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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: April 16, 2011 10:36:46 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Council GNSO <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [council] New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment
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> ICANN has posted the next version of the Applicant Guidebook. It is accompanied by a response to the GAC "Scorecard" and several Explanatory Memoranda that targeted GAC issues.
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> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm
> New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment
> 15 April 2011
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> Guidebook and Public Comment Forum
> ICANN has posted for public comment today the April 2011 Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.
> In keeping with the draft timeline [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011.
> This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee:
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> Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims & Sunrise Services; and The Requirement for Demonstrating Use) [PDF, 284 KB]
> GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early Warning [PDF, 91 KB]
> Exemptions to Objection Fees for Governments [PDF, 331 KB]
> Root Zone Scaling [PDF, 286 KB]
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> Glen de Saint Géry
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