FYI

--- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Subject: [gtld-council] Board resolution regarding new gTLDs
> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:24:00 +1000
> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> 
> From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-30jun06.htm 
> 
> Board Resolution Regarding New gTLD Process
> 
> Whereas, the GNSO began a Policy Development Process on new
> gTLDs in
> December 2005 (PDP-Dec05). 
> 
> Whereas, on 31 March 2006 the Board adopted resolutions
> 06.22-.24 giving
> notice of its intent to advance the implementation of a new
> gTLD process
> on or before January 2007, and calling on the GNSO to complete
> PDP-Dec05
> with sufficient time to allow for such implementation. 
> 
> Whereas, since the initiation of PDP-Dec05, the GNSO has
> obtained formal
> constituency statements, issued a call for expert papers, and
> opened a
> public comment period, and the GNSO Council's New TLDs
> Committee has
> conducted several face-to-face consultations to discuss each
> term of
> reference within PDP-Dec05. 
> 
> Whereas, in preparation for this Marrakech meeting, a Draft
> Initial
> Report has been posted which reflects strong support for the
> introduction of new TLDs and strong support for the adoption
> of
> objective procedural, technical, and financial criteria, but
> asks for
> additional community input as to additional selection
> criteria,
> selection methods, and compliance regimes. 
> 
> Whereas, it is the Board's understanding that the New TLDs
> Committee of
> the GNSO intends to publish its Initial Report for public
> comment in
> July 2006, to publish its Final Report in October 2006, to
> hold a
> Council vote on the Final Report in October 2006, and then to
> publish a
> Board Report in November 2006 for action by the Board at the
> Sao Paolo
> meeting in December 2006. 
> 
> Whereas, the Board particularly notes that the GNSO seeks to
> have an
> open dialogue with the GAC regarding the public policy
> implications of a
> new gTLD process, and welcomes comments at any stage in this
> process, in
> particular following the publication of the Board Report in
> November
> 2006. 
> 
> Whereas, the Board wishes to thank the participants in the
> GNSO Council
> and the New TLDs Committee of the GNSO for their hard work in
> this key
> policy area. 
> 
> Resolved (06.__), the Board asks the GNSO to continue to work
> towards
> having a report ready for community comment by November 2006 .
> 
> 
> Resolved (06.___), the Board calls on the ICANN community to
> convey its
> comments as to the various reports generated by the New TLDs
> Committee
> in a timely fashion. 
> 
>