At-Large Representative for Canada and the United States on the
ICANN Board of Directors
Karl Auerbach

ICANN's by-laws impose a strong obligation to make its decision making processes and decisions visible to the Internet community:

ARTICLE III: TRANSPARENCY AND PROCEDURES

Section 1. GENERAL

The Corporation and its subordinate entities shall operate to the maximum extent feasible in an open and transparent manner and consistent with procedures designed to ensure fairness.

Under that provision, I feel that it is my duty as a director to clearly articulate to the Internet community my decisions and why I have decided as I have.

In addition, as an elected board member, it is necessary that the electorate know what I am doing as a board member so that when the next election comes around, should I chose to run, they may give credit where credit is due or to hold me accountable for my errors.  This, too, is part of ICANN's obligation to operate in an "open, transparent, and accountable" manner.

I will be building this diary as I go.

• November 16, 2000 (ICANN Annual Meeting and subsequent special meeting)

• December 13, 2000 (Telephone "special" meeting of the Board of Directors)

• January 22, 2001  (Telephone "special" meeting of the Board of Directors)

• March 13, 2001 (Melbourne meeting of the Board of Directors.)

• April 2, 2001  (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• May 7, 2001 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• June 3 & 4, 2001 (Stockholm meeting of the Board of Directors.)

• July 31, 2001  (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• August 16, 2001 (Telephone meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors)

• September 10, 2001 (Montevideo meeting of the Board of Directors)

• October 16, 2001 (Executive Committee of the Board of Directors)

• November 15, 2001 (ICANN Annual Meeting)

• December 14, 2001  (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• January 21, 2002  (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• February 12, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• March 14, 2002 (Accra, Ghana meeting of the Board of Directors)

• April 22, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors) - I did not attend this meeting.

• May 13, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• June 13, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• June 28, 2002 (Bucharest, Romana meeting of the Board of Directors) - I did not attend this meeting.

• July 19, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors)

• August 13, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors)

• August 23, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• September 17, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• October 14, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors)

• October 31, 2002 (Shanghai, China meeting of the Board of Directors)

• November 18, 2002 (Telephone meeting of the Board of Directors.)