*** Disclosure: The following is the output resulting from transcribing an audio file into a word/text document. Although the transcription is largely accurate, in some cases may be incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages and grammatical corrections. It is posted as an aid to the original audio file, but should not be treated as an authoritative record.*** ICANN Board Meeting with New Members Friday, 28 October 2011 ICANN Meeting Dakar, Senegal >>STEVE CROCKER: All right. Let's continue. As a matter of form, we've just reached that exquisite moment where our terms of officers has expired. Let me ask Bruce Tonkin to act at our momentary, temporary, organizing chair here and take us through the formalities. >>BRUCE TONKIN: Thank you, Steve. I would just like to first move to the first resolution which I would like to propose as chair of the Board Governance Committee and that is with respect to the election of the board chairman, that it is: Resolved, Steve Crocker is elected as chairman of the board. Do I have a seconder for that motion? I will go with George since he is immediately to my left. All those in favor please raise your hand. Any against? [ Applause ] Any abstentions? No. Thank you very much. I will now hand the chair back to Steve Crocker. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you very much. I don't want to make a long speech, but a few words are in order. It has been an absolute pleasure working with this board, and it has been an absolute pleasure working with the entire community and the staff, tremendous support. Everyone, of course, is very focused on our mission, which is as it should be. And I am honored and humbled to be chosen and be able to serve. And the lights go out exactly at that moment. But the mics are working. Well, that's sufficient. So thank you very much. And we will have another vigorous year. We come to the next motion which is the selection of a vice chair. I just have to shuffle papers until I find it here. Okay. So let me introduce the motion: Resolved, Bruce Tonkin is elected as vice chairman of the board. Do we have a second? Cherine, thank you very much. All those in favor? Any opposed? No abstentions? [ Applause ] I have to say Bruce has been just a fabulous partner to work with. There is enormous workload just on the mechanics of running the board, and it really works best when there is a team in place. And working with Bruce has just been a real pleasure. So, congratulations, Bruce. Thank you very much. Appointment of the membership of board committees. This is the work of the Board Governance Committee which Bruce has been chairing. Let me ask Bruce if you would introduce the committee slating. >>BRUCE TONKIN: Thank you, Steve. So, yes, as chair of the Board Governance Committee, it is Resolved that the -- I will introduce this motion. It is Resolved, that the membership of the following board committees be established: The Audit Committee: Erika Mann as chair, Bill Graham, Gonzalo Navarro, Judith Vazquez as members. Compensation: Ramaraj as chair; Steve Crocker, George Sadowsky and Bruce Tonkin as members. The executive committee: Steve Crocker, chair; Rod Beckstrom; Cherine Chalaby; Bruce Tonkin as members. Finance: Cherine Chalaby as chair; Sebastien Bachollet; Chris Disspain; and George Sadowsky as members. Governance: Bruce Tonkin as chair; Cherine Chalaby, Bill Graham, Ram Mohan, Ray Plzak, Ramaraj and Mike Silber as members. Global Relationships: Gonzalo Navarro as chair; Chris Disspain, Bertrand de La Chapelle, Erika Mann, George Sadowsky and Kuo-Wei Wu. IANA: Kuo-Wei Wu, chair; Bill Graham; Bertrand de La Chapelle; Thomas Narten; Suzanne Woolf as members. Public participation: Sebastien Bachollet as chair; Chris Disspain; Thomas Narten; Gonzalo Navarro; Mike Silber; and Kuo-Wei Wu as members. Risk, we have Mike Silber as chair, Steve Crocker, Ray Plzak, Ramaraj, Thomas Roessler, Bruce Tonkin, Judith Vazquez, Suzanne Woolf as members. Structural improvements, Ray Plzak as chair, Sebastien Bachollet, Bertrand De La Chapelle, Thomas Roessler, and Judith Vazquez as members. So that is the motion. I will note the way this is played out that we do have chairs from, I think, every continent except Antarctica. So it's good to see the global participation. We are still awaiting the Nominating Committee to appoint a penguin to the board. So at that point, I will hand it back to you if you want to call for a seconder. >>STEVE CROCKER: I am just imagining the sequence of lines and jokes that are going to come endlessly from that. Do we have a second? Chris, thank you very much. Any discussion? Let me call for a vote. All in favor. