- Category: Board
- Topic: Bylaw Amendment Regarding Term Alignments
- Board meeting date: 12 February 2002
- Resolution number: 02.12
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-12feb02.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board amends Resolved to amend Article V, Section 9 of the bylaws regarding the terms of office for Directors selected by Supporting Organizations.
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WHEREAS, at its third annual meeting on 15 November 2001 the Board informally requested the General Counsel to prepare and post for public comment a proposal to amend the bylaws to have the terms of the directors selected by the Supporting Organizations begin and end at the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting of the year in which replacements are selected;
WHEREAS, the General Counsel prepared proposed bylaw revisions and they were posted for public comment, with a deadline for public comments on 31 January 2002;
WHEREAS, five comments were received and reviewed by the Board;
WHEREAS, the Board concludes that the proposed bylaw revisions, amended to eliminate also the phrase "beginning in the year 2000" from proposed Article V, Section 9(b) (that clarifying elimination is not intended to affect the meaning of the provision), would be in the best interest of ICANN;
RESOLVED [02.12] that the Board adopts the following amendments to the ICANN Bylaws, to become effective immediately:
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Article V, Section 9(c)(5) is added to read:
5. The term of a Director selected by any Supporting Organization to succeed a Director previously selected by it (other than a Director selected to fill a vacancy) shall expire at the conclusion of the third Annual Meeting of the Corporation after the one at the conclusion of which the term of the Director's predecessor expired.
Implementation Actions
- Record bylaw Bylaw change .
- Responsible entity: ICANN Staff
- Due date: None specifiedprovided
- Completion date: February 2002
Other Related Resolutions
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- Minutes of the Board meeting held on 12 February 2002 were approved and adopted by the Board as recorded in the Minutes of the 13 June 2002 Board Minutes: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-13jun02.htm
Additional Information
- The amended No additional funding provided.
- Bylaws implementing the amended terms of office for Directors selected by Supporting Organizations were approved for inclusion in the Bylaws as amended on 12 February 2002, available at : http://www.icann.org/en/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-12feb02.htm#V.The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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