ICANN Bylaws, Article XI, Section 2, Part 4, provide a process that allows individual Internet users toparticipate meaningfully in the work of ICANN, as the community known as ‘At-Large’, and;
Whereas, groups representing individual internet users throughout the world have made outstanding progress in their work
together, resulting in three regions concluding their negotiations on creating Memoranda of Understanding with ICANN tocreate their Regional At-Large Organisations (“RALOs”), and;
Whereas, the three regions are the Asia/Australia/Pacific, the African, and the European regions, an achievement which
represents a considerable milestone in the development of the multi-stakeholder process which is so fundamental to thework of ICANN, and;
Whereas, the ICANN Board wishes to recognise and applaud the At-Large community worldwide, and especially in the
African, Asia/Australia/Pacific, and European Regions, for the achievement of this milestone in their development, and;
Whereas, the Board is pleased to highlight the fact that with the creation of these three RALOs, the At-Large Advisory
Committee is now composed of 8 elected members and 5 Nominating Committee members, with only two remaining
Board-appointed members, and;
Whereas, the General Counsel’s office have reviewed the draft MoUs and determined that they meet the requirements theICANN Bylaws establish for the formation of a RALO, and advised that a 21-day public comment period should be observed,
and;Whereas, the African and European user groups have met as a part of the ICANN Lisbon Meeting, and elected theirrepresentatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee as a part of their work, allowing for the diverse communities engaged in
ICANN to be present to recognise this achievement, and;
Whereas, the Asia/Australia/Pacific Region are in the process of formally providing written confirmation of their consent to bebound by the terms of their MoU with ICANN, and shall formally sign the MoU in a public ceremony at the October 2007

ICANN International Meeting to be held in the Asia/Australia/Pacific Region, and;
Whereas, the Parties to the African and European MoUs, composed of ICANN and representatives of the At-Large
Structures in the African and European regions, signed it at a public ceremony on Thursday 29th March 2007 at the Lisbon
ICANN meeting, the execution of the agreement on ICANN’s part contingent upon final approval by the ICANN Board
following completion of the public comment period, and;
Whereas, the public comment periods for the African and Asia/Australia/Pacific concluded on the 28th March 2007, and the
public comment period on the Latin America and the Caribbean region concluded on 4th January 2007.
Resolved (07.__), the Board ratifies the Memorandum of Understanding with the European At-Large Structures, on the same
basis under which it was signed, and;Resolved (07.__), the Board gives its final approval to the Memorandum of Understanding between the At-Large Latin
America and the Caribbean Region and ICANN, and;Resolved (07.__), the Board gives its final approval to the Memorandum of Understanding between the At-Large African
Region and ICANN, and;Resolved (07.__), the Board gives its final approval to the Memorandum of Understanding between the At-Large
Asia/Australia/Pacific Region and ICANN.
| back to top |RSSAC and SSAC Report to IANA on Adding AAAA Records to the Root
Whereas, on 23 March 2007, ICANN's Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and Security and Stability
Advisory Committee (SSAC) jointly published a report on Accommodating IP Version 6 Address Resource Records for the
Root of the Domain Name System.
Whereas, the report includes a roadmap the community can follow to assure that the inclusion of AAAA records in the roothints file and DNS priming responses from root name servers has minimum impact and maximum benefit.
Resolved (07.__), the Board hereby accepts the report, and thanks the members of SSAC and the RSSAC and all othercontributors for their efforts in the creation of the report.
Resolved (07.__), the Board forwards the report to IANA staff to consider and implement the report's recommendations as
appropriate.
| back to top |DNSSEC Implementation Progress
Resolved (07.__), the board recognizes the importance of the steps the Swedish registry (SE) and the Bulgarian registry(BG) have taken to sign their zones and thereby lead the way in adding security to the domain name system. The board
expresses its appreciation to the representatives of those registries and their colleagues for taking the time to come to
Lisbon and share their experiences with the community.
| back to top |.MUSEUM Sponsorship Agreement Extension and Renewal Process
Whereas, ICANN has been engaged in negotiations with sTLD registry sponsor MuseDoma regarding renewal terms fortheir registry contract.
