[ALAC] 30 April 2014 ICANN Board meeting in Pasadena, CA

[Alan Greenberg]

See  http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-30apr14-en.htm

A number of significant Board actions:

- soliciting comment on paying Board liaisons (and increasing all 
levels of compensation)

- approval of $700k of SO/AC budget requests (no details provided 
that I could see)

- Approval of GNSO Recommendations on IGO/INGO protections that do 
not conflict with GAC advice. One aspect of this to be highlighted is 
that the protection of international non-governmental names (other 
that RCRC and the IOC names) were not on the table at all, based on 
the GAC requests, and the ALAC stood pretty much alone in saying that 
if we are going to grant protections, organizations of this type 
should be included (the list includes well known charities and 
similar groups). Ultimately, the PDP WG approved protections for the 
list of such groups in the ECOSOC list - 
http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf.

- Guidelines for Board members accepting gifts and invitations.

- Delay in approving the 2014-15 budget.

There are extensive rationales included in the document.

Alan
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