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Thank you very much. The motion carries. We now have all our board committees populated and chaired. That means we're back in business. We now come to the confirmation of officers of ICANN. Erika, can I ask you to introduce this? >>ERIKA MANN: Confirmation of officer of ICANN. Resolved, Rod Beckstrom is elected President and CEO; resolved, Akram Atallah is elected as chief operating officer; resolved, John Jeffrey is elected as General Counsel and secretary; resolved, Kurt Pritz is elected as senior vice president, stakeholder relations; resolved, Xavier Calvez is elected as chief financial officer. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you. Do I have a second? Whose hands do I see down there? Judith. Excellent. So the motion has been seconded. Any discussion? Yes. >>ERIKA MANN: I would just like to welcome Xavier Calvez on the team. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you. [ Applause ] >>STEVE CROCKER: I would like to add a little tiny bit of explanation. What you see here is the election of the key positions that are required to be confirmed by the board. This is a combination of two different effects. Certain of these positions -- president and General Counsel, I believe -- are called for in the bylaws. The other positions have been designated in previous resolutions as requiring confirmation by the board. There are other very senior positions within the staff with substantial titles, including vice president, that are not subject to these rules but are nonetheless equally important and treated with great weight. So this is a matter of form based upon the rules that we have set up, as I said, in a combination of the bylaws and previous resolutions. Any further discussion? Yes, Rod. >>ROD BECKSTROM : Just very quickly. I will be abstaining from the vote for obvious reasons, but I do want to commend the other four officers for their outstanding service to the organization and their professional qualifications. Thank you. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you. All in favor? All opposed? Abstentions? All right. The motion carries. Thank you very much. We now have a full team in place to run the business. Let me move to thanking sponsors. And Bertrand, would you introduce this, please. Sorry for the short notice. >>BERTRAND DE LA CHAPELLE: No, no, it's fine, but the mic needs to work. It does? Yes, it does. So thanks to sponsors. The board wishes to thank the following sponsors: VeriSign, Sonatel Orange, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, Afilias Limited, Neustar, InterNetX, China Internet Network Information Center, siter, CORE Internet Council of Registrars, GMO registry, Inc., AFNIC, TANGO Registry Services, African Registry Consortium, DotConnectAfrica, ironDNS, JSU RU-center, Iron Mountain, ICANNWiki, Groupe Promo Consulting, Senecartours, AfriNIC, TIGO, Loment, NICSN, La Francophonie, and NEXT Global Solutions. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you. Second? Who is -- Mike, thank you very much. The motion has been seconded. Any discussion? >>SEBASTIEN BACHOLLET: Not a discussion, but there's a typo. I think it will be changed to the right name for PIR. >>STEVE CROCKER: Okay. Thank you for that. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Any abstentions? Thank you very much. And let me thank all of our sponsors on behalf of the entire organization here. You guys are absolutely necessary, and we appreciate it. Let me ask Rod Beckstrom -- Yes, so a round of applause. [ Applause ] >>STEVE CROCKER: Fair enough. All right. Rod, would you introduce the next two resolutions, please. >>ROD BECKSTROM : Certainly. The board expresses its appreciation to the scribes, the interpreters, technical teams, and the entire ICANN staff for their efforts in facilitating the smooth operation of this meeting. The board would also like to thank the management and staff of Le Meridien President for the wonderful facility to hold this event. Special thanks are given to Rachid Tahiri, Frederic Mariani, and Ismaela Seck. May I continue with the next one and then -- >>STEVE CROCKER: Why don't we do both of those at once. Thank you. >>ROD BECKSTROM : The board wishes to extend its thanks to the local host organizer, the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Communication, and the Regulatory Authority for Communications and Post, ARTP, for their support. Special thanks are given to Mme Ndeye Maimouna Diop Diagne, Directrice des TIC, Ministere en charge des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, and Adama Sow. The board extends thanks to the President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, and Senegal's Minister of Communication and Telecommunications, Moustapha Guirassy, for their support and participation during the meeting. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you very much. Second for both. George, thank you. Let me just call for a voice vote of affirmation. All in favor, aye? >>MULTIPLE VOICES: Aye. >>STEVE CROCKER: Thank you. [ Applause ] >>STEVE CROCKER: This brings us to a complete end. Thank you all. We'll see you in Costa Rica and we are actually going to get a lot of work done between now and then. Thank you all. [ Applause ]