Whereas, these negotiations are intended to result in a revised new registry agreement for this sTLD, including revised
terms to come into line with other recently approved sTLD registry agreements.
Whereas, it may be beneficial for all parties involved to allow for an extension of the deadline of the existing agreement sothat ICANN and the registry sponsor will have adequate time to address public comments raised by the proposed renewal
agreement and the subsequent discussion in the 27 March 2007 registrar constituency meeting that led to the proposed pathof extension of the current agreement.
Resolved (07.__), the President and the General Counsel are authorized to continue negotiations with MuseDoma inaccordance with existing contractual terms, and are authorized to extend the relevant renewal process deadline as
necessary and appropriate for up to six full months, while discussion continue.
| back to top |Board Governance Committee Recommendations on Independent Reviews
Whereas Article IV, Section 4 of ICANN’s Bylaws calls for the Board to cause periodic reviews of the performance andoperation of each Supporting Organization, each Supporting Organization Council, each Advisory Committee (other than the
Governmental Advisory Committee), and the Nominating Committee by an entity or entities independent of the organization
under review.
Whereas on 8 December 2006, the Board approved a comprehensive schedule for independent reviews that included an
independent review of the Board, and directed staff to execute the reviews as scheduled.
Whereas the Board has considered the proposed Terms of Reference for the At-Large Advisory Committee that have been
recommended by the Board Governance Committee (BGC) to be posted for public comment.
Whereas the BGC has recommended the creation of two working groups comprised of current and former Board membersthat would report to the Committee and would provide focused attention and guidance to the GNSO and NomCom review
efforts – a “BGC GNSO Review Working Group” and a “BGC NomCom Review Working Group.”
Whereas the Board has considered the individuals to be appointed as working group members, and the charters for theseworking groups, that have been recommended by the BGC.
Resolved (07.___), the ICANN Board directs staff to post the proposed Terms of Reference for the At-Large Advisory
Committee review for public comment and further consideration.
Resolved (07.___), the ICANN Board approves the Board Governance Committee’s proposal to create a “BGC GNSO
Review Working Group” and a “BGC NomCom Review Working Group,” and appoints the following individuals, while notingthat additional individuals may be appointed:
For the “BGC GNSO Review Working Group” -- Roberto Gaetano, Rita Rodin, Vanda Scartezini, Tricia Drakes,
Raimundo Beca, Susan Crawford, and Vittorio Bertola; andFor the “BGC NomCom Review Working Group” -- Alejandro Pisanty; Peter Dengate-Thrush, Njeri Rionge,
Mouhamet Diop, Jonathan Cohen, and Steve Goldstein.
Resolved (07.___), the ICANN Board approves the recommended charters for these two working groups that include theobjectives, tasks and processes to be undertaken by these groups, and directs staff to support the creation and work ofthese groups.
| back to top |Protections for gTLD Registrants
Resolved (07.__), the Board requests that the President provide a report on the status of escrow compliance relating to
ICANN’s current agreements, at or before ICANN’s Meeting in San Juan. The report should also propose a process for a
public discussion on creation of a policy for appropriate protections for generic TLD registries, registrars and registrants.
| back to top |Engagement of Auditors
Whereas, the ICANN Bylaws in Article XVI, Section 3, requires that at the end of the fiscal year, the books of ICANN shall beclosed and audited by certified public accountants. The by-laws also state that the appointment of the fiscal auditors shall be
the responsibility of the Board.
Whereas, the Audit Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors charter recommends to the ICANN Board of Director theselection of ICANN's external auditors and the annual fees to be paid for services rendered by the external auditors, andreviews each proposed audit plan developed by management and the external auditors, performance of the external
auditors, and recommend to the Board any proposed retention or discharge of the external auditors.
