- 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: Ratification of Payments
- Board meeting date: 10 March 2000
- Resolution number: 00.25
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-10mar00.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed, Ongoing, Suspended)
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Summary
Board ratifies and approves President's actions in making payments for legal services.
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RESOLVED [00.25] that the President's actions in making those payments are ratified and approved.
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)None
- Due date: (replace this text with Due Date)None provided
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- Responsible entity: (replace this text with the responsible entity: ICANN department, ICANN Community Structure, Board, U.S. Department of Commerce)
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Other Related Resolutions
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Additional Information
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Mr. Touton noted that in December 1999 the President issued checks in payment of invoices to Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue in the amounts of $97860.44 and $455,674.69. The amount of these checks exceeds the President's pre-authorization, so that the Board should consider ratifying them.
Mr. Roberts noted that the invoices being discussed related to many months of legal services during 1999, including those relating to ICANN's negotiations with Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) and the U.S. Department of Commerce that resulted in the gTLD contracts that were signed on November 10, 1999. He noted that ICANN lacked the cash to pay for these legal services on a current basis during most of 1999, but that as a result of Jones, Day's successful conclusion of these negotiations, NSI made payments in November that allowed the invoices to be paid. He also noted that the purpose and amount of the checks was known to the Board at the time.
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- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
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