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ICANN FY12 Form 990

ICANN filed its Form 990 on 14 May 2013 in compliance with the extended due date of 15 May 2013. The Form 990 is the United States return for organizations exempt from income taxes under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2012 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). ICANN continues to provide accountability and transparency regarding its financial results and the filed Form 990 is available on the “Financial Information for ICANN” page of the ICANN.org site and is also included in this announcement.

ICANN‘s FY12 Form 990 is now posted [PDF, 800 KB] and is available to the community. The Community is invited to review ICANN‘s Form 990 and to provide commentaries and/or questions.

NGPC Progress on GAC Advice

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) wishes to share with the ICANN community its progress in consideration of the GAC advice and what steps are still to be taken. The NGPC met on 8 May to consider a Plan for responding to the Governmental Advisory Committee’s advice on New gTLDs, transmitted to the Board through its 11 April Beijing Communiqué. The Plan is in two parts: Part 1 shown below consists of actions for soliciting input from Applicants and from the Community.


Part 2 consists of actions for responding to each advice given by the GAC. In so doing, the NGPC is developing a GAC scorecard similar to the one used during the GAC and the Board meetings in Brussels on 28 February and 1 March 2011.

Each GAC scorecard item will be noted with a “1A”, “1B”, or “2″:

  • “1A” indicates that the NGPC’s proposed position is consistent with GAC advice as described in the Scorecard.
  • “1B” indicates that the NGPC’s proposed position is consistent with GAC advice as described in the Scorecard in principle, with some revisions to be made.
  • “2″ indicates that the NGPC’s current position is not consistent with GAC advice as described in the Scorecard, and further discussion with the GAC is required following relevant procedures in the ICANN Bylaws.

Part 2 of the Plan is not yet finalized and, with respect to some of the advice, cannot be finalized until after the review of the Public Comments due to be completed on 20 June.

The NGPC will next meet in Amsterdam on 18 May and will provide a further update following that meeting.

Location Recommendations Now Being Accepted for ICANN’s 2015 Meetings in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean Islands, Europe

ICANN is actively seeking locations for its three public meetings to be held 8-12 February 2015 in Africa, 21-25 June 2015 in Latin America/Caribbean Islands, and 18-22 October 2015 in Europe. Those in the geographic regions are invited to submit recommendations for specific locations to hold the events. These recommended venues, along with others in the region that meet the selection criteria, will be considered. The final location for the ICANN Meetings will then be selected through the evaluation of both community-recommended and ICANN-identified locations.

Interested parties are encouraged to review the Meeting Selection Criteria, which will be used to guide the evaluation of both community-recommended and ICANN-identified meeting locations. Elements such as cost of the meeting for ICANN and the community, convenience to international airports, availability of sufficient hotel guest rooms in or near the venue, meeting facilities, network infrastructure, personal safety of meeting participants, and total level of financial support will be considered by ICANN in making its final selection of a meeting site.

Those interested in submitting a recommendation for a location to host the Meeting, or a proposal for host-level financial support in the region, are encouraged to submit the online Meeting Location Recommendation Form.