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2013 Board Meetings

12 December 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
21 November 2013 – Agenda
Organizational Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors – Buenos Aires

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 35 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at:http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

21 November 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors – Buenos Aires

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 425 KB]
DNS Risk Management Framework Report [PDF, 76 KB]
SSAC Advisories on Name Collision and DNSSEC [PDF, 80 KB]
Digital Platform Contract [PDF, 120 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 269 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at:http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

21 November 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
20 November 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

Additional confidential briefing materials were provided to the Board in support of the Resolution

20 November 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Committee Papers [PDF, 381 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

20 November 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
17 November 2013
Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

No Board Materials Were Prepared For This Meeting

17 November 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
16 November 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Minutes

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

No Board Materials Were Prepared For This Meeting

16 November 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Committee Papers [PDF, 506 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 1.20 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at:http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

16 November 2013
Meeting of the Board Audit Committee
Minutes
16 November 2013
Meeting of the Board Risk Committee
Minutes
16 November 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
8 November 2013 – Agenda
Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

Minutes

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

No Board Materials Were Prepared For This Meeting

5 November 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Committee Papers [PDF, 472 KB]
Reference Materials – Reconsideration Request 13-6 [PDF, 1.61 MB]
Reference Materials – Reconsideration Request 13-7 [PDF, 5.09 MB]
Reference Materials – Reconsideration Request 13-8 [PDF, 3.60 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at : http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

29 October 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
23 October 2013 – Agenda
Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 499 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 636 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

10 October 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
7 October 2013
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Committee Papers [PDF, 664 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm.

7 October 2013
Secretary's Notice (Resignation of Judith Duavit Vazquez)
Secretary's Notice
28 September 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Committee Papers [PDF, 409 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 734 KB]
ALAC Statement on Confusingly Similar TLDs [PDF, 353 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm.

28 September 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 738 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 1.72 MB]
New gTLD Program Historical Development Costs [PDF, 88 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm.

27-28 September 2013
Board of Directors Workshop (not designated as an Official Board Meeting)
 
27 September 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
27 September 2013
Meeting of the Board Global Relationships Committee

Minutes

27 September 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
26 September 2013
Meeting of the IANA Committee

Minutes

26 September 2013
Meeting of the Board Audit Committee
Minutes
26 September 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
25 September 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
10 September 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Main Board Book [PDF, 733 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 8.55 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

22 August 2013 – Agenda
Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 1.71 MB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 3.22 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

13 August 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Minutes [PDF, 1.83 MB]
Reconsideration Request Materials [PDF, 1.32 MB]
Durban Scorecard and Dotless Domain Materials [PDF, 166 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

7 August 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
1 August 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
18 July 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Committee Appointments [PDF, 64 KB]
Competition, Consumer Trust and Choice Metrics [PDF, 103 KB]
Singapore Lease [PDF, 185 KB]
RSSAC Appointees [PDF, 93 KB]
Budget Approval Timing [PDF, 87 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

17 July 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 676 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 226 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

17 July 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 43 KB]

Additional briefing materials for this meeting are available with the 25 June 2013 New gTLD Program Committee materials.

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

14 July 2013
Meeting of the IANA Committee

Minutes

14 July 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
13 July 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Board Papers [PDF, 134 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 1.36 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

13 July 2013
Meeting of the Board Audit Committee
Minutes
13 July 2013
Meeting of the Board Global Relationships Committee

Minutes

13 July 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
12 July 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
12 July 2013
Meeting of the Board Risk Committee
Minutes
2 July 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Resolutions [PDF, 2.08 MB]
GAC Safeguard Materials [PDF, 951 KB]
Materials on IGO Identifiers Protection and Reconsideration 13-3 [PDF, 1.52 MB]
Materials on the New gTLD Registry Agreement [PDF, 2.01 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

27 June 2013 – Agenda
Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Resolutions and Minutes [PDF, 1.02 MB]
Board Papers [PDF, 1.01 MB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 7.95 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

25 June 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
25 June 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
25 June 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Main Briefing Book [PDF, 2.08 MB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 951 KB]
Resolutions and Minutes [PDF, 1.52 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

21 June 2013
Meeting of the Board Risk Committee
Minutes
18 June 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
18 June 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Main Briefing Materials [PDF, 255 KB]
Resolutions and Minutes [PDF, 957 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

11 June 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

No resolutions taken

Preliminary Report

4 June 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Main Board Book [PDF, 521 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 7.45 MB]
Papers on Applicant Comments [PDF, 515 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

18 May 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Resolutions and Minutes [PDF, 1.02 MB]
Board Papers [PDF, 974 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 1.45 MB]
Executive Session Materials [PDF, 641 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

18 May 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
Resolutions and Minutes [PDF, 1.22 MB]
Main Board Book [PDF, 692 KB]
Reference Materials [PDF, 7.11 MB]
GAC Advice Papers [PDF, 612 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

17-18 May 2013
Board of Directors Workshop (not designated as an Official Board Meeting)
 
16 May 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
16 May 2013
Meeting of the Board Risk Committee
Minutes
16 May 2013
Meeting of the Public and Stakeholder Engagement Committee
Minutes
16 May 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
16 May 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
9 May 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
8 May 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 505 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

6 May 2013
Meeting of the IANA Committee

Minutes

1 May 2013
Notice of Selection of Bruce Tonkin by GNSO Contracted Parties House for Board Seat 13
Secretary's Notice [PDF, 33 KB]
01 May 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
19 April 2013
Appointment of Non-Voting Liaison to the Board by the IAB
Secretary's Notice [PDF, 117 KB]
11 April 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 804 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

11 April 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 926 KB]
Two [PDF, 1.69 MB]
Three [PDF, 1.77 MB]
Four [PDF, 205 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

11 April 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee
Minutes
7 April 2013
Meeting of the Public Participation Committee
Minutes
7 April 2013
Meeting of the Board Risk Committee
Minutes
7 April 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee

Minutes

6 April 2013
Meeting of the Board Global Relationships Committee

Minutes

6 April 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
5 April 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
5 April 2013 – Agenda
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 307 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

28 March 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
26 March 2013
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 2.91 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

28 February 2013 – Agenda
Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 934 KB]
Two [PDF, 1.53 MB]
Three [PDF, 1.23 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

2 February 2013 – Agenda
Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 699 KB]
Two [PDF, 924 KB]
Three [PDF, 1.26 MB]
Four [PDF, 79 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

2 February 2013
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

The briefing materials for this meeting are available with the 1 February 2013 New gTLD Program Committee materials.

1-2 February 2013
Board of Directors Workshop (not designated as an Official Board Meeting)
 
1 February 2013
Meeting of the Board Audit Committee
Minutes
1 February 2013
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Adopted Resolutions

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 642 KB]
Two [PDF, 518 KB]
Three [PDF, 848 KB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

31 January 2013
Meeting of the Board Risk Committee
Minutes
31 January 2013
Meeting of the Board Finance Committee
Minutes
31 January 2013
Meeting of the Structural Improvements Committee
Minutes
31 January 2013
Meeting of the Public Participation Committee
Minutes
31 January 2013
Meeting of the IANA Committee

Minutes

31 January 2013
Meeting of the Board Governance Committee

Minutes

31 January 2013
Meeting of the Board Global Relationships Committee

Minutes

16 January 2013
Meeting of the Board Global Relationships Committee

Minutes

10 January 2013
Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee

Minutes

Board Briefing Materials:
One [PDF, 738 KB]
Two [PDF, 1.41 MB]

Guidelines for the Posting of Board Briefing Materials are available at: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-guidelines-21mar11-en.htm

Domain Name System
Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."