- Category: (replace this text with one of the following categories: Administration/Budget, Board, ccTLD, gTLD, IP, ICANN Structure, International Agreement, Root Zone)Topic: (replace this text with a keywords from title) Administration and Budget
- Topic: Establishment of a Regional Office in Belgium
- Board meeting date: 18 February 2004
- Resolution number: 04.08, 04.09, 04.10, 04.11, 04.12, 04.13, 04.14
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-18feb04.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed, Ongoing, Suspended)
Summary
(replace this text with the a one-sentence summary of the resolution) Board unanimously resolves to open a branch office in Belgium.
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After discussion, the Board of Directors, passed the following resolution unanimously by a 13-0 vote:Resolved [04.08], to open a branch office of a non-profit nature in Belgium, at Brussels, under the name of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers;
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(3) Ask for accept all loans, either short, medium of long term, in the name of the branch.
Resolved [04.13] to declare that, in application of the Law of February 10, 1998 and the Royal Decree of October 21, 1998, the Company is to be considered as a large company since it meets the following required threshold:ICANN's annual balance sheet exceeds 5 million EURO;
Resolved [04.14] to appoint Messrs. Luc Houben, Thomas De Muynck and Philippe Louviau, at Jones Day, electing domicile at Avenue Louise 480/7, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, each acting alone, as proxyholder, with full powers to prepare, sign and file all documents and in general do all what is necessary to proceed with all required formalities with the Clerk of the Commercial Court, the Belgian State Gazette, the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and the V.A.T. administration.
Implementation Actions
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented)
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented)
Other Related Resolutions
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Additional Information
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- None
Other Related Resolutions
- Board preliminarily agreed to resolutions establishing a branch office in Belgium, pending a review of financial arrangements, as recorded in the Preliminary Report from the 15 January 2004 Board Meeting, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-15jan04.htm.
- Board resolved administrative matters with respect to the Brussels office, such as appointment of banking powers and determination of fiscal year, as recorded in the Minutes of the 12 October 2005 Board Meeting, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-12oct05.htm
- Other resolutions TBD.
Additional Information
- The resolution did not discuss funding for the items identified therein.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.