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Thank You to Community Members


Resolution of the ICANN Board
Meeting Date: 
Thu, 25 Oct 2018
Resolution Number: 
2018.10.25.06-2018.10.25.13
Resolution Text: 

Whereas, ICANN wishes to acknowledge the considerable effort, skills, and time that members of the stakeholder community contribute to ICANN.

Whereas, in recognition of these contributions, ICANN wishes to express appreciation for and thank members of the community when their terms of service end in relation to our Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, the Customer Standing Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Public Technical Identifiers Board.

Whereas, the following members of the Address Supporting Organization are concluding their terms of service:

Tomohiro Fujisaki, Address Supporting Organization Address Councilor
Wilfried Wöber, Address Supporting Organization Address Councilor
Resolved (2018.10.25.06), Tomohiro Fujisaki and Wilfried Wöber have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service, and the ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

Whereas, the following members of the County Code Names Supporting Organization are concluding their terms of service:

Ben Fuller, County Code Names Supporting Organization Council Liaison
Nigel Roberts, County Code Names Supporting Organization Councilor
Christelle Vaval, County Code Names Supporting Organization Councilor
Resolved (2018.10.25.07), Ben Fuller, Nigel Roberts, and Christelle Vaval have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service. The ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond, and joins the community in offering our condolences to the family of Ben Fuller on his passing.

Whereas, the following members of the Generic Names Supporting Organization are concluding their terms of service:

Donna Austin, Generic Names Supporting Organization Council Vice Chair
Farzaneh Badii, Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Chair
Phil Corwin, Generic Names Supporting Organization Councilor
Samantha Demetriou, Registries Stakeholder Group Vice Chair
Paul Diaz, Registries Stakeholder Group Chair
Heather Forrest, Generic Names Supporting Organization Chair
Susan Kawaguchi, Generic Names Supporting Organization Councilor
Andrew Mack, Business Constituency Chair
Stephanie Perrin, Generic Names Supporting Organization Councilor
Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Non-Commercial Users Constituency Chair
Lori Schulman, Intellectual Property Constituency Treasurer
Greg Shatan, Intellectual Property Constituency President
Stephane Van Gelder, Registries Stakeholder Group Vice Chair
Resolved (2018.10.25.08), Donna Austin, Farzaneh Badii, Phil Corwin, Samantha Demetriou, Paul Diaz, Heather Forrest, Susan Kawaguchi, Andrew Mack, Stephanie Perrin, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Greg Shatan, Lori Schulman, and Stephane Van Gelder have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service. The ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond, and joins the community in offering our condolences on the passing of Stephane Van Gelder.

Whereas, the following members of the At-Large community are concluding their terms of service:

Maritza Aguero, Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization Secretary
Humberto Carrasco, Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization Chair
Alan Greenberg, At-Large Advisory Committee Chair
Bastiaan Goslings, At-Large Advisory Committee Vice Chair
Maureen Hilyard, At-Large Advisory Committee Vice Chair
Andrei Kolesnikov, At-Large Advisory Committee Member
Bartlett Morgan, At-Large Advisory Committee Leadership Team Member
Seun Ojedeji, At-Large Advisory Committee Leadership Team Member
Alberto Soto, At-Large Advisory Committee Member
Resolved (2018.10.25.09), Maritza Aguero, Humberto Carrasco, Alan Greenberg, Bastiaan Goslings, Maureen Hilyard, Bartlett Morgan, Seun Ojedeji, and Alberto Soto have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service, and the ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

Whereas, the following member of the Governmental Advisory Committee is concluding her term of service:

Milagros Castañon, Governmental Advisory Committee Vice Chair
Resolved (2018.10.25.10), Milagros Castañon has earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for her term of service, and the ICANN Board of Directors wishes her well in her future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

Whereas, the following members of the Root Server System Advisory Committee are concluding their terms of service:

Venkateswara Dasari, Root Server System Advisory Committee Alternate Representative
Grace De Leon, Root Server System Advisory Committee Alternate Representative
Ray Gilstrap, Root Server System Advisory Committee Alternate Representative
Johan Ihrén, Root Server System Advisory Committee Alternate Representative
Kevin Jones, Root Server System Advisory Committee Representative
Tripti Sinha, Root Server System Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Resolved (2018.10.25.11), Venkateswara Dasari, Grace De Leon, Ray Gilstrap, Johan Ihrén, Kevin Jones, and Tripti Sinha have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service, and the ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

Whereas, the following members of the Customer Standing Committee are concluding their terms of service:

Jay Delay, Customer Standing Committee Member
Kal Feher, Customer Standing Committee Member
Elise Lindeberg, Customer Standing Committee Liaison
Resolved (2018.10.25.12), Jay Delay, Kal Feher, and Elise Lindeberg have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service, and the ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.

Whereas, the following members of the Nominating Committee are concluding their terms of service:

Theo Geurts, Nominating Committee Member
Sandra Hoferichter, Nominating Committee Member
Hans Petter Holen, Nominating Committee Associate Chair
Danny McPherson, Nominating Committee Member
Jose Ovidio Salguiero, Nominating Committee Member
Jay Sudowski, Nominating Committee Member
Resolved (2018.10.25.13), Theo Geurts, Sandra Hoferichter, Hans Petter Holen, Danny McPherson, Jose Ovidio Salguiero, and Jay Sudowski have earned the deep appreciation of the ICANN Board of Directors for their terms of service, and the ICANN Board of Directors wishes them well in their future endeavors within the ICANN community and beyond.