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Sataki quits ICANN board

Kevin Murphy, September 3, 2024, 07:10:02 (UTC), Domain Policy

Katrina Sataki has abruptly resigned from the ICANN board of directors.

In a letter last week to the ICANN brass and to the Country Code Names Supporting Organization, which elected her to the post three years ago, Sataki wrote:

I am writing to hand in my resignation as a member of the Board of Directors at ICANN, effective immediately for personal reasons. After careful consideration I regretfully see no other option and need to step down to allow another nominee from the ccNSO to fully commit to this work.

She apologized to the ccNSO for the suddenness of her departure.

Sataki, the CEO of Latvia’s .lv ccTLD registry, had served almost one full three-year term on the board, but had been reelected by the ccNSO for a second term due to begin this November.

The ccNSO is expected to open a call for nominations for her replacement this week.

The replacement would serve out Sataki’s remaining term, which has just over two months left on the clock, though it seems likely they would be appointed simultaneously also to serve a full term of their own.

For those keeping score on this kind of thing, the ICANN board now comprises five women and fourteen men (or 10 men if you only count the voting members), with CEO/director Sally Costerton also due to be replaced by a man in December.

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Comments (2)

  1. Rubens Kuhl says:
    September 3, 2024 at 5:32 pm

    From the complaint linked at https://domainincite.com/30131-frat-boy-culture-icann-faces-more-sexual-harassment-claims:

    49. On or around October 21, 2023, Katrina Sataki, a member of the board and friend of Ms. King, told Ms. King that investigator Allison Michael told the board that Mr. Baulch stated he had no recollection of ever making a report in 2018. Ms. Michael made this story up in order to cover up the failures of ICANN in front of the Board of directors.

    50. In fact, Mr. Baulch wrote and signed a statement dated February 23, 2024, stating that he made the report in 2018, has never changed his story nor withdrawn his report. (A true and correct copy of said statement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1).

    But could be just a coincidence.

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