Whereas, the Audit Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors and management interviewed and short-listed Moss Adams
LLP, the Audit committee requested that the President and Chief Operating Officer enter into negotiations with Moss Adams
LLP to provide the outside audit for the fiscal year 2006-2007.
Whereas, the President and Chief Operating Officer have received an engagement letter and professional services
agreement dated 9 March 2007 from Moss Adams LLP to provide the audit for the fiscal year 2006-2007.
Whereas, the Audit Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors has reviewed the engagement letter and professional
services agreement and recommends to the Board that the President be authorized to enter into this engagement.

Resolved (07.__), the President and Chief Operating Officer are authorized and directed to enter into the engagement letterand professional services agreement of 9 March 2007 with Moss Adams LLP to provide the outside audit for fiscal year
2006-2007.
| back to top |Thanks to Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi
Whereas Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi:
Joined the GAC in Yokohama, Japan in July 2000 as the representative for Malaysia;
Led GAC’s internal IDN working group as early as in June 2001;
Became one of the three inaugural Vice Chairs of the GAC in September 2001 in Uruguay to end of 2002 in Shanghai;
Was appointed to ICANN’s first IDN Committee led by Masanobu Katoh in September 2001 at Montevideo;
Was unanimously elected as the second Chairman of the GAC succeeding Dr Paul Twomey in January 2003 andchaired his first GAC meeting in Rio de Janeiro in March 2003;
Became the first GAC Liaison to the ICANN Board when the position was first established;
Chaired the organizing committee of the ICANN meeting in Kuala Lumpur in June 2004;
Returned unopposed for a second and final term in Mar del Plata in March 2005;
Finally stepped down in Lisbon, Portugal in March 2007;
Whereas Sharil Tarmizi has served the GAC, Board, ICANN and Internet community with energy, distinction, panache and aunique and self-deprecating sense of humor;
Whereas he has contributed in countless ways to the successes of ICANN with his unique blend of technical, diplomatic andcollaborative skills;
Now therefore it is resolved that the ICANN Board offers its sincere and heartfelt gratitude for his long and diligent service
and conveys its best wishes for success in his new investment advisory business, more time with his family, and opportunity
for global contact with the world through his ham radio hobby.
| back to top |Thanks to Sponsors, Staff, Scribes, and Event Teams
The Board extends its thanks to all sponsors of the meeting, including Arsys, Portugal Telecom, VeriSign, Afilias, PIR,
Microsoft, DENIC, Amen World, Anacom, dotMobi, puntCat, InterNetX, EURid, LogicBoxes, Skenzo, and ICANNWiki. The
Board would also like to thank Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Turismo de Lisboa and Anubis Networks for their support.
The Board expresses its appreciation to the scribes Laura Brewer, Teri Darrenougue, Jennifer Schuck and Charles Motter,
to ICANN staff present here in Lisbon, and to the rest of the ICANN staff for their efforts in facilitating the smooth operation of
the meeting.
The Board also wishes to express its appreciation to all the FCCN staff for the overall event management including IPv4 andIPv6 networking, iWayTrade for technical support of all the remaining technical infrastructure, Abreu for all turistic and event
management services , Hospital da Cruz Vermelha and Bombeiros Lisbonenses for Medical Services and Empatiafor thestage and booth design. Additional thanks are given to Hotel Corinthia for this fine facility and to their event facilities andsupport.
| back to top |Thanks to Local Hosts The Board wishes to extend its thanks to "Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional FCCN" and the following members of the Local Organizing Committee: Pedro Veiga, Marta Moreira Dias, Luísa Gueifão andJoão Moreira and all the volunteers for hosting the ICANN meeting. The Board would also like to thank José Mariano Gago,
Minister of Science Technology and Higher Education, for supporting the March 2007 Lisboa meeting.
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