Dear DotAsia members,
The most recent Board meeting of the Organisation was held last week, on
Wednesday 31 May.
This email is a brief report back on key decisions taken, as promised in my
first report-back to you on 12 April.
These were the key matters dealt with by the Board during the meeting:
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Election of the board Chair
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Settlement of the .box litigation
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Election Committee investigation update
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Plans for the next face to face Board meeting
We also adopted the minutes of the 26 April meeting, which you can find here
<https://www.dot.asia/dotasia-files/board/meeting-minutes/board/DotAsia-Boar…>
.
I was pleased to have my earlier election as Chair of the Board confirmed
by the Board at this meeting, with no other members nominated for the role.
As I wrote in April I will bring all my efforts to bear to do this job
properly in upholding DotAsia’s role and the Board’s duties to our members
and stakeholders.
A matter from earlier days has progressed, with litigation that DotAsia and
Namesphere were involved with regarding the .box TLD having been recently
settled. The settlement funds will shortly be paid across and deployed by
Namesphere in line with decisions previously made.
The Board remains conscious that the Elections Committee review of the 2023
elections is continuing, looking at complaints about how the election was
conducted.
I am advised that the Committee has engaged legal counsel independent of
DotAsia and that they expect to see analysis from the lawyers about the
complaints during June. The Committee will work with the lawyers to prepare
a detailed report after that for us all to see and consider.
The Board decided last month to consider the issue of by-elections for the
current Board vacancies no later than the end of June 2023, to give the
Elections Committee review time to progress further. We will report back to
you again after the June meeting.
Later this year will be the second of the two annual in-person meetings for
the DotAsia Board.
I have shared my thinking with the Board that we need to use that meeting
to create a clear and solid strategy for DotAsia, and also to develop
updates to our governance model. You can expect us to bring our thinking on
these questions to Members to discuss and debate before the end of 2023.
One final note. Scheduling errors meant I did not attend the DotAsia
Advisory Council meeting in May; I have accepted the staff’s apologies for
this. It is an important meeting, and I look forward to participating in
the next one.
In closing, I want to thank you again for your continued interest in, and
support for, DotAsia. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do
contact me.
Yours sincerely
Jordan Carter
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Jordan Carter
Chair of the Board of Directors
*DotAsia*
chair(a)board.dot.